Waheguroo! Network

THANK YOU to the few people who've been kind enough to donate. :TH: We're about half way there, another few days of solid donations and we'll have our server paid off. However... our monthly server costs are still $220.00. And we have other costs associated with live broadcasts (!), domain names, and other sevaas. So please, please consider Waheguroo! Network as a potential recipient of your Dasvandh. Thank you.

Waheguroo Jee Kaa Khaalsaa ! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Sangato, The Sevadaars of the Waheguroo! Network are making an urgent plea to the cyber Sangat for more funds to continue our sevaa. We are glad that most of our users are students, and other youth who need strong Sikh sites to learn about Sikhi, however, our demographic base results in financial problems for our network. Please visit one of our network's many sites and inquire about making a donation. Without funds from sangat, we will be unable to carry on our current sevaa, and therefore unable to expand into other sevaas such as future live broadcasts of samagams and feeding the homeless. Keertan.net and Ikirtan.com, two of the most popular keertan sites on the net will have to go down within a week if we do not receive donations soon. We also host other sites such as SaintSoldiers and will probably have to suspend projects on estabilishing a Sikhi encyclopedia. We started a monthly payment plan where dasvandh is automatically drawn from your account to provide an easier system of payment for whoever wants to donate. Please click the image below to contribute to Waheguroo! Network and help to continue all of our programs & services. In the spirit of Panthic Chardeekalaa, The Waheguroo! Network

http://www.khalsa.tv/?view=17 Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!! Waheguroo Jee Ki Fateh !!! The sevadars of Waheguroo! Network are sure that you will enjoy the video of the 25th annual Yuba City Nagar Keertan. Please share it with your family and friends so they too can learn about their Sikh traditions. We are deeply indebted to all those sangatta who visited locally and from abroad alike to make this event as successful as possible. Love and devotion of our people towards Sikhi can easily be seen from this video, there were many devotees who did seva of serving food and langar throughout the 4 mile span, many walked barefoot to show their respect to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee, and many others tried to take part in whichever way was possible for them. It is very important that events like this take place because they create awareness of our community worldwide. But we have to realize that the point of Nagar Keertans or any other Sikhi related events is not just to attend them, but to educate others about our rich religious values, and we can only do that if we understand them ourselves. Otherwise if we think we are doing a great job just by coming and walking around in parades than we are deeply mistaken. It was really good to see so many people turning up for this Nagar Keertan, and it is obvious that people only traveled from far places because they take pride in their traditions, but on the other side, it was really saddening to see so many people only taking part in this event for the sake of it and without understanding the real purpose. We have to recognize that whenever a ny procession is being led by Guru Granth Sahib Jee or Punj Pyare, we have to show our uttermost respect. Firstly, the sangat should refrain from talking while keertan is going on and secondly, to show our respect towards Gurbani, we should have our head covered at all times. Another thing we want the Sikh sangat worldwide to realize is that it’s our duty that we put a positive impression on non-Sikhs and for this reason we need to make sure we dispose all our waste properly and not dirty the surrounding areas. When you eat a meal or langar, please do not leave your plates where you ate because after you someone else might need to use the same place. And we also should make sure that we never damage any public or private property or belongings. These things do seem small but they do put a large impact on our community. We humbly ask everyone that we help out with these events as if we are in charge of them. We would also like to request all of those who do seva of running the floats that you only project or play that material (audio/video) which will enable others to learn about Sikhi. Where (remixed) dhadi vaars/dharmik geets do hold some significance, it is really Gurbani Keertan which can help us become better Sikhs. Loud music does not only cause distraction to those who are trying to pay attention to keertan, it also remains lacking of creating a spiritual atmosphere where sangat can enjoy ‘anand’ or bliss. And last but not the least; please understand your roots, your history and your traditions. Unless we are aware of the reasons why religious events are held, they cannot serve any purpose. Read Gurbani, give up intoxicants, believe in Guru Granth Sahib jee and take ‘Khande Batte ki Pahul’ so we can become Sikhs in true manner. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa !! Waheguroo Jee Ki Fateh !!! - Guru Panth Ke Daasre, Waheguroo! Network Sevadaars

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Pyari SadhSangat Jeeo, We have added a new forum feature. With this feature you can post SikhiToTheMax shabads easily. All you do is use the STTM tags or the STTM button pictured here: Here is a sample of what it looks like: If you have any problems with using this tag, please let us know so we can fix it. --Daasre

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! A Waheguroo! E-mail service is on our to do list. It is actually quite near the top. Lets see, khalsa.tv, done... kathaa.net, done... guroocities, to do, waheguroo! network email, to do... theres also a number of other projects in the works. the problem is lack of sevadars, particularly lack of programmers/web designers who are willing to take on the project and finish it in a timely manner. We are all too busy with our school/work that we just can't get these things done, otherwise W!N would be bigger than google now because of the HUGE list of things we want Waheguroo! network to accomplish. We wish we could do it all, and do it all now, the problem is logistics, the fact that we are a non profit run by youth where only one or two of us can program and we are all going to school/work etc has limited us. We hope to have some cool things out by next year though, so watch for them. --Daasre

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Sadh Sangat Jee, It has come to our attention that many gursikhs on this forum are using GMail. This is an official warning from Waheguroo! Network regarding GMail. We have consulted with gursikhs and websites and come to the conclusion that GMail is a SECURITY THREAT to gursikhs everywhere. For a number of reasons (admitted scanning of emails, one of googles directors is also a director of the CIA, when u delete emails they will never actually be deleted) we officially ask that you do NOT use GMail accounts. With large yahoo/hotmail accounts now, as well as other services, there is no need. If you are emailing shaheed pictures, stories, information on 84, or any such activity, you may get yourself on black lists or watch lists. If you email any Waheguroo! Network address from a GMail account, DO NOT expect a reply!!! (it will be rejected by our servers) This warning is only for the safety of cyber sangat, its just not worth it, especially with the FBI, CIA, RCMP, Homeland Security, biased (evil) reporters etc after Gursikhs. --Daasre -2

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Sadh Sangat Jee, It has come to our attention that many gursikhs on this forum are using GMail. This is an official warning from Waheguroo! Network regarding GMail. We have consulted with gursikhs and websites and come to the conclusion that GMail is a SECURITY THREAT to gursikhs everywhere. For a number of reasons (admitted scanning of emails, one of googles directors is also a director of the CIA, when u delete emails they will never actually be deleted) we officially ask that you do NOT use GMail accounts. With large yahoo/hotmail accounts now, as well as other services, there is no need. If you are emailing shaheed pictures, stories, information on 84, or any such activity, you may get yourself on black lists or watch lists. If you email any Waheguroo! Network address from a GMail account, DO NOT expect a reply!!! (it will be rejected by our servers) This warning is only for the safety of cyber sangat, its just not worth it, especially with the FBI, CIA, RCMP, Homeland Security, biased (evil) reporters etc after Gursikhs. --Daasre -2

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Jeeo, We want to thank one of our sevadars for doing most of the seva of every network site, from sikhsangat, to khalsa.tv, to kathaa.net. He has handled most of the seva for a few months now due to most of the other sevadars being busy in other commitments. He put this kathaa up, and I hope he continues to do this seva. I know how he feels. -2

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Please check out our network video portal website - www.Khalsa.Tv for new additions which include the historical play Sada Chir Jeevo by Mata Tripta Jee cheritable trust and Gatka video clips from the Calgary, AB. 2004 Nagar Keertan. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! We have uploaded pictures from Guru Nanak Academy Youth Camp Aug. 2004, Calgary Keertan Samagam 2004 and Surrey, BC. Nagar Keertan 2004 to http://photos.waheguroo.com. Also available are videos from Guru Nanak Academy Calgary Youth Camp August 2004 on http://www.keertan.net. Much thanks to all the sevadars who made these events possible and those who submitted these media for the sangat to view. Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Sorry for the sync issues, we did not notice this. I will review the vcd again to check for this problem. The DVDs are PROFESSIONAL quality. They look like the movies you buy from the store, except for the camera cuts, we cant afford a $5000 video mixer with fade features, so we use the next best thing. Its cheap, but it works. We are having trouble editing the dvds as there are some issues that need to be resolved. We have found a way to rip the dvd video without quality issues, but the problem is that the video has an audio track with AC3 Dolby Digital encoding which we cant edit in our editing software. We dont know how to convert it and we either need a new method to rip without re-encoding or a method to change the audio. We tried to rip the audio seperately but again we are having sync issues. Suggestions would be helpful. --Daasre

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Jeeo, We have just launched one of our newest projects, Kathaa.Net. Please check it out and let us know what you think. --Daasre

Sorry Jee, We do not have any video recordings of that samagam. If you know somebody that does, we can use that to make vcds or dvds. We only have made dvds of the above mentioned samagams. We may be able to get some toronto samagam dvds as well.

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Thank you for the suggestion jee. We have thought about this before, but due to the fact that Waheguroo! Network is very much youth oriented, and youth tend not to have much money, all downloads will always remain free. This is one thing we will not budge on. Gurbani should be distributed freely to all and we will do everything in our power to keep it that way. --Daasre

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Currently, that is the only one available. We will add more as we have them available. We are expecting to have the DVD copier assembled by next week. We are still looking into a good labelling system. We are expecting to have California Samagam 2003 & 2004 as well as Vancouver Samagam 2004 available on high quality DVD. We are thinking about the idea of making preordering for these samagams available, but we do not know if the demand is there. We also have some raagi VCDs/DVDs which could become available in the future, along with some katha. We are curious what the demand is for adding a system in keertan.net where you can create a playlist and then hit a buy button which will have the tracks burned and sent to you. This may take us some time, and we can't make any promises, but if we have positive feedback, we can create this.

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa! Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!! Guru Pyari Sadh Sangat Jeeo, We are currently working to implement e-commerce into Keertan.Net. We have ordered parts for a CD/DVD Duplication system, which we still need donations for. We have added VCD and DVD sales ability into Keertan.Net already. The first samagam immediately available is Central California Samagam 2003 on VCD. Individual VCDs or the whole set at a discount are available for sale now. You can browse to them on Keertan.Net or click here: http://keertan.waheguroo.com/index.wn?viewCat=521 We will be adding DVDs/VCDs of more samagams shortly. We may also add a system to purchase audio CDs of custom playlists, depending on demand. Please give us your input on what you think of the look, layout, ease of use and price. --Daasre Please Note, Neither Waheguroo! Network nor its affiliates will make any profit from gurbani. All sales are for paying costs of burning, printing and shipping as well as server costs and other related costs. We are not for profit and will always maintain that gurbani is not to be sold. If you truly cannot afford to pay for these products, please email us at seva@waheguroo.com and they will be provided for a lower cost or for free.

We will... Just hang in there.

The Server mysteriously went down during the laavaan... However, things are back up and running smoothly again....

If anyone is having any problems in connecting to our server for the broadcast please post here or message us on msn messenger.

Sometimes keertan starts up to 30 minutes late. Unfortunately this is something over which we have very little control. We hope everyone understands.

1) it is most likely you have a pop up blocker. two popups come up, one opens the image, the other opens the audio, we will change it so it works like before. 2) this is not possible.

If anyone is having any problems please post here or msg us on msn.

Stream for friday morning is now up.

hanji its all in Elsobrante Gurduara...

We are having trouble with recordings, but hopefully it will be ok. We may broadcast nitnem but not saas giraas simran. It is up to sangata. We will see.