Spiritual Strength of Women

[Ryu Hayabusa]

SORRY this should have been posted in the Literature section but i forgot

From the site:

This servant is eternally grateful to the Almighty Vaheguru and to Satguru Jee Maharaaj for His benevolent support to produce and distribute this latest series of the ‘Spiritual Strength of Women.’ Before starting this series, I prayed to the Giver of Givers, the Benevolent Provider of unlimited qualities, Akal Purakh to bestow upon this moorakh the effort to complete this series successfully.

The reason for making this compilation of stories and accounts of our historical Sikh women is so that the present day Sikh women can understand and realise for themselves the depth of Sikhi (Sikh Way of Life) and the effect it has had on women from the past and also in the present. It has been found that literature or stories on Sikh women are very hard to find and rarely available to the Sikhs, and so the present day Sikh ladies lack knowledge of their ancestral lineage of brave and courageous Sikh ladies. Therefore are left without any source of inspiration to strive further in Sikhi. As a result, many become weak and fall under the derogatory and harmful influences of Western society....

http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/khalsa/s...itualwomen.html

[AmardeepSingh]

http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/khalsa/s...itualwomen.html

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Sometimes nobody replies to these posts and they are often forgotton. Check out the stories/historical accounts on that webpage.

The following text is also from the introduction on that page:

In his book ‘The Search for the True Guru’ Bhai Rama Singh Jee humbly requests to all Sikhs:

“Daughters, sisters and mothers! For the sake of Gursikhi (Gursikh Way of Life), look after this flower garden planted by Guru Gobind Singh Jee. He put the (growth promoting) fertiliser of the blood of his father Sri Guru Tegh Bahadhur Jii, mother Mata Gujri Jee, his four sons, the Panj Pyarey, the Chalee Mukhtay (Forty martyrs) and hundreds of thousands of Sikh shaheeds (martyrs) to ensure a healthy bloom. For preserving this garden of Sikhi, many brave Sikh women (Singhnia) received into their laps their little children cut into pieces so that this garden of Sikhi would not wither. Even now there is time to undo harm. Look after your children and teach them t

o follow the path of Gursikhi, adopt Khalsa identity and dress, live the Khalsa way.”

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

[sukhnidhaan]

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

Spiritual Strength of Women

A Strong Woman

A strong woman works out every day

to keep her body in shape...

but a woman of strength

kneels in prayer to keep her soul in shape...

A strong woman isn't afraid of anything ...

but a woman of strength

shows courage in the midst of her fear...

A strong woman won't let anyone

get the best of her ...

but a woman of strength

gives the best of herself to everyone...

A strong woman makes mistakes

and avoids the same in the future...

but a woman of strength

realizes life's mistakes can also be God's

blessings and capitalizes on them...

A strong woman walks sure footedly...

but a woman of strength

knows God will catch her when she falls...

A strong woman wears the look of

confidence on her face...

but a woman of strength wears grace...

A strong woman has faith that

she is strong enough for the journey...

but a woman of strength has faith

that it is in the journey that she will become strong...

courtesy of...

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

[sukhnidhaan]

Waheguru Ji ka khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!!

Bhen jiO- what type of female are YOU?

Take a long, hard look at YOURSELF- to see how you can improve for the BETTER according to GURMAT- not the ways of shallow society or our own dubdee manmat!

There is room for improvement in ALL of us. Nobody is perfect, least of all myself.

All we have is the aasraa of ardaas, and then just trying our best to live in His will.

BTW...bhajis- das reckons you should also pay attention to the message- since Sikhi preaches EQUALITY. Therefore, whatever spiritual strength a woman is capable of having, a male can do the same (although they are said to mature 3 yrs later than girls! <_< )

Always learning....

...let's pray for eachother's Chardee Kalaa

my dear Khalsae bros, sissies, mummies and daddies!

This Shabad is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Aasaa on Pannaa 394

aasaa ghar 7 mehalaa 5 ||

Aasaa, Seventh House, Fifth Mehl:

har kaa naam ridhai nith dhhiaaee ||

Meditate continually on the Name of the Lord within your heart.

sa(n)gee saathhee sagal tharaa(n)ee ||1||

Thus you shall save all your companions and associates. ||1||

gur maerai sa(n)g sadhaa hai naalae ||

My Guru is always with me, near at hand.

simar simar this sadhaa samhaalae ||1|| rehaao ||

Meditating, meditating in remembrance on Him, I cherish Him forever. ||1||Pause||

thaeraa keeaa meet(h)aa laagai ||

Your actions seem so sweet to me.

har naam padhaarathh naanak maa(n)gai ||2||42||93||

Nanak begs for the treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||42||93||

Waheguru Ji ka khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!!

[Manmohan Kaur]

TO ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SIKH WOMEN

"Why are you crying?" a young naujawan asked his mom.

"Because I'm a woman" she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His mom just hugged him and said,

"And you never will"..........

Later the little boy asked his daddy,

"Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason" was all his dad could say........

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to WAHEGURU JI;

when He got on the phone, the man asked

"O WAHEGURU JI, why do women cry so easily?"

WAHEGURU said.......

"When I made woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world;

yet, gentle enough to give comfort....

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth

and the rejection that many times comes from her children......

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone gives up

and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining......

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances,

even when her child has hurt them very badly.......

This same sensitivity helps her make a child's boo-boo feel better and

shares in their teenagers anxieties and fears.......

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and

fashioned her to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but

sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

I also gave her a tear to shed,

It's hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.

It's not her weakness, it is her strength....

It's a tear for mankind........."

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,

the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes,

because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,

but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

It is the caring that she lovingly gives,

the passion that she shows and the beauty of a woman,

with passing years, only grows!

Womanhood is the strength of the Panth. She bears our future generations.

She nurtures them because she spends more time with the young.

She can help Sikhi to flourish or she can bring about its demise.

Sikhi is the future for mankind and 'she' is its most important tool for the future.

Nanak said so over 500 years ago.

Let us now practice giving women their rightful place in Sikhi.

Power to Sikh Womanhood into the next millennium.

By- Dya Singh (Australia)

Copyright ©2002 Sikhpoint.

[Manmohan Kaur]

TO ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SIKH WOMEN

"Why are you crying?" a young naujawan asked his mom.

"Because I'm a woman" she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His mom just hugged him and said,

"And you never will"..........

Later the little boy asked his daddy,

"Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"

"All women cry for no reason" was all his dad could say........

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to WAHEGURU JI;

when He got on the phone, the man asked

"O WAHEGURU JI, why do women cry so easily?"

WAHEGURU said.......

"When I made woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world;

yet, gentle enough to give comfort....

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth

and the rejection that many times comes from her children......

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone gives up

and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining......

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances,

even when her child has hurt them very badly.......

This same sensitivity helps her make a child's boo-boo feel better and

shares in their teenagers anxieties and fears.......

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and

fashioned her to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but

sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

I also gave her a tear to shed,

It's hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.

It's not her weakness, it is her strength....

It's a tear for mankind........."

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,

the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes,

because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,

but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

It is the caring that she lovingly gives,

the passion that she shows and the beauty of a woman,

with passing years, only grows!

Womanhood is the strength of the Panth. She bears our future generations.

She nurtures them because she spends more time with the young.

She can help Sikhi to flourish or she can bring about its demise.

Sikhi is the future for mankind and 'she' is its most important tool for the future.

Nanak said so over 500 years ago.

Let us now practice giving women their rightful place in Sikhi.

Power to Sikh Womanhood into the next millennium.

By- Dya Singh (Australia)

Copyright ©2002 Sikhpoint.

[Deg_Teg_Fateh]

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa !

Vaheguru Jee Ki Fateh!

very inspiring

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