jasleen k

agreed! before and after photos are especially wanted.

waheguru ji ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh! i've had a bit of inspiration... i've heard so many great stories of how people came into sikhi... and i've just read Bhai Rama Singh ji's autobiography, which is filled with such inspirational stories... anyway, i'd like to compile a book filled with the stories of young sikhs. i'll handle the seva of printing and publishing. we can distribute it for free at gurdwaras and via the internet. submissions should be primarily in english. please include your name, age and where you live. of course if you want to remain gupt that's ok too. i'd also love to publish photographs or artwork that you feel depict the theme, "Sikh by Choice". submissions can be posted to the website www.sikhbychoice.com, or via email to jasleen@sikhbychoice.com. i welcome any and all suggestions! PLEASE spread the word and pass this on to your friends. thanks so much! -jasleen kaur www.sikhbychoice.com

if a girl has hair on her body, she should be thankful. waheguru resides on every hair. more hair equals more blessings. ਰੋਮ ਰੋਮ ਮਹਿ ਬਸਹਿ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥ on each and every hair, the Lord abides. ਸਤ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਕਾ ਧਰਹੁ ਧਿਆਨ ॥ Center yourself and meditate on truth and contentment. ਕਥਨੀ ਕਥੀਐ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗਿਆਨ ॥੧੫॥ Speak the speech of God's spiritual wisdom. ||15||

ok ji, i give in. forgive me for my stupidity and arrogance. forget about their crimes and personalities. now they are magically sparkling clean heroes. but i'm not the only one questioning. and i won't be the only one questioning. because some of us don't like to be spoon fed.

it might be, and no i do not. i'm sure i'll be back for another chauraasee lakh joon, but i can certainly try my best to follow my father's orders.

people are making direct attacks on me and I'M the one causing conflict? come on , i asked questions and people here are simply afraid of questions. everyone just accept what you're told and don't ask about it. is that really how sikhs should be? just accept everything the indian news media feeds us? please. sorry, but my dad taught me to think for myself. and please don't compare some monay thugs to someone who served guru gobind singh ji. what would guru ji say to these two? i'd guess it would be something like, "grow your kes, come off your "wrong path" and then come back to talk!" what's the wrong path anyway? drugs? murder? what? why isn't it in any of the "panthic" news?

ok, sorry. but ya, my grandfather started our family tree... traced back to the 1400s in germany. pretty cool. unfortunately a church fire had destroyed all the records prior to that.

sorry if i've offended, but i know it's not common across all of punjab, because i've done a lot of research on this issue after some high profile "honour killings". the trend is mostly among the primarily agricultural people from malwa region (some harianvi jatts practice it too), that's why i said "jatt", but sure, other "tribes" practice it. that does't make it sikhi or even logical. having children with anyone outside of the first cousin level of relationship is not a problem from a medical and genetic standpoint. even if we think it is, we should be able to keep track of who we're related to and who we're not. or we could all just marry people of a different nationality altogether, just to make sure.

according to sikhi, there is NO restriction on marrying someone who's mother is from the same villiage as yours. please don't encourage jatt culture in a sikhi forum.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sDRRrSYieU8

what kind of behaviour goes on in these pinds that people don't even know if they're related? :o

man, you're so busy arguing against me you're not even noticing what you're saying. i AGREE 100% that he should ask panj piyare about taking amrit while on methadone maintenence (it's not a treatment, it's a replacement, read up on it). i AGREE 100% that he should ask panj piyare if he should wear kirpan before receiving amrit, and while he's still taking methadone. see, we are in agreement on this, but you just want to disagree. that makes it seem as if you have a personal problem with me, rather than having an intellectual or theological issue with my statements. if you have a personal issue, send me a PM. if not, then try to post about the issue, rather than against the poster. thanks.

agreed 100%! where i live, most people don't even know what sikhs are. so i do whatever i can to be visible, polite, and helpful. it opens a lot of dialog.