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Look how many of them are sikh! http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/named-32-motorists-charged-drink-driving-8246150

What decision has been made BIKRAMI or Nanakshahi. Also what are your opinions. ?? BIKRAMI is the correct calender I believe, while the Nanakshahi crows seem to be dhunda and missionarya

I will be the first to admit that my knowledge on Sikhi is very limited. I go through phases where I go to Guduwarda constantly and pray, to doing none of those. I had a thread another anonymous section about my depression. Anyway I have a question about our soul. Is it developed when we are being born, or are our souls already present with god or in heaven like place which then gets put into a human being that is born. Ie the soul is a seperate being from the human body. Sorry if this is an odd question that doesn't make sense.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh, A lot of modern Sikhs are very quick to extol their opinions that Sikhism equates all the major religions of the world to rivers flowing into a single ocean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universalism#Sikhism In other words all religions, when properly followed, can lead one to God. Aside from this metaphor being nauseating for its sentimentality, the idea that two faiths with completely different and usually contradictory precepts can both yield the same spiritual pay dirt strikes me as being utterly fanciful. It also betrays an ignorance of the religions with which Sikhi is being equated. Take Muhammad, as an instance of a prophet from another religion. Some members of our Panth consider that both the Prophet of Islam and our own Gurus were all sent by the same God in order to enlighten the masses, that both these parties are composed of the messengers of God. However it is made explicitly clear in the Quran, which was supposedly revealed to Muhammad by Allah himself, that he would be the very last prophet in history to the exclusion of all others that came after him. This includes our own Guru Sahibaan: "Muhammad is... the Apostle of God, and the Seal of the Prophets (The Quran, Surah 33:40). As a "seal" closes a letter, so does Muhammad close the line of prophethood. Therefore if we accept Muhammad as a prophet we must by definition accept his revelation (all of which came directly from Allah through the supposed intercession of the Angel Gabriel), and in lending any credence to the idea that he is the last messenger of God, we are in effect denouncing our own Guru Sahibaan as pretenders. We cannot possibly believe in both the Gurus and Muhammad. Either Muhammad was right and our Gurus were liars, or our Gurus are right and Muhammad was a liar. I very much doubt that any of us inclines towards the former. Secondly, how can it be argued that both Islam and Sikhi both lead to salvation when the two of them advocate completely different and antithetical ways of attaining it? In Sikhism, as the members of the Sangat here will well know, one is instructed that rituals such as fasting, pilgrimages, circumcisions are wholly unimportant and of no consequence. One who wishes to attain Mukhta is counselled to avoid these things. But in Islam, fasts, pilgrimages and rituals are of the utmost importance, and are actually said to be necessary if one wishes to go to heaven (two of the so called five pillars of the faith being predicated on ritual). To summarise, is it possible for Muhammad to have been sent by the very same God who sent our own Guru Sahibaan, when the first party's message excludes and contradicts that of the latter?

Disrespectful to diamonds of the panth please report. https://m.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Sikh-Extremism/399956840168789

Dear Sangat Ji, I head to work everyday and before I go, i do mahraj's darshan at Gurdwara Sahiab. I take parshad, once or twice, I have given prashad to a fellow co-worker who had a Sikh last name. I was approached with him, he was saying, he's not sure where he is in his faith, but rejects getting prashad. All I know, is even if your atheist, why would you reject parashad. Anyhow was so confused, but said okay.

http://dailysikhupdates.com/bjp-wants-chandigarh-transferred-punjab-supports-accord/ Hmm dont know what to make of this...cautiously excited?

I was curious - our religion asks both men and women to keep hair. However wherever I go I don't see women keeping hair (arm hair, leg hair, eyebrow hair, upper lip hair etc) Even the American white sikh women 3HO who are quite famous don't keep full body hair. You can clearly see in their videos that they do upper lip and eyebrow plucking. I was curious about whether the men like it this way and therefore haven't encouraged the women to keep their hair. Surely we should be raising our sikh boys with the view that they marry a sikh girl who keeps full body hair. Also I've noticed there is a huge emphasis on boys having the turban but none for the girls. No wonder many singhs remove turban when girls are cutting hair. Most don't want to be the Singh that settled for the 'one with facial hair' when there are other girls who remove their hair for them to choose from. Maybe if all Sikh girls kept their full body hair none of this hair thing would be an issue as everyone would be keepin it.

Sooo I was on youtube and this was the first thing I seen. Is this form lack of knowledge or what??

On 8th March, world celebrates women's day. Sikh faith was among the first major world religions to imply that women were equals to men. Guru Nanak proclaimed the equality of men and women and all Guru Sahiban allowed women to take full part in all the activities of Sikh worship and practice. So kyo manda aahikye, jit jamhe rajaan|| Read in Punjabi - http://on.fb.me/191nOwJ

What is Hola Mohalla? What's history behind it? How it started? Sikh Stage's infographic about Hola Mohalla explains. Check out the infographic here - http://bit.ly/HolaMohallaInfographic

Do you know about Nankana Sahib saka (massacre)? Why and when did it happen? What was the outcome? Know everything in this infographic produced by Sikh Stage Check out the infographic here - http://on.fb.me/1EuOvpc Brief history about the incident explained in a simple way.

Miri-Piri Seminar On Saturday 28th February 2015 For students above the age of 12 years. Time & Place: 2.00 PM at The Sikh Missionary Society UK 8 - 10 Featherstone Road Southall, Middlesex UB2 4JH To register your interest, please telephone or e-mail giving: name, age and if coming with parents: Telephone: 020 8574 1902 or E-mail: info@thesikhmissioinarysociety.org Sardar Gurmukh Singh* (Principal, UK Civil Service ret'd) will give a talk for half an hour, followed by questions and answers (Q & A session). The seminar will then continue with an open discussion in which all can take part. Miri-Piri living teaches us to remember Waheguru ji as described in Mool Mantar, while we live normal working lives with our families, sharing with others and taking part in the life of our community called the Khalsa Panth. Our Ten Guru ji's taught us about Miri-Piri living through own lives over the period 1469 to 1708. All that they taught us is in Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. In the Miri-Piri seminar, we learn together the meaning of the two words "Miri" and "Piri" by looking at simple examples from nature, and from Sikh history to see why it is so important for a Sikh to live a life of Miri-Piri as taught by our Guru ji. Sikhi words will be used and explained. Please do register interest and arrive before 2.00 PM. Further Reading Articles by S. Gurmukh Singh can be read under Articles on Sikh Idealogy & Identity Gurmukh Singh's weekly "News & Views" column in Panjab Times

http://dailysikhupdates.com/historical-weapons-maharaja-ranjit-singh-stolen-video/ I'm lost for words. It's a bloody good job the british took his golden throne, the kohinoor diamond and whatever else. Our heritage is being lost, looted and destroyed in punjab. At least the british have preserved what they took and made it available to the public.

The UK gurdwaras constantly ask sikhs for dasvand (10% of earnings) money. At the same time the gurdwaras and sikh organisations like BOSS claim money from the government for 'community' projects. Often they supply the government with fake receipts that are 'building' their community. None in my opinion are beneficial - is having BOSS posters really going to help you progress? Most gurdwara leaders do this to get prizes like OBE. The government is keen for 'ethinic' communities to get rid of problems like lack of education, lack of skills, integration issues and therefore they view the gurdwaras (with their mass sheep followings) as the solution to 'reach out' and educate you poor folk through the gurdwara leader. However objectively how many gurdwaras achieve this and does the work benefit people. Do you suddenly get good grades and get a good job or your parents get skills and a better job? The gurdwaras in the UK are making a profit out of the system and in the process brainwashing and scamming Sikhs. They claim money from the government through false receipts and then they will ask you for donations and make you feel guilty. They will build wedding halls and generate more money from people getting married. Many gurdwara leaders take thousands of pounds out from the pot to pay deposit for houses for themselves and their families. Also do you think giving money to the gurdwara is helping your social progression as the government views it. The government are not aware of this and when they see a huge mass of people at a gurdwara they think you are all going out to do free work for them save the nation and that the 'leader' of the gurdwara is the one who controls and teaches you. Therefore the government tries to be friends with the gurdwara leader. The gurdwara leader likes this as its closer to a prize and most people in the gurdwara will be happy and not realise that they are being sheep and adding to the numbers. I have to still see a gurdwara that has actually changed and helped increase social mobility. I would be interested to hear others views - also please can you soho road people in Birmingham stop following the Soho Road baba around. He is wasting your time, taking your money so that he can get a prize. When the government see you following him around they think he is great when actually he is getting money from both the government and you. In my opinion it is time someone independently started regulating and checking the affairs objectively of each gurdwara. I would encourage everyone to not put any money into the golak. Its far better to save that one pence and send it elsewhere. Finally is there any regulation of how a gurdwara works? As the sangat have you asked for a clear transparent honest report of all the income, funding, expenditure of your gurdwara? Do you ever get to see this, why is it normal for people to not know where the money is going and coming from?

Does anyone have any pictures of Kalki Avatar? With the Kala chola?

Very interesting questions and answers between Satguru nanak dev ji and baba (utam jaigaso) regarding che ghar che gur che updesh in kirtan sohila. Here is detailed commentary by sant gyani gurbachan singh bhindranwale regarding satguru nanak dev ji updesh in kirtan sohila. In this kirtan sohila commentary below (from japji sahib teeka -sant gyani gurbachan singh khalsa bhindranwale): - Commentary provides detailed summary of all six shastars and how one can take gunas (good attributes) from each one of them as an aid (shahik) and how each one of them points out aspects(some small/small big) of parbhram - analogy was given of six blind soldiers all of sudden given eye sigh to show aspects of elephant- try to express elephant based on what they saw -at times writers of each shastars even fighting among themselves but answer was given to all including them - gur gur iko vesh anek and commentary based on gurbani answer also show again via analogy- how six soldiers get together make big langar or bhojan by doing its part- some one is making tarka, dal, ata, sabji, roti all in efforts to get rid of hunger. - Based on gurbani answer (Gur gur iko vesh anek) How ultimately there is no duality as such regarding che ghar che gur che updesh as guru of six shastars were bayas ji and guru of bayass ji were bhrama ji but ultimately guru of all - gur gur iko vesh anek- Ikongkar Satgurparsad Ik advait saraie parkashik roop paremshvar which is sat chit anand saroop. - Question was asked by utam jiagaso to satguru nanak dev ji- which ghar (school of thought) i should be in- Satguru nanak dev ji responds in return- Karte Kirat Hoi- In house of ghar where karta purkh glories are sung and karta purkh praises are glorified, celebrtated- Kirtan Bhakti. So ghar rakh, vadai toi || According to sant ji commentary pandit tara singh narotam interpertets- karte kirat hoi- considers patanjal yog and vedant shastar- beyes ji (5, 6 ghar). (probably based on other two aspects of gurmat sidhant-naam simran and advait gyan ) - Further in commentary, antriv arths and explanations were provided to illustrate further answer in gurbani (Soraj ek, rout anek)- non dual aspect- advait gurmat and also to answer the question asked by baba-utam jaigaso- how to see ek bhram in all six shastars?. This profound and full in depth detailed commentary of couplet from kirtan sohila is in japji sahib teeka under kirtan sohila katha pdf page 1024-1035. Reference : Damdami taksal pehli pothi - Kirtan sohila katha pdf page 1024-1035. http://www.gurmatveechar.com/literature?browse=Steeks_and_Teekas/Sant_Kartar_Singh_%28Bhindrawale%29

Sas ri akaal, I created this short film to inspire people to search within themselves and find their mind-body-spirit connection through the use of faith. This connection can be felt but not understood by the human mind, but it exists to help prepare and face the different challenges that we all face. Please take a look and spread the word. Many thanks & love Sunny

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh SikhVision are looking for an app developer to help create a brand new and exciting sikhi application, the app will help young Sikhs understand Gurbani is a new and simple way. Without revealing too much we would be grateful if any app developers out there will help us bring this to life. So if you know how to make an app or want to ask any questions please contact us at: khalsapics@gmail.com Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!! =)

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Does anyone have any pictures of Kalki Avatar? With the Kala chola?

Why do we prerequisite being 'amritdhari' to speak up for Panthic issues? Many times I have seen people demanding others to take Khande di Pahul before talking about Panthic issues. But are the really two related? Jinnah, who founded Pakistan - the home for the Indian Muslims - was a non practising Muslim who enjoyed wine, women and pork. Theodor Herzl - founding father of Zionism - was a cultural Jew and a self admitted atheist.

what the... http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/streetly-teacher-who-groomed-sex-8463297 Streetly teacher who groomed and had sex with underage pupil jailed Jan 16, 2015 19:00 By Ross McCarthy Amardip Bhopari groomed boy who had ADHD and dyslexia at academy for youngsters with learning difficulties in Birmingham 1575 Shares Share Tweet +1 Email Amardip Bhopar at Birmingham Crown Court A teacher has been jailed for two years for having sex with a pupil with learning difficulties at a Birmingham school. Amardip Bhopari showered gifts on the 16-year-old boy and also plied him with drink while she groomed him. The 28 year-old, of Foley Road East, Streetly, who admitted three charges of sexual activity with a child, was also ordered to register as a sex offender for 10 years. Judge James Burbidge QC said “I do not suggest you sought him out as vulnerable. “However as a teacher you owed him a duty of care that all teachers must owe to a child. “You had sex with him in public places, on an industrial estate and hotels and you also provided him with experiences that, as a 16-year-old, meant that he would be attached to you.” Hugh O’Brien Quinn, prosecuting at Birmingham Crown Court, said the defendant started working at the academy school, which catered for pupils with learning difficulties or behavioural problems, in December 2012. He said there was an occasion when the victim, who was in the teacher’s art class, wrote his phone number on the back of a piece of paper and she subsequently rang him. Mr O’Brien Quinn that the conversation was “sexual” and over the next few nights there were further calls. He said the first physical contact took place just before Valentine’s day in 2013, when Bhopari texted the boy and told him to meet her in the art room before classes began, where she performed a sexual act on him. Further sexual activity took place at an industrial estate near the school and they went on to have sexual intercourse in the teacher’s car on a number of occasions while they also had sex at her home. Bhopari also took the victim, who suffered from ADHD and dyslexia, to a Formula 1 hotel on his birthday where they stayed all day and where the defendant gave him vodka. Mr O’Brien Quinn said although the boy had indicated he was not looking for any kind of relationship Bhopari continued to contact him frequently and ask him to meet up. He said Bhopari had also taken the teenager to Drayton Manor Park where she “paid for everything he wanted” and that she had also allowed him to drive her car even though he did not have a licence. There came a stage when the victim began a relationship with a girl more appropriate to his age, but when he told Bhopari they should end their relationship she made it plain she wanted it to go on. Matters came to light in December 2013 and Bhopari was arrested. John Smitheman, defending, said Bhopari, who had left the academy as a result of the matters being discovered, was full of remorse. She had got a job at the school without any teaching qualifications where it appeared she was a great success. He said “She fell in love with this young man, they had a relationship. She knew that it was wrong but it happened.” Promoted Stories

1st) is eating meat or any kind of animal or living thing wrong ? if it is can u prove it ? 2nd) how do u communicate with dhan shiri guru granth sahib ji ? because they are supposed to give us order *Hukam nama* which we hear every day and there is a meaning written of it but if u ask me most of the time it is an explanation and not an order .... is there a way to talk to waheguru ji ? 3rd) how did guru nanak became a guru / ie - found waheguru ? 4th) im a vegetarian my whole family wants to eat chicken / meat and i do not let them is it wrong ? we have prakash of guru granth sahib ji at our roof ... but we live on a different floor ! two other floors are consumed by other people ie - not family etc and they cook meat etc .. so what should i do ? i feel like i should let them eat but i dont want it to be cooked in front of me i feel unconformable.. 5th) if guru nanak is the messenger what about other religions... should not they change religions ? 6th) how is wearing a hat wrong ? if u belong to a sikh family and u havent taken amrit ? 7th) why do we care so much about case *hair* ? i mean when u comb u pick it up ! but if u wash or have a shower its stuck in trash u just pick it up and throgh it in trash isnt that wrong ? 8th) why do most people support / follow khalistan / jarnail singh ? he was not a guru people should follow guru granth sahib ji instead don't u think ? 9th) people say waheguru ji ka khalsa wahe guru ji ki fateh when they meet if ur with some one and u do not know them isnt it ok then just not to say it ? 10th) i took amrit 2 times ... i am a sexual being *kammi* i have broken it ... two times i can not stop is it wrong for me to keep wearing the 5 ks ? 11th) why is it wrong to question god ? 12) my friend showed me on wiki that guru gobind singh had more than one wife ... i cant find it again but here is an example http://imgur.com/49Ls3me we had a discussion and it didn't come to an conclusion ,,, what do u guys think ? i believe he had only one wife ... 13th) in punjab i have seen people making meat in langar ... and most people believe that most sikhs eat meat to gain strength / power before war i believe it is not true that is what amrit was for was not it ? 14th) why do u revolve around guru while getting married ?isnt it weird ? also why doesn't girl get to walk in front ? if boy can ? doesn't sikhi have equality ? 15th) i was watching movie pk .. and it explains how people should follow true god and not the god / religion humans made ... as they are differentiating people from each other ... but most people claim guru's were human which is actually true if u ask me.. but if u look in the past guru gobind singh ji told us "agya payi akal ki tabhi chalayo panth" what is the difference in panth and religion ? and how can we come over this doubt ? but isnt its actually true religions are making us divided ? aren't we all the same but we are different due to religion ? sorry i am not very good at English i tried the best to explain stuff if u do not understand any question or want to know something please reply ill try to get back to u asap and thanks for ur help and ur time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04vxtbv Listen from 15 mins, theres a girl called harpreet who realised her mistake of marrying out young and now wants to become amritdhari. Atleast some people realise... waheguru