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Dear Veer, U are a wonderful Sikh Brother of mine, but sometimes I get the feeling that you are a bit pro-damdami taksal and u dont have much faith in Dal Panth. Do we have the right to create a new takht?According to me answer is no.

Dear Brother, U are making a big mistake by calling Nihang Singhs useless. They are like GOLD. They need some minor improvements.Thats it

Am I not a son of Guru Gobind Singh Jee Maharaj ? Cant I know a thing or two ?

there has to be a moving takht. If we believe in 5 stationary takhts, there will be problem. We will need to open new takhts in Europe, America,Canada,Australia,kenya etc etc.

Eco-friendly lives of Nihangs Singhs at Harianvela -- A foreigner's account We were in Punjab in the lead up to the Sikh Tercentenary of 1999, just months before mobile phones moved in to herald the new millennium. Now each time we return it is harder to forget western civilisation and the 21st century. The cacophony of tacky ringtones doesn't blend so easily with the stillness of prayer or the beat of spiritual music. Nick had actually been living and photographing at this camp for a while by the time I went to stay there with him from the small village where I was then living in at the other end of Punjab. I was already used to all the rural sanitary arrangements, and had even grown to love the sensuousness of having a bath with a bucket of freezing water in an open outdoor closet and all the other things which wake us up out of our western comfort zone. The lack of privacy, the lack of personal space, the lack of respect that what is mine is mine and not for general consumption, each had changed my outlook on life forever. Now though I was confronted with a different issue: where do I put my rubbish? Harian Belan is a beautiful haven set in the rich lush greenery of Northern India. It is the home to a community of Nihang Singhs, spiritual warriors whose way of life has not changed from 300 years ago when they were brought together by Guru Gobind Singh as his army. It is a very spiritual place and the sound of people reading from the Sikh holy book, called the Siri Guru Grandth Sahib, echoed throughout enhanced by birdsong and the ubiquitous chirping of grasshoppers. The tinny loudspeakers and the jeeps the Nihangs travelled around in when they weren't on horseback were the only way of knowing we weren't back in the 17th century. The bag in my hand became a statement of modernity in deep conflict with the eternal balance of nature and man. We had many hours to idle away and I began to observe how the camp worked and the community cooperated together. All food is cooked in camp in the communal kitchens. This feeds the members of the camp and any who come to visit or are just passing through. A deep seated part of the Sikh way of life is to feed people. Chapattis the size of dinner plates, pitted, bubbled and occasionally burnt, lentils and very spicy vegetables are cooked on fires which are constantly being stoked with the dried leaf waste from the fields. The leftover food (because nothing is ever reheated) is fed to their horses and the local dogs. The water is from the well. The ash from the fire is piled up just outside the eating area and used as washing up liquid to clean the stainless steel plates and cups. Sewage is turned into compost which is used on Harian Belan's extensive fields which grew all the food necessary to support the community. Any things bought from the market, such as spices, come in paper bags which are added to the kitchen fires. In the cold winter months we all huddled up around the fire which kept the kettle boiling all day. How warm those metal cups are when filled with Chai. I don't really like tea and so would be given buffalo milk straight from the udder instead which was just as warm. The buffalo were fed on all the vegetable peels. In all of this there was nowhere for plastic to go. While we were there a Mela (fair) took place. No big deal, only 10,000 people were expected. In the days running up to it all our duties were enhanced. Everyone in the camp, including us, was given Seva, a selfless service, to perform. Nick spent 2 ½ hours each morning and night cross-legged on the floor making balls out of the chapatti dough. Before the Mela preparations, mine was to help in the kitchen, either by stirring the vegetables with the huge spoons in the cauldrons or by flipping the chapattis on the oven. Now it was to shell 60kg of peas a day for about 5 days. Do you have an idea how big a pile of peas can look when you're sitting cross-legged in front of it?. Those pea-pods were carefully checked for non-edible rubbish before being fed to the buffalo and I swear I could almost taste peas in the milk for a few days. The Mela day was filled with performances by the skilful warrior showmen, services in the Gurdwara, and food for all. As the sun set and the last people began to leave the cleanup team collected barely a rubbish bag of unrecyclable stuff which was then ignominiously deposited down by the main road. Finally I managed secretly to slip in my own little contribution. Guru Kaur © 2007 Guru Kaur is married to Nick Fleming. She spent a year living in Amritsar and Anandpur Sahib as a representative of Yogi Bhajan in the time leading up to the Sikh Tercentennary. She and Nick lived with the Nihangs during Nick's first trip there to photograph them.

Damdami Taksal is not just a school of Gurbani learning. Damdami Taksal is also Police of Khalsa Panth. Damdama Sahib, Talwani Sabo is Police headquarters of Khalsa Panth. A school of gurbani learning does not need a Jathedaar whereas a police body needs a head/jathedaar.

Dal Panth in 18th century used to conduct 2 types of amrit sanchars. One for civilian population and one for new soldiers enterning Dal Panth. In the amrit sanchar for new soldiers, strong rehit was given by Punj Pyaras and amrit sanchar was conducted in the presence of Aad Guru Darbaar, Dasam Guru Darbaar and Sarbloh Guru Darbaar. In this amrit sanchar, Punj pyare used to give the order of doing 6 banis in the morning nitnem and the 6th bani was Sri Chandi di Vaar. Dhan Dhan Dal Panth!

After doing some reading, there is no doubt in my mind that Shiromani Panth Akali Budha Dal is Punjva(5th) Takht, Chalda Vaheer. Damdama Sahib, talwandi sabo is not 5th takht.

yes u are right! Food adulteration is a big problem in India.

Raj Karega Khalsa! Khalistan Zindabad! We need to spread Khalsa Raj all over the world and at the same time, we shud prepare a list of all the politicians, judges, media vale, police vale and army vale who killed or played a part in killing 2.5 lakh sikhs in Punjab in the 80's and early 90's.

pyare veer, Yes I am foolish too. Shastar Vidya and Shastar Abhiyaas are indispensable part of Khalsa Lifestyle and Khalsa Rehit. Without Shastar, there will be no Khalsa.

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Found this amazing video about Spear Guns. Anyone having knowledge about Spear Guns ? Can these be made at home ?

thats pessimistic thinking. Khalsa will definitely RISE and RULE in the future. PRAGTIYO KHALSA PRAMATAM KI MAUJ

http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/99008/tensions-between-usnato-russia-flaring-dangerously Khalsa needs to RISE. The world needs direction.

Any person who says 'Shastar vidya is a waste of time' is TOTALLY FOOLISH PERSON. Shastars in the hands of Gursikhs REPRESENT GOD'S POWER ON EARTH. Akaal Purakh Ji loves DHARAM YUDH. Akaal Purakh Ji loves swords, bows, arrows, guns, machine guns, tanks etc.

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http://www.babasurjeetsingh.com/akali-baba-tara-singh-nihang/ Since 1997 I have travelled each year to India, to learn from spiritual people, teachers, warriors, Jathedars, Sants, Yogis, Pirs, Monks, intellectuals but I met hardly anyone like Akali Baba Tara Singh Nihang ji. How I met him? By the time I met Baba ji I was quite dismayed as I felt I needed a teacher to teach me about spirituality of the Guru Granth Sahib. All the people I had met so far were great but they just didn’t do it for me. One Baba ji could meditate from long periods even up to a year, but he had no concerns for the world at all, another wanted lots of money if I wanted to learn, another just cared about his sword and its use and didn’t read much gurbani, meditate or did any seva, another didn’t speak and just read gurbani all day, I hadn’t found anyone with balance but I have the utmost respect for what all of them showed me. At this stage I was naturally quite cynical, and even quite reserved about the Nihang Singhs, many of whom knew more about horses and guns than spiritual matters. This thought was getting me quite down so I spoke to Bhai Uday Singh of Buddha Dal at the Bagicha of the Shahids and Baba Bamba Singh ji. I had tears in my eyes so didn’t look at him directly. I asked him if there was any Singh he knew who was all round, mystical and knew the traditions. He didn’t even blink, he said ‘over there’ and pointed to a room. I thought he was mocking me, I asked again, he pointed in the same direction. He said ‘I will introduce you to a Brahmgiani who did Sangat of Akali Baba Sahib Singh Kaladhari.’ I knew he wasn’t joking. I followed him to the room, he knocked once on the door gently, which was more courteous than I had seen Uday Singh ji. After what seemed like ages a frail looking Akali Nihang Singh Baba opened the door, and loudly with lots of spirit said the Khalsa Gurfateh! Baba ji’s appearance. Baba ji was very frail but great for his age, which according to him was between 110-113 years old. When you were near him you would feel a cool breeze, this feeling of peace would enter you, and make you shiver with anand! The many people I took to meet him, would just start crying with bairag, it was such a magical presence that he had, such innocence but wisdom. He always wore blue bana, and kamarkasa, he slept by his sword, with his durmalla and kamarkasa, always ready to get up. He wore a chakkar and small khanda, and said to me ‘what is the point of reading the dumalla salok, if you don’t put a chakkar on or torah?’ He washed his clothes himself everyday early in the morning. He always looked clean and tidy! He had no material possessions except for gutkas, bane and shastar. He would clean his teeth with a twig each day, and laughed at the idea of a toothbrush. He said to me ‘how can you put that back in your mouth the next day, after its become joota, and covered in saliva’. He still had a full set of teeth at his ripe age! Baba ji’s eyes were amazing, physically they were brown, but they always appeared to be very blue, like another hue or light was in his eyes! Baba ji’s bachans Baba ji told me that Sikhi would spread to the West, and many people would take up the gift of bani and bana. He told me not to take the gurbana off, and read gurbani. He also told me not to do nindia of Jhatka just because people do not like it. He taught me a lot about the Sri Sarabloh Granth and what Akali Baba Sahib Singh Kaladhari had taught him about it. One day I aksed Baba ji to teach me Santhia, as this is and was a tradition of the Buddha Dal that senior members would teach beginners like me. I felt a bit scared to ask him as his presence was very powerful. One day I got the courage and asked him ‘Baba ji please could you teach me santhia’. He said ‘son how long are you here for’. I replied ‘no more than a year’ he said ‘ok perhaps you should just learn up to Sri Rag, than you will be able to grasp the rest of the Gurbani’. Then he thought and said ‘no that will take too much time, perhaps just learn nitnem properly’, then he thought and said ‘no just learn the meaning of japji sahib’. Then he paused and said ‘ no just learn the meaning of mool manter……….the meaning of the maha manter………no…the meaning of Ik Oankar Satinam….no…the meaning of Ik Oankar…..no …… just IK….son if you understand IK you will understand all of Guru Granth Sahib ji!’. It blew my mind! I felt like I was going to faint, his words just echoed inside me…..it was intense and liberating! Baba ji was very strict he would rise at 12:30 am each day, bath, wash his clothes, make Shaheedi Degh and Karah Parshad for the Sangat reciting at least fifteen banis from memory. Then he would go into the presence of Adi Guru Granth, Dasam and Sarbloh Darbar and pay his respects and listen to the hukamnama. His morning sadhana was until 7:30 pm. He would never miss arti-arta, rahiras, and kirtan sohila and hukamnama in the evening either. While I stayed with him, I watched this old man who was like clockwork, then one day I thought I would ask him how long he had lived like this. He told me it had been 80 years! Naturally I asked what had inspired him. He narrated that: When Baba ji was in his twenties the British banned the three foot Kirpan in the Punjab, Baba was going from his parents home to perform a duty reading Path in Bana. He went past a train station and an Official had him stopped, his guards said to the young Baba Tara Singh in a rude manner take of your Sword. Baba ji explained that the Sword was his Sri Sahib, and not to disrespect it, and he was going to go and do Path and he was getting late. A British police officer was instigating the Indian officers to apprehend Baba ji. Baba ji wasn’t stupid, so he went up to the British official to explain to him. The official also knowing the dislike of the Akalis Nihang Singhs of tobacco blew smoke in Baba ji’s face. He pointed his revolver at Baba ji, and cocked the pistol. He fired a single shot at Baba ji that hit Baba ji in the stomach, Baba ji pulled out his sword and in one blow decapitated the Officer. Everyone looked on. The Indian officers swore at Baba ji saying you will get us all hung! A crowd tried to apprehend him, but he swung his kirpan very fast, and seeing the dead officer, many others ran. Baba ji started to do Jaikare, and some other Singhs came to his aid, and in this way he got away. He got to Akali Baba Sahib Singh Kaladhari who ordered him to stay in the Dal Panth for life. A hakim was called for, who removed the bullet, and Baba ji recovered. Some other things about Baba ji The biggest virtue Baba ji spoke of was loyalty. He always quoted the story of Ramayan, from the Hanuman Natak and Sri Dasam Granth Sahib about Hanuman and Ram. He said without this virtue there are no others. He was born at amritvela on the full moon, in November. The same time Guru Nanak was born. His farla or plume was awarded to him by Akali Baba Sahib Singh Kaladhari. He was the student of Baba Sahib Singh, the last Akali Nihang Jathedar of the Khalsa Panth. On a personal level There literally is hardly a day that goes by without treasuring his naam-filled memory! I get tears in my eyes thinking about him. The time I spent with him was magical, full of peace and love, and trust. I have no doubt that Baba ji went to Sachkhand, not after death but lived in that state in his very life!

If we want western world to accept Sikhi, we shud treat young sikh girls as equals to young sikh boys. Young Sikh girls shud be taught shastar vidya in the same way young sikh boys learn gatka. The coming years will be very dangerous for the whole world and it is must that the entire sikh population(singhs + singhnees) take the SHARAN OF SHASTARS and learn Shastar Vidya. Without Shastars, there is no dignity! Without Shastars, there is no justice! Without Shastars, there is no kirpa! Please watch this video

http://www.babasurjeetsingh.com/akali-baba-tara-singh-nihang/

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https://hague6185.wordpress.com/2014/08/31/a-growing-trend-in-russia-eco-villages/

Akali NIhangs are complete human beings living on planet earth. Chaunnis of Dal Panth are also a sort of eco villages. Dal Panth is the only hope for this world burning in materialism.

Hey Singhstah, great to read ur post. U are my sweet younger brother!

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