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  1. WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH || SADHSANGAT JI WITH GURU SAHIB MAHARAJ JI'S KIRPA DAS IS GOING TO START POSTING MORE AMAZING SAKHIAN AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE | Kartar Singh And The Pathaan In the second world war, the Sikhs fought in the British army and many Sikhs gave their lives fighting for Britain. Many Sikhs fought in Europe too and the Sikhs were recognized for their outstanding performance in the war. After the war was over, the Sikh regiments were brought back to India by road. As thus, they had to pass through Afghanistan and present day Pakistan, to arrive in India. When the Sikh regiment reached Jamraud, the Sikhs requested the officer in charge to stay at Jamraud as they wanted to visit the Gurdwara that stands there in the sweet memory of the greatest general Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa. The officers agreed and the Sikhs stayed there for some days. As the military had stationed in Jamraud, the Sikhs took liberty to visit adjoining places. The residents of Jamraud did not know too much about the Sikhs and showed curiosity to know about them. One such person was the wife of a Pathan general called Abdul Qiyoom Khan. She had not seen the Sikhs before and when she saw singhs with parkaash beards and well-built bodies, she asked her husband who they were. Abdul Qiyoom Khan praised the Sikhs and their bravery just as a big-hearted warrior would praise another warrior. He told her about the background of the Sikhs and how they were known for their courage and strength. The pathaans too are known for their bravery and if we read the history we find out that the residents of this area that was known as Gandhaar Desh (mother of Duryodhan – Gandhari was from this area) at the time of Mahabharat. These people ruled India for many years and they were stopped by only one person and that person was Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa. For this reason, the old people of that area had respect and considerable fear for the Sikhs. Anyway, after hearing the stories of bravery of Sikhs, from her husband, she jokingly told her husband that the reason she married him was because of his bravery. The pathaan, when he heard this, got hurt and with hurt ego, immediately shot back at his wife saying that he did realize that these Sikhs were brave but they were not more brave than him. He said that he would prove this to his wife. Saying this, the pathaan immediately arrived at the place where the Sikh regiment was stationed. He went to the officer in-charge and challenged the Sikhs for a one-on-one fight. Abdul Qiyoom Khan was a very accomplished warrior of his area and was the sardaar of the tribal army in his area. He was close to 6’5” tall and had a huge body. When the Sikhs heard his challenge, they started thinking how to respond, since this happened so fast. When he challenged again, a Singh by the name of Kartar Singh accepted his challenge. Kartar Singh was not very tall in height but he had a well-built body. It was decided that the fight would take place the following day at so and so time. The next day, the pathaan arrived a little early along with his supporters. When the time of the match came, Kartar Singh did not arrive on time. The pathaans thought that he had ran away, scared of fighting Abdul Qiyoom Khan. This incident was recorded by the the goraa (Englishman) who acted as a referee in the competition. His name was M. Crafts. Anyway, a Sikh soldier was dispatched to get Bhai Kartar Singh. When the soldier arrived at this tent, he found him standing in ardaas. Unaware of his surroundings, Kartar Singh urged Guru Gobind Singh jee for strength and said that he did not have any strength of his own and that he was relying fully on Guru Sahib alone. Doing ardaas along these lines, Bhai Kartar Singh arrived at the place of competition. Most independent observers had thought that this match would not last more than 10 minutes and will result in the death and defeat of Kartar Singh. Both warriors were allowed to use any weapon they wanted and they both used swords to fight. They both were very skilled in fighting. They both did vaars (attacks) on each other and very diligently saved the vaars of their opponent. The singh was fighting so well, that the pathaan who had thought of crushing him in minutes was taken aback by the fierce resistance posed by Kartar Singh. After half an hour, when no one emerged as a clear winner, the competition was briefly stopped for about 10 minutes. The pathaan came to his side of the ring and drank grapes juice. The singh on the other hand only drank water and closed his eyes to thank Guru Kalgidhar Sache Paatshah, who let gave him the strength to face a strong opponent as the pathaan. When they came back after the second round, the pathaan got a little impatient and challenged Kartar Singh to save his vaar. When a person loses his cool in a battle or competition, he or she is bound to lose a little bit of focus and concentration. This is what happened to the pathaan. He did a great vaar on Kartar Singh who in turn very diligently stopped it and did a counter vaar, which resulted in the pathaan getting seriously injured, thus ending the competition in Kartar Singh’s favour. After the competition Kartar Singh quietly left the place and while the Sikhs were celebrating he went to his tent to perform an ardaas of thanking Guru Sahib for his victory. The words on his lips were: BHAYEE JEET MERI, KIRPA KAAL TERI|| (O Vaheguru, I attained victory because of your grace) DHAN GURU DHAN GURU DE PYARE COURTESY OF SIKHLIONZ.COM GO TO THEIR SITE FOR MORE AMAZING SAKHIAN. WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH ||
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  2. Jeevani: http://www.neverforget84.com/shaheeds/shaheed-baba-gurbachan-singh-manochahal Parnaam Shaheeda Nu - ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ ਸ਼ਹੀਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ
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  3. Hey Hey, i m not the one in denial as first line of my post says: Now compare with their mismanagement (if there is any) with our gurdwaras. We cannot even get a english speaking public/media relation person in our gurdwara let alone managing the full gurdwara properly. It just speaks volume..read the thread ~your dream gurdwara ~...you be amazed at things we are lacking. Here is another analogy..we all know personal profit is anti gurmat - Punjabi gurdwara- maximum revenue, sangat/youth hardly benefits facilities/program/vichar/resources. VS -3HO gurdwara- imprint of personal profit is there but at the same time- sangat/youth benefits facilities/program/vichar/resources In this kalyug, i will pick later until some revolution comes.
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  4. Both were members of this forum and one of them visited this forum regularly. We as sangat of this forum failed to inspire such souls. Had we been more gurmat orientated, encouraging youth to do more bani then maybe we could have seen a different outcome today. However, whatever happens around us; bad or good, all is in the will of waheguru ji. Rather than complaining or finger pointing at each other, we should try to look ahead. Just imagine the power you have. Single post or reply of yours on any public forum can inspire someone or it can even discourage someone. Choice is yours !
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  5. VaahegurooJeeKaaKhaalsaa, VaahegurooJeeKeeFaateh! With the grace of Guru Gobind Singh Jee, an Amrit Sanchar and Keertan Darbar has been organised by the Akhand Keertani Jatha UK: Saturday 3rd March 2012 Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Cross Road Coventry CV6 5GR Keertan - 7pm - 12am Amrit Sanchar - Starting @ 7pm Can all ablakhyees contact Bhai Taranjeet Singh (07877888874) provide their names for the Amrit sanchaar. If you have questions, you can contact Jathedar Raghbir Singh on 01926 741 944 If any persons do not have full kakaars, then AKJ UK will provide them as part of the seva
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  6. should we keep silent on predatory groomers & conversions tactics of anti-sikh people trying to ruin lives of sikh girls too? We as a community should be free to express how we feel about the trial and any injustice we perceive. Sure personal attacks are not good and one should avoid any against deceased members especially. But people should be free to have their say on these cases. Keeping silent is injustice in itself.
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  7. West London Singh and dalsingh101, I agree. She is central to this murder. This would not have occured had it not been for her manipulative character. She should have been given a punishment fitting her crime - murder. However, I'm not a legal expert. Also, I wonder what people make of the fact that thousands of pounds have been collected in his name, and yet he attempted to rape. Was that wise? Furthermore, Sikh TV closed soon after. Where has all that money that was collected gone? Who is accountable?
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  8. Please list names, organisations, links, you tube accounts, other info in short relating to what we're up against as a panth e.g. Darshan Ragi, his blog, Facebook page etc I hear they are using online well, let's identify and then try to counter this anti parchar else soon we will end up with Gutka Sahibs with 3 morning banis Any info would be helpful
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  9. Satguru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib ji Maharaj and Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj are one and the same, as you have said. In the lines you and jsinghz are discussing, Guru Sahib is showing people many things. 1. Guru Sahib is being humble. 2. None of our Gurus called themselves equal to Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj. However the next Guru didn't hestitate to say before, me the Guru is one and only Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj. 3. Guru Sahib in Dasam Bani states, i don't know all, only you (Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj) know all, again Guru Sahib is showing humility. If we take these lines literally, then how can Satguru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib ji Maharaj be the True Guru. Gurbani tells us that the True Guru knows Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj. So there is a deeper meaning to the lines. When the Gurus wrote about themselves, they wrote with the utmost humility to teach us a lesson. Not to speak in ego about ourselves (Sikhs). 4. Also, so we don`t start worshipping Satguru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib ji Maharaj as a devta (separate from Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj as the other religions do). Satguru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib ji Maharaj told us don`t see any difference between me (Satguru) and Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj. Satguru Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji Maharaj is Sri Vaheguru Ji Maharaj!!!
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  10. I suppose a soul would have undertaken millenia-worth of bhagti in order to be worthy of being a vessel for the light of God. We get excited about the kamaiyaa of sants and mahapurashes (which are stunning and worthy of respect for sure) but just imagine the karam and kamaiyaa of a soul who was chosen to become a prophet, or in the case of us Sikhs, a Guru. The mind boggles at the spirituality and love for Waheguru needed to undertake such a "mission". I would think that in order to possess the knowledge (worldly and spiritual) that our Guru's had, they would have to have originated from at least the dawn of time, even possibly from other realms where life existed before the earth even came into existence. The reason I said 'dawn of time' was not a random, arbitrary length of time but I suppose a soul would need that long to get to a stage whereby they would've accrued the intense gian needed to guide and help sections of mankind on the kind of scale that, for example, Guru Nanak Dev Ji did. Remember that the purpose of each janam - for us normal individuals - is to constantly learn whilst alive, and then take that accumulated knowledge forward into the next janam and build on it and learn some more from each lifetime we live. My only point of contention with this line of thought would be this: Did these souls (who eventually became prophets on Earth) have to go through the trials and tribulations of life as we are currently experiencing, OR were they perfect beings from the outset created by Waheguru for the explicit purpose of propagating the name of God? I guess this is something we will never know - or we have no right to know - as some might begin to question the divinity of prophets if their earlier janams were revealed to us in which they were fallible people like you or I. Apologies but these are just my thoughts and ideas. I don't have any evidence to say I'm right. Nothing more than ideas and musings from a fool.
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