Tarrandeep Kaur

The Ultimate Goal A man was travelling on his path he was determined to reach his ultimate goal. Along the way he started feeling hungry. He now had a new goal : To eat, he also felt thirsty so he left his original path and started walking towards the river. Reaching the river he thought it's best to wash my hands before eating or drinking - yet another goal. So he bent down. The river was still he could see a golden bracelet deep down. All of a sudden he forgot his hunger and thirst, he forgot about washing his hands and thought only of possessing the golden bracelet. He jumped into the water but couldn't find it, a passer by saw him jumping in and out of the river and asked why. The passer by said 'O Friend, the bracelet is not in the river it's high up on the branches of the tree, you are chasing the reflection!' The man now had yet another goal to climb the tree . . . and so on. Morale: Guru Sahib has said the purpose of our life is spiritual - to become enlightened. Sikhi is the path our ultimate goal is Waheguru ji. Like the man in the story we set off on the path but get distracted by one thing after another and waste our precious time. Guru Arjun Dev ji says 'Gobind milan kee eh teree baria,' 'it's your turn to meet the World Protector'

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baba amarjeet singh use you own account, stop using your sisters

Dont worry about it. If youve never had a previous partner good for you. But im sure there are gursikhs out there who may have had relationships before they took amrit, that doesnt make them bad now. The main thing is their jeevan at the present moment. I didnt get all your post, but if you had an arranged marriage u seem to think people wud think less of you cos u havent been in relationships before .... yeh i dont get that. But stop worrying! Things will work themselves out. It doesnt matter if you end up wioth someone who has been in prevoius relationship or not (before they took amrit obviously) main things is who they are now, whats their sikhi and rehit is like. chill out gurfateh jee

Yeah i found this on tapoban.org. mods can you move this to the inspirtional/article section. thanks

vahiguroo, why an earth do you feel like a failure. After everything you;ve been through, with kirpaa you;ve been blessed with amrit, and ur goin to uni-so u can live - gristi jeevan. Id say thats pretty amazing, dont put urself down, take some time to see how far you've come. I wont be able too give you any advice about losing your family, cos only you know how that must feel. You've lost those who you were most attached too, that must be............... Are you living with any family members/close freinds who might be able to help/support you. Or maybe join some sort of support group or see another therapist. If your having thoughts of taking your life, then you need help for that problem. Once you start addressing that issue, then as penji above said, you really need sangat. Try going to your local gurdwara as much as you can, even if no sangat is there, and you just sit with mahraj for a while, it can make a massive difference. Get a gutka, do some baani. Try meet up with local sangat, get together do keertan. Do ardas, ask mahraj to help you through this. I dont want to sound patronising and you must be going through a really tough time, but after a while things will get better, and you'll look back on this. If you ever need someone to talk to either pm or email sangat from here, create an account, spend time reading the inpirational section/gurbani section. take care penji. gurfateh jee

A racoon is a very greedy but clever animal he is an opportunist. whenever he sees a chance to eat be it garbage or a fish, frog, dead animal he will eat it. he works only at night and hunts a scavenges food. he is attracted to shiny objects like coins and such. so this is the how he is killed by hunters in olden times (in america). the hunter knows of the racoons attraction to shiny objects and so he takes such a thing and places it in a hole that he sizes himself in a tree stump along a river bank where the racoons are most likely to come at night. he secures the shiny thing by putting a nail through it and the wood. the hole in the tree is made such that when the racoon puts his open hand to grab the coin it will fit in the hole, but when he closes his fist and graps it he will not be able to pull his hand out (becasuse his fist will make his hand too big to pull out of the hole). when night falls, the racoon comes out he hunts and does his nightly business. upon seeing the shiny object in the tree stump he attepts to take it to his home and keep it. but to his suprise it will not budge from the tree and he will have to open his hand, thus letting go of his precious coin which is not what he wants to do. so he will spend his whole time trying to get the shiny object from the tree. in a while the hunter will come to check this trap (he has several of these along the riverbank) and he will see the one with the racoon trying to take the shiny object. as the hunter apporaches the racoon it becomes impatient and tries to pull harder and faster to get the coin out. it snarls and growls at the hunder and tries to bite him but the whole time never lets go of the coin or opens his hand to make it so it will come out of the hole. so the hunter who wants to trap the racoon for its fur (this is his job) and sell it wants the fur to have as little damaage to it as possible. so instead of shooting the racoon he takes the blunt side of his axe and repeatedly hit the racoon in the head until it dies. keep in mind the racoon had a great chance to escape the whole time by letting go of the coin which would have made his hand small enough to pull out of the hole. thus the racoon is killed and stripped of its precious fur which will bring the hunter good money. what does this have to do with sikhi ? the racoon is man, he is greedy and jumps at all chances to pleasure himself, the racoon working at night is man trying to conceal his evil ways and habits and thinking he is free from actions if no one sees him. the shiny coin that is secured in the tree stump is maya. the tree stump is the world. maya is in the world and seems attractive to us. but like the coin it is secured to the world and will not go with us no matter how much we may pull on it. the raccoons hand is our mind when there is no maya in it the it is thin and can easily escape the world. however when we fill it with maya (the coin) it becomes fat, polluted and too big to take out of the tree hole world i.e (the racoons inability to remove his hand from the tree hole once it has made a fist). and the hunter is jamdhoot who comes with a club to strike the man and take him to hell. the man (racoon) is in so much love with the maya (coin) he is unable to part from it even when death (the hunter) is closing in on it. he will cry and make noise and do everything just like the racoon but he will not let go. the priceless fur of the racoon is mans good deeds and great opportunity to make something of this human life (meet Waheguroo). and it is all lost for what? because he would not let maya go nwnku AwKY rwih pY clxw mwlu Dnu ikq kU sMijAwhI ]4]27] naanak aakhai raahi pai chalanaa maal dhhan kith koo sa(n)jiaahee ||4||27|| Says Nanak, you will have to walk on the Path of Death, so why do you bother to collect wealth and property? ||4||27||

Guru jees apaar apaar Kirpaa.

DASTAAR DASTAAR DASTAAR ALL THE WAY... DASTAAR DASTAAR IS HERE TO STAY!

BUMP! yuppp camp 2moro, everybody... GO GO GO!!! (even if its just to annoy the sevadaars ... lol) make sure u all go

mmmmmmmm ok just post all the audio files you can of it. thanks anyway guys.

oh yh ive got the gurbir singh one. the one i was thinkin of was done by a bibi.......... help tank joo

I heard this shabad, im sure it was from akj.org , ages ago but now i cant find it. galaaee asee changeeaa, aachaaree bureeaah | sanget jeeo, pls help me find audio for this!!! (G.Kaur do ur magic ) gurfateh jee.

ok this is me and my little brother.......

u liar. You're not related to my brother. And your not 47, i think your 17/18 maybe

woah this has gone waaay off topic :closedeyes:

what did i say wrong ???

xkaurxx, thats cool, take your time. As long as you realise its something that should not be done. Make the effort, and try to change slowly in your own time. Its best that you stop in your own time when YOU feel you should, rather than being told by others. Otherwise you will just go back to your old ways. gurfateh jee

dyvgMDwrI mhlw 9 ] Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree, Ninth Mehla: jgq mY JUTI dyKI pRIiq ] In this world, I have seen love to be false. Apny hI suK isau sB lwgy ikAw dwrw ikAw mIq ]1] rhwau ] Whether they are spouses or friends, all are concerned only with their own happiness. ||1||Pause|| myrau myrau sBY khq hY ihq isau bwiDE cIq ] All say, ""Mine, mine"", and attach their consciousness to you with love. AMiq kwil sMgI nh koaU ieh Acrj hY rIiq ]1] But at the very last moment, none shall go along with you. How strange are the ways of the world! ||1|| mn mUrK AjhU nh smJq isK dY hwirE nIq ] The foolish mind has not yet reformed itself, although I have grown weary of continually instructing it. nwnk Baujlu pwir prY jau gwvY pRB ky gIq ]2]3]6]38]47] O Nanak, one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean, singing the Songs of God. ||2||3||6||38||47||(translations from sttm) vahiguroooo

<<<Guru Mata!! Again you've shown us the light fo Gurmat! O wait.. you're not the Guru >>>> never said anything about me being right, or suggesting i know best <<<Guru Sahib didn't talk about 1 lined-translations.. care to do vichaar on that ji? How about taking Gurbani out of context.. i'm sure that's naughty right?>>> also i havent said anything about translations or taking gurbani out of context, in fact i didnt even qoute gurbani in my post. <<<and i assumed you would be busy in wedded life.. surprised ur stil on the forum when you got lots of Naam Japping to do >>>> im sorry if me being on the forum irritates you or whatever. but everyone else posts, why have you got such a problem with me? actually dont reply to them questions,im way off topic. sorry. gurfateh jee

hahaha sorry, thought i'd keep you all on your toes

It is my right to have freedom of speech, so i'll post if i want. nah its not my intention to wind you up, anyway. If we look back only mehtab paaji has attempted at using gurbani to get an answer. Everyone else is using there own mat. You can ask thousands of people for their advice or opinions, but ultimately only guru sahib matters. If your not sure on what to do next, think of the gurmat way to deal with it. I cant give you an answer, because everyone is different. You havent said if this girl is amritdhari or not. If she is, then that was all in her past, she has tried to forget about it. If mahraj can forgive us all for the countless mistakes we make day and night, why cant we try and be a bit more forgiving. vahiguru. sorry for any mistakes sangat jee.

Finished. We're all finished.

dyh isvw br moih iehY suB krmn qy kbhUM n troN ] n froN Air so jb jwie lroN inscY kr AwpnI jIq kroN ] Aru isK ho Awpny hI mn kO ieh lwlc hau gun qau aucroN ] jb Awv kI AuaD inDwn bnY Aq hI rn mY qb jUJ mroN ]231] VAISAKHI GURMAT CAMP IN MEMORY OF THE 13 SHAHEED GURSIKHS sUrw so pihcwnIAY ju lrY dIn ky hyq ] purjw purjw kit mrY kbhU n CwfY Kyqu ]2]2] Guru Pyari Sadh Sangat Jio, Vaheguru Jee Kaa Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh! With Akal Purakh Waheguru Ji's blessings, a Vaisakhi Gurmat Camp has been organised to commemorate the 30th anniversary since the Amritsar Saka of 1978, where 13 Gursikhs attained martyrdom and became Shaheeds of the Panth. WHERE: Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NP WHEN: Thursday 3rd – Friday 4th April 2008 TIME: 9.00am – 4.00pm AGE: 7 – 16 + Camp Activities will include: How to tie a Dastar (Turban) How to do Parkash and Sukhasan of Sahib Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Painting Gatka Open Discussions Questions & Answers Gurbani Veechar Keertan & lots lots more! LANGAR: Chips, Pizza, Beans and plenty more healthy alternatives! Gursikhs have been invited from across the UK and abroad to share and reflect upon Vaisakhi – The Birth of the Khalsa, and the 1978 Amritsar Saka. We humbly invite you all to join us in remembering the sacrifices of the 13 Gursikhs, and to celebrate the Birth of the Khalsa. For further information please contact Bhupinder Singh (Bass) – 07725973836 Bhul Chuk Di Khema, Vaheguru Jee Kaa Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh! myry mn lY lwhw Gir jwih ] O my mind, earn the profit, before you return home www.sikhsoul.com