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7 hours ago, GurjantGnostic said:

The closest Gurudwara to me is still a burned out hulk, from when it was arsoned after 911 for being a "mosque". 

Can't you get your fellow Sikhs to do some seva, and rebuild? 

1 hour ago, Arsh1469 said:

By forgot I mean not recite. Me forgots Japji and lives in Maya

No , you said the following, meaning if I don't memorize Japji Sahib I'm useless.

What i want to know is, where does Guru Ji say this.

'Kavi Santhok Singh Ji says about Japji Sahib In the way a rice husk is useless without a grain of rice, a Sikh is useless without having memorized Japji Sahib.'

Well, what if the person has memory problems, and can not memorize, are you saying they can't become a Sikh or is a useless Sikh.

Where is this from?

'Guru Ji also says The individual who forgets Jap Ji knowing it divinity is commiting sucide by jumping into the lowest pits of hell'

32 minutes ago, AjeetSingh2019 said:

Ang 951, Line 5
ਬਾਬਾਣੀਆ ਕਹਾਣੀਆ ਪੁਤ ਸਪੁਤ ਕਰੇਨਿ ॥
बाबाणीआ कहाणीआ पुत सपुत करेनि ॥
Bābāṇī▫ā kahāṇī▫ā puṯ sapuṯ karen.
The stories of one's ancestors make the children good children.
 

Doesn't say to narrate anything 

15 hours ago, puzzled said:

I think its important to read about the past, it helps people connect to Sikhi, bani instructs us to narrate the stories of our ancestors. If anything then we can take inspiration from the Sikhs of the past.

They accomplished so much in such a short period of time. Hari Singh Nalwa went from bodyguard to commander to conquering Kasur, his first victory, in just 5 or 6 years. He was 16 when he won Kasur. M.Ranjit Singh became the head of his Misl at the age of 14. While todays 14 year olds are rolling out bed at 2pm! 

We lack discipline, myself included. No sense of responsibility !

Grown men and women in their 20s,30s and 40s behave like kids and are treated /pampered like kids!

When a 6th tall grown man in his 30s, hairy as a ape, gets called a "niana" or a "bacha" and his "mistakes" and childish behavior gets dismissed with a "chal phir ki hoya, niana aa"  then there is something seriously wrong going on in the community! 

I've heard grown women in their 30s who by that age could be mothers of 5 kids, get called "nianee" 

I doubt it 16 year old Hari Singh Nalwa commanding a army of 800 soldiers was called a kid back then! 

I blame the parents for this. 

I now see grown men/women in their 40s displaying childish behavior. There are grown Punjabi men ending up in A&E because they end up doing stupid things when drunk and out of their mind. 

Sikhs had discipline in the past, structure. When asked why his army was so successful, M.Ranjit Singh said its because taking amrit installs a warrior spirit in them and that they are introduced to weapons and fighting from the age of 5!  Some of todays Sikh parents would call it child abuse.   

 

 

Can you point me in the direction where bani tells us to narrate stories of our ancestors? 

Its absurd,  you need to eat more to gain muscle? Who told you that? 

If you are over weight,  you need to create a calorie deficit.

The reason why muscle is important to weight loss, is because muscle burns more calories than fat , so the more muscle you have the more calories you burn even when you are sitting down.

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40 minutes ago, indersingh1313 said:

no way! painting is just a painting mate! I don't bow in front of painting! 

 

Well a lot of people do.

On 2/11/2021 at 9:23 AM, Tamansingh123 said:

wrong, guru hargobind told artists to make a potriat of himself 

 

Showing me a painting and saying wrong look, isn't proving anything.

On 2/10/2021 at 11:04 AM, indersingh1313 said:

its just an artist's point of view or imaginations and he copied or imagined with his painting! many different paintings or picture are getting made by different artists nowadays too. I don't see anything wrong with it. 

 

The point is you are getting sucked into paintings that people bow too, basically idiolising, which 1st we are not to do 2nd the painting is of someone else.

16 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

wrong he was born 1901 but the painting was made in 1969 ,for the 500th anniversary, making him 68 try again. Look at the lower half of the face same , slightly altered eyes angles but both have hooded eyes . Why so scared of the truth?

Also none of our Guru's had a portraits done of themselves 

3 hours ago, imhosingh said:

Yep, always found it odd how the representations of our gurus always had fair skin and 'unwrinkled' completions . They all had tough lives, travelled far and wide, spent most of their time outside...they would look more like the nihangs you see near anandpur sahib.

Now im seeing Guru Nanak Ji with blue eyes

44 minutes ago, imhosingh said:

That's the problem with art. If done well it allows you to connect with an 'intention' or 'feeling'. But at other times it just makes you question things... When it comes to art and religion I'm always reminded of this scene from Malcolm X

Art can be a form of propoganda, to distract and mislead followers.

But then you have art that connects with you

https://www.sikhiart.com/product/guru-gobind-singh-ji-machhiwara/ 

Art like this of guru ji in machhiwara represent what it might have been like and often allows me to relate to those times in our history 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Arsh1469 said:

Dude just listen to bhai Jagraj Singhs katha

Link?

6 hours ago, Arsh1469 said:

I have heard from Katha so not sure. I think it is in Sant Gurbachn Singh Ji's teeka of Japji Sahib.

So you heard,  and do not know, this is how Chinese Whispers start.

I have been reading and listening to Sidh Gosht recently, I also have been researching and it has come to my attention that Sidth Ghost and Japji were the last two bani written by Guru Nanak ji.

Has anyone else come across this information?

5 hours ago, puzzled said:

Indira Gandhi cartoon by artist Kal in 1984 for the economist. It was banned by the congress at airports in India. First saw this cartoon in a operation bluestar book we used to have, under the image it said "Indira kali, Delhi wali"    Looks like a screaming Singh clutched in her hand, could it be Zail Singh ? 

This had me in stitches when 1st watched it 

7 minutes ago, intrigued said:

The logo is different though - it says live news

Hmmm interesting maybe someone has stolen them, hope not, but I'm sure they will sort it out now its back on YouTube.

In the about section of the YouTube page it does link to basics website.

Videos started to trickle back 

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Just an update some of my 'private videos are now saying 'deleted' one thing to note majority of my play list were the 52 Hukams of Guru Gobind Singh Ji it might be just coincidence.