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We are all on a journey travelling through this life, trying to get closer to Him. We are stuck on the treadmill of the gym and we are trying to get off the treadmill. The irony of course is that whether you are on the treadmill or not you are still in the gym.
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Sikh: I focus on the forest Hindu: so do I Hindu then proceeds to focus on a tree.
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Muslims have this expression, particularly amongst their dawah propagandists. They say one is an 'enemy of Allah ' If we are all the creation of Allah who is the supreme above all else how can we be enemies. Complete anthethis to Sikhi which expresses 'Ek Onkar ' and being 'Ek ' means you have no enemies and therefore Ek has nothing to fear or hate. Maharaj cannot be his own enemy and hate himself. It does not make sense. All that can be concluded is that is that Allah is a deity amongst many other other deities. All Muslims have done is to pick one and to get rid of the rest. It's the equivalent of a Hindu picking the devta like Indra and g…
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Warning: A little bit of Panjabi swearing.
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Is it me or are we seeing alot of fake news? For example, here in Canada more specifically Toronto, it seems some of the news here is fabricated. There seems to be a lot of deep issues written in new articles that journalists seem to be very "passe" about.
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Reprogramming ourselves........very interesting talk by Jagraj Singh. Wish I could have met and talked to this brother. All the best for 2018, I hope it stretches us all to new levels.
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One of the things that fascinate me about how Banda Singh Bahadhur is how from being a reclusive ascetic and cutting himself from the rest of the world to joining Dashmesh Pita and engaging with the world. And by doing so, he erupted and made the Mughals shudder. I think that at some level I can understand the appeal of being a recluse where you just want to get away from the world and just engage in your own spiritual journey. But the world comes knocking at your door and you have no choice but to join the rest of the world. I think to a large degree many of us Sikhs want to be left alone and be like Madho Das but we have to live in this world and do what must…
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The Christians remember the poor and homeless during Xmas and then forget for the rest of the year. The Muslims remember the poor and homeless during Ramadan and then forget for the rest of the year. We Sikhs remember the poor and homeless all year round. The Muslims helps a non Muslim so he can convert them. A Christian helps a non Christian so he can convert them. We Sikhs help non Sikhs with no strings attached. Big difference
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I came across this pangti when I was at the gurdwara listening to kirtan: ਜੋ ਸਿਰੁ ਸਾਂਈ ਨਾ ਨਿਵੈ ਸੋ ਸਿਰ ਦੀਜੈ ਡਾਰਿ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਸੁ ਪਿੰਜਰ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਰਹਾ ਨਹੀ ਸੋ ਪਿੰਜਰੁ ਲੈ ਜਾਰਿ॥ chop off that head which does not bow to the Lord O Nanak, take that body, in which there is no pain of separation from the Lord-take that body and burn it My Punjabi is very limited and I don’t know what the proper meaning of the pangti is, as I’m sure there is a deeper meaning behind the vague translation. thanks
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Plz don't go against me for the heading of this post Actually somebody signed the SikhMap at my site click here to see it Click on the list option and it's the 1st entry In comments he said " Raj Kare Ga Khalsa Baki Rahe Na Koi I think it's wrong. I think it's aaki or like that(correct me if i'm wrong) Surely Sikhi doesn't say"Baki rahe na koi" I think many of us still don't know what we speak. look how wrong impression it goes to everybody when we say this everyday in Gurdwara and people misunderstand it Now what should i do................ 1)should i leave it as such 2) correct it with right word which I think is aaki but certainly not baki 3) mail that person …
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This is one worth watching:
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Been reading Anita Anand's book on Sophia, who was Maharajah Ranjit Singh's granddaughter. Here's an interesting excerpt regarding the treatment of lascars, who were essentially hired sailors, many of whom came from Panjab. It's interesting to note how M. Duleep Singh, who is commonly characterised as some hedonistic fool in white literature, tried to help these very ill-treated people (before the anglo establishment attacked him), and how his daughter subsequently did so much for these people too:
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Check this *edit* out..... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5263981/Student-Birmingham-bought-car-bomb-kill-parents.html
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I have come a few questions that get asked on Sikhi. Is Sikh faith an actual religion? Not sure what people mean when they ask this or what they are getting at. Did Guru Nanak Create Sikh religion? Or is Sikhi based on Guru Ji Philosophy.. Why does Sikhi have so much similarity with Hinduism? I've reincarnation, Karma? Where did Sikhs get the one God belief. Did they copy this from Islam. Some say Guru Nanak was influenced by Islam?? Btw these are just questions I've come across. I'm not saying these a valid questions.
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The Christian believes in the trinity. One God that splits into three. The Hindu say they believe in one god and then proceed to worship deities. The Jew and Muslim de-pantheinised their gods and picked one out of the multiple of deities that is one to he worshipped above all. The Buddhist does not really believe in God but have deities. The above may claim mono-theism but what is mono-theism. All the above are just deity worshippers in one way or another. We as Sikhs just have one-ness, it's Nirgun and Sargun, beyond time. The one-ness permeates everything and anything and is ever present. The Mool Mantar by itself dispells all the non…
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back then was waaaay different. ppl didn’t attend higher education or have much to do after the age of like… 13, lol. you’d have 13 year olds boys and girls that know how to do kethi, cook entire meals, etc nowadays even 22 year olds are extremely immature and can be sheltered. the average person doesn’t know how to do anything except their 9-5 which they are probably half arsing as well. -
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Seriously?? The Dhadi is trying to be cute. For those who didn't get it, he said: "Some say Maharaj killed bakras (goats). Some say he cut the heads of the Panj Piyaras. The truth is that they weren't goats. It was she-goats (ਬਕਰੀਆਂ). He jhatka'd she-goats. Not he-goats." Wow. This is possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard in relation to Sikhi.
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