wearing bana

[bismaadh kaur]

waheguru jee ka khalsa! waheguru jee kee fateh!!

may of 2003, i started to wear bana all the time...to school, work, shopping EVERYWHERE...and then after about a month i started to realise that i was getting a lot of hunkaar out of it. I was wearing bana for WEARING bana, because it was such a huge thing to do for anyone. I would walk into class and i would think to myself "wow i'm wearing bana, way to go sandeep kaur!"

so after a while i just stopped wearing bana because i wasn't getting anything out of it but hunkaar. But, not too long ago i started wearing bana again. And this time i didn't start wearing it for WEARING bana, i wore it because i didn't feel like putting on jeans and shirts, not even sweatpants...i just wanted to be comfortable and wearing bana was the most comfortable thing to me. Wearing bana isn't only comfortable but simple...it keeps me humbled.

Me and a Singh were talking not too long ago, and he was explaining how he thinks that he could never wear bana because he's not worth it. Is wearing bana really something you need to be worth wearing?? I have never seen it like that and it seems like ppl make wearing bana such a huge thing. If wearing bana was about being worth it because you are representing your Guru...then what does wearing a dastaar do or wearing your kakkars do...that too is your bana. And does wearing pants somehow make you feel like u are less of a sikh?? I've always seen it as you trying to fit into society always trying to look your best.

so what's the big deal with wearing bana?? aren't we already representing the Guru when we wear our kakkars...isn't bana just a

bout being comfortable...being thar bar thiyaar...being simple??

just something that has been on my mind, thought i would share it with the sangath (hope it's not controversial )

bhul chuck maaf karnaa

sandeep kaur

[Gupt daasan daas]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

one good reason for bana ( chola) is that pants dont restrict u, aka, a fight. Another reason it is also a part of an identity, even though our main identity, and most important, is panj kakkars. ANother is , for some people, in bana there state of mind is different, they might think twice before doing paap. Another reason is that its one of the most simple clothes their is. Just some of my ideas why bana is important. Oh and i forgot, to prserve the bana that singhs and guru je used to wear. So we never change with the times, but the time changes with us. Just some ideas of a moorkh.

bhul chuk maf

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

[S1ngh]

good topic .. personally i think there's not much difference between wearing bana and western clothes .. it's all on personality.. if one is comfortable in bana, then go for bana.. if other style, then go for other style.. But all type should be decent civilized manner.. not like rap style baggy pants showing full boxers .. Yuck..

[naam_jap]

I think you are more comfortable with bana... which is good.

[Sarbloh Soulja]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Bana is Khalsa Roop, all Singhs used to wear it in Guru Gobind Singhs time. Also it is comfortable. Also It makes yuou think twice before doing paap.

[Surrey Singh]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

I thinks it is best to wear Bana as much as possible. We are Guru Gobind Singh Ji's sons and daughters, and Guru Ji is so great, and just like how people see their 'role models' on TV and try to be like them, and dress like them...well Guru Ji is more than a role model...he is our Father, our life. We should have a desire to be like HIM.

I was talking with a very spiritual Sikh recently and was told that Guru Ji gets really happy when we wear Bana, and the more we get 'decked out' with Shastars, Chakars, Khandas, nice Dastar etc..etc..the more Guru Ji gets happy. Don't think of it as dressing up for people to see you and say 'whoa, look at him/her"...but rather think of it as getting dressed up for Guru Gobind Singh Ji, and you want to look your best for Him.

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

[naam_jap]

I was talking with a very spiritual Sikh recently and was told that Guru Ji gets really happy when we wear Bana, and the more we get 'decked out' with Shastars, Chakars, Khandas, nice Dastar etc..etc..the more Guru Ji gets happy. Don't think of it as dressing up for people to see you and say 'whoa, look at him/her"...but rather think of it as getting dressed up for Guru Gobind Singh Ji, and you want to look your best for Him.

[moorakh mugadh]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Bana is Khalsa Roop, all Singhs used to wear it in Guru Gobind Singhs time. Also it is comfortable. Also It makes yuou think twice before doing paap.

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

[Jkaur]

whoa.. kewl post... yeah baana is khalsa roop we should alwiz stay in that roop ... and yup agree dat we should do everything that makes our guru's happy wid us not for pleasin people ....

[Guest balwinderkaur]

my sentiments exactly