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I am posting this because I'm so disappointed at how our youth doesn't think twice before using bad language. Some highly abusive words have become a necessary part of each and every sentence coming out of some people's mouths. It is so annoying specially when such filthy words are uttered by someone who looks like a gursikh. When confronted, some people say they don't litterally mean it. I mean, why even say something filthy when you don't mean it? just because you think it is cool? skipping out some filthy words from your regular vocab won't make you uncool!!!!! and... it breaks my heart when i see a sikh saying bad words to another sikh. My humble request to my Gursikh brothers and sisters is to refrain from the use of foul language. gurU kw isK gMd-vwkI nw hovY guroo kaa sikh ga(n)dhaavaakee naa hovai The Sikh of the Guru should never speak disgusting speech. Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee Sorry if I offended anyone.

A 75 year old man, wielding a double-edged sword weighing 32 pounds, fought an army of tyrants, and as miraculous, unbelievable or superhuman as it may sound, continued to fight even after his head was severed from his body. This was none other than Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Jee, who fulfilled his promise of liberating Sri Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) from the tyrant Afghan army that had desecrated this House of God. Jan. 26th, 2012 is the 330th birth anniversary of this invincible warrior, who chose to keep his promise and uphold the sanctity and honor of this holiest Sikh shrine at the cost of his life.

This was originally written by a member called 'Namstang' and is priceless. .....Going back to Naam now, there are many techniques how to do jaap of Shabad given to you by mahapursh in form of panj pyares, most of puratan samparda's give you shabad/Gurmantar in amrit sanchar but give you Naam jugti in a separate session alone - mahapursh and jagiaso. Also may i add it's not proper to say, i got naam amrit from others or mahapursh in form of panj pyares, panj pyares instill naam in you, you get shabad from panj pyares. Naam is inside us day we were in the womb. Naam is everywhere, exist in his creation: Gurbani says: Naunidh amrit prabh ka naam, dehi mein iskaa bisraam (GGS : 292, Sukhmani, 23.1). Anyway here are some of the techniques(jugti) given by mahapursh in the past, they are diffferent. Remember there is no such thing as one technique is better than others, people on this forum should get out from this "bamal bussa" and "dubta" black and white sikhs trying to propagate. Yes certain people find certain techniques comfortabale but they can't say one technique is superior than others. - Technique given used and given by mahapursh- sant 108 baba sunder singh ji bhindranwale (fetched from gyani thakur singh ji japji sahib katha translations tapes): Ajapa jap Jap is of three types: 1. Vachak- Recitten with tongue and can be heard by others. 2: Upas: Recitten with tongue also but less audible. 3. Manas- Meditation of Vahiguroo with mind..meditation through thought process. First stage of gursikh is Vachak. Gyani Ji gave example of how siriman 108 sant baba sunder singh ji maharaj bhindranwaley used to do japji sahib first in one hour, then do second japji sahib in half an hour, then do third japji sahib in 15 minuites, then do fourth japji sahib in 10 minutes, then fifth time do japji sahib in 5 minutes. - Techniques given by sant baba isher singh ji rara sahib waley (sub branch of bhai dya singh samparda) Jap(meditation) is also done by: 1. Baikri Bani- When one recites naam with javan(tongue), hout(lips), khaieyal(thoughts) that is called Baikari Bani. 2. Madhma Bani- When one recites naam in Kant(throat) without moving lips...just with the thoughts is called Madhma Bani. 3. Pasanti Bani- When one recites naam in hirda(heart). 4. Para Bani- When one recites naam in Nabhi(Navel) without moving tongue and with the thoughts. In this stage vahiguroo naam gets infused in rom rom of the body. Meditation goes in automatic mode. There is no need for concentration. Gurmukh Rom Rom Har Dhavaie || After 4th stage, one gets to very high stage. Where one can hear(jap-resonance,dhuni) with their surati in pretty much everything in this creation ie- walls, birds, leafs, animals, human being, even from realms (bhramands). Dharat Patal Akash Hai Meri Jindaeriye Sab Har Har Naam Dhavaiya Ram || 2nd technique: Va Va Da Abhyaas Nabhi Ch Karo (Doing Simran of Va Va on Nabhi/Navel ) Hi Hi Di Awaaz Hiradaie Ch (Doing Simran of hi hi on the heart) Gu Gu Kant ch Karo (Doing Simran Gu on the kant/near throat) And Ru Ru Di Awaaz Mastaak mai Ratan Kartaie Hoye Birti Kou Nirgun Atma Mein Lin Kar Duo (Doing Simran Ru Ru on the Mastaak/third eye) So its a cycle - Va ( on Nabhi) Hi(on heart) Gu (on Kant) Ru(On Mastak/third eye). Thats one cycle....I dont know...this cycle or stage explained in the book is the first intial stage to the simran or second last stage in simran.... 3rd technique: This is also included in Soraj Parkash Granth. According to a prasang(divan) on chapter of mata ajeeto kaur reaching enlightment. Mata ajeto kaur was under guidance of siri guroo gobind singh where she was taught all the "YOG SADHNA/Shabad Surat Marg where chakras are used", when mata ji did yog sadhna, when her birthi(dhyaan) reached - Trikurti/3rd eye..she started seeing the future e.g. the besiegement of Sri Anandpur Sahib, leaving the kila etc and the shaheedia of the char sahibjadey. After seeing this in a dream she asked Guru Gobind Singh jee whether this was true, Guru Sahib confirmed this. Mata jee then told guru jee that she could not see all this pain happen and would rather die/ leave for Sachkand and asked permission to leave her body. Guru Sahib jee granted her permission and subsequently she did ishnaan, a Sukhmani Sahib da Paath and then left her body by reciting the mantar and with that mantar taking her prana on top and realising it via bhram randar nari( subtle vein) through dasam dwara. 4th technique: First concentrate on Sargun saroop of Vahiguroo while reciting shabad ie- Gur Ki Morat Man mein dhyaan Guru Ka shabad mantar man maan then after mind becomes subtle, that shabad will automatically take you upper realms and that shabad will infuse in your surat Techniques used and given by sant jawala singh ji harkhowaley (sub branch of bhai dya singh samparda) Naam Simran Jagutiya by Sant Baba Jawala Singh Harkhowaley 1st technique First do simran with the help of bakhri bani(recitation of tongue) and focus on trikurti ( between the eye brows) focus so hard and meditate so hard that you are exhausted consequently you will start meditating automatically on throat chakra with Madhma Bani (thought provoked automatic recitation) then focus so hard on madhma bani that it gets exhausted. Again consequently meditation will start in the heart and continue to the Nabhi (Navel). In the navel, guru’s jap awakens the kundalani in the navel. By doing this.,tenth door(dasva dwara) opens. By doing this technique your meditation process never stops and you are experience doesn’t break. 2nd technique. Meditation using Vahiguroo Mantra... Meditate with repeating Vahiguroo with your breath. When you inhale, take Vahi with your breath and take it all the way to Nabhi crossing your heart. Then take Gu from your heart to Ru from your trikurt by doing this... Tenth door (dasama dwara) opens.. Next stages (When trikurti opens) you see some light, first you see red then you see white and then you see the light that is so strong that makes thousands of suns and moons look dim but it doesn’t hurt your eyes ..It’s a feeling of calmness and rain of Amrit(Nectar). That is followed with sweet(celestial ) sounds which are called Panj Shabad (Anhad Shabad)…focus on that shabad but you have to transcend the point that yogi gets to because that point is still bound by creations and its only when your ego dissolves that you achieved what you meant to be achieving.. Naad means sound (dhuni) and there are two types of sound Aahat and Anhat 1. Aahat caused by two things colliding .This breaks down into thee parts 1. Breath = vocal sound 2. Sound which comes from instruments 3. Combinations of both and that’s where it collides. 2. Anhat: Heaven celestial sounds. 3rd technique: Sant Jagjit Singh Herkhowal here is narrating the instructions given to his father on how to perform Naam Abhyaas by Baba Jwaalaa Singh Herkhowal. Another technique by harkhowaley mahapursh They are; Preparations: 1) First recite Japuji Sahib 2) Then perform ardas requesting permission to recite naam and to be devoid of distractions 3) A mat should be laid on the floor, covered by a woolen cloth and then a white sheet 4) A pitcher of water is put to one side 5) The surroundings are adorned with incense and flowers 6) Sit facing the rising sun (east) in sidhaasana 7) Each hand should be placed on the knees in vairaag mudra 8) Keep spine erect, head high 9) To initially control the senses close left eye and with the right focus on the tip of your nose 10) Then recite mool mantar until you have strong concentration 11) Then recite gurmantar - first with baikri bani, then so only you can hear, then in the throat, then heart then navel chakra at belly button 12) This stage will take time but will be achieved with practice 13) once there, fix attention at triputi (between eyebrows) 14) He then explains trikuti and then way to dasam duar 15) The recitation of gurmantar should proceed with 'vaa' in stomach chakra, 'hi' in heart, 'guu' in throat and 'ruu' in triputi. 16) Four types of rasna - baikari (aloud), madama (in throat), pachyanti (voice in hriday/heart), and para bani (nabi). 17) Ru meaning light brings light to triputi (which is above the trikuti) 18) Therefore placing each of the gurmantar in each of the chkras in ascending order 19) explanation is then given of the nature of the experience that arises out of this practice, the final opening of saharakamal chakra and the experience of advaita. 20) There is further guidance on seasonal changes that need to be made, and issues of daily practice. 4th technique by harkhowaley mahapursh: Baba jawala singh ji answered: Hey pyaray gurmukho, the shabad, which is the emanation and form of guruji’s heart, that shabad is brahm. Get absorbed in that shabad and you will find that you no longer exist and that is the way that you will get muktee. Guruji has used the following lines in gurbani to explain this…… 1)sabad gur peera, gaher gambeera, bin shabadai jag baugaanang. 2)Satgur bachan, bachan hai satgur paadhur mukat janavago 3)Etc etc (more bani was said to reinforce the point) It is for this reason that gurmat is focusing on god through shabad ( gurmat hai shabad brahm dee upaashna) because shabad has 3 forms according to wise mahapurakhs: 1)asthool: when your eyes gaze on a granth and you read those letters out loud 2)misrat: when one’s birti (focus/attention) becomes attuned to the shabad, the shabad is both suksham and asthool because the mind is made of the (tatta da sato ansh)….the sat (virtue/true/purest) form of the qualities. 3)Sukham= sookham (astral/spiritual) When the shabad abhyaas (meditation on the shabad) surpasses the consciousness(surat) of the mind, and gets absorbed in the paar baani (the celestial emanations of the primal sound)..(this is also called, naabhi di baani (sounds of the naval chakra). That baani has the ability to take the jeev’s surti (the consciousness of the being) to the pinnacle point of brahm (the point from which creation was started). For this reason, you should all focus on the shabad. 5th technique: Viraat Upsana Recite vahiguroo through your mind and at the same time visualize first start with people/places you dislike - see light in them then move on bringin the whole creation (parkirti) inside and try to feel as if every inch of this universe is reciting vahiguroo's name - leafs, waterfall, valley, tree's , wind.. as if you are seeing light's everything. this way our mind which is dualistic see two (see god separate from creation) changes into non-dualistic mode which is see oneness (god's light in every being). Techniques by sant baba aya singh ji hoti mardan (sub branch of bhai dya singh samparda). Sant aiya singh ji was murshid of sant jawala singh ji. Note this technique is given to sangat where there is not only sikhsangat but everyone- hindu and muslim: refererence: The Radiance of complete journey to Akaal Purkh chapter- Sant baba Aiya Singh Hoti Mardan giving sermons to Sangat. Diffferent ways of Meditation. 1. Meditating by focusing eyesight on rising sun. It's done in winter. Hindus call it trianghlar concentration. 2. Shugal Mayyat or Mansuri..some hindus call it dead body's posture it is done by lying on ground on back with mind upwards, body completely loose and eye sight focused on behind the brows. 3. Breathing control in which attention is focused on third mole. It's equal to the first one and is done via padam asan(cross legged position) 4. Attention is focused inside as well as outside on the fae of Guru(mentor). In this way, one enjoys the unique fruits of spiritual life and hidden secrets are uncovered. 5. Shugal Ishnan Jat- In this, attention is focued on kalava shanovari due to this practice the mediator gets absorbed into his own self. 6. Shugal Aina (Means of Mirror)- It involves eye sight focussing on eye pupil in the reflection. This way eye-pupils over turn inwardly and get's to white spot or third mole. 7. Half awakened position- By this eyes are constantly kept open to avoid sleep. Therefore even though in sleep one remains half awake. 8. Inner form and intellect are concentrated upon white spot. 9. Eye- sight is focussed on the nose-tip then gradually moves backward to the nose-root. Going inward one has to enter realm of subtility. Yogis call it Chacri Mudra. It is also mentioned in Gita. Meditation phase contains three types: 1. Meditation upon Guru's phsyical form. 2. By concentrating on the place of the spirit in the body one feels light like a lamp. This is subtle medtiation. 3. The comes Guru's light form above the path of God's and ancestors and stays with the Sikh(learner). This way seeker merges into God. Shamas Tarbez says, "I become you and you become me and my life so that no one distinguish between you and me". Perfect meditation disolves the trinity of worship, worshipper and object of worship. Worshipper and the object of worship become one. God or Guru's beautiful face only can be seen with sacred eyes, look at him with excitement and asthetic sense just as muslims look up the moon of Id, It's is not every eye's business to have a glance of True Guru's light form. Only fortunate ones attain to this status. But human being instead of listening to spiritual voice is given to hear outer souns. Alas ! you are bounded by phsyical chains and do not listen to holy voice of mercyful god. Love: Love is the divine Law. It will win where reason fails God is love and love is God I think this is enough for the sangata, there are soo many techniques in guru ghar, no technique is higher than other or more gurmatiya than others, what is highest of all and common within all is "prem" towards Vahiguroo which leads to "Gurparsad". IkOngkar Satnaam Kartapurkh Nirbhau Nirvair Akaal Morat Ajooni Saihbhang Gurparsad

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Kudos to female Sikhs who go the whole nine yards when it comes to Sikhi. They are an inspiration and put some of the lads to shame.

haha go uncleji! thats a sick Sikh lol

This time election is kinda spicy as there is too much action going on in Punjab. 1. We know that Sukbir is putting all his energy to win this election as he knows that he will be the one who will chair CM'ship for the first time. He is being groomed for this position by his family (most particularly by his mom) for the past few decades. He knows the chances to be a strong leader image later on will be tough if he lose election this year. 2. We also seen congress banking on anti-sikh votes such as dera of weirdo’s ram rahim. Congress knows that they have no chance of getting in good relation with SGPC, so they will do anything that is anti-sgpc. Example is Patit-sikh organization (in fake name of sehajdhari sikhs) 100% supporting congress as amrinder singh personally favored them to vote on sgpc elections. 3. No-Game changer parties such as Mann Dal or so called Panch Pardhani party. They may be part of house talk abroad but in reality they are next to non-existent in Punjab. Some of them are controlled by delhi congress agent Sarna. 4. PPP will be gone after this election. The only reason PPP is in news because manpreet is from badal family and people like to listen to gossips of other families, more particularly internal fights. Manpreet think that he alone can manage the whole party and makes all good decision by himself and that is not the way it works. Manpreet, this is 2012 and your half-century old Lenin ideology not going to work. His kid under 18 is doing election stops for him (shows how desperate manpreet became). People won't stick with you if you don't have money and solid plan to win. PPP believes that religion is not important when running for public office. I strongly believe that religion is the only life support you gonna need to be the leader of millions of people. In reality, people are going to vote for their own personal profit. They are going to vote for a person so that after election their leader will give his son a govt’ job or stop transfers to other district (nobody wants to live away from their hometown for work). Some will vote for leaders who will give them promotion or put them in high bribery area or help voters out of court cases involving land cases etc.. Some will vote because of free liquor and light cheap drugs, while others will vote based on candidate’s religion. Most of the voters are selfish as they want their job done and they don’t care about Punjab at all. This is why we won’t see any good leader coming out of Punjab anytime soon.

Present brother...present...but don't re-present....speak from your own heart and kamai..that will stick to a person like flies on a fresh pile of you know what...the saints spent there whole life telling us to search....but all we do is search there katha...no.no...he is saying search your soul...don't just search the bowl.......ole bowl search your soul.............then you won't have to pay the toll......and you can roll................ Bowl = someone else's kamai/understanding, don't make this your understanding without searching first.Bani says search your soul, make your bibek budhi come alive. Toll = paying the dues of one deed's/jamdoot/re birth Roll = liberation and contentment/complete surrender

You don't need lemon juice to make paneer. You can if you want....but most people I know, such as my wife and mum, use vinegar. You might have the same problem with swearing. You might think that its impossible to say what needs to be said without using that particular word. Pretty soon, you'll realise that there's plenty out there who are able to say the thing very eloquently without using the swear word. Take your paneer analogy my friend.....use it wisely.....and learn from it.

my post under the Punjab elections was erased I take becaue I used the word B*astard and <banned word filter activated>. I would suggest you read gurbani and dasam bani very closely - there are many places where the right words to describe a person who is doing the wrong thing are used and some of those words are foul. Not a big deal - reality bites. The Guru's nor post Gursikhs were never politically correct, they said what it was...............maybe you need to re-look at your views...............samosa singh is king........

I think Badal Dal will get re-elected.. Badal has done way too much "seva" to be put back in power. His propoganda will work in my opinions. I could never throw any support to the Congress due to what they did in Punjab in the 1980s/90s. Thousands of innocents murdered by para-militaries, Police, and black cats through the directives given by the Punjab government of the day. They drowned the legitimate Khalistan independance movement in blood. Could never support them. Badal Dal have broken too many promises to the people. From giving justice to the victims of State violence to progressing to get the control of Punjab's waterways. They brought the Anandpur Resolution into reality and Badal himself signed it.. but have now sadly forgotten every point made under the resolution. The Badal government has blatantly been taking bribes and money from people who want to get certain positions and permissions, and its been happening for years. The Badal Dal tugs at the hearts of Sikhs to get the panthic vote but does nothing for the panth's betterment. Badal's party controlling the SGPC dosen't help. PPP. Manpreet Badal ran away from home 'cause his Uncle didn't give him the shiny chair to sit on. He took amrit years before in order to get into politics and solidify his position and quickly discarded the 5 Kakkars once he became established. A real politician who was there to benefit Punjab wouldn't have done that. He did what he had to do in order to become a politician.. a man who dosen't truly have the people's beneift in mind shouldn't be supported. At the end of the day, all of the issues that Sant Jarnail Singh Ji raised in the 70s and 80s are still issues today. I wont list all the injustices and denied rights that have been thrown at Sikh in India, but a seperate nation is the only solution if Sikhs wish to leave free with liberty and justice. Its all up to Punjab's people though.. its evident that those people don't want change, don't want betterment, don't want prosperity as every time they voice their opinion Badal or Amrinder ride in. I apologise if I said anything wrong.

Arab Spring: Series of demonstrations in a continent. Punjab is a province as it stands now which is not part of the Arab world. It just won't happen, Punjabis and Sikhs are under-educated, if you think learning Sikhi is the type of education that is going to lead forward a revolution you are wrong. Guru Gobind Singh ji said it him self, whilst studying gurbani one must gain a worldly education. Unfortunatley, Sikhs don't carry that authority.

Sikhs are not educated like them Arabs. Goto University, get degrees, learn, apply.

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You can wear really small kirpans on planes and get away with it. But yeah, this is where your rehat comes into play. Some panj pyaareh would say don't eat or drink anything (apart from water) on a plane without your kirpan, some panj pyaareh would tell you it's ok. Myself, I believe my Guru is loving and compassionate, and if I am hungry or thirsty on a plane, he would not want me to starve myself until I got off the plane! If my baggage got lost and I was in a foreign country where theres no Sikhs or any Gurdwaras, does that mean I am going to starve myself until death whilst waiting for someone to ship me a kirpan?! As someone above said, being tyaar bar tyaar means being aware of your surroundings at all times and ready to use those surroundings to get out of any situation and knowing that everything around you can be used a potential weapon. You just have to have the training for it. Your karaa... a pen.... even a piece of paper can be used as a weapon if you know how to. Shaster vidhiya is not just about swords and sticks, it covers how to use day to day objects to your advantage along with hand-to-hand combat.

With the blessing of Guru Maheraj , i hope to take Amrit, and am trying to keep rehat. I wonder if i am ready, or if i will every be. And if my mind changes throught high school, what would i do. But i can honestly say i really want to take Amrit, and be the daughter of Guru ji. I'm not sure what to start doing now, so than it will be normal to me once i;ve taken amrit. If there any advice or thoughts that you have or you could give me, please do so!

Think from now on, we'll make you all just wait and see what we have when we launch (regarding this one though, my brother who has done all the ordering and is still in India has also sent a variety of karay, not sure on types yet though. We're expecting the big delivery to arrive here over some time next week ) Everyone please spread the word about SikhiStore.com to your friends and family though, this can only be a success and long term viable solution with the Sangats support. And don't forget, if you sign up to receive emails before we launch via www.SikhiStore.com, we'll also send you a 10% discount voucher by email to use on launch day!

To add on, pesh from akj is strictly a personal preference, not offending anyone, I have full respect for all panthic jathebandis. Also, sis, I've started keeping 4 kakkars already, and will don the kirpaan with maharaj kirpa this vaisakhi. After which , I will wait for maharaj to tell me when I'm ready to pesh myself :-) Think hard, really hard, don't jump into it :-)

Sis, you could take my case as reference. I was keshdhari all along and cut my hair when I was 15. When I was 20, I read about sant Ji and 84, and got inspired to take Amrit, but my feelings were really Josh and nothing else. I took Amrit from a taksali jatha. About 2 months later I went for a Sikhi camp, and was heavily influenced by different people. It started with eating eggs, then fish, then meat. Amritvela stopped. Nitnem stopped. Soon after I was drafted into national service. I removed all my kakkars so I could fit in, and picked up smoking, and weekend vice activities with my platoon mates. After basic training I was transferred to section leader school, where I had better company, I stopped smoking because the officer commanding of my company knew my father. I picked up sukhmani sahib, reciting it regularly. After 5 weeks, I was given my final posting, to Guards ( an elite infantry unit with heliborne ops) as a sniper. There were 15 of us in the platoon, mostly smokers. My path stopped and I picked up smoking again. During the next course of 15 months, I tried amritvela a few times but whenever it came to jungle/field training for weeks end, I'll give in to smoking to ease the fatigue. The usual platoon drinking sessions in the mess continued. A year left to completion I was married to a girl who was totally inclined to hinduism despite being a Sikh, which until today is a hindrance to me going for pesh. After my 2 years of national service, I started work In my family business. This time I fell into the trap of tantriks, saadhs and babas hoping to improve my financial luck in the stock markets. In three years, I lost all my 60k investment, which happened around 2 months ago. That was what opened my eyes and I came running back to gurudev's feet. Ever since he has blessed me with vegetarianism, amritvela and an amazing nitnem of 11 banis. I'm now like a newborn child, opening his eyes to the truth and with maharaj kirpa I can Take baby steps to being a gursikh again, hopefully gaining enough strength to go pesh for all 4 bujjar kurehits. And I hope to be blessed with pesh from akj. :-)

Sarbloh means something made totally of loha (though it does always tend to have some very low carbon content), so a sarbloh kara will run out of sarbloh when it has totally corroded into nothingness LOL. In purely physical (non-spiritual) terms, the only power of sarbloh in regards to our body is literally that the iron transfers into our body through the skin by way of oxidation. This will never stop as long as the kara is in existence, so you are ok for a few thousand years lol.

The key is to not make a promise in the first place. Who are we to make promises with God? Chances are we will break them time and time again. We are simply to weak to keep our promises. Instead of promising, tell God that you have a problem and that you want to give it up. Tell God that you are weak and that there is every chance that you will keep doing what you want to give up but ask him for the strength and support to rid you of whatever it is and to help you again when/if you fall down. I guarantee that a lot of the shame of breaking the promise will go and you will be fitter for solving your problem. Don't make promises with God.

http://www.vidhia.com/Baba_Harnaam_Singh_Ji_-_Rampur_Khera/Se_Kinehiya_-_English.pdf see chapter 12 on Chandi Di Vaar 12 CORRECT TIME FOR THE PRAYER CALLED CHANDI DI VAAR Baba Ji used to recite the prayer called Chandi di Vaar daily, as part of his Nitnem. This is a prayer composed by the tenth Guru, describing a battle between demons and the Goddess called Chandi. It is usually recited by Sikhs during war. Many a time, a question would arise in his mind as to, how many times and at what time one should recite the prayer of Chandi di Vaar? Baba Ji asked many Saints and sadhus regarding this question, but could not get a satisfactory answer. One evening, at his room in the fields, after reciting the evening prayer of Rehras, Baba Ji went on to recite the prayer of Chandi di Vaar. After completing this prayer, he prepared to retire by saying his last prayer of Sohila. It was a moonlit night and the doors of the room in which he was sitting, were open. As he had just lain down, he noticed two men approaching at a short distance. Baba Ji thought to himself, that if these pedestrians were just travellers, he would offer them food and shelter for the night and if they were robbers, then he would challenge them in combat. No sooner had this thought entered his mind, than miraculously one of the Singh’s came beside him and grabbed his feet. The other one seized Baba Ji’s head and pinned him down onto the bed. Baba Ji used to tell us, ‘‘I was unable to move from the bed. A thought entered my mind that these two, who have moved faster than the speed of light in order to grasp me are neither robbers nor travellers. These two must be Shaheed Singhs (the immortal souls of Sikh martyrs). I began to recite the Mool mantar. I had only uttered the Mool mantar twice when the Singh who held my head down, let go, followed by the second Singh who was holding my feet.” Baba Ji got up and the Shaheed Singh explained, ‘‘We did not come here to fight with or seize you, but to answer your question, regarding the correct time to recite the prayer of Chandi di Vaar. As you thought about offering us a fight, we came and immediately seized you, as we did.” The Shaheed Singh continued, ‘‘If you start reciting the prayer of Chandi di Vaar after sunset then, one must keep reciting it continuously through the night until dawn. Two or more Singhs may take turns to recite this prayer through the night, it is all right to do so. One must sit upon a clean mat or bed, bathing before reciting the prayer. An oil lamp lit with clarified butter should be kept alight throughout the night. During the day, one can recite Chandi di Vaar as many times as one wants. There is no specific practice to reciting the prayer except that one reads the prayer with devotion and understanding.” After explaining these instructions, the Singh’s disappeared through the doors towards the direction they came from.

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