1 minute ago, singhsince1981 said:

Thats is a wonderful term. I think both “Alakh” & “Niranjan” terms are used in Sikhi tooo.

alakh and alekh are interchangeable  , you will find in Jaap Sahib  in both versions to describe Akal Purakh's   atrributes

12 minutes ago, singhsince1981 said:

Yes. I think in Mahabarath the main Rishi use to say that. What does it mean?

Alakh Niranjan (अलख निरंजन) is a term used by Nath Yogis as a synonym for The CReator, and to describe the characteristics of God and the Self, known as the Atman. Alakh means "one which cannot be seen (perceived)" and niranjan means "spotfree"

6 hours ago, singhsince1981 said:

Anyone heard this term before? I seem to be involuntarily saying it in my mind. It started all of a sudden.

hindu mantra , have you watched an old bollywood movie  because it is a phrase used by sadhus in those

6 hours ago, singhsince1981 said:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/paedophile-uk-arrest-child-sex-abuse-police-internet-a9396661.html

Could you please cut paste or summarise thanks

On 12/3/2020 at 5:40 AM, Kaurr said:

I found this, don't know what to think about it though.

Former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton volunteer to get coronavirus vaccine publicly to prove it's safe

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/02/politics/obama-vaccine/index.html

just like the MP feeding beefburgers to his kid  to prove british beef was OK at the height of the mad cow disease epidemic. It is just PR stunts with no real dangers to the individuals

On 4/22/2019 at 9:16 PM, Redoptics said:

 

 

https://youtu.be/mJUoTBnHXRc

 

 

it is when such people use Guru Nanak Dev ji's words to make themselves seem spiritual I know they feel spiritually lacking  for their job , Osho , Ashutosh, Ram Rahim, Sadhguru

On 4/14/2019 at 7:32 PM, jakare said:

Everyone who has said something negative about him on this thread are the most close-minded people this universe has to offer.

Sadhguru teaches how one can realize the true essence of themselves as well as be a mentor for every day life. He teaches yog which is the practical science of the union with the self.

And no he doesn't have links with the government or try and promote Hindu beliefs. His videos are not even about anything Hindu related and all his explanations point to spirituality.

All he ever teaches is how you can reach spiritual enlightenment and you are judging him on that.

He even praises Sikhi if you bother to check those videos.

 

 

Seriously, stop being close minded and rejecting someone's advice just because they are not Sikh or you think they have a secret agenda.

Some people on this forum actually need to listen to his videos for crying out loud.

You close-minded idiots.

one thing I have noticed he is superpatronising to women no matter what level of education, spirituality etc and dismisses any questions they have by trying to get the audience to back him in his nonanswers.

On 4/13/2019 at 8:18 PM, puzzled said:

my point was that sadhguru is a follower of gandhi and gandhis ways  just like how modi is a follower of gandhi and thats the reason why modi never had kids. gandhi actually promoted this life style, i doubt that sikhs who chose to refrain from marriage actually promoted that or do weird experiments with girls.  i personally dont see abstaining from sex or marriage as "holy" neither have i ever said that it is holy or something that i look up to it, personally the thought of never being in a relationship/marrying is a nightmare

its just a choice that they felt like they had to make to develop spiritually 

both Gandhi and Modi are losers par excellance because they imprisoned their wives in marriages that they themselves left , giving neither wife respect or freedom to execute life decisions like getting healthcare whilst massive haemmorhaging illness(Gandhi) 'she should accept it as God's will (when he had European doctors and latest treatments available for himself)  getting a passport (Modi) BTW he refused to sign the paperwork . Modi was married very young by arrangement and he rejected his parent's choice he had no real excuse the Gandhi thing is an excuse to look good for the sheep He has worshipped at shrine of Godse who murdered 'his idol',
Gandhi was a pervert full stop , he was so bad he couldn't stop himself during the day even when tending to his dying father. Unfortunately his father passed away whilst he was'busy' and of course it was the wife's fault. He also it seems played both sides  of the field as his love letters to a German seem to indicate.
Jaggu Vasudev has a wife  not sure about kids both it seems the theme of Hindu life is eat drink and be merry, create dependents then disappear 'to be spiritual' leaving the wife in the lurch, who then gets turfed out on his death by his sons to die in a widow colony in Benares or on the streets.

maybe sikh channels should switch to Minds as it seems that it is not liked by Facebook or youtube as it is non censoring and copeting in their arena

23 minutes ago, singhsince1981 said:

Why is Buddhism gaining so much traction in the West.

From many buddhist I heard that Western Buddhism is no where close to real buddhism.

I met many ppl, even ppl from India. Who say “The future is the future of No religion & Buddhism is the only religion I adhere too.” 

This trend is increasing amongst westerners, plus immigrants who came from India.

I also hear “dil saaf hona chahida, baki nu ki karna.”

Opinions & Thoughts?

it is easy to claim without putting in any hard work  just light the dhoof , sit down and say a few mantras , draw mandalas and quote the odd phrase attributed to Gautam Buddha. I found it very strange how it didn't rid any of the krodh, ahankar from even the most long term adherents -the monks  despite all their claims of zen like states. The Gori nun was so intensely self-centred she insisted that no one else was to talk where she was , even in the food hall since she had taken a vow of silence???

who are we to judge our own hearts? surely that is a blind spot for us . We live in the field of karams so we have to think speak and do actions in line with Gurmat /righteousness , Gurdas Mann has zero spiritual knowledge so I will not be taking his word for anything .

15 minutes ago, puzzled said:

Meat becomes an addiction, just like sugar and other foods and drinks. I stopped eating meat around 4 or 5 years ago and now I have vegan kebabs and burgers every weekend, in fact I just finished eating a vegan kebab 5 mins ago!  why? because of the meaty taste which so many people never get over. 

I'm cutting back on sugars, sweets, chocolates, and its going well so far! been drinking redbull for over 10 years, had my last can on 31st Dec 2020 and I'm gnna see how long I can resist it! there's one sitting in the fridge, constantly pestering me lol 

But I mostly now eat veg, fruit and nuts. 

Imo, if you eat meat then it should be limited. Many great nations and cultures of the past were mainly vegetarian. The Japanese/Samurai, Indians, many Chinese etc  all were great civilizations and cultures, and they mainly ate fruit and veg, meat was very limited. Gladiators mainly had plant based diets. There's a reason why all these people at mostly veg!

American culture and influence changed everything, the worlds eating habits. 

Muslims love meat, they eat meat for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. In actual reality around 90% of Muhammad's diet was wheat, dates and water. Meat was rare. 

Throughout the centuries, the unsophisticated, unenlightened Brits who plodded in mud, ate meat everyday though.  

Just my opinion ... 

 

 

true about meat it has a mythology around it that it is for the rich , so it gets trundled  out for special occasions , fast forward  a couple hundred years every tajinder, davinder and harjot   cannot eat his roti without maas . Kings has diseases of Affluence and now every one has , diabetes through the roof, heart disease, obesity , arthiritis and gout.
no one could afford to slaughter their only means of support through lean times , now they are oil rich they are overdoing it.

reminds me of menu mistake we saw as student:

vegetarian on rice 

1 hour ago, AM4R said:

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2mtYzCj4BZP9HKq9zHHYjZR/would-you-eat-chicken-grown-in-a-lab

 

What everyones thoughts on this?

No animals are killed in the process (apparently)

Would you eat it?

 

first of all anything that's has been done with genetic engineering science has failed to deliver up until this point and I would be wary of such meats as they will be heavily cloned cells  and given that Dolly's clones died at an earlier age than dolly seem to imply shorter telomeres which is a major factor  in cell health , I would suspect multiple chickens would have to be farmed and repeatedly killed to create a long term solution.

41 minutes ago, singhsince1981 said:

Interesting. Is there any place where we can see puratan style gatka? Traditional gatka as in Khalsa in the 1700s or is it all lost?

I heard Samurai is very very dangerous. The sword is deadly. But its japanese. Are Sikhs allowed to practice that?

if you want to learn like a samurai you will have to study jujitsi/ninjitsu/budo as these are the techniques used by the samauri and their close nemesis the the ninja , understanding the bushido philosophy I realise Khalsa could be considered on the material plane as ronin or spiritually with Akal Purakh as our overlord . Sikhs can practise  any and all weapons  in fact in history they were known for their high levels of skill with multiple weapons  including rifle.

14 hours ago, Koi said:

Gatka is more for display, not a serious martial art by any standard. These sorts of "display arts" can be found all over the India subcontinent (and middle East). And i did gatka for about a year (always had interest in martial arts)

Baaki it depends on what's available to you. If kendo is available to you, go for it.

south Indian/Keralan martial arts are closest I am guessing to the proper vidhiya given for battlefield  close fighting , I remember watching a video of a tiny women teaching the skills she had learnt frm her father to class and she was in her advanced years and getting the better of young men .it is called Kalarippayattu

I bought a couple of books on it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/9384030511/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0195655389/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

interesting that they have descriptions of Marma points which are close to Chinese Dim  Mak points.

On 1/13/2021 at 2:57 AM, singhsince1981 said:

Then, it is better to just do Naam Jaap. Even in my current schedule. I dont find as much time as I want to Naam Jap. A new activity will be a distraction.

Why did u convert to Sikhi?

you can only fight as well as you have practised so you are definitely going to have to train HARD naam kamai will open further intuitive knowledge of shastar vidhiya but start somewhere. Husband does jujitsu and ninjitsu , is taught sword techniques . Even doing tai chi you could do sword techniques but in practical life learning philipino knife techniques will be more compatible with carrying kirpan and using it well at close quarters. Best martial arts is to be aware of surroundings and situation and avoid flashpoints if possible.

1 hour ago, Kau89r8 said:

just another bloodshed waiting to happen

No HOPE LEFT for Sikhs 

where there is faith in Akal Purakh there is always Hope , you want success for sikhs remind them to keep full rehit and have amrit and they are GUARANTEED to have Guru Sahiban FULL support and blessings, our fight is with our baser selves first and then the oppressors. Look at our history when we held firm in our beliefs and rehit we remained aadol and akaal

21 hours ago, singhsince1981 said:

Many times throughout the night while sleeping or resting during the day I find myself automatically reciting bani in my mind and / or simran. What is this avastha called or has anyone experienced this?

Don't get me wrong. I am not interested in any avastha bavastha. I am at zero state and will always like to remain at zero state and always begging to Waheguru for baksheesh. However, I have been experiencing the above and wanted to relate to someone who has had similar experience could explain what is going on. 

it's just your true self doing its thing , reciting what gives it sookun and helps cuts down the bad karams , just be thankful its happening

21 hours ago, Kau89r8 said:

 

missed out army humla on Harmandir Sahib in 1955  as an answer to sikh refusal to accquiesce to Indian Constitution and refusing to sign it.

23 hours ago, AjeetSingh2019 said:

Are you thick ? This is our people's problem , we go over sentimental without realizing what is being said .

He's actually secular guy, and that's not what he wishes, that is what he apprehends. Look at his other tweets on farmers protest. At best, he's neutral 

that is a major fib, he supports the idea of akhand bharat that is not secular.

On 12/27/2020 at 8:18 AM, Arsh1469 said:

Sikhi has already lost half of Punjab (The Punjab in Pakistan) If we lose all of Punjab we have lost our nation.

correction sikhs lost 5/6ths of Punjab it currentely only a sixth of the original . time to set our stamp on the minds of the whole of India by leading the fight against these theiving brahmins/gujus

17 minutes ago, ChardikalaUK said:

Exactly. Its human nature. If Christian missionaries became even more powerful in Punjab you can bet your bottom dollar that Sikhs would a Sikh version of Modi to stand up to them.

last time we had educated sikh scholars like Bhai Vir Singh , professor Sahib Singh and Dr Ganda Singh historian to set people straight, just need to rerelease free copies of these people's writings and translate all the Sants writings and speechs for youth worldwide (of all faiths)

34 minutes ago, ChardikalaUK said:

The only reason for the rise of Hindutuva is the threat Hindus feel from Muslims. If Hindus did what Sikhs did in 1947 - get rid of all Muslims from their areas then no one would care about or vote for the likes of Modi. In Pakistan they dont have a right wing Islamic party because there is no threat from another religious group. The muslim league collapsed for this reason, no Hindus to fight against.

Look at it from a Hindu's perspective - the Muslims got their own countries Pakistan and Bangladesh, pretty much all Hindus were removed from Pakistan in 1947 and the number of Hindus in Bangladesh has decreased a lot.

However despite getting Pakistan and Bangladesh, a whopping one third of all subcontinent Muslims remained in India and they have been breeding like rabbits going from 9% of the population in 1947 to 14% today. Put simply the Muslims got their cake and ate it. They were the number one benefactors of partition.

Pakistan has Sharia Law which prevents non muslims to marry Muslim women or convert them, a non Muslim can never be Prime Minister in Pakistan. So this is how Muslims behave when in a majority. What will happen if Muslims keep growing in numbers in India. Look what they did in Kashmir, kicked out all of the minorities.

There are also many cases of love jihad where muslim men seduce hindu women for conversion. This is the over confidence and aggression of Muslims, they do this even when in a minority.

The Hindus have simply had enough of muslim aggression and the only way they can fight back is through Hindutva and the likes of Modi instead of muslim appeasement like Gandhi and Nehru, it's basic survival.

I'm no fan of Modi at all but you can't blame Hindus for voting for him. He seems to be the only one who is standing up against Muslims.

rss has roots in arya samaj which is about brahmin supremacy which that felt was undermined by British laws , arya samajists just wanted to return to the bad old days of brahmin raj over the whole of society . Rss is just the thugs thieves and scum collected together to take advantadge of the masses , not to bring  about  hindu raj  necessarily despite the proaganda. They created a false spectre of muslim menace within India like 14 million poor muslims will be able to do anything against 1 billion hindus (if they believe so they must have a severe inferiority complex)  Remember scene in a bug's life when the crickets are in the bar ? .yes the bullies were scared of the tide being turned and guess what it still happened despite their aggression.

Modi did nothing except murder and protect murderers just like Indira did to us . Pakistan and bangladesh suited the Arya  Indians it got the muslims out without having to fight and spill their own blood and reduced the influence of sikh polity in one fell swoop.

best offence against love jihad is become alphas , educate the women in history and reality of muslim thought vs Sikh thought (not much difference between Hindu and muslim treatment of women)