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ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ ਆਵਹੁ ਭੈਣੇ ਗਲਿ ਮਿਲਹ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਹੇਲੜੀਆਹ ॥ ਮਿਲਿ ਕੈ ਕਰਹ ਕਹਾਣੀਆ ਸੰਮ੍ਰਥ ਕੰਤ ਕੀਆਹ ॥ ਸਾਚੇ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਭਿ ਗੁਣ ਅਉਗਣ ਸਭਿ ਅਸਾਹ ॥੧॥ Sirīrāg mėhlā 1. Āvhu bẖaiṇe gal milah ank sahelṛī▫āh. Mil kai karah kahāṇī▫ā samrath kanṯ kī▫āh. Sācẖe sāhib sabẖ guṇ a▫ugaṇ sabẖ asāh. ||1|| Siree Raag, First Mehl: Come, my dear sisters and spiritual companions; hug me close in your embrace. Let's join together, and tell stories of our All-powerful Husband Lord. All Virtues are in our True Lord and Master; we are utterly without virtue. ||1|| ਗਲਿ = ਗਲ ਨਾਲ। ਅੰਕਿ = ਅੰਕ ਵਿਚ, ਜੱਫੀ ਵਿਚ। ਭੈਣੇ ਸਹੇਲੜੀਆਹ = ਹੇ ਭੈਣੋ! ਹੇ ਸਹੇਲੀਹੋ! ਕਰਹ = ਆਓ ਅਸੀਂ ਕਰੀਏ। ਸੰਮ੍ਰਥ …
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Great text I found that uses Rehatnamas and Gurbanis that expliens a displiened Sikh. Please wait a couple of seconds to load the fonts right it takes a second. 101 Rehats
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Sangat Ji forgive me about asking this question I heard in a katha that Baba Vadbag Singh was the 5th in line from Dhir Mal's gaddi. I belive this is also mentioned in Max Arthur Macauliffe book. Is this true If this is true then why are alot of people believing in him. Dhir Mal was the one who hired someone to shoot 9th Patshah. If this is wrong information plese respond Here is the video I saw.
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http://vimeo.com/7384260 Brilliant katha about Jaap Sahib.
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When we look back at past , we know we did accomplished a lot . In 1925 , we protected our religious identity from hindu fanatics like arya samajis and rss by creating Singh Sabha movements , liberated darbar sahib and Nanakana sahib from mahants , but had we gone one step further in our conquest , we might have avoided incidents 25 years ago , but look at it this way - Brits exploited us for world wars and we were so much distinguished from other indians that we were declared a "race" . Britishers still think sikhs are not just a religion , but also a race ! But , I think all this was mere lip service . Had they been really serious and really considered for us , they …
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“TATT NIRMAL BRAMHATAM ROOPA. SAAKHI SUDH ASANGH ANOOPA. PRAMH KARR BHI KABHOO KAHOO REETAE. NIH SIMRASS NIJJ BRAMH ABHITAE.”{54}. “VAYHAS SAMAS UPADH BHED KARR. JEEV ISHVARR KA DVADH BHIDHA PARR. MAYA AVIDYA MILL BHASEH. MUGHDOH KE URR MAHEH PRAKASHEH”.{55}. Tatt=that. Nirmal=pure. Bramhatam=Bramh+atam=viapak=ispresent. Atam roopa=my atam roop=form. Saakhi=the power force behind life.Sudh=without maya. Vayasheh=separate entities. Samass=equal life force in all ,e.g. an orchard has apples,oranges,bananas,peaches etc. but the orchard is nota good in itself but is only in existence as a result of the fruits. In thesame way in vaysit roop there is no ishvar but in…
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"JOH SARBEKSAMAN SAMANA. TOH MAEH BHI SOHRAMYO NA AANA. TU NA SARB TEANTAJ JATAE. VAIHEE ROOP TAVNISCHAE TATAE.{58}. BRAMH SARB MEHPOORAN JAISEH. SARB VIKHEH TUMPOORAN TAISEH. JAITEH SRATT TAVBRAMH BHAKANA. TAITEH TAVBAPPVYABHAV NANA."{59}. Sarbek=sarb+ek=oneand all. Aana-vakhra=seperate. Antajj=something else. taiteh=that is why.Shuteh=ved=upnishad. Bapp=produced. Bhav=sansar=world. The Bramh thatis equally infused in everything isinfused in you too , not anything else. You are notseparate from everyone , in the same way that Bramh is infused in you and youare infused in Bramh and everything.{58}. That is why Vedhhas described you as the ans{part} of Bramh ,…
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"KARYA DUARA JIS ANMANA. NA TAR SOH PARTAKH APAANA. BIB UPADH KOH KAARAN JOH HAIH. KARAN DEH NA AATAM SOH HAIH."{62}. TEEN UPADH VAHEENOH JAUOO. ROOP TUMARO NISCHEH SOI. NEH TATT BRAMH ROOP NIJJ DHAYVANGH. JAKAR MOODH MUKT TOO PAVHANGH."{63}. Anmana=knowledge through personal experience. Apana=cannotbe believed. Bib=two. Vihino=rehat=without. Tatt=that. Roop nijj=own form. One's true form cannot be realised without karya anmaan{experience}. The sathool and sookham roop are the cause of upadhia{distress} ,so that karan sareer {body} is not your aatma either. {62}. That which is sathool , sookham , karan roop and void of thethree upadia {distress} i.e. Bramh is yo…
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The Symbols of a Heritage by I.J. Singh “History”, as T.S. Eliot said “has many cunning passages, contrived corridors and issues . . .”. Insofar as religions deal with people, places and events, they are amenable to historical analyses. But religions deal with a reality that transcends history — a reality that the senses cannot perceive and the intellect cannot fathom, yet with which the soul can commune. At that point in awareness one is in the domain of faith. Faith is better than belief. In belief someone else does the thinking for you; in faith, you accept the truth not at someone else’s say so, but because you have internalized it and endorsed it. Belief can matur…
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ਕਰਤਾ ਤੂੰ ਸਭਨਾ ਕਾ ਸੋਈ ॥ O Creator Lord, You are the Master of all. ਜੇ ਸਕਤਾ ਸਕਤੇ ਕਉ ਮਾਰੇ ਤਾ ਮਨਿ ਰੋਸੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ If some powerful man strikes out against another man, then no one feels any grief in their mind. ||1||Pause|| ਸਕਤਾ ਸੀਹੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਪੈ ਵਗੈ ਖਸਮੈ ਸਾ ਪੁਰਸਾਈ ॥ But if a powerful tiger attacks a flock of sheep and kills them, then its master must answer for it. ਰਤਨ ਵਿਗਾੜਿ ਵਿਗੋਏ ਕੁਤੀ ਮੁਇਆ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਕਾਈ ॥ This priceless country has been laid waste and defiled by dogs, and no one pays any attention to the dead. ਆਪੇ ਜੋੜਿ ਵਿਛੋੜੇ ਆਪੇ ਵੇਖੁ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੨॥ You Yourself unite, and You Yourself separate; I gaze upon Your Glorious Greatness. ||2|| The Mughal government had vo…
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This short paper explores the fate of the Panjabi language under British rule, written from a Pakistani perspective. One of the things I found interesting is the author's analysis of why the Brits initially tried to push Urdu as the formal state language for communication after their invasion. The way people subsequently divided themselves along a linguistic basis, which was really a barely concealed cleaving along religious lines is significant. This seems to have kicked off the polarisation between Panjabis of different faiths. After the British left, we saw the continuation of the same pattern emerge between Sikhs and Hindus during the Panjab suba lehar. Panjabi lang…
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Amazing kirtan by Bhai Sahib Sukha Singh and katha.
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While reading Guru Granth Sahib Darphan by Prof. Sahib Singh Ji I was reading the introduction of Baba Farid Jee's Sloks I noticed some interesting facts that go again't what I have heard in katha done by Giani Thakur Singh and Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji on the sloks of Baba Farid Ji. Prof. Sahib Singh Writes that the Bani of Baba Farid Ji in Guru Granth Sahib Ji is of Baba Farid Jee the first, not Sheikh Brama, Sheikh Ibrahim. 2. Farid Jee got "Ghang Shakar" added to his name not because of the story we all know but that his life was sweet and people were attracted to him. 3. also another interesting note is in Prof Ji's book "Adi Birh Barai" My link that the Pothis' b…
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Vaheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa Vaheguroo Jee Kee Fateh A poem, I think we should relate to. Puanjabi You ask me what I mean by saying I have lost my tongue. I ask you, what would you do if you had two tongues in your mouth, and lost the first one, the mother tongue, and could not really know the other, the foreign tongue. You could not use them both together even if you thought that way. And if you lived in a place you had to speak a foreign tongue, your mother tongue would rot, rot and die in your mouth until you had to spit it out. I thought I spit it out but overnight while I dream, it grows back, a stump of a shoot grows longer, grows moist, grows strong …
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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. -
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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