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Its true what mehtaab said and some of it is right, Alot of people come on here to do nothing but start a fight. Many write their posts both short and long, But they never contemplate whether its really right or wrong. When I think about the past all the sangat I've had, I can't help but notice there were many good and many bad. Many good still post, and many have gone away, Those that love this place for what it is will always find a reason to stay. There are many who still post sakhia and make posts of gurbani vichaar, Those who miss to read them are missing the boat by far. So talk to others like you were talking to your guru, Spend your time wisely, your days are only a few. Leave out the negativity, don't concentrate on the bad Last thing you want to do is make another gursikh sad.

Everyone knows who is doing seva behind SikhVibes so if you're asking to mention the site in other words you just want people to mention your name, I just see it as bigging up that person's name by bigging up their site, I won't mention who it is or what names the person called me or how they talked to me on the phone just because of this incident, they will have to pay for it once their account is settled, but its good, kept my anger and ego in check and guru sahib didn't let me falter and stoop to the same level. Its just funny what we can do and say to other gursikhs over such minor issues such as these, OntarioSikhs.com singhs have added sikhvibes.com on their homepage and we didn't feel it ncessary to keep mentioning where they were from, anyways may he bless you with the understanding and sojhi of what gursikhi really is and give you the sumat of looking beyond it all. I'm sorry if we've offended anyone and I won't be posting any more in this topic.

SikhVibes.com sevadars DID NOT record these recordings, I didn't see any of the sikhvibes sevadars at the site so don't claim them to be yours when they aren't, you're not fooling anyone but yourselves. You guys are trying to make it a competition between the two sites and calling it "seva". I'm just stating the facts, I don't really care about where/who did them, they're gurbani no-one can put a name, or price on that, if you think you have by putting a label of SikhVibes on these recordings then you've missed the plot and you'll look stupid doing it. Chalo guru sahib knows the rest. Bhul chuk muaf

There's already alot of keertan sites, but the more the better I guess.

Good way to explain it.

Good stuff! A really good movie for kids and adults alike.

One word... Everything!

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sabh akho satgur vaho vaho

Great art, great interview, great gursikh!! I love your art, and the amrit video was really very inspirational, keep up the great seva bro, may guru sahb give fruit to your naam/seva.

Do you know where I can find all of the recordings from this samaagam?

We should all contact google to set their homepage up for Vasakhi celebrations for this April 14th.

Ocean of Pearls Premiering at The Miami International Film Festival Snatam Kaur Featured Artist in New Movie As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a tradition he's maintained his whole life and cuts his hair. Hiding this decision from his girlfriend and family in Toronto is only the start of a series of compromises Amrit finds himself making as he deals with hospital politics and health care injustices. When his compromises result in the death of a patient, Amrit begins to reexamine the value of the religious traditions he'd turned his back on. It has been a long road of over ten years for director (and physician), Dr. Neelam, who has wanted to make movies for as long as he can remember. His purpose in making this movie was two-fold. One was to bring awareness about Sikhs and Sikhism to the general public. He says “Growing up in Toronto, we went through a lot of discrimination. After 9/11, it got worse. I feel movies are a powerful medium to bring about awareness and hopefully reduce hate crimes.” The other purpose was for Sikhs themselves. “Even though there are millions of Sikhs worldwide, there are hardly any films that depict us in our proper way. Usually, we are absent in Hollywood films or comic relief characters in Bollywood,” he states passionately. “It’s important for us to be involved in visual media to break down barriers as great African Americans such as Sidney Poitier, Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry have done for their community.” One small way to get “involved”, he states, is to come see the movie and bring a few friends. The test audiences, made up of mainstream Americans, enjoyed the movie so much that over 75% of them said they would recommend it to their friends. “Ocean of Pearls” is a love story and a spiritual journey of a young Sikh physician, Amrit Singh. He wants to succeed professionally and desperately wants to fit in. But is his religious background holding him back? Hoping for a new start, he embarks on an ambitious pursuit of success, but soon learns that he must first define his own singular identity before he achieves peace. The story carefully weaves in bits of information about Sikhism and the challenges facing Sikhs today without sounding preachy. The same holds true for the problems facing our health system. “Most Americans do not realize that even if you have health insurance and earn good money, an accident or a health crisis can bankrupt you,” emphasized Dr. Neelam. “Ocean of Pearls” is a story not just for Sikhs as it seeks to answer questions of how one struggles to balance romance, spirituality, ethics and family in today’s complex society. The actors include Omid Abtahi, Navi Rawat, Ron Canada, Ajay Mehta, Heather McComb and Brenda Strong. The music is beautifully composed by Pinar Toprak, Karsh Kale and features vocals by Snatam Kaur Khalsa. ------------- Anyone heard of this?

Please read the post on Sohila Saheb and the post by pyare ghorandhar jee above, which also mentions the rules regarding the recitation and singing of baNee. You can read a raag aasaa shabd at night, you can read any shabad at night or any time of the day for that matter, but when you sing it in the prescribed raag you should sing it according to the musical framework. There's raag aasaa shabds in rehras saheb as well. We can't sing rehras saheb, just like we can't sing japji saheb, well you can to a tune but not in raag, it would be like not singing in nidhaarat raag; where a shabad is written in asa raag and you're singing it in ramkali.

Timing does matter as it corresponds to the raag being sung, baaNee is baaNee its holistic on the soul no matter how its sung or recited, but when it comes to doing keertan, we should all strive to sing it in raag, in regards to the timing, you wouldn't read ASAdeevaar at night because raag aasaa is suppose to be sung in the morning, same with any other raag. Japjee Saaheb is not written in a raag therefore you can sing it, read it or recite it. Some shabads are written in a specific raag for a reason, otherwise the raag system wouldn't be there in gurbaaNee, so if we want to follow that system or strive to follow it we must learn to recite raags for the specified time the raag is written for.

It is being broadcasted live on www.GURSEWA.org for about another half an hour (until 10:30pm), and tomorrow morning's program will also be broadcasted. Windows Media Player Real Media

Once upon a time there was a Singh called Babbas Singh who loved to swim in his bathtub. He also liked to sing along. His voice was not so good

http://www.ontariosikhs.com/Videos/index.p...la+Mohalla+1998

If only Thanks for giving me an excuse to BUMP, see how annoying bumping is.

When your hair is growing you can just comb it and try to tie a top knot, if you can't then just wear a dumaalaa and try to tuck all your case in, simple as that, no need to braid or mess around. If you wear a proper dumaalaa you won't have a problem, do this until your hair grow longer.

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Boycott the vancouver sun.

bhainjee, what don't you understand, and whats so wishy washy about it?