.- Prabhjot Singh -.

Oh that's so nice! Its all in the praise of the Guru! Waheguru!

Wonderful seva! Thank you!

Jassa ji, thanks for bringing this to my attention, I try to give as much respect to bani as possible but yes it makes sense to write on loose sheets first then bind them together. I wish I could do that but I have no idea of the binding process. I hope guruji can forgive me for this, maybr one day I will do just that with Waheguru jis kirpa And yes, I would love to write one for you just give me your address and I can write and send you one (Waheguru mehr karn this offer is to anybody that is interested just let me know! )

Sangat jee I don't know how to react to this story? I mean, on one side I absolutely detest gill but I find the whole dastaar snatching thing wrong, even tho I know he doesn't deserve to wear one still. Dastaar shouldn't be snatched, he should be excommunicated instead. Bhull chukk maaf

Wjkk wjkf Guru roop sangat jee, I was wondering if its possible to do sehaj path of Guru Granth Sahib jee here? I was thinkong maybe we can divide seva amongst ourselves and complete few angs in one turn, record it and then upload it here then next sevadar can take over ? Maybe this way we can have a complete archive of recitation done by anybody who wishes to participate in this it doesn't matter (imho) if we recite in gurmukhi or english, any effort towards this would be sweet I think! If the idea sounds good then we can sit down and decide the details, if the idea is crazy tho then we can leave it. Any replies/suggestions would be appreciated! Fateh

daas loves this shabaddd!!!! Waheguru!

fateh veer ji can you elborate a bit more about harvinder singh i dont know anything about the gentleman

wjkk wjkf ji i personally listen to any raag/non raag/western style of gurbani, its guru jis word end of the day and as long as it is touching chords somewhere, for me the purpose is achieved i.e to be in touch with bani and nothing else bai rabb da naam KOI v suna deve dil khush ho jaanda! bhul chukk maaf

wow, i dont know what you say except that this journey sure is very exciting, something i cannot describe in words. But sangat jee, people here are much more wiser and have already crossed the hurdles i am facing, thats what keeps me inspired that this exciting journey is not ending anytime soon, if at all. May waheguru ji give all his blessings! fateh ji!

o mere veeroo i wish i could hug you all!! you all are truly blessed! ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣਹਿ ਤਾਂ ਸਹੁ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਮਰਣ ਜੀਵਣ ਕੀ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਈ ॥ Mūl pacẖẖāṇėh ṯāʼn saho jāṇėh maraṇ jīvaṇ kī sojẖī ho▫ī. Waheguru there is answer to EVERY question in gurbani! Thank you tilakhaak! your reply is really inspirational! I am doing sehaj paath but this tells me I need to sit down with a steek sometime and understand the deeper meanings too!! Simonsandhar ji, thank you thank you for the support, may waheguru bless all of you with his love! why am i crying? EDIT: sorry, just something I wanted to add to the original post: the more i am getting deeper into sikhi, the more i feel like i am detached from rest of the world. I mean, I might be sitting with a group of friends but my mind is reciting Japji, its gone to a point where I cant concentrate on what they are saying, i feel bad for making them feel that i am 'ignoring' them but i just cant concentrate! Moreover, I am at the worldly stage where i should really be going out and looking for a job, and frankly, this used to worry me a lot not because i want to earn more money it was just the peer pressure! now i just dont see the point tho, i mean i am earning enough to survive, i dont see why I should bother wasting my energy getting all dressed up to please people so that they can give me 'a good job'. These thoughts scare me sometimes, but the more I read gurbani the more I am getting detached from, what some would say reality. what should I do??

Wjkk Wjkf Sangat jee, theres something that has been bothering me for a long time thought id share with you all :umm: . Being born in a sikh family, ive always had high regards for sikhism, both as a philosophy and as a religion with its associated dos and donts (Bani and bana). My late father was a proper gursikh, he shakkna amrit when i was a child and till his untimely death he kept his rehat, followed Guru's word down to its last core. I have no hesitation in saying he was almost a sant in that he had given up kaam, krodh, lobh, moh and ahankaar to a large extent. Was humble not baharo but from deep within, his aura was just that powerful. Anyway, coming back to the topic, he never forced me into believing what he believed in. He used to say, you are born in a sikh family, but whether you want to be a sikh is entirely upto u, YOU have to make your own choices and I am not going to thrust anything down your throat. I think he was really wise in doing this as he made me realise what its like to be 'lost' and then find the right path yourself. Anyway, As a child, as most children do, I would try and copy him - started doing path, read quite a lot of dharam pothia (SGPC used to publish them back in the days i dont know if they still do), etc. But my quest for finding the bigger meanings of life - Who am I? Why am I on this earth? Is materialistic world be all and end all of everything? these questions never got answered. I tried to decipher bani but at that time metaphors were such they could be drawn in any direction, so that didnt help. Not satisfied, I gave up on religion altogether, i still believed in existence of Waheguru, but never understood why we have to follow a certain religion to get closer to Him. Being philosophically inclined, I read Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and other greek philosophers, their works on ethics and morality. Still no rest. The voices inside me asking answers grew louder and louder, and I just couldnt make any sense of anything, it was that bad. I would pick up my guitar in frustration, put amplifier on highest distortion and just churn out riff after riff, still no relief. THEN, this 8th of september (my birthday), I woke up, and almost as if I was driven by some higher force, I did ishnaan, then Japji Sahib, I got such immense peace, the voices inside me started dying down. But I didnt want to stop - Jaap Sahib followed, the whole 5 morning banis in total. I finally found the purpose of existence - to be in His hukam, to be in His feet and savour the indiscribable peace. I finally realised what Makseen Ji often repeats - dharam starts where boundaries of logic and science stop.Anyway, to cut the long story short, one thing led to another, from that day onwards ive kept my daily nitnem intact, and with Waheguru's immense grace have been able to devote most of my time reading other banis, and absorbing the meanings. It has done wonders to my temperament too. I used to be really hot headed, a little provocation was all I needed and I would just start off like a bomb. But now, Waheguru ji has done such immense bakhshish on me, i find it hard to get angry! I would like to tell a little story that happened with me the other day - I had gone to Soho Road to get Sundar Gutka Sahib and while I was there I got myself Das Granthi pothi and a seperate copy of Sukhmani Sahib as well. My friend was with me, he wanted to go to Bullring to get some stuff so I went along, banis held respectfully in my hands. Othe, we came across these 4-5 pakistanis. Seeing me wearing indian style double pugh, one of them sat next to me and start saying Maharaja ranjit singh ji and what not :6 . I dont know what it was, bani in my hand or just Waheguru ji's hath on my head, I just couldnt stop smiling. I looked at them and just smiled, not just to put up a brave face, it was actually from within, I was having so much tarass on them and was saying in my heart 'Waheguru, forgive them, they dont know what they are doing'. Cut the long story short, they tried to provoke me but nothing came out of it and thats when the 'leader' felt guilty, and probably embarassed becaus everyone was giving them hard looks, he apologised and said ur cool bro, i am sorry. That for me was such a victory for the turban, i felt really great. WE shook hands, and that was that. Point is I didnt get angry, even though I tried I just couldnt!! :D Sangat jee, you must be wondering why do we have to read all this, its ur business anyway, and that we are not bothered. But heres where I need to know a few things :rolleyes: . Ive stopped eating meat, eggs, etc, stopped cutting my hair, have started wearing turban again, and now I am trying my best to keep the beard intact so that it can grow to a nice long daarha. But now, I have a strange feeling people think I am a wannabe, a 'mona' who wears turban when he feels like, and takes it off as soon as he steps out of gurdwara. I dont do that, but judging from the animosity I see from Amritdhari singhs, Im afraid i dont feel they treat me fairly. I look at it as a form of a test before I am ready to take the final decision (being an Amritdhari sikh), but at times its really hard, especially when I look around and see so many 'jatha followers' looking down on me. I dont want to join any jatha, i just want to be a sabat soorat singh with bani as my spritual guide, why am I looking for support within the kaum? is it natural or should I just ignore all that? First it was about me being 'freshie' at uni and now this.. I dont know, i need some help :umm: Sorry for making this post so long and probably pointless but I just had to pour it out to someone, and I am sorry if I have said anything wrong! Fateh!

Wjkk Wjkf ji daas recorded tonights kirtan, recording quality isnt great but thought id post it here anyway, here it is: http://rapidshare.com/files/158521239/band..._diwas.mp3.html fateh!

wjkk wjkf I dont think the kind of music you listen to should be forced on anybody. Speaking strictly about myself, i used to listen to a lot of metal, but ever since ive started doing the daily 5 banis in morning and rehraas sahib at evening i just dont feel like listening to ANY sort of music, ambient is fine but apart from that I find everything just loud, senseless. I am sorry for sounding 'boring' but right now I am loving the Jaap Sahib on repeat on my mp3 player! :D PS: sorry, didnt realise this post was for amritdharis! :o i know no better please ignore this!

very nice! catchy, i think they know the audience they are targetting!

thats great news! Hope the translations are accurate tho!

wjkk wjkf! If you plan to record live from the Gurdwara, the best quality will only be achieved if you have access to 'audio-out' of the sound system at your Gurdwara Sahib. Ask Gyani ji if he can allow that. If yes, then as Techno_Singh suggested, get a mp3 player thats got a line-in recording facility, like my Samsung Yp-S5 - http://www.themp3company.co.uk/index.php?i...;product_id=378 . If you just want to record off the speakers, even then its a good recorder (records direct to mp3 at upto 128 kbits, which is excellent for the audio source we are dealing with) Hope this helps!

Wjkk wjkf ji Im not sure what u mean by 'readymade turban'. Are u looking for them starchy ones people wear as topi? If yes, then id say dont go for it. Its a cap end of the day, plus turban should be tied fresh everytime. If u want to buy the cloth, id say go for rubia, u can buy it from http://www.sikhishop.com. Hope this helps! Waheguru!

He does not agree to a debate. His main purpose is slander. I think you guys are right. Just finished watching his video: http://www.<banned>.com/Video/33 .. whats happened to him?? his vichars used to be directed towards unifying the panth, now it seems like hes hell bent on dividing it! This is immensely sad. Has he not been issued a written warning from Akal Takht? How long are they going to wait before they take action against him? maybe issue him a tankha of sorts.. or something!

khalsa ji, I am not amritdhari, and as such im not sure if i should comment. One thing i know tho is if HE is going on the true path, then he should go and shakk amrit, its not HIM who is going to be a hyprocrite, as long as HE keeps his commitment with Akal Purkh, why should he go looking for examples, good or bad? shouldnt be this a promise between him and the Guru? bhull chukk maaf

wjkk wjkf first let me clarify most of you here are much more spiritual and educated than me, so please forgive me if I dont make any sense. Ok, I think Prof. Darshan Singh knows a fair bit about sikhi jivan and has inspired many a people in the past to give up bad habits etc. Why he has shifted his energy to criticise Dassam Granth now, that i dont know. However, what you suggest is not the right protocol to deal with the situation imho. He should made to sit on a panel with other educated Singhs and an educated debate should follow where Singhs should try to convince him through proper arguments that whatever he says is not right and that he should accept his defeat gracefully and ask for forgiveness from Panth. If he looses and still does not stop, THEN the protests and all should follow. I personally do not agree with gagging people and not letting them speak tho, that to me is a cowardly behaviour, well maybe thats a strong word but.. you guys get my drift, right? bhul chukk maaf

just adding another question to the original question: what should be proper rehat for doing sehaj paath on laptop? i normally keep the basic rehat we follow when touching bani (washing hands, not touching anything else other than the bani, keeping bani on higher level etc) but since its digital medium we are talking about, what you think are other things we should keep in mind? fateh! :happy:

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh sangat jee, thank you for all the inspiration! Wish Waheguru Ji's mehr i will soon start writing Anand Sahib Here are some pics! fateh! oops! just noticed im not so GUPT anymore! :BL: its all good!

Hi, I am maybe not the right person to comment on this (being a non-amritdhari) but I take my karra off and put in the pocket when I play the guitar. Sorry if this isnt helpful! :S