Comments on: Steel Plates (Thaals)::Seva

By: Kamal

Kamal — Sat, 23 May 2009 22:31:12 +0000

Seva makes you feel at peace with the world – it is a very holistic – in our gurdwara in Nottingham ,UK we use steel plates – kids love them – i am over 40 and i have never been in a gurdwara in England where Thaals are not in use. think of the waste – all that horrible plastic.

go green – it is good for the world and good for you!

By: pUNJABIsikh

pUNJABIsikh — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:27:57 +0000

Yo Ibadat Singh Gill this is an actual gurdwara in an actual site with the nishan sahib in the front of the gurdwara.

By: Ibadat Singh Gill

Ibadat Singh Gill — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:53:34 +0000

PunjabiSikh, where do you live? The place you describe sounds like a motel, rather than a Gurdwara.

By: pUNJABIsikh

pUNJABIsikh — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:28:43 +0000

First and foremost this idea of steel plates would not be quite successful in places where the Sikh population is quite small. Don’t get wrong or anything but in my local Gurdwara, the Gurdwara hires cleaning maids to clean the Gurdwara (such as vacuuming, cleaning the windows, cleaning the bathrooms, and etc).
I mean that our local Gurdwara management pays the cleaning maids to clean the Gurdwara and I feel that steel plates should be introduced in those places where the people actually volunteer to do seva.

By: harpreet siddhu

harpreet siddhu — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:28:09 +0000

Is there any website or place where we could bulk buy thaals and get it sent to Australia?

By: I. Singh

I. Singh — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:19:02 +0000

The youth at Milford Gurduara in Milford, MA are working on a “Go Green” initiative. Approx $2000+ has been collected to install either industry washers or a new set of sinks to accommodate washing of the steel plates. In the interim 50 steel plates are in circulation during the Friday night divans as well as bigger Sunday divans.

The initiative was launched with a presentation to the sangat on the dangers of Styrofoam and the eco-friendly attitude of Sikhs viz a viz the life of Guru Harrai Sahib. And this was launched on the Gurgaddi divas of Guru Harrai Sahib which was in March.

Another green initiative was started by the committee earlier last year to stop/minimize the mailing of hardcopy monthly kirtan schedules. Now that is being transformed to email/pdf versions only.

It is imperative that all our institutions revive the green attitude as it brings (or reinforces) our theological message into the practical realm. Better late than never!

For a written long ago tribute to the “keeper of the zoological sanctuary and the compassionate one” see http://spiritbornpeople.blogspot.com/2009/05/lover-of-nature-guru-harrai-sahib-ji.html

By: rimmy!

rimmy! — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:39:01 +0000

hahaha. you’re such a jokster hari singh.

By: Hari Singh

Hari Singh — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:29:34 +0000

I suggest that we should start using patta plates. That would be really green way of doing things.

By: sonny

sonny — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:07:25 +0000

this is great. do you know how this change at this gurdwara was made? we really really need build campaigns at all our local gurdwaras to stop with the styrofoam. would be great to hear any success stories people have of making this happen in their communities. thoughts/ideas/suggestions?