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When a jatt Sikh uses his or her surname I get to know so many things: 1) Which village they are from 2) Which district they are likely from and thus which dialect of Punjabi they speak. For example, if they are 'Sidhu' I know they speak a doaba dialect, and if they are a 'Grewal' or 'Brar' I know they speak a malwai dialect etc. 3) If they are a 'Bains' I know they are likely from Hoshiarpur and thus fairly intermixed with sainis and potato farming. 4) From their surnames, because of the districts the surnames are from, I get to know if they are likely one of the old established Sikhs in the UK from the 50's or one of the newer arrivals from the late 70's onwards. There are just so, so many things and so much to know and learn. Absolutely none of it has anything whatsoever to do with 'caste'. The only people who make it a part of caste are those with ulterior 'jatt-bashing' motives. For example, the poster that started this thread. He relies on your ignorance of worldy things to articulate an intention of bashing 'caste' per se. But his actual username here is simply another name that bhatra sikhs in the UK like to call themselves. None of you here should make it so easy for people to run rings around you.

This is true. However, one can't help question the mental capability of one that enjoys being a slave. Enjoys being ridiculed. Enjoys being a second class citizen. Enjoys being under the rule of a power who officialy even denies that he and his faith even exist. Enjoys being the only major religion on god's earth without a nation of their own. Enjoys being massacred. Enjoys the fact that his people are routinely hung to death whilst the killers of Sikhs are given promotion and rewards. Enjoys living under a power that only became his lord and master because of false promises, deceipt and lies told by Nehru at the All India Congress at Calcutta in 1946. Seriously, you have to question the lack of will, hope and backbone of people that enjoy being trampled upon in this way. Of course I have heard of sado masochism and how those kind of perverts take pleasure in humiliation. Not saying you fall under that category but it's certainly odd.

Yes it is true, there is a fierce battle between us and our mind, whenever we try to meditate. Because, Kal Purukh does not want any soul to escape from his temporary creation, so he has created and placed mind within each and everyone under his limited creation, including gods, godesses, etc... That is why, Wahiguru gives us the weapon of Nam to use against them, as it is the only power to defeat these entities. In fact, when Wahiguru sees that His soul is trying to reach Him through His simran, He comes Himself, in the form of Shabad Dhun and takes us safely in His arms, just as a father or mother takes care of their child, then no one dares to come and harm the child. So our work is to do our duty of Nam Simran, then He will see and take care of the rest, because we by ourselves, are helpless.... it is His power, His love, which does everything. Our Simran is just an excuse, for Him to shower His bharpoor Daya Meher on us. Dear brother, my only advice to you, is to never stop your bhakti of Nam Simran under any circumstances. May God bless you.

Shabad: Saachaa Dhan gurmatee paa-ay Raag: Dhanaasree mehlaa 3. chahu jug meh amrit saachee banee. Throughout the four ages, the True Bani of His Word is Ambrosial Nectar. poorai bhaag Har Naam samaanee. By perfect destiny, one is absorbed in the True Name. siDh saaDhik tarseh sabh lo-ay. The Siddhas, the seekers and all men long for the Name. poorai bhaag paraapat ho-ay. It is obtained only by perfect destiny. sach saachaa sach aap drirh-aa-ay. He is the Truest of the True; He Himself implants the True Name within. naanak aapay vaykhai aapay sach laa-ay. O Nanak, the Lord Himself sees all; He Himself links us to the Truth. In this Shabad, Sree Guru Amar Das Maharaj, is telling us something more on the topic of this thread. First of all, He is telling us that, throughout all the "yugas, the eras, Nam is the only Amrit, Nam is the way to get salvation, by getting freed from the cycle of births and deaths. This affirmation of Amar Das Maharaj as per Nam is the "panacea", the Amrit, at all times, gives us some more information, than that what we are used to hear and believe. And that is, that, Gurmat did not start with Guru Nanak Dev Maharaj, nor did it end with tenth Patshahee Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Nanak came about 700 years back, which means we were already in the Kali Yuga. And Guru Amar Das is mentioning all the four yugas.....all of them together are many many thousands of years, isn´t it? This takes to another point to refelect about the truths of the Bani, if Nam is the Amrit for all ages, that means, Gurmukhs have always existed since the very begining...and shall continue to exist, at least that is what Guru Amar Das is saying. This also implies that, no matter how many parlays or mahaparlays may ocurr, but Wahiguru has the same way always for all beings(souls) to bring them back to Him , which is through Nam. He does not say Nam is for a particular community, race, mazab, religion, or land, but for all the creation. Gurmukhs do not make anything of their own, but they only speak, what Akal Purukh tells them to convey us. And that is what, all our Guru Sahibans and Gurmukhs have done. That is why the Bani says: Har jee baseh Sadh kee rasna...Har Jee baseh, Sadh ke hirdey Then He is mentioning "poorai bhag" paraapat ho-ay and "poorai bhaag" har naam samaanee. This means, though Nam is present in everyone and everywhere, only a few handful, a few wadbagee jeevas, will come to know how to reveal it within themselves....not only that, but merge and become one with that Nam. The rest will be engaged in all other activities, or they will simply not accept these teachings. What to say about ordinary human beings in this case...not even the gods, godesses, devis, devtas, angels ...know about this very fact and reality. We may ask why, is this so? Or how can this be possible? The answer is, His "mauj". And in front of His will, who can oppose Him? That is why Third Patshahee says: sach saachaa sach aap drirh-aa-ay. This means, He Himself implants it through His Gurparsad, within the hearts of those wadbhagees... And to the end, He says: Nanak aapay vaykhai, aapay sach laa-ay Wahiguru Himself sees all; and He Himself links us to the Truth, that is Himself... Dhan Dhan Satguru Amar Das Maharaj... for showering us with such truths, of His pure paviter Bani.

WJKK WJKF. Just a point to add, all the suggestions are very good. I am in the UK and I don't know about US hospitals but, Me and my wife are both Amritdhari and I also took into the delivery with me a small sarbloh bata and patase. When my son was born the mid wife cleaned him, wrapped him in a towel and placed him in the incubator. I filled the bata with warm water ane put in 5 patase. Then I took out my kirpan, which I also rinsed under warm water, got into bir ras position and stirred the patase in the bata whilst reciting Jap Ji Sahib at the same time. Once Jap Ji Sahib was complete i did ardas and I put 5 drops of the Amrit from the tip of the kirpan into my boys mouth. I gave the rest of the prepared Amrit to my wife. Only then did my wife give him his first feed. This is called janam sanskar and is found in taksaal maryada. I was taught about this in gurmat class when I was growing up. Hope this helps also. WJKK WJKF

According to my understanding and research -real essence of naam is supreme consciousness/ awareness -ikongkar/Vahiguroo itself. Naam needs to be understood in stages/spiritual development stages it cannot be explained in conceptual terms but can only be truly understood in experience with gurbani/gyan. For rough understanding purposes-

Fairy tales ?? Go and read some history and tell me prior to the creation of Khalsa and the initiation of the Panj Pyarey, where was the Singh or Kaur surname designation assigned to Sikhs ? It's a specific title earned when you have submitted your head to the Guru the prerequisite is taking Amrit and joining the Khalsa. If you cant make the required sacrifice you havent gained the title. Go and read any historical books you want, and tell me when Guru Gobind Singh Ji actually became Gobind Singh...it was ONLY after taking amrit from the Panj Pyarey that he took this title. Now if the Guru himself did not use the title Singh before taking amrit, what gives anyone else the right to use the title without fulfilling the criteria , which is taking Amrit ?? Hence why none of the other 9 Gurus are given the title Singh. Why ? is it because they are lesser Sikhs ? Certainly not...It's because at the time the prequisite of Amrit wasnt in existance.

Sathigur Kaa Sach Sabadh Kamaavahu Meditate on the true Shabad, given by a Satguru Thhir Ghar Baithae, Prabh Apanaa Paavahu Remain steady and stable within the home of your own self, and find God Raag Asa, Guru Arjan Dev Maharaj. Above are the words of Sachay Patshah, Sree Guru Arjun Dev Maharaj, which can be the answer to your question. He is telling us that, do the Simran of Nam only. You do not need to go anywhere, nor need anything else. No rituals, no rites, no pilgrimages, no flowers, fruits, incense, lamp....nothing of that sort. It is our mind, which we have to get treated, which is the root cause of our sorrows, pain and our presence in the endless cycle of births and deaths. Wahiguru has everything, there is nothing that we weak humans can give Him, everything is polluted by us. And He knows that, but even then, He accepts our "kachee bhakti". So during our bhakti of Nam Simran, we still our minds, and that is offering Him, our mind. And He, as a washerman, washes the dirt accumulated on it, and thus gets it purified , with the (soap)Amrit of His Nam. Then once the mind is purified and pacified, it does not bother the soul anymore, and releases the soul from it´s clutches. It is like the rat is given mercury in the traps, set to catch it, and as it´s belly is heavy and can not move by ingesting it, so it stops doing mischiefs and lays down, then the house owner catches it and throws it away the from its house. In the same way, once the mind tastes the "ras" of Nam, it gets defeated by the soul. Nam is the only medicine to nullify the mind forever, anything else is temporary. Once this mind is conquered, then the soul crosses the causal region and enters Parbraham region, it is only then, that it is pure in essence and nature, as it has been removed from the phiysicall, astral and causal coverings on it. Continuing with Nam Bhakti, the soul proceeds further and reaches Sach Khand. There it gets the darshan of Akal Purukh Satnam, and merges in it. That is why the bani says: Jin Har jaapiya, se Har hoeeya. Any soul, Sant, Gurmukh, Satguru, upon reaching there become one with Him, without any distinction. Many of our brothers or sisters have that impression, even the rest of mortals, that even by reaching His abode, each and everyone continues with his/her own personality. Which is totally wrong. Suppose today anyone of us reaches Sach Khand, we shall only see Akal Purukh alone...no Guru Sahibans, no Gurmukhs, no saheeds, no Sants....nothing. Why? Because they have blended in Him, they have merged in Him, becoming Him. They emerged from Him, for a particular purpose, for a particular period of time, to bring back with them an alloted number of souls marked by Wahiguru, and once they reach there back, the wonder or wonder happens, nobody remains as such, because all from individual drops, souls; have become the One mighty Ocean. So this is one braham , one misconception we have to get it cleared. Maybe somebody is thinking , one day when I reach Sach Khand, I shall see the 10 Gurus sitting beside Akal Purukh, the other bhagats mentioned in the Bani, or even the other Gurmukhs who have been coming at our human level, like Sant Paltu Sahib, Sant Tukaram, Sehjo Bai, Guru Ravi Das, Kabir Sahib, etc...all of them together like in a congress. That is not Gurmat. The bani says: Sach Khand vaseh Nirankar. There in Sach Khand only Wahiguru exists, so naturally anybody upon arriving there, becomes Him. Is it not that the purpose of any sikh, of any seeker? As long as we do not merge and become one with Him, we are imperfect, we are still in the realms of mind, maya, kal and karmas.....Be it may Baikunth, Swarg or heavens...all these stages are under Maya, thus are transient and perishable, are very much in the boundaries of Parlay and Mahaparlay. And so the Bani tells us, that in order to become one with Him, we should only give our mind, body and soul, to the only one Akal Purukh. Har iko Daata seviye, Har iko dheeaeeyeh. It is moorakhta to place our hopes on any other beings, apart from one wahiguru Akal Purukh. He is the one sustainer, protector for absolutely all beings. If we depend on anyone else apart from Him, we shall never get freed from Maya. Just let us think. Either we are with Him, or we are not with Him. So If anybody past, we worship or show our reverence, what is the sense in it? If that individual soul has merged in Him, then why not directly worship Him; and if that is not the case, and those souls are supposed to be somewhere, because some say that they have been seen, then too, what is the sense in worshipping them, because if they have not succeded in reaching Wahiguru, and are stuck somewhere for any reason, how can they avail us? They can only avail us up to what they themselves have achieved, and surely they are not one with Wahiguru, that is why they are being seen, and not Wahiguru . In darkness only stars and moon can be seen. There where the powerful Sun is, no stars or moon are seen... So let us give our love, faith and devotion, to the only one Wahiguru Akal Purukh. It is popularly known: jaisa dheeayeeh, taisa hoeeyeh. As you meditate so you become. If you meditate on the one Perect Lord Wahiguru, you shall reach there where He is. If you meditate on anything apart from Wahiguru, we shall never reach Him. He is "sarvavyapak", means omnipresent. So if He is present everywhere and in everyone, is it not shameful to place our hopes and faiths on any others than Him? Read the Bani, only His mahima, His wadeeayee is described, that also just a fraction of His inmense Majesty. Why have we created and added so many external elements in Gurmat, thus creating and spreading delusion among the human beings? The essence of Nam in Gurmat is lost, and only rites , rituals, pilgrimages, moortee pujas are the daily bread in our lives... The Bani alerts us by saying, do whatever you may, but if you do not do Nam Simran... then that what you have done, is just like decorating a dead corspe. Singhoo, the Bani left by our Guru Sahibans and Gurmukhs, is a treasure beyond measure. Let us go throughly, and put into practice what it says: Awar kaaj, tere kitteh na kaam, mil Sadh Sangat, bhaj kewal Nam. To end this post, in accordance to the above thread, I would like to bring the following words of Guru Arjun Dev Maharaj, as a gist of Gurmat, to the all blessed sangat: Sun sundar, saaDhoo bachan uDhaaree. Listen, O beautiful soul-bride: By the Word of the Holy Saint, you shall be saved. jo ih mantar kamaavai, naanak, so bha-ojal paar utaaree. One who practices this Mantra, O Nanak, swims across the terrifying world-ocean Raag Aasaa, Sree Guru Arjun Dev Maharaj.

Vaheguru jee kaa Khalsa Vaheguru jee kee Fateh I am planning to buy Budha Dal Steek on Sarbloh Granth, but today while surfing the net, I found this topic on another site. http://www.sikhawareness.com/topic/11556-101-discussion-on-sri-sarbloh-granth/ Poster 'Kam1825' says the following :- "From the puratan birs and the two part steek brought out by the Buddha Dal i have been told there is a lot missing and also a lot of additions which should not be in the steek!!! Maybe the Nihangs will know better wbout the Steek but Sampardai Mahapursh state the Steek has been changed alot and books by Giani Gian Singh and Pandit Tara Singh Narotam have quotes from the Sri Sarbloh Granth which cannot be found in the published Buddha Dal steeks "

I was just thinking about what the percentages of Sikhs who use Singh and Kaur in their surnames and how this differs within the various Sikh communities. ie I Have noticed that The Bhatra Sikh community in particular nearly always ie in 99% of cases have Singh or Kaur as their official surname. You will rarely see that they keep any other surnames. But Ive noticed That the Jatt community nearly always have their family names and never have Singh or Kaur as their last name. They will not even have Singh or Kaur as a middle name. Is this not going against the Sikh faith by not keeping Singh or Kaur as the main Sure-name?

The only purpose for the air india bombing was to make sure their is no outside support for the Sikh freedom movement

Best way is to stop being Hindutva India's slaves. If the Kosovan's can have an Independent country so can the Sikhs. The Sikh leaders failed in 1947, and even Jinnnah warned the Sikhs on signing up with India. And history has shown him to be absolutely right.

Question: What do these "lists" labeling someone as a "terrorist" then mean anyways if a man like Nelson Mandela was on such a list until 2008?

Both the Statements are true and I would never make any false statements up. I have never come across any Bhatra with a family name. It is always Singh or Kaur as the last name as instructed by our the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji. However some people have become so brainwashed into taking pride in their cast names that they have forgotton the true meaning of being Sikh. Personally I feel no greater pride when someone calls out my surname as Singh and would never in a million years feel better if someone called out my caste name. My surname has always been one word (Singh) and that's the way it will stay. People who are saying family names help avoid inter-marriage. We all know what our family names are, without having them in our official names. I know what mine is. And so do hundreds of my relatives who only have Singh or Kaur in their surname. They have successfully married without inter-marrying. I feel so much pride having the honor to have the name Singh that I feel strange when I see other Sikhs who not only don't have Singh or Kaur in their names but only have their caste name.

We know Indian terrorist govt has killed millions of innocent people, and you think they will have a problem killing a few hundred people on the plane to malign innocent Sikhs. How come you are calling Babbar Khalsa a terrorist organization and not India a terrorist organization.

please can anyone tell me that when we are trying to become one with vaheguru ji through naam simran meditation, does the mind fight back as to make us turn away, because sometimes i feel like there is war going on inside my head between my atma which is vaheguru or trying to reach him and my mind which is manmukh ?

Its CBC which like the Canadian GOVT is anti-Sikh freedom/Khalistan.

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WJKK WJKF I would like to ask the imam if he remembers his infant years from o months upto 3. Or how much he remembers from his life from the age of 4 upto 6, also if he remembers how it felt the first time he crawled, walked and spoke? Our progression in this life is not remembered fully yet for some reason the imam assumes we should remember our previous millions of lives lol! WJKK WJKF

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Deeper contemplation also indicates real essence naam is what shabad (be it varan or shabad dhuni) - pointer pointing towards - which is Gian of Ikongkar/Vahiguroo

Enlightened by no means but: 1. If we remember our previous deeds then itll make it that much harder for us to concentrate while doing Naam Simran. Give it a try...hurt someone feelings and try to japp Naam (Don't do it but I hope we get the idea). It wont happen because the place of Truth is in our hearts and the Truth and evil (haumai) do not exist at the same place at the same time. 2. Other incarnations are there to suffer. Gurbani considers human form to be the peak because it can Japp. Rest of the species do their own part but the light of Vaheguru is only revealed in humans and Gurbani emphasizes how precious this life is many times. 3. Not to ridicule the Imam in any way but I think he is looking at the Universe as a closed system. There are other galaxies that sustain life according to Gurbani and we end up at places based on our Karma. Who knows how many insects are there under a single rock. And if there is only this life then what about all the people who were there in the past. Where would they be? Heaven or hell? Both are subject to parlo or mahaparlo. Where would they go then? Good topic

Brothers, first of all, let me clear one thing, I am no authority to talk on these matters, so as to say, do this or do that. No. I am my self a seeker, maybe morally worse than any normal being. Then too, whatever had to be said, our Guru Sahibans have left us with the akhoot bhandaar of their gyan in the Guru Granth Sahib. It is for each one of us to dive in deep and take those precious jewels and make ourselves spiritually wealthy. Just as each one has to eat himself/herself to satisfy his/her hunger...in the same way; if we have spiritual hunger, we should follow practically Gurmat. Our Guru Sahibans who where the embodiment of Truth, of Akal Purukh, when they came on this earthly plane, people did not believe them, in some cases even their near family members did not realize who they were, many others misbehaved with them, and abused them, either verbally or physically ...so brothers, who am I? A sinner only. Absolutely whatever had to be said and explained, is already written in the Bani. I am not going to discover anything new, as there is nothing left as such. I have given simple and clear quotes from the Bani in a nutshell, in the post above, but even that seems that is not understandable...so what guarantee is there, that with much more thesis the Bani will be understood? Absolutely none, but one thing is sure, hot discussions....what for? Ego? That what I say or think is right and the others are wrong....No need for that. I very well know human nature, who has a tendency towards conflicts, controversies, hatred...and really, there is no need for all this. I am not saying directly to you, that you are like this, but surley it can happen with anybody. What so ever has to be realized, shall be realized, only by practically following what is written in the Bani. It is entirely us upon us, if we want to follow and obey the Bani alone, or many other things along. But that much I can say, the whole of the Guru Granth Sahib is nothing but mahima of Wahiguru Akal Purukh and His true form which is Nam or Shabad, on each and every ang of it, is full of this wadeeayee. Once again I am going to copy and paste the beautiful quotation in the above post of Guru Arjun Dev Maharaj, which by itself is quite explanatory, and you shall get the answer of your question from it. It is for us to pay attention and reflect upon it, and dig deep enough, to get out the Amrit from it: Sun sundar, saaDhoo bachan uDhaaree. Listen, O beautiful soul-bride, By the Word of the Holy Saint, you shall be saved. jo ih mantar kamaavai, naanak, so bha-ojal paar utaaree. One who practices this Mantra, O Nanak, swims across the terrifying world-ocean Raag Aasaa, Sree Guru Arjun Dev Maharaj. P.S: Please do not misinterpret me, if any bhool chook, taking me as a brother, just forgive me.

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That's the problem see, Jatts are not a caste, they are a people/ethnic group based on common ancestry. Jatt's do not feature in any caste system. The Hindu caste system never really gained much of foothold in Punjab due to it's geographic position being the gateway to the Indian subcontinent with constant marauders and invaders from the West. There does seem to be a constant infatuation with Jatts on the forum, which is a shame as it takes the spotlight away from more pressing and important subjects that should be discussed.

Bloodlines have no place in Sikhi. Prithi Chand (Baba Prithi Chand) was the son of Sahib Sri Guru Ram Das Sahib Jee. Ram Rai (Baba Ram Rai) was the son of Sahib Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib Jee. We know very well what Sikh itihaas says about them. On the other hand Pandit Lal Chand Peshauria became Shaheed Bhai Lal Singh (Chamkaur Sahib). Pandit Kirpa Ram Dutt and His brother Sanmukh Das Dutt became Shaheed Bhai Kirpa Singh and Shaheed Bhai Sanmukh Singh (Chamkaur Sahib). Syed Baig was the brother of Bibi Naseera who was Pir Budhu Shah jees wife. He also became a Sikh and a Shaheed. None of these Shaheed Kharkoo Singhs from Hindu backgrounds had a surname disclosing their castes. Once again, bloodlines have no place in Sikhi

People who are advocating using castist last names - here are some facts None of the gursikhs even prior to Amrit sanchaar by Guru Gobind singh jee used last name - e.g. we only hear of Bhai gurdas jee, Bhai Jaito, Baba Budha, Bhai Bidheechand etc. None of the Gursikhs ever used last name after 1699 vaisakhi - Bhai taru singh, sukha singh, mehtaab singh, garja singh, bohta singh .... None of the Sikh scholars used last name - we only hear of bhai kahn singh nabha, sardar kapoor singh, veer singh etc None of the singh sooramy in recent insurgency against evil indian government used last names - Maochal, jathedar Babbar , Jathedar Keonke , gurjant singh budhsinghwala ....et al As to the point Cisco Singh raised - people can't go straight from Grade I to Grad school , dropping your castist last name is one of the first few things (along with shastar abhyas, taking out dasbandh, studying SGGS) etc that people can do while on the way to amrit. Finally sikhi is the science of the soul , caste and ancesterol history belongs to your body which will die along with your body , so why take pride in something so temporal and superficial (did you put in effort to be borne into a certian caste ?). Castist people in reality are rednecks and they should realize this hard fact.

If we had a country of our own, we could get quicker justice for our fellow Sikhs suffering in India. This is just an example of how a sovereign country can dare to look at a bully country in the eye and warn them with dire consequences.

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WJKK WJKF,Very nice and accurate post. I understand the point you are making. In my opinion and what I understand, (maybe I'm wrong) sikhi is made of two components, Bhagti and shakti- for a khalsa, both components need understanding and growth. Many sikhs today have done much to grow and increase their Bhagti, but many only wear the kirpaan as a symbol. *deleted* WJKK WJKF Mod Note: Refrain from going too deep in whether meat is right or wrong. WJKK WJKF If only moderators would step in when people justify caste also, would be much more commendable.

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Brar is a confirmed liar. His dishonest words carry no legitimacy. As for Khan, not too long ago I started a topic showing how Indian Muslims viewed 1984 as a karmic payback against the Sikhs for 1947. Kashmiri Muslims are okay, but the other Indian Muslims have absolutely no sympathy for the suffering Sikhs endured in 84.

Some of the views mentioned in article posted above ( published in The Spokesman Weekly, dated July 16, 1984), are reconfirmed in this interview done sometime in November 2012. (The interview is in English) Interviw is posted in two parts on You-tube in two parts Part 1. Part 2

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Great, thanks for sharing