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Wearing kirpan without being amritdhari
by Guest EBirk- 1 follower
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Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh I have been practicing sikhi for a while now, I do nitnim everyday and I do naam simran as well everyday. I am still living at home with my parents who do not approve of me taking amrit and I have chosen to respect them on this until I move out and find my own place. In the meantime however, I have been living the life of an amritdhari essentially and this includes wearing a kirpan and I feel as though if they don't wish me to actually take amrit I can at least do as much as I can to be prepared when I do finally take it. I recently saw some posts on here that suggest that you can't wear a kirpan without being an amritdhari …
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Abhiyaas Meditation
by Guest Kaur- 3 replies
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How to do abhiyaas ?? I am new to this field.. any tips .. any steps.. any Katha's or anything that can help.
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Veerji i just wanted to ask that i am a amrit dhariand will my amrit break if i have sex with a non amritdhari girl ( my wife) ofcourse. plz tell me that will it break even by kissing her .the physical relationship is in marriage only and no outsider is there but my wife is non amritdhari Any Suggestions
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Extreme byadbi
by Guest Sukhwinder84- 1 follower
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Last weekend, I attended gurdwara Babe Ke in UK birmingham where around 40-50 Singh Sahibs attended because serious byadbi had occurred. This is the most serious case of byadbi in the world and that is no exagerration. This matter has not received much attention because sangat are worried about the serious concern it will cause, but it has to be aired in the global Sikh panth commuity. It feels like people are trying to cover it up!! Lots of Guru-Sahib-Saroops were kept at the gurdwara in a dark cold room which the committee referred to as a sachkand. The room was ridden with rodents. Bibiya said they found mouse poo in the place where gutkas were stored. There was l…
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Dress Code at the Akal Academy Baru Sahib
by Guest Botcloud- 1 follower
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If a non-Sikh Child is admitted to the Akal Academy at Baru Sahib, is he or she permitted to cut his/her hair as long as he/she is a student there?
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What bani's can I do to give me the Strenght to fight ---- addiction
by Guest Daasandaas- 3 replies
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I am addicted to -------graphy and have been trying to quit ---- for several occasion but failed. Are there any shabads or bani's that can give me the Strenght and power to quit?
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i have run out of flower for my sisters wedding cake 1 2
by Guest chef- 1 follower
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i am baking my sisters wedding cake - her wedding is tomorow - this is a big chance to prove i should go on master chef and i wanna get it just perfect. However, the flower has run out!! i know my neighbour has some though, i just broke into his house but now i am wondering whether i should actually take it. Please help, the wedding is depending on me.?
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Should we feel sorry for Sikhs or not? 1 2 3 4
by Guest Sikh demographics- 2 followers
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We often hear about how we as Asians non-Sikhs feel sorry for the ingenious white people indigenous Sikhs of the UK east Punjab due to the perceived take over there by ethnic minorities non-Sikhs Ie Britian east Punjab, in certain areas have become a white Sikh minority population areas like Doaba. ie before the last 50 years whites Sikhs were the clear majority in the UK then newly created smaller east Punjab. But now they are becoming the minority in their own tiny homeland. (Shock horror) But should we feel sorry for our pale skinned long haired friends? After all it was these peoples Sikhs who did no parchar about the truth of Sikhi. They ne…
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I once read how Prince Nau Nihal Singh was crowned Maharaja of Punjab after the death of his father Kharak Singh, but after a few hours of being crowned a stone/bricks fell in his head and after a few hours he was dead. Even then there were speculations of it being a planned murder. I think it's pretty obvious that it was murder. Soon after his mother chand kaur took over and became empress. He was 19 years old and had a son, not sure what happened to his son ... I don't anyone ever got to the bottom of this incident though I think there was an "investigation" I think if it was a murder then the obvious choices are either the British or the dogra brothers. …
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When should Amrit be taken?
by Guest Guest- 1 reply
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Waheguru Ji Ki Khalsa. Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh I’m planning to are Amrit and I was womdering how long I should wait to take Amrit. Currently I have learned to read Gurmukhi and I do all my 7 banis. I am also practicing to tie a dastar. My hair is only 7 inches and I use a hair extension to make it longer, are hair extensions are allowed in Sikhi? I have not started to practice wearing my 5 Ks yet. I do not eat meat or eggs. Also, does a Amrit Sanchar have to happen on vaisakhi or any day? If it can happen on any day how would you sign up for it or what would you do?
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In the first 2 lines, who is giving blessings to whom? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoH6oohd-Ok
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Amritdhari eyebrows 1 2 3 4
by Guest Meeee- 1 follower
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I am amritdhari, my eyebrows are pretty bushy and a monobrow too, sometimes I want to just trim them but I refrain myself. Are there any way I can make them naturally look better?
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hair cut
by Guest kbc1234- 1 follower
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I am 26 year old . I have not cut my hairs or bread ever till date, but now after so many years i feel disillusioned with sikhism ( in general all religion). I lost my youth under constraints like not smoking, and having low self confidence. Even now i struggle with my life on academic front. In my circle i have Sikh friends getting hair cut but they are not punished by god for that act. life goes as it was before .
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Sikh Cuisine was a thing in 1960s London - What happened to it?
by Guest Jigsaw_Puzzled_Singh- 6 replies
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Now this is about as random as they come - and I should post it in my 'random historical photos' thread but they've taken my rights away to post photos on old threads - but it's kinda weird because I've had this photo in my collection for years (dont ask - I collect tidbits about the history of London. Sad - I know ☹️ but never noticed before what kind of cuisine this restaurant was serving. 'Sikh Cuisine'. This one is from the 1960s in Brook Street in upper crust Mayfair just around the corner from the former American Embassy. Got me thinking though - with the early 1900s British studies on the Sikh Diet and the 1960s published data on how Sikh children born in the UK w…
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Ghosts After Amritvela 1 2 3
by Guest ~akal~- 29 replies
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This morning after amritvela, after i done ardas, i lay in bed, and there was a bag near my bed , i was staring at it, and someone was slowly opening the zip and closing it, i couldn't see anything but it kept happening, i didn't know what to do so i just reached the bag and started shakin it, then i woke up and realised it was a dream although it felt so real. This kind of thing always happens after amritvela, when i lay in bed. Its always different things. Sometimes its someone on my bed jumping, poking me, pulling my pillow, hitting me. There was one time where i felt alot of pain. i never ever see anything but feel the movement and energy.The dreams seem so real beac…
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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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