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Can panj ishnaan replace full ishnaan at amritvela? Panj during amritvela and then after nitnem full ishnaan after amritvela is that okay or not?

I am amritdhari and I think I keep good rehat (keshi ishnaan everyday no outside food, vegetarian, nitnemis) but I made a mistake. I watched porn and masturbated. I regret it so much, and this is such a big problem for me. Is it a kurehit? Do I need to Pesh? And how do I stop?

Also the video discusses why people get sleepy during simran.

Also the video discusses why people get sleepy during simran.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! What is "NAAM"? Gurbani.org in an article basically states that Naam is knowledge Link to article: https://www.gurbani.org/gurblog/gurbani-defines-naam/ While other sources state that Naam is just the name of god. My question is simple: What is "NAAM"??

i have tingling feeling centre of foreheadish when doing simran path. Also hear tingling in ears during simran and sometimes when I am not doing it as well. Can someone clear this up please with details. Thanks

gurfateh ji! recently i was gifted a gutka ji made from my city's gurdwara, the quality was not really good and one of the pages got ripped from it and i am beyond embarrassedand scared of this paap ive accidentally committed, i wish i was more careful, and i am an amritdhari, so my question is what do i do with this gutka ji now? & do i need to do pesh, and take amrit again? i feel that this is the worst thing ever done

Prayers only for the male child everywhere Despite the awareness cam paigns and change in out look, people's preference for a son lingers even in this time and age. This comes through even among the Punjabi diaspora.There is still an underlying pressure to have sons rather than daughters, says Balvinder Kaur Saund of the UK's Sikh Women's Alliance in a candid essay.She minces no words, saying, "Despite all our talk about women being equal, in practise it is the opposite."The awareness campaigns against gender inequality have led to corrective thinking, but the mindset in favour of a male child is deep-rooted. She says the birth of a male grandchild is still preferred, and celebrated by grandparents."Families hold Akhand Paths, Bhangra parties and sponsor radio programmes to announce the arrival of a grandson. Paaths like Sukhmani Sahib are generally held to mark girls' birthdays while others go quiet on the birth of a baby girl."Saund says this is apparent when you visit a gurdwara in London. "A few months ago, a granthi in a gurdwara in East London, was saying a prayer on behalf of a grandmother who asked God to grant her the boon of a grandson. The Alliance members spoke to the granthi in the Langar Hall. We asked him first if anyone ever asked him to conduct prayers for a girl child? He said, `Never'. Then we asked him why does he not say prayers for the birth of a healthy baby, rather than mentioning gender preference. He wrung his hands and replied that he only does what he is asked."Angered by this, Balvinder pleads, "Enough is enough, put a stop to such subtle and intimidating pressure on women. It is man's sperm that decides the gender of the baby." She points out that it's older mothers who "make life hell" for new mothers, and ap peals to Sikh leaders, "We proudly say Kaur means princess and Singh means Lion. Are the Lions eating their own princesses now? Let us have a serious debate on this vile practise of female infanticide..."However, this is not an exclusively Punjabi problem.Speaking during a UK radio show, Ikraam from Scotland said, his moth er always made it plain that she wanted sons, and not girls, which caused him to think the same way.When his third child was a daughter, he initially distanced himself from her. But four years on, he says, "I love her more than my two sons."Rahima, who was born into a Sikh family but married a Muslim and adopted that faith, has three daughters, one of whom is severely disabled. She says people would offer commiserations to her for having another daughter. An Asian mother even asked her what sins she must have committed in previous lives to have three girls and one who is disabled. She says her in-laws have never pushed them for sons, but her father, pressurized her brother into having a son after three daughters.The preference for a son is clearly a problem, but there are efforts to tackle it by various groups. One such campaign "The Pink Ladoo campaign" -offers pink laddoos to promote celebrations of a daughter's birth -to show that sweets should not only be distributed on the birth of a male child. http://m.timesofindia.com/city/chandigarh/Prayers-only-for-the-male-child-everywhere/articleshow/53802964.cms Education, money, religious scriptures have no impact on punjabi's.

I've already posted here and just read I need 100 posts to participate, but members here with less still post, is it cool or should I not until i have more than 100

Sadh Sangat Ji, Why do we Jap (recite) Waheguru, as in the word Waheguru? Where does this come from? I'm very limited in my knowledge, i know WaheGuru Gurmantar Hai Jupp Haumai Khoee But does this mean literally the word Waheguru is the Gurmantar i.e. we repeat the word Waheguru, or is it more the meaning of the word Waheguru is the Gurmantar i.e. praising God / Guru Ji, saying "Guru Ji is Waho!" is our Gurmantar instead of a ritualistic repetition of a word? I know in Gurbani we don't take things at face value and that things mean more, have a deeper meaning so this is where this thought process has come from. Views, explainations, insights appreciated!

do we all eventually go back to were we came from no matter how many hundreds of human births/rebirths it takes or do some souls wander forever

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ive heard sikhs in uk raid places cause they believe their was alchole and meat at the location and took the guru granth sahib out of the building what about people who download the guru granth sahib onto their computers and watch porn on the same computer how should those people be dealt and when are sikhs crossing the line into idol worship respect guru granth sahib teachings by practising them but it just seems like sikhism has bin mixed with hinduism with how sikhs treat the guru granth sahib and this may be do to the fact of british control of the gurdwaras and 100 years ago illiterate sikhs growing up with hindus getting two customs mixed together

Hi, i live in the uk and my parents want me to have an arranged marriage in india (i have no problem with this) but I dont really know much about punjabi girls, the girl is from a village in punjab and theres so many questions that Im not sure who can answer or who I should ask, such as what if we dont feel in love after we get married? how intimate can you be with each other? is it like relationships in the western world where you kiss each other all the time when youre alone, would they have sex for fun/get closer to each other or would they see it as simply for reproduction? I think id find it hard to ask those kinds of questions to my prospective wife before marriage. Neither of us are amritdharis. Any info on the way punjabi girls are brought up, and what marriage means to them in regards to being close to each other would be great.

Sangat ji, want to ask question please. When one does Kirtan Sohila, should the Rakhea shabad also be done before it? And i read somewhere that Japji Sahib ji should be in the morning, but i am too weak to do that, so not managed to do that bit. Also i notice when i am tryin to do it, both times i felt worse next day, this happens with any paat i feel i have done it, then my health gets worse. This puts me off doing it as i give up. I can't remember but think have asked this question before, having some problems with memory, so sorry, if asked before. Where am i going wrong, why does this happen. I feel i am doing it right, and even tried tried takin out the matlab approach for doing it, then why am i suffering so much. Why when i get better to a certain stage, i drop back to zero in everything. I can't understand it no more. Forgot to ask, before what time should it be done, and should i go straight to sleep after doing it? Can i do it lieng down as i dont have the energy sometimes to sit?

I saw a thread earlier on here about Khalsa Secondary School and opposition from local community. Just a questions to anyone involved and will be able to respond (and the sangat to think about), will this be another AKJ/Missionary school? It is a well known fact that the likes of Dhunda and other hardcore missionary come to the primary school in slough, it even had Ragi there when he wasn't kicked out. No well respected Kathavachak (Bhai Pinderpal Singh, Giani Jangbir Singh, Nihang Mehtab Singh etc (i.e all non AKJ's)) so many come to UK every-year or even no well known kirtani (except AKJ kirtani and bhai harjinder singh shri nagar vale) come to the primary school. It is going to be another centre for AKJ parchaar in London and their families to utilize, or will the new school be asset to the London Sikh Community or just another building making good money?