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...despite their incongruous and distant appearance, the Sikhs (pronounced "seeks") have taken time from their meditating and yoga, to participate actively in the commercial and spiritual realms of Cambridge and Boston. The 40-member religious group runs Golden Temple Footwear, Golden Temple Restaurant, a carpentry group called Golden Temple Craftsmen, and offers lessons in nutrition, marital counseling, and Kundalini Yoga in their center above Belgian Fudge. They live together in an ashram in Dorchester, a string of four houses, and one of 125 ashrams in America. In the nine years since the ashram's founding they say they have developed...
...those who do devote themselves entirely to Sikhism must direct both their lifestyles and "consciousness" to the faith. In addition to mediating regularly, Sikhs abstain from tobacco, alcohol, meat, and sex out of marriage. Each wears a kesh, a turban around unshorn hair, as a "crown of spirituality;" a kathera, or special cotton underwear, to "remind" him of his chastity; and a kara, or bangle, to signify commitment to truth and freedom from life's "entanglements." Each Sikh also cariesa kauga, or comb, to symbolize cleanliness, and a small sword called a kirpan to defend neighbors and the family...
...evening, above the ice cream shop, the Sikhs practice the rituals of their predecessors, stretching, contorting, ventilating, and "oaming" to gain the higher consciousness, the ultimate. Below they walk on Mass. Ave. in clean, placidity amidst the chaos. As Siri Guru Granth Sahib says, "As a swan glides upon the water but does not wet its feathers, so a Sikh lives in the world but keeps his mind fixed...
...million articles like yours cannot spoil even an iota Britain's standing in the world in this respect. As a proud British Sikh, I say hands off our country...
...aroma of curry and spices wafts through older areas of Bradford, where nearly everyone on the street is brown or black. Seven row houses have been converted to Islamic mosques (without minarets), and other buildings have been made into Sikh and Hindu temples. With nonwhite immigrants now accounting for about one-fifth of the city's 300,000 inhabitants, racial tensions are climbing. Bands of front backers, swinging fists and banner staves, have sallied into peaceful demonstrations by Indians and Pakistanis in what are cruelly called "Paki bashes," and at other times have smashed windows in immigrant areas...