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This paradox only works with the Abrahmic conception of God which is that of a creator and a creation which is a completely separate entity from God. Gurmat teaches that Vaheguru is "IK OANKAAR" - this is an all pervading "force" so to speak which in our universe takes the form of the sound "Oaannn(g)". This force has a mind and personality (not an impersonal force), it pervades everyone and everything. No part of creation is separate from this - what is perceived to be a created thing is simply a wave eminating from the ocean that is Vaheguru, i.e. the creation and creator are one. Therefore this concept of creation and destruction as we know it, and how it is posed in the paradox question, is an illusion that does not exist - all that exists is oneness (Vaheguru) in various forms. The above answer alone should cover it, but to add an extra layer, should Vaheguru wish to engage in this, he certainly can - One way of explaining what " Ik OANKAAR" is is to say that it is actually the sum total of everything and more. Ik OANKAAR can at one time take any "God form" he likes and also the form of such an unliftable rock -both are God. Then, should God so decide he wants to, he can make another form of himself which then lifts the rock. The sakhi of how Harnakhash was killed despite him having a divine boon which seemingly made him immortal is a great example of divine creativity being far beyond limited human intelligence and that ultimately God can literally do anything in a way that mere human brains could never conceive. Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji was also displaying divine creativity when he created the multi-tassled chola. In short, Vaheguru can not be limited in anyway and can answer absolutely anything.

Isn't Ludhiana 67% Hindu? They are more than double the Sikh population. Likewise in Jalandhar.

You really should try and educate yourself on the social dynamics of Punjabi village life. Each caste relies on one another and a stable village life would not exist if Jats are going around oppressing and raping Dalits at will. You seem well read on many things but you are grossly ignorant about rural Punjab. Rather than wasting time in Goa with the hippies or going to see the Taj Mahal like every lame tourist, why don't you go and live in a Punjabi village for a few weeks. I can guarantee you that it will be a life changing experience for you. So the next time some freshie tries his GAPPAN on you about how he and his mates lord it over the Dalits in their village you can respond. Saaliya jhoot na bol, main aap pind vich rehke aiyan.

It looks like this word has been used in Faridkot teeka Any 136 ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਸਗਲ ਪੁੰਨ ਜੀਅ ਦਇਆ ਪਰਵਾਨੁ ॥ ਅਠਾਹਠਂ ਤੀਰਥੋਂ ਕੇ ਇਸਨਾਨ ਅਰ ਸਭ ਪੁੰਨੋਂ ਕੇ (ਪਰਵਾਨੁ) ਸਦਰਸ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਜੀਵੋਂ ਪਰ ਵਾ ਆਪਨੇ ਜੀਵ ਪਰ ਦਯਾ ਕਰਨੀ ਹੈ॥ Looks like it means parvaan if I have understood correctly. However there is also the following where Faridkot has used the same but here it seems it's been used to mean "other" or "second" if I have understood correctly, unless it means greater or foremost? ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ਕਰਤਾ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਤੁਝੈ ਸਰੇ ॥੯॥ (Ang 552) ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਸਭ ਕੁਛ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰਾਉਤਾ ਹੈ ਔਰ ਦੂਸਰਾ ਕੋਈ (ਸਰੇ) ਸਮਾਨ (ਤੁਝੈ) ਤਿਸ ਕੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਵਾ ਹੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਤੂੰ ਸਭ ਕਛੁ ਆਪ ਹੈਂ (ਤੁਝੇ) ਤੇਰੇ ਸਦਰਸ ਹੋਰੁ ਕੋਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਇਸੀ ਤ੍ਰਹ ਸੇ ਸਭ ਪਦ ਸਨਮੁਖ ਲਗਤੇ ਹੈਂ॥੯॥ Faridkot teeka has used this word quite a bit, I think it has been used slightly differently at different times. If you put the following search in Google, you can find all the instances the word has been used in Faridkot teeka: "ਸਦਰਸ site:srigranth.org" (without the speech marks)

Please post the specific shabads so we can do veechar on them

i don't know why someone would say that ATMs in India do not work. Indian ATMs are like any other ATM in the western world. Foreign cards work in Indian ATMs. There is a max limit of Rs. 20,000 per day to withdraw from ATM. There is minimal transaction fee of Rs. 20 or 50. The exchange rate you get when you take money out is applied by your foreign bank and not by the Indian bank. I have used ATMs in India multiple times without any problems.

In short, using ATM is not the best option. If you open a Punjab national Bank (PBN) account here in the UK, it is considered different to an account opened in India and in short you don't have any support or service for it there. The most I could do with my PBN account was withdraw some money daily which was limited to a certain amount allowed to be withdrawn each day. There are currency changers in Punjab such as Thomas Cook which can change it for you. You can change some money at the airport but don't change too much money there as the rate is usually not great. One way is to have your money sent by Western Union to Punjab, although when you go to the post office to collect your money, they will ask you for a photocopy of your passport and a copy of proof of your address in India (a hotel bill is acceptable to).

I know someone this has happened to, they were ill for a long time and didn't manage to comb their hair. So I helped him to sort it. It was really badly matted hair that looked impossible to sort out but guru kirpa we managed it. First do ardaas. Then you will need to get LOADS of coconut oil. What you should do is keep applying loads of coconut oil again and again and you will have to use your FINGERS to separate each hair. You will probably need to spend along time like more than an hour of not 2 hours to to do this. Only after you have separated them from each other should you try to comb. If you live in the UK and really need help and can't do this, get in touch and I will personally help you. It would be awful to see someone have to cut their hair over this.

Jagraj bhai ji (of BoS) points out that Anglos played some weird Jedi mind tricks on our lot (like 'Sikhs don't preach and convert!") and we quickly brought into it despite our own Sikh culture and history clearly being the very opposite direction. It's the same with all the 'race' theory crap our people brought into. I mean it so obviously goes against Sikh conceptualisations of Sikh society but many of our lot jumped on it because it made them feel 'special'. It's really cringeworthy to see how our lot are so easy to manipulate like this. And the other side must be in hysterics at our gullibility (I don't know about half devil but 'half child' for real!) We're only seeing people starting to question a lot of obvious bull5hit put in our heads now. When any outsiders (like the English) can come in and in effect set the very fundamentals of our faith, and that too for decades/centuries, we're clearly in deep trouble and missing something VERY important. How many things that we consider as Sikh are actually Anglo additions or influence? Like the whole Charitrio Pakyaan prudery! Given this, are we really surprised that we still have hordes of apnay that think that Sikhi is somehow in complete alignment with western liberal thought. Though I should point out that the other extreme of narrow minded clannishness isn't much better of an option long-term either.

I believe this process started during colonialism. Anglos pretty quickly started to emphasise their perceived analogous relationship between Sikhs and Hindus as similar to that of Protestants and Roman Catholics. Many prominent people amongst our lot brought into this hook, line and sinker. And so began this strange relationship where influential apnay projected Sikhi through the lens of their imperial masters creating 'Sikhism'. So this is no new process but the culmination of a process that has been going on for at least a century. It explains a lot. Especially the subtle sidelining of Dasam Granth.

The next generation of comrades posing as Sikhs has come about and is now very active on social media posting things such as this. One example is 'Sikh Talk' on facebook. These people are continuing the same tactics as the generations before them in Punjab. They wish to destroy Sikhi from inside by secretly promoting their extreme left wing views and anti-religious sentiments under the guise of being pro Sikh. These atheist comrades were the biggest enemies of the Sikh freedom movement and make up most of the current Sikh missionary dushts. The current generation are not aware of the history of these scumbag commies in Punjab and therefore can be slightly naive when it comes to these kinds of snippets of info. For instance the fact that ATHEIST (not Sikh) Surjeet was a hugely hated individual in Punjab. Beware of the commie menace!

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VahegurooJiKaKhalsaVahegurooJiKiFateh No problem has no solution. No dukh is irremovable. Dukh is not as a result of an events, dukh is simply a result of the hope that we apply to events. Give up wanting things and you will not feel dukh. Guru Sahib says the only important thing is naam- not any of the worldly things you have mentioned that you are worried about. So as far as guru sahib is concerned, as long as you jap naam you are fine. Guru Sahib's opinion of you is all that matters. Look at things from Guru Sahib's prospective, not the world's. Please get in touch with me via personal message or email, uttamskhalsa@gmail.com . I would really like to speak to you veerji. Here are two shabads to think about. In the last two pauries of the first shabad, Guru Sahib explains that the cause of all dukh is the hopes, dreams and desires that we create and them not being fulfilled. Guru Jee says remove these hopes and dreams for worldly sukhs and be completely happy with the living treasure (vaheguroo) that is inside you forever - and that can never be taken away from you. The Satguru (bani/keertan/abhiyaas) alone can give you this state of mind and being. Vaheguroo. Instead of feeling this wordly pain, instead of worrying about worldly things, feel the pain of separation from vaheguroo, worry about the fact you are seperated from vaheguroo. You know what the solution to this one worry is (NAAM), so your life is now a lot easier as you only have one thing to concentrate and focus on. ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੫ Soohee, Fourth Mehl, Fifth House: ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: ਗੁਰੁ ਸੰਤ ਜਨੋ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਮੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਮੇਰੀ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਬੁਝਿ ਗਈਆਸੇ ॥ O humble Saints, I have met my Beloved Guru; the fire of my desire is quenched, and my yearning is gone. ਹਉ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇਵਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੈ ਮੈ ਮੇਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਗੁਣਤਾਸੇ ॥ I dedicate my mind and body to the True Guru; I pray that may He unite me with God, the treasure of virtue. ਧਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਵਡ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਹੈ ਮੈ ਦਸੇ ਹਰਿ ਸਾਬਾਸੇ ॥ Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the Supreme Being, who tells me of the most blessed Lord. ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਵਿਗਾਸੇ ॥੧॥ By great good fortune, servant Nanak has found the Lord; he blossoms forth in the Naam. ||1|| ਗੁਰੁ ਸਜਣੁ ਪਿਆਰਾ ਮੈ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਪੰਥੁ ਦਸਾਹਾ ॥ I have met my Beloved Friend, the Guru, who has shown me the Path to the Lord. ਘਰਿ ਆਵਹੁ ਚਿਰੀ ਵਿਛੁੰਨਿਆ ਮਿਲੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਹਾ ॥ Come home - I have been separated from You for so long! Please, let me merge with You, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, O my Lord God. ਹਉ ਤੁਝੁ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਖਰੀ ਉਡੀਣੀਆ ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੀਨੁ ਮਰਾਹਾ ॥ Without You, I am so sad; like a fish out of water, I shall die. ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਹਾ ॥੨॥ The very fortunate ones meditate on the Lord; servant Nanak merges into the Naam. ||2|| ਮਨੁ ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਚਲਿ ਚਲਿ ਭਰਮਿਆ ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥ The mind runs around in the ten directions; the self-willed manmukh wanders around, deluded by doubt. ਨਿਤ ਆਸਾ ਮਨਿ ਚਿਤਵੈ ਮਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਭੁਖ ਲਗਾਇਆ ॥ In his mind, he continually conjures up hopes; his mind is gripped by hunger and thirst. ਅਨਤਾ ਧਨੁ ਧਰਿ ਦਬਿਆ ਫਿਰਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਭਾਲਣ ਗਇਆ ॥ There is an infinite treasure buried within the mind, but still, he goes out, searching for poison. ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਹਿ ਤੂ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਪਚਿ ਪਚਿ ਮੁਇਆ ॥੩॥ O servant Nanak, praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; without the Name, he rots away, and wastes away to death. ||3|| ਗੁਰੁ ਸੁੰਦਰੁ ਮੋਹਨੁ ਪਾਇ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਬਾਣੀ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰਿਆ ॥ Finding the beautiful and fascinating Guru, I have conquered my mind, through the Bani, the Word of my Beloved Lord. ਮੇਰੈ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਸੁਧਿ ਬੁਧਿ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਗਈ ਮਨ ਆਸਾ ਚਿੰਤ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ॥ My heart has forgotten its common sense and wisdom; my mind has forgotten its hopes and cares. ਮੈ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਵੇਦਨ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਕੀ ਗੁਰ ਦੇਖਤ ਮਨੁ ਸਾਧਾਰਿਆ ॥ Deep within my self, I feel the pains of divine love. Beholding the Guru, my mind is comforted and consoled. ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਆਇ ਮਿਲੁ ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਵਾਰਿਆ ॥੪॥੧॥੫॥ Awaken my good destiny, O God - please, come and meet me! Each and every instant, servant Nanak is a sacrifice to You. ||4||1||5|| Second shabad: ਪਉੜੀ ॥ Pauree: ਬਸਤਾ ਤੂਟੀ ਝੁੰਪੜੀ ਚੀਰ ਸਭਿ ਛਿੰਨਾ ॥ He dwells in a broken-down shack, in tattered clothes, ਜਾਤਿ ਨ ਪਤਿ ਨ ਆਦਰੋ ਉਦਿਆਨ ਭ੍ਰਮਿੰਨਾ ॥ with no social status, no honor and no respect; he wanders in the wilderness, ਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਨ ਇਠ ਧਨ ਰੂਪਹੀਣ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਕੁ ਨ ਸਿੰਨਾ ॥ with no friend or lover, without wealth, beauty, relatives or relations. ਰਾਜਾ ਸਗਲੀ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਕਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਨੁ ਭਿੰਨਾ ॥ Even so, he is the king of the whole world, if his mind is imbued with the Lord's Name. ਤਿਸ ਕੀ ਧੂੜਿ ਮਨੁ ਉਧਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਹੋਇ ਸੁਪ੍ਰਸੰਨਾ ॥੭॥ With the dust of his feet, men are redeemed, because God is very pleased with him. ||7||

VahegurooJiKaKhalsaVahegurooJiKiFateh! I asked in that other crazy thread but that got closed, basically can someone explain the significance and history behind coconut jhatka, when is it performed etc. thanks VahegurooJiKaKhalsaVahegurooJiKiFateh!

Maybe to practice on a coconut before trying on a goat? Like how the samurai used to test their blades against bamboo, before using them on another person. If the blade is sharp and the technique is good, then the goat won't feel any pain. That's the whole point of jhatka.

I know one of Banda Singh's surviving hukamnamas bans onions and garlic, maybe the prohibition dates from that time?