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| British historian Arnold J Toynbee |
Arnold Toynbee (1889 - 1975) was a historian who studied and compared different cultures. He writes about one of his personal experiences. He
recalls one accident when he had met an American lady. She wanted to ask
him something because she knew that he had studied different cultures,
traditions, religious and views. So she felt that Toynbee
could probably only give her the answer.
She asked Toynbee if he could tell her who
is the most beautiful person in this world? Toynbee immediately replied,
“A man with open beard and a complete Sikh”. She was surprised to
hear his answer. She thought a little and then again asked, “who is the
most ugliest person to you?" Toynbee replied, “A Sikh who has cut his
hair”. This time she became more surprised. These answers grew curiosity
in her about Sikh religion and she decided to gain more knowledge about
it.
ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਮੁਖ ਸੋਹਣੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰਿ ॥gurmatee mukh sohanne har raakhiaa ur dhaar."Those who follow the Guru's Teachings and keep the Lord enshrined in their hearts, their faces are radiant and beautiful."(Ang 1346)
Dhan Hai Guru! Dhan Hai Teree Sikhee!
4 comments:
Is there an actual source of this?
Could you please mark the source from where I can read and then preach and propagate greatness of Sikhi Saroop with more confidence. For listeners ask about the original source from where the writers and preachers use to share Toyanbee's words. Thanks
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh..
Bhai ji it would be good if you could make a twitter account for your posts and for sangat to ask you questions on Sikhi.
Sources for information were:
Book: 'Glimpses of Sikhism' by Nahar Singh Jawandha, page 7 (Preface)
http://sikhquotes.org/119.html
www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Arnold_Toynbee
Unfortunately I did not find an official source.
About Twitter, I am not that much of a techno wiz kid.
Waheguru
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