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Any Easy to understand punjabi katha
by Guest Learning punjabi- 1 follower
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Learning punjabi and wanted to know which punjabi kathvachaks speak in an easily understandable punjabi which will help me
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Amritsar and Punjab: left out of the New Silk road 1 2
by Guest jigsaw_puzzled_singh- 2 followers
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Amritsar, as you all know, was once a major city of the old Silk Road. A major international centre of industry and trade. But that's history. Now lets look to the future: The Chinese are, as we speak, investing over a Trillion $ in what is the world's biggest ever infrastructure project that will deliver a power boost to trade and economic growth: the New Silk Road (the belt and road initiative). All the other major cities of the old silk road are included. There's only one missing........Amritsar. There's only one regional country refusing to get involved........India. Didn't expect a common sense approach from India anyway but there are 3 things that worry me :…
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What's your view on sikhs kissing in public? Is it acceptable or not? Is there anything in sikhi which indicates it's wrong to do that? I personally wouldn't do that, iv had a traditional upbringing and that the way I am. But is it right or wrong?
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Sanjog, Marriage, Destiny, & Free Will 1 2 3
by Guest Life- 22 replies
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I just have afew questions that I would like your help and thoughts on, as I have been thinking alot about life lately and on this aspect. I believe/think that in terms of marriage your sanjog is already. Your husband/wife is already chosen for you at birth (like the saying in wedding cards) and it is just a matter of Waheguru brining the two people together on this earth. Then I question and think of how come so many people are getting divorced even after they have been married 10/15 years or more/less. But then I think of someone couples, how they met the situation etc and think no sanjogs are written, its true. First of all, if sanjog is written then how come in thi…
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Guru pyaari sadh sangat jee, I am writing this post with a heavy heart. I already know the answer in my heart but I want to write this down somewhere. There were two very important downfalls in my short lifetime. Both of them left scars that I cannot undo. The first major downfall happened in 2013. The year prior to that I was in utmost chardi kala. We were not exactly financially secure and things were hard at home, but I was at peace. I have only twice in my life experienced such peace. After the peace came the storm. I couldn't handle it and drifted away from waheguru. I lost trust. The second downfall happened in 2022. The order of events was the sam…
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What is the "Fifty" when it comes to turbans? 1 2
by Guest dfteee- 12 replies
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What is the "Fifty" when it comes to turbans?
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Amritdhari & Massage
by Guest GuptSingh- 2 followers
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So I'm going to the gym and i've found my body is stiff and sore especially the shoulders. As a Amritdhari, are we allowed to have a massage? If we are, I'm confused on how they will react with the kirpan. Not sure what to do on this.
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How does one get out of suffering from the consequences of slander
by Guest Singh255- 2 followers
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Dear piyaare Sangat Jeeo I have a humble request to ask - how does one get out of suffering the consequences of slandering a saint. My background and story is complicated and so I will try to explain it in as much detail as possible in hopes that someone can help me. I am a 26 years old male who has been trying to practice sikhi, since as long as I can remember as a child. Since the start of this janam I have came into this world with a deaf ear (left ear). I suffer from mild to moderate hearing in my only functioning ear (right). This has lead me to believe that I may have slandered people in the past (possibly even a saint) to get this punishmen…
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Warning for the future
by Guest RestrictiveEnzyme- 1 follower
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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ke Fateh I thought I would post here since people here aren’t total missionaries. I used to be a poster here, but I quit many many years ago, after quitting I focused on my life but also did my own Jaap of bani and focused on that, I was fortunate enough to be blessed by Maharaj in a small capacity. But the times approaching are going to hell for us as a people and for the world. Guru Sahib warned us already, but we’ve not heeded at all. I should warn you that in Gurmat, Prophecies rarely have dates because a Mahapurakh is able to do Ardaas and Guru Nanak Sahib Ji will then push the event back and lower its effect. Baba Nand Si…
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Confused To Do Paat?
by Guest Gupt- 6 replies
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Well i've got this urge of doing paat! - i wanna do it and feel like doing it to refresh the mind and get closer to God. I eat meat/fish (whenever), me and my family buy meat/fish and we have acohol in the house. I wanna try and set days of consuming meat/fish, i do wanna (in time) stop eating meat..fish maybe. Anywho, we have Gutkeh in our house in the top room, we cleaned our house and moved things.. and we had acohol in that room and we moved it in my room ( we had a wedding! ) And in the back of my mind it sprung to me that when i do Kirtan Sohila ( you do it just before u go sleep, in bed ) that i have acohol in my room. I dont want this to set me back, as i wanted…
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Swa Lakh Mool Mantar 1 2
by Guest Newbie- 11 replies
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Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh Just want to know if anyone in sangat have experience of 125000 moolmantar jaaps ? Anyone gained sachepatshah jis kirpa after it or any experience if any, plz share with sangat. Although we should do 125000 in 40 days recommended by many saints, 32,33 maalas a day but I have started only 16 malas a day, hoping to complete in 75 days with guru sahibs kirpa. Take about 12 mins for one maala and all my focus remains in changing the bead of maala, As we have to shift beads so isnt it difficult to focus on moolmantar ? Any experience from sangat will be highly appreciated. Thanks
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Pls Help Me!
by Guest simran singh- 5 replies
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sat sri akal,my name is simran singh,i live in amritsar,i am a non-keshdhari,but i did not cut my hair myself.ok i will explain,my father is a keshdhari sikh,and my belonged to hindu family.due to some reasons tensions started in our family,later my brother and i was born,one day when my mom took me to nanake the cut my hair.and then later they tell dad that they want one son to be keshdhari and one not.later we grown up,but my brother do not show interest in sikhi.so he also cut his hair.also as i was raised in company of hindu boys i known not thing about religion.but when i was in 8th class my dad fell too ill,then at darbar sahib i took sukhna that pls cure my dad.my …
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Bandgi
by Guest Seeker- 3 replies
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How much Bandgi one should do to go to sachkhand ? I don't want to go to 84 lakh joons..
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Struggling with Faith
by Guest Guest dharam- 1 follower
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Hello, my faith is wavering, I have tried to upload this many times but it never has. I am not sure who to talk to about this as there is no one I am comfortable to share my thoughts. But I am struggling with religion and how to choose the right one. How do we know sikhi is the right religion rather than religions like islam and christianity. I used to be confident as a kid but as I grow up I am not as sure and lack faith. I wonder if it is because our community is small? Or fear mongering from the Abrahamic faiths Any advice or experience would be very helpful.
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Social anxiety and shyness
by Guest Sahib- 1 follower
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Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh I am a 17 yr old amritdhari sikh boy . I have been struggling with extreme shyness, social anxiety and introversion as long as i could remember . I was always insulted by school seniors , students and other people. I never said anything wrong to anyone but still had to suffer from all this stuff. Nowadays, i am even so scared to leave my house . I always remain tense and anxious whenever am in my house or outside . Everyone of my neighbours , relatives seems like hating me or thinking weird about me . I dont know what to do . I recently have completed my 12th class . Now i would have to go abroad for higher education . …
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Leaving aside Guru ji, the general question of taking afeem (opium) in limited quantities for war/medical wounds is simply unproblematic. When you go to the hospital, they give you morphine. What do you think morphine is? It's an opiate. Even codeine (cough syrup) is an opiate! Ever had a cough? Granted, it is against Gurmat to take opium or other drugs for the fun of it.
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Yeah, that's one possibility. Another I initially thought is that it's a Muslim trying to gather info. But then, you might ask, how does he know about Sikh textual sources. Well, you'd be surprised at their resourcefulness. A final possibility is he's a weak Sikh who was asked a question by a non-Sikh and now he's suddenly feverishly wondering where it's "written" that you can't marry a young child. To the latter, I would say, you're looking in the wrong spot. Gurbani isn't a 1428 page rulebook, like Leviticus or the Vedas: ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਪੁੰਨ ਪਾਪ ਬੀਚਾਰਦੇ ਤਤੈ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣੀ ॥ ਤਤੈ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਤਤੈ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣੀ ॥ The Simritis and Shastras discriminate between charity and sin, but know not the essence of the Real Thing. Without the Guru, they know not the essence of the Reality, know not the essence of the Reality. Anand Sahib.
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back then was waaaay different. ppl didn’t attend higher education or have much to do after the age of like… 13, lol. you’d have 13 year olds boys and girls that know how to do kethi, cook entire meals, etc nowadays even 22 year olds are extremely immature and can be sheltered. the average person doesn’t know how to do anything except their 9-5 which they are probably half arsing as well.
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