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i want to know some ways i can keep my mind concentrated on the NAAM

Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh I've recently been listeneing to the shri sukhmani sahib, for the past couple of weeks but I feel as though listening to the paath may not be the best option to get the full effects of the paath - is that in anyway true. I currently not able to read or understand gurmukhi being spoken, however I am able to read through translation - is it ok for me to read it in English, or is it a nrssacity to read it in gurmukhi to feel it's full effect. I'm pondering over this question because before my result day I listened to the sukhmani sahib paath, for happeniness not just for result day(which didn't go to well) but also for my wishes and desires to be fulfilled, I'm very muchc dedicated to sikhi, naam jap, and listening to paath, however lately everything seems to be going dull, I'm becoming frustrated and seem to be getting no satisfaction out of life - which may mean I must be doing the sukhmani paath incorrectly - I've also briefly spoken to a gyani who said that waheguru ji doesn't give us what we desire because there's a weakness inside- could the weakness be that I'm just listening to the paath and not reciting it in gurmuhki or English? On a personal note I'm trying to over come kaam and krodh - but I've recently fallen to theses vices due to frustration of life being unsatisfying, and I know that by doing naam Simran of waheguru - by his grace I will be able to overcomes these temptation, desires and frustrations - hopefully. So my question is - do I have to read the sukhamni sahib paath, or is it ok to just listen to it? And does it matter wether I read in gurmukhi or English - when I have the time to read(when not doing college work, or helping others) Or does the effect only come if reading in gurmuki. Also does it matter if I do other things and listen to the paath at the same time or should I stop everything and read it to myself without distraction? Lastely personally I struggle to get up during amritvela, could you please offer me some advice on how I can stay awake constantly everyday. Thank you all , May waheguru ji bless you.

Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fathe does anyone know what bani this shabad is from : nirgun raakh leya santan ka sadka, satgur taak leya mohe paapi parda hum jaise apraadi avar koi raakhe jasie hum satgur....... thank you!

I've heard about these sankat mochan shabads but i don't know where to find it from! I know dukh bhanjani sahib helps with your family and social life.... but apparently there's a short sankat mochan shabad that you should recite 108 times in 40 days, its suppose to help you in your daily life?? does anyone know which one it is ?

I know this is going to sound kind of weird... but I'm a 14 year old girl who has taken Amrit and I find that one of my main problems is keeping my legs crossed. I am able to manage it for about an 1 hour but then they start to hurt a lot so I have to un cross my legs and keep on changing the position of my legs.... I was wondering if anybody could give me any tips on how I can keep my legs crossed for a longer amount of time. I would really appreciate the help. Thanks :D

Basically I really REALLY want to learn how to play my vajja! I've had it for a while now and have tried going to kirtan classes. The first one I went to was quite good as I learnt my 'sa re ga ma...' there but then the teacher stopped teaching and would just leave the class, so everyone would just waste time and talk. :lol: The second class I joined was okay but I just don't have enough time to make a commitment and join a class! so I've begun learning at home myself! is there anyone here who knows how to play the vajja? if you do could you help me out and suggest a shabad that would be the easiest to learn first ? Bhul chuk maaf and thank you ji

I am a student studying Religion and at the moment i am focusing sikhism. I was hoping the sangat could give me some good information and quotes on ..... -why sikhs feel that this life on earth is important -Sikhism perespectives on the nature and value of human life -sikh attitudes towards death and life beyond death - sikh eschatological and apocalyptic teachings Please provide your views with evidence as i will be able to use the piece of information more effeciently. i will be very grateful for your help and time. Thank you

Hello brothers, I have come here to respectfully ask for help, I am an architect currently working on a project for a Sikh Temple in central London and I have been researching about Sikhism - beeing impressed with the tought and the path of the religion, it has helped me get a good insight on it. Although I need your help so I can understand better what are the needs in a Sikh sacred space, I want to project a building that allows Sikhs in London to be able to do all the practices in confort and in a place that is adapted to them. thank you so much in advance and peace be with you.

Can someone please give me a SIMPLE explanation of what these yugs (satyug, kalyug, trepta etc) are about because everything that I find on the internet simply goes over my head ! Please add Guru Granth sahib jis quotations if possible Thank you

When I took amrit, I made note of the 3 hukamnamas but I cant seem to find the English translations, I was wondering if anyone could help first one was sorat mahala 5 tadh payi kartare taph chod geya parvaare second sorat mahala 5 vich karta purk khaloa vaal na binga hoa third sorat mahala 5 paarbhram ne payi poori khaye baar....... forgive me for my accuracy, spellings may be a bit wrong I have tried searching shri granth but I find it quite confusing to use and just can't seem to find anything on there thank you

I honestly feel many people (Sikhs included) are a victim to ego and anger. This leads to things like depression etc so I was wondering that wouldn't it be a good idea if we could have some help from the sangat and guru granth sahib ji's quotes ? I personally feel that I have a lot of anger and ego and when talking to others I see that many others do too but some just don't realise.

I am a young Sikh who previously was in a relationship. I study at uni and broke up with my gf due to family problems and also I was to become amritdhari and was aware that this was not part of gurmat. However I am slightly worried that I've started thinking about the past, I know im not going back but just thinking about it makes to laugh about a lot of the funny things that had happened. I am very worried in case this genuine thinking diverts back to that urge to re-unite. Although I use to quite sad about our break up, ive actually come to terms with it. So now for all these memories to come up in my mind has worried me that I might drift back . This has been having a effect on my uni work and its really started to worry me. I am at the age of marriage but not very excited and egar to get married so this proves to me that im not lonely or in need to search for a companion... As im amritdhari now I researched into relationships before marriage being sinful so is there any shabads that will help me stay strong ? or any advice.

Dear Sad sangat ji, My Mother is in hospital she had total knee replacement of right leg and which got infected not sure doctors mistake or whos? But doctor performed second surgery and cleaned up her knee after which she had untolerable pain for 2 days and was in ICU for 3 days now finally relifed and shifted to rehab center in california. She is healing but doctor is suspecting she still have infection of some bactera which they cant identify (they also suspect could be MRSA in blood) Doctor is afraid that infection dont spread out to bone. But their is no sign of infection anymore. Just to be safe he put her on vancomycin (2000 mg IV) through pickline which gave her reaction and gave her extreme chills fever, nausia, rashes so we asked doctor to take her off that and he gave alternative suggestion of Zyvox pill (600 mg) twice a day. Now she is feeling better but he still not happy he keep insisting on vancomycin we are afraid if she go on that drug she will pass out. So he is now sugesting to put her on different antibiotic which is similar to vancomycin but he will only do so if her blood test inflammation comes above 29%. Right now its at 29%. So we are praying to baba ji and i was feeling very down and anxious so I am requesting sad sangat ji for your blessings that when you pray today to tomm to waheguru ji please remember her in your prayer and ask for good health and forgivness to akal purak sache patsha. Thanks

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sangat ji ! I need your help please :D So im taking amrit next week and im fully prepared EXCEPT ive always wanted to tie a dastaar. Its like my all time dream. Due to family restrictions I wont be able to tie a very large dastaar but I REALLY am literally dying to make my special day with maharaaj perfect and special Also this is probably my only easy opportunity to tie a dastaar, trying to persuade my parents at any other point might be pretty difficult :'( Does anyone know about any videos on tying small dastaars for females? Any TIPS from you guys will be Amazing!!!! Thank you

Sat Shri Akal Sangat Ji, Please could someone kindly help me, I am in urgent need of locating a friend of mine from university who has regrettably lost contact with me; he with family used to attend a dera in walsall (west midlands) who regularly hold programs on Saturday evenings. Please could anyone with any information help me out with the name and location? This is a long shot but i really hope could to be some avail .. WJKK WJKF

this is a very different post and many of you may thinks its cheeky Basically i'm applying for primary teaching at uni and have recieved two interviews. And the problem is every time i go to revise and sort things out i always end up on sikh sangat or doing something else related to sikhi so i thought if baba ji keeps distracting me i may as well seek help from the distraction :D I have two interview questions and have decided to related them to sikhi too, i will be talking about a RE lesson i've taught to kids about sikhi via a song I was just wondering if theres anyone in the sangat that may be able to help me ? please these are the questions : 1. With reference to the quotation below from Maria Montessori you will be asked to reflect upon your experience of the role of the teacher both as a pupil and from your recent experiences in school in preparing to apply for this course – what makes the ideal teacher? You may prepare notes in order to respond to this question on your interview day."The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, 'the children are now working as if I did not exist'." - Maria Montessori. 2. Preparation is the key to any good micro- teaching session. You should try and engage the group through your use of questioning, body language, good use of time, enthusiasm for your subject. Try to think of ways to get the group to engage with each other to learn the points you wish to get across. All this without props and worksheets! It would be sensible in the final minute to find out if the group have found out what you were hoping they would. ALSO i wanted to ask that i have seen many gursikhs going to uni and having problems with keeping on track with sikhi because of things like work load. I was wondering , is uni really ideal for sikhs? because in my opinion many people after going to uni start to question religion and feel their must be scientific reasons etc. This is just a random thaught thats been in my head recently so i thaught i'd ask for any tips on how to make sure that the connection with sikhi never breaks! Thank you ever so much

wjkk wjkf PLEASE DONT DELETE POST MODS CANT FIND ANYTHING LIKE THIS so, i went pest like 2 months ago for 'kaam de galti in which i said i saw and did bad things' i.e. the m word. But i changed after that and was buzzing until recently. I had a lot of wet dreams in this time and then it nearly happened. Kaam overtook me, i looked and searched for pics of swimwea [CUT], [CUT] I kno it sounds stupid but I've been feeling a lot of guilt and i think that i don't need to go pesh because i did not commit a bujjer kehrat and i did not even do the m word when the kaam came over i feel that i beat it as i did feel aroused but then i thought that it is not worth it and started singing shabads, but i feel guilt for coming so close. Anyways, i hope a singh who has done sega in the panj can guide me and i thought that doing 101 japji sahibs with ardaas should be fine. Will maharaja forgive me for nearly coming so close and looking at bad things as i was plundered with kaam?? is 101 jap ji sahib path enough for forgiveness, maharaja blessed with a hukamnama of papa is destroyed by naam shortly after aswell. i kno some might laugh at this post but i just want sangats clarification and hopefully someone with panj singh seva background can help me, but i just want to keep going forward again and not backwards. thanks. pls forgive me wjkk wjkf

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can some tell me a puran brahm gianis bachan which one should one jap more and give quotes of sant bachans about these two mantars

WJKK WJKF If you've been in a similar situation, your advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance. My parents dont get on. No matter how much my mum trys to make my dad happy, he always finds a fault, an excuse to shout and swear and belittle her. He drinks every single day without fail. And once his had a drink, his temper and attitude is just too much. I cant cope anymore. Ive seen it all my life. When i was younger i tried taking my life after seeing my dad hitting my mum. My mums a gem. I just want her to be happy. Its gone on too long. Im scared shes going to do something to herself. I always find myself stuck in the middle of the too. Trying to get my dad to shut up. His just sick in his head. I want nothing to do with him. My mums from punjab, housewife, speaks little english and wouldnt be able to support herself financially. She has nothing to her name. Im still studying. I have nothing to my name. The house, cars, businesses are in my dads name. The only way we can be happy is if my mum divorced him and we moved away. But then how would we support ourselves? We would be on the streets. I know the UK welfare system is pretty good but I dont know how long all that takes. Theres a part of me that just wants to leave everything, abandon my mum and move away. I dont know what to do. She has no family or friends to turn to. Just me. Sangat ji, i need help. All i want is for my mum to be happy.

WJKK WJKF Hi everyone, I am in need of some advice and direction to some shabads if anyone can help it would be massively appreciated. I have realised that I am moving away from sikhi and I don’t want to. It has been like this for a couple of months but I thought it would pass as it usually does and my sikhi would become stronger, but something feels different this time. This is going to sound weird but before it was like I had a fire in me and it would get stronger every time I went to the gurdwara, or did vichar or simran etc, but it feels like that has been put out and I can’t seem to summon the same devotion or interest as before. Every time I think about sikhi or Waheguru I feel very sad and sometimes guilty about the some of the decisions I have made in recent months that have been wildly out of character and not something I would have ever done if I was at home (with a stronger sikh sangat around me) or still strong in my faith (I drank alcohol, I have never wanted to drink, I have never liked the idea of it, i have tried drinking before i got into sikh and know that i don't like it yet somehow it happened anyway, even though I have been at uni for like a 2 years now and its only been this one instance where my faith was low and I sort of cracked, i know its not an excuse but it is the only way i am able to rationalise how i did something so unlike my normal self). I don’t know if its and identity crisis, a faith crisis or just that I was influenced by those around me. I know I should do ardas and simran and just try to get back into good habits, but I feel that this time it’s not enough. I still feel Wahegurus presence, I still feel safe knowing that I can still recognise his presence but I also feel very sad for some reason every time I remember Waheguru, it is really weird… just sadness every time, I don’t know why but it is not the way I used to feel so it is freaking me out a bit! I know similar questions have been posted and I have read most of what I could find but i don’t feel that what I have read so far is enough to help. I feel like if I don’t get back on the path I was on before I will get well and truly lost in this world and not be able to find my way back. Anything you can do to direct me back to sikhi would be great because I am really struggling to reconnect. I am taking like a crazy amount of ‘cyber hukumnama’s’ to get some guidance but feel that some of you that are more aware of Gurbani could direct me to a shabad that may suit my situation a bit better. (just as a bit of background: I have not taken Amrit but I hope one day I am blessed to. I am student and currently not able to get the same kind of gursikh sangat that helped me in the past. This is a bit of topic but a few months ago there was a close death in my family and I was faced with death for the first time in my life, I think that may have been where all the questions and doubts started. Perhaps the realisation of how short our lives were, and how final death is made me reconsider my beliefs, but it kind of backfired…. Most people seem to realise the importance of sikhi at this kind point in their lives, apparently I didn't… I have been told in the past that I ‘over think’ sikhi and make it much harder than it needs to be by putting to much pressure on myself, that may also be part of this, which is why I really want some direction from Gurbani as it is perhaps the most basic but most important part of sikhi (excluding naam), but I’m not quite sure where to start) Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh I'm new to Sikhi and trying to learn as much as possible Do you know where can I find good resources? I already know about some sikhi answers pages, but are there some online sikh courses/schools or live chats? Thanks

I just need some guidance please. I'm a manmukh Sikh. I do Simran etc often though (every day). Lately I kept having dreams with the Hindu Goddess Durga in them. I spoke to my Hindu friend about it and she said it usually means its warning you of something to do with fertility or death...she was correct...I found out a few weeks later. Now I'm having dreams with her again and I feel my attention going to her ... even though I still do Simran and turn to our Gurus all the time (many times throughout the day). But I cant get her out of my mind. Whats going on?! I feel like I need to start incoporating her when im doing my ardas/simran everyday. Is this bad? What should I do? I'm not into Hinduism at all so this is confusing me! There is no way I would turn my back to Sikhi as I hope to become a Guru's Sikh one day.

got good sangat at gurdwara, knew them for over 10 years but parents suddenly stopped us going reason is known.. it is my behavior, apparently its bad, but i dont think so, i helpat home,,, dont talk back etc... and my school friends at school are all muslim, no sangat at the moment haven't been gurdwara in 2 months still reading as much bani as possible teen need my sangat back, but how?