***International Amritvela Day!!***

[Gurjeet_Kaur]

http://www.tapoban.org/phorum/read.ppa?f=1...i=17611&t=17611

Author: Gupt Singh

Date: 09-11-04 17:23

Saturday, September 18, 2004 – INTERNATIONAL AMRITVELA DAY!

Vaheguroo jee ka Khalsa Vaheguroo jee kee Fateh!!

It’s INTERNATIONAL AMRITVELA DAY again!!

You are cordially invited to the home of your own soul where the GURU resides to join Gursikhs worldwide for Naam Abhyaas and Gurbani on Saturday, September the eighteenth of two-thousand and four from midnight till whenever the sun rises in YOUR area.

***What you need to do***

1. Do ardaas the night before for Guru Sahib to bestow kirpa upon you

2. Wake up during the ambrosial hours of the morning (from midnight to sunrise)

3. Do ishnaan

4. Find a clean, peaceful place somewhere in your own house to sit OR meet with sangat at the local gurdwara for a joint effort to connect with the guru :lol:

5. Do naam simran with ‘ik mann ik chit’ (only one thing in mind – vaheguroo)

6. Do nitnem or as much gurbani as you can with as much piaar as possible

7. Experience the bliss felt by obeying the guru’s hukam

8. Thank Guru Jee for this experience and ask for kirpa to keep this Rehit of Amritvela.

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This time, International Amritvela Day is in memory of the seva done by Sahib Sri Guru Amar Daas Jee, before he was guru.

Everyday at Amritvela, (Guru) Amar Daas Jee would fill a pitcher of water from the river Beyaas and walk to Khadoor for Sahib Sri Guru Angad Dev Jee’s bath. Then, (Guru) Amar Daas Jee would walk back to his residence in Goindwal, BUT he would walk backwards the whole way so as to avoid turning his back towards Guru Angad Dev Jee. He carried this seva on for twelve years.

(Please copy and paste this link for a pictorial depiction: http://allaboutsikhs.com/youth/gstories089.htm)

The piaar (Guru) Amar Daas Jee had for Guru Angad Dev Jee was immense. Surely, if Guru Jee could do all that EVERY SINGLE DAY for TWELVE YEARS, we can try to follow his example and go and meet our Guru at Amritvela for at least a day.

Please go here for tips on waking up during this sacred time: http://www.tapoban.org/phorum/read.ppa?f=1...675#reply_16038

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"A sikh should drop 10 other tasks to eat on time, a sikh should drop 100 other tasks to do nitnem on time and a sikh should drop 1,000 other tasks to do simran on time."

-Sant Attar Singh Jee

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“Bhinee rainaReeay chamkaN taarey jageh sant janaa mere raam piaarey”

The night is wet with dew, and the stars twinkle in the heavens.

The Saints remain wakeful; they are the Beloveds of my Lord.

-Sahib Sri Guru Arjan Dev Jee

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“Gur Satgur ka jo Sikh akhaai so bhalkey utth Har Naam dhiaavey”

One who calls himself a Sikh of the Guru, the True Guru, shall rise in the early morning hours and meditate on the Lord's Name.

-Sahib Sri Guru Raam Daas Jee

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**Please pass this on to all other message boards, e-mails, online calendars, and anywhere else you can think of. Guru Sahib Kirpa Karan.**

[Karen Kaur]

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[ParnaamShaheedaNu]

Then all of the Panth better be awake on this day at 3 or 4 am!! Or at least everyone who visits this forum.. Imagine how powerful that would be

[atl singh]

thas awosme yo. i put a huge poster up at my gurdwara too. and we'er having an asa ki vaar that day at our house cuz we moved adn iss our first kirtan their. ill have all the peeps come over and wee'll do it together. thanks

[Gurjeet_Kaur]

awesome... who else is up for it?? :lol:

[ParnaamShaheedaNu]

bump!

[Gurjeet_Kaur]

bump...

isrIrwgu mhlw 5 ]

Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

Blky auiT ppolIAY ivxu buJy mugD Ajwix ]

Arising each day, you cherish your body, but you are idiotic, ignorant and without understanding.

so pRBu iciq n AwieE CutYgI bybwix ]

You are not conscious of God, and your body shall be cast into the wilderness.

siqgur syqI icqu lwie sdw sdw rMgu mwix ]1]

Focus your consciousness on the True Guru; you shall enjoy bliss forever and ever. ||1||

pRwxI qUM AwieAw lwhw lYix ]

O mortal, you came here to earn a profit.

lgw ikqu kuPkVy sB mukdI clI rYix ]1] rhwau ]

What useless activities are you attached to? Your life-night is coming to its end. ||1||Pause||

[sskhalsa]

dooes one have to sleep before amritvela? or couold one simply stay up until 12:30, do ishnaan, jap naam, nitnem and sleep at 3:30ish?

[atl singh]

sant baba iqbal singh jee from baru sahb came to atlanta. i asked him the same question. i asked if im up studying (never hapens) or happen to be up late can i just do my ishnaan and paath then. he said it doesnt matter when u doit but it has to be after 12 AM . good plan for uni students

[Gurjeet_Kaur]

yeah but that would be EXTREMELY tiring to do everyday.. especially if you're going to school (in teh mornings) if you're not going in the mornings, then you'd be sleeping all day... you'd be practically dead after a week

unless you're an uchee avastha gursikh... then you can live off of a couple minutes of sleep a day

a better plan for uni students is to go to sleep early (this rarely happens...) and wake up at amritvela and hten after nitnem, do your school work..

try it out and see if it works :lol: