Bhenjee just a question how about using other baani de tukh in the shabad that ur singing.. loads of ppl does alaap with other baani de tukh (that has the similar meaning with the shabad that is bein sung) .. so is this considered wrong...
Bhul CHuk Maaf Karni
Hanji bhainjee what about alaaps that almost all ragis do, they are not in shabads, but I think they are read/sung to make the meaning more clear by giving other examples from bani so that a moorakh like me can understand it better. I personally think doing naam simran while singing shabads is really good for the sangat that is listening to kirtan. first of all dhan siri guru granth sahib ji maharaj is about one and only akal purakh di ustat and updesh to us (je
ev) to repeat His name (waheguru) again and again---
"Jo saas giraas dhiaaye mera har har so gursikh guru mann bhavay"
and
"Jann nanak dhoor mangay tis gursikh kee jo aap japah avarah naam japavay"
so kirtanis, when doing simran in shabad are doing what above pankti says. especially in akj kirtans when everyone in sangat is singing along and doing simran. I personally like kirtan in pure raags, but I really like going to akj kirtans because they do simran. and they are doing good job of getting the youth to come to samagams. it encourages singhs and singhnees to learn kirtan and more about sikhi. kids get exposed to doing naam simran and gursikhs and they want to be like them.
I believe there is no better place to do naam simran than in sangat. Bhai rama singh ji, in his book, said that if 100 people are doing naam simran together its ‘Fal’ is 100 time more than just doing it alone ( not saying that simran should be done for ‘fal’ alone). Because then you get to hear it 100 more times besides doing it yourself. Also, tell me guys who have been to akj keertans, doesn’t it feel like you are in sachkhand when kirtanis do simran in shabads and everyone in the sangat is doing it too. Guru sahib ji must be so happy to see his bache/bachiaa get together as sangat and do waheguru simran.
“Sat sangat kaisee janiai jithai eko naam vakhaaniai”