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I'm trying to figure out what the "situation" is, bro. I mean, our people are living in mansions in Canada. What's the problem? I'll grant that we may not be in the upper echelons of corporations, but we're doing just find as small and independent businessmen, while some are doctors/engineers/lawyers. And we've ascended as far as premier, cabinet ministers, and leader of opposition. Is it that bad?

If we were united, others would be begging to be allies with us.

That's exactly what this doctor says. He says the diseases prevalent today are simply because of changes in diet. Now we're aping Westerners. This stuff is pretty simple. Our ancestors, the old Sikhs, didn't eat processed foods. They made whole foods from scratch. Guru Amar Das ji's langar didn't save any "beha" (leftovers) for the next day. Everything was prepared fresh. Flour freshly ground. No preservatives. Every fruit and vegetable in-season. Old-timers didn't use sugar except for when guests were visiting or karah parshad. While avoiding sugar, our ancestors used plenty of good fats (ghio, full fat milk). He also talks about the empty calories of alcohol. Coca-Cola calories are not the same as vegetable or ghee calories. We need to rediscover our heritage, not serve Dominos pizza & cola in langar (yeah, they actually do this in California).

Well, that's a natural consequence of the live in the moment lifestyle. Here today, gone tomorrow. Since you can't depend on "partner" staying with you for life, it's natural that you would also be "looking". Better to leave than to be left. Game theory. That's the entire reason for no-divorce Anand Karaj. But now Sikhs think they can break their vows. Obviously this will result in a selfish mentality between "partners".

Bhai Gurdas ji addresses exactly this (in Kalyug): ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਪੁਰਖੈ ਦਾਮ ਹਿਤੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਆਇ ਕਿਥਾਊ ਜਾਈ। Man and woman love each other for riches, may they come from anywhere. (Vaar 1/30)

I was thinking you might be halfway serious, but then I read your point #2, and thought this must be sarcastic. "I'm going to get a tattoo of a Sant that used to preach to not modify the body in any way." Funny. Same applies to people who get Guru Nanak ji tattoos. Imagine a gora asking, "So, who's that?" "Uhh, that's an image of our Guru ... who taught us not to worship images"

Thanks for the article. Why do the drugs not work? Because they're not tested properly, on purpose. Why are they not tested properly? Because the giant drug corporations want to make more money. Why? ਲੋਭ (lobh, greed). ਪਾਪਾ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਮੁਇਆ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥ "It (money) is not gathered without sins and it doesn't go with you." We're living in this right now with the so-called vaccines. The double-triple-quadruple vaxxed Prime Minister of Canada out for weeks because he got Covid. Same for the Surgeon General of the US. This is all a joke, and the drug companies are laughing all the way to the bank. Old-school Sikhs had it right.

Did Jagmeet Singh say the same thing about our people's protest in Delhi? Wasn't that a "seige" of sorts? Not that the protest in Ottawa is a siege. I mean, they're in the central part where all the government buildings are. They're not preventing food from coming into the city of Ottawa. Also, it's weird he thinks a few businesses supposedly shutting down for 2 weeks is a big deal when the entire economy was shut down for 2 years. And the rich got richer.

Wow, what a fool. He says the reasoning behind the chunni is men won't be able to control themselves, therefore women have to cover their bodies. OK, so why stop at chunnis? The same reasoning would apply to the rest of women's clothes. These sorts of people take pleasure in taking potshots are religious, societal or moral norms. "If your vision is covered, then nudity can be an art" He's nothing more than a dirty old man who wants women to walk around either half-naked or fully naked to get his rocks off.

Oh, wow, you're saying he was a Pakistani Muslim Jatt, and that's why his name was Dhaliwal? OK, that's possible. And then he pretended to "amrit chhak" while still having the same Muslim mentality.

No, bro, that's not what Gurbani says: Meaning that, there are people who know better, but still do bad things.

The Hindus are still celebrating the death of Ravan, thousands of years later. Does anyone seriously want to claim that Jews weren't happy when Hitler, Eichman, or other Nazi figures died?

That's the key point: I think it is OK and even very good to help others. Because this is Akal Purkh ka panth. But, again, until every Sikh has a decent life, helping others can only be a low (not high) priority.

Thanks a lot for this post. Stop with putting gold on every single gumat, every palki, and so on until every Sikh has 3 good meals a day, with milk and ghee. I don't want to see a single kar seva baba asking for money to redo the floor in a gurdwara with all-new marble until every Sikh has a pukka floor in his house. Stop with spending thousands, even lakhs of rupees on Rumallahs until every Sikh has at least a few changes of decent clothes. Obviously, we show respect to Guru Granth Sahib ji by adornment with fine raiments. But we don't need more Rumallahs in the almari than days in the year! The only reason we're sitting in air conditioning typing on laptops is sheer luck. Let's remember our brothers.

Here is the link, I recommend you watch it with an open mind. Just watching this now. Again I stand by my statement that Purewal hasn't a bit of common sense. Even if he is "the best astronomer ever", that doesn't give him the right to push the Panth around. Given what we are facing right now with the Farmer's Protest and other matters of our very existence and you have so many people of all jathebandis, mona/kesadhari/amritdhari even Hindus coming together and everybody who is doing or saying anything to destroy unity is not appreciated, it's as clear as day that stuff like switching up calendars is completely irrelevant to our Panth at the moment. Again, this is assuming Purewal's calendar notions are 100% correct. I would like to hear from anybody who thinks calendars is the most important issue for us right now.

That's not a bad idea. But what you're really supposed to be doing is reserving 10%of your income as dasvandh. So, not pennies, but rather 10 rupees out of every 100. Or pound. Or dollar.

OK, so as far as "normal" journeys (like driving from Los Angeles to San Diego or something), there's no reason you should have to miss your Nitnem. With long airplane journeys, especially where you're crossing the international date line and multiple time zones, it might be unclear when a "new day" starts for the purposes of doing Nitnem. So as long as you make a bona fide effort to do Nitnem, I don't think you can said to have "missed" your Nitnem. But don't go the entire journey of 22-24 hours (plus holdovers) and fail to do Nitnem just because you're "on a journey." when you get a chance, just wash up and do paath.

I won't dispute that you got yeast in India in 2015 from yeast flying around. But if you look at the wording of the original poster, BigTera, that's not what he said. He implied that if you wear a turban, you'll get "yeast formation" as if it will spring up spontaneously: "All that heat and sweat from wearing a head covering all day gets trapped causing excess moisture and itching build up which makes dandruff worse. ie yeast formation." That's what I said doesn't happen, even in India. There are 1.3 billion people in India. 1.3 billion don't have yeast. There are 25 million or so Sikhs in India. Maybe 10 million keshadhari. 10 million don't have yeast. Some certainly do have dandruff or other problems, but so do non-Sikhs in the West. I mean, who do you think is the market for Head & Shoulders Shampoo? It's false and a slander on Guru's form to suggest that wearing a turban with long hair necessarily leads to dandruff and yeast.

Sajjan Thug. Thanks for posting, bro.

Oops, I never thought of this before: but was he molested in the dera by someone? (Not the Sant, but a random person or persons. Because there are always tons of followers-on in deras.)

Nitnem is Jap, Jaap, Swayye, Chaupai, Anand. Asa di Vaar, Shabad Hazare, etc. are extra that every Sikh is encouraged to do, but it is optional.

What's wrong with you, bro? The point of telling someone to man up is to take up masculine virtues. Neither I nor "Guest Singhh" made this up. Why do you think Bhai Gurdas II, respected by the entire panth called Guru Gobind Singh ji the "Marad (manly man) Agumda"? Mai Bhago was taking up masculine virtues, which are exactly what are needed in war. On the other hand, it is also necessary for men to take up feminine qualities, which are necessary to do seva, be humble, and sing music (kirtan). The problem in the panth is we have entirely too little masculinity at the moment, that's why people are telling Sikhs to man up.

Have you ever worn a real kachhera (of the type prescribed by Guru Gobind Singh ji)? If you did, I think you would find it very comfortable. Don't be an oreo, bro. You don't have to follow every stupid trend in Men's Health magazine. You can, though, if you want to. Just don't claim you're following maryada. That's not the only thing. It's not merely a symbol. Otherwise, you could just walk around carrying a picture of a kachhera in your wallet.

Look, bro, spirituality is the entire point of our religion. But Guru ji also taught us to be a man and defend ourselves, our mothers and sisters, our communities. We all want to just sit back and listen to kirtan peacefully. But you can't do that when you're under attack. I realize that this kind of talk is not for everybody, but if that's the case for you, just go to one of the spiritual discussions. Here, we're just discussing ways of keeping people like you safe.

You invade a country, and then you get part of it for free. What are you complaining about? Would they be OK with Hindus (or whatever) invading Pakistan, converting 1/3 of the population, and then letting them break off into a separate country?