PakoraSingh

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh I'm reasonably new to sikhi. I've started to grown my kesh and wear a dastaar less than a year ago. I can't read Gurmukhi, I can speak Punjabi relatively well, and I'm hoping to learn to read this year. I'm not amritdhari. I'm trying to get into the routine of Amrit Vela, and get up at 5am, I have a quick shower while doing simran, then read my gurbani. I'm reading gurbani English translation using the iPhone App GA - Gurbani Anywhere. I can read Japji Sahib in about 20-25 minutes. I listen to a recording at the same time and try to keep up. I takes me too long to do all 5 Bani, I cant keep up to a recording as its usually too fast. So at the moment I only do Japji Sahib and Naam Simran for 30 minutes. I'm trying to build upon my sikhi, step by step, and with waheguru's grace I will get there. Does anyone have any suggestions? Anyone been in the same situation that am in? Is it fine to listen to the 5 Bani and not read? Many thanks in advance. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I've recently started to wear a Pagh after 20 years of cutting my hair, I felt that there was always something missing and knew that one day I would start to grow my hair and start to wear a pagh again. The time came about 4 weeks ago and I'm feeling so much happier and closer to Sikhi than I ever was. I've started to tie a fresh pagh every day rather than have one made with mandi, which I did to when I was a teenager. I don't like the idea of a mandi pagh and I think that a fresh tied pagh looks best. I'm getting quite good at tying it now, i;ve watched quite a lot of youtube videos. I've got a few questions that I'm sure someone will be able to answer. What kind of material is best use when tying every day? Currently i'm using Mal Mal which I bought from the local punjabi clothes shop, but I feel that it's not right, it feels too light and the larh are quite small, probably about 5 or 6 cm wide. How do you keep your pagh from staying tight all day? by the afternoon mines feels a bit loose and I really would like to tie it again but there is no where at work to do that., Does anyone have any experience of growing your hair, mine was pretty short, its getting longer now but its difficult to manage. I can't wait until I can tie my hair into a joora. By the end of the day it hurts because I keep push it in with my salai, but I can live with that, it's my own fault! Should you wear something underneath your pagh? like a bandana? the style I tie is like a kenya/african/british style. Do most people remove their paghs when they get home? what should you wear instead? I know it's a personal choice, at the moment I just wear a bit of cloth that I've cut from when I tied my pagh but it looks a bit untidy. Many thanks in advance, I'll keep you updated on my journey.