TheFancyBanana

I was just wondering, do any of you have any idea when your family first became Sikhs?

Mine became Sikhs at the time of the 7th guru. Guru Har Rai Sahib came to my pind. He stopped off with an army before heading off to Kartarpur Sahib.

I don't know how accurate this story is but I was told my some old people, they said that the Guru came to the pind and wanted to stay there. Some villagers refused and turned them away. Then some villagers went after the Guru and asked them to come back. Then the Guru is said "those who came back will stay and the ones who didn't will go away from this pind". Don't know if this story is true, but its the one I was told.

So I was just wondering if anyone else knew how their family became Sikh.

could this be the thing weve always heard about i.e. floods, earthquakes..some say was meant to happen 21 Dec 2012, but some say that was the start of the end!!! surely does look freaky since Dec 2012...things are very odd with weather!!!

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Not this again. >.>

The extreme right wing absolutely love the Sikhs and constantly make public announcements expressing their love,

Perhaps to get us on side?

I don't know. The EDL seem to like Sikhs. But then again, if they manage to do something about Muslims, whos to say they won't go after us? I mean they need support, get us on side and it seems as if the EDL aren't a racist group.

We should stick to eating vegie food in a gurdwara.

Like this cat

Not so much of a fancy banana now arent you?

Hahahaha what's wrong ?

I have no idea.....

LOOOOOLL !! Hahhahaaa that's hilarious !

U r meat . U r allowed on premise. Wors the diff?

Last time I checked, people weren't being eaten alive at a gurdwara.

That pregnant baba....

That picture looks pretty dramatic.

Alcohol is forbidden to any one calling themselves a sikh sehajdhari or amritdhari, Guru Nanak ji told babar to stop drinking wine ,others like Bhagat kabir ji have also condemned drinking wine etc , way before Amrit by the 10th Guru,although amrit was still done prior to kande de pahul and was known as charan pahu, This is exactly my point incorrect info given about sikhi, just personal made up thinking.

. yeah, my bad wrote it wrong. ਕਬੀਰ ਭਾਂਗ ਮਾਛੁਲੀ ਸੁਰਾ ਪਾਨਿ ਜੋ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਖਾਂਹਿ ॥ ਤੀਰਥ ਬਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਕੀਏ ਤੇ ਸਭੈ ਰਸਾਤਲਿ ਜਾਂਹਿ ॥੨੩੩॥

Whosoever takes Marijuana, fish and alcoholic drinks; all his pilgrimages, fasts and performance of religious practices shall go waste (SGGS, p 1377).

In no particular order.

Battle of Chamkaur, Sarangari, Battle of Amritsar (1984), Sabraon,Battle of Green Ridge, Mukatsar, battles in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, Bhai Bota Singh and Bhai Garjha Singh (2 against 100), Battle of Sirhind, Battle of Peshawar.

So make an X shape with larh over the joora, and making a v shape on the forehead?

Dumalla. Wrap your kes in with keski, do a bunga so ur kes are kept in place and thers a solid base for your dastar and then finish it off with your second malmal. BOOM!

My bunga is so weak. It just falls apart and flops foward. And wouldn't a large dumallah be too big? Is there a way of having a small pagh and a bunga perhaps? Also, I've looked at videos showing how to do a bunga but I can't do it.

Honh sochda honha kai ihe kee kendheaa. Jerhe swaal puchda oho answer karo, larhai karni bandh kardo.

I'm going to start doing MMA and boxing.

I need a strong pagh style, or a way of tying up my hair so that it stays out of the way. My hair is long but it is light.

I actually have new question in my mind:

How I will pray waheguru? how I should put my hands? how I start my prayer, how I end it??

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L-VMJz9NKA6x1GBAsJx-CqGsLcK2fRW9hPEuXq2Lk_4/edit?hl=en_US

Thanks for all answers so far, feel free to put more answers/tips etc. and N30S1NGH I have actually tried to find good website to read Gurbani, but never found one - your page seems good. What comes to meditation, I will try your way in that aswell!

Yeah srigranth.com is a good place to start. If you want videos with translations then this youtube channel is good. http://www.youtube.com/user/wwRajKaregaKhalsaNet/videos

It has Sikh hymns and prayers with translations.

2. Is it ok to drink wine once in a while? I dont mean to get drunk - I just like the taste of wine and its becoming my hobby.

No, it is not . it is forbidden

Alcohol is forbidden if you take amrit.

1. Is it turban necessary? I live in Finland and this country is pretty Racist. I dont scare that people laugh at me if I wear it, but I just dont like the way it look.

If you keep your hair uncut, then you'll need a turban. If you begin to progress on the path of Sikhi, you may decide to keep your hair and wear a turban. For the time being it is fine and you don't have to wear it. Take it slowly, read and learn about Sikhi until you are 100% sure you want to follow this path.

I think she was trying to say that by tying it around, the kirpan and kanga stay in place.

I don't think your using enough soap... or deoderant.

Scrub harder.

What does the original post say? Can anyone summarize it in few words of English?

It says that the Akaal Takht recieved complaints about Neeru Bajwa's tattoo. The jathedar (leader) of the Akaal Takhi issued a statement saying "we have recieved complaints like these before." He also said that "tattooing bani on your body is disrespectful and can cause beadbi. There will be an investigation against people who tattoo themselves using bani.

Like If You Remember Bay Blades :D

I had the Dragoon one.

Anyone have hotwheels cars?