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I usually buy full voile when my family goes to canada but we dont plan on going there anytime soon and I was hoping to get new colors

I’m totally new to Sikhi. I just read the verse “The Guru is Shiva, the Guru is Vishnu and Brahma; the Guru is Paarvati and Lakhshmi.” Is this a reference to Guru Nanak, or does “Guru” here mean “God”? It seems like it means God… In the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, when do I know when Guru is referring to God and when do I know when Guru is referring to Guru Nanak? Thank you in advance!

VGJKK VGJKF,

What is the significance of the colour crimson. Many a times Gurbani refers to devotees being dipped in the colour crimson, being dyed in the colour of Crimson. Are there any connective ideas that Is not apparent upon reading, maybe something deeper there? 🙏🙏🙏

I've heard this quote several times often said to have been said by Dasam Pita himself,but like where is it written ? Is it written in Suraj Parkash Granth or is it from Dasam Bani ?

In this reel, about 20-30seconds in -- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFnuPNPSTtQ, this guy is reading "Kiv Sucheyara Hoiye" book along with meanings etc.

Does anyone know which book this is ? Thanks

I am currently in Pune, and I really want to visit Hazur Sahib for darshan. But, I don’t have any friends here, and I’ve only been living here for two months, so I’m not sure about the best way to travel or which transport options are available.

Secondly, I am on a tight budget, so I need an affordable travel option. It takes around 6-7 hours to reach Nanded from Pune, so I won’t be able to return on the same day—I will need to stay there overnight.

Could someone guide me on stay options? Is it possible to stay at the Gurudwara Sahib?

Please, if anyone can help me with this, I am planning to visit this Friday.

Is their a suraj prakash english translation pdf on Google i can read

Greetings to you all, I am a Muslim and not from southeast Asia but I have been getting more sikhi content on some of my social media feeds, and in turn decided to learn a little bit more about sikhi. From all I have seen, all of you seem like great people and have some things in common with Islam. Your beliefs are very interesting and from what I have learned, you're very accepting people, which is great, I think we could all benefit from interfaith friendliness! Of course only god knows, but I would like to believe those of you who do good deeds in god's name will have a positive afterlife, even with our different religions. Not to mention your architecture and fashion is very beautiful, and has many shared elements with islamic architecture. If there are any bookss for a non-sikh to learn about the history and culture around sikhi in english it would be great, I enjoy learning about other religions. Thank you all, have a good day/night :)

I recently visited Hazoor Sahib on the Sahibzaade Shaheedi divas (26 Dec) and they had a special diwan with a SGGS bir which was at least 1-1.5 meters in length (when opened) and required 4 sevadars to lift it. Does anyone have any information about this bir at all?

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ਸੋਰਠਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

Sorat'h, Fifth Mehl:

ਹਮਰੀ ਗਣਤ ਨ ਗਣੀਆ ਕਾਈ ਅਪਣਾ ਬਿਰਦੁ ਪਛਾਣਿ ॥

He did not take my accounts into account; such is His forgiving nature.

ਹਾਥ ਦੇਇ ਰਾਖੇ ਕਰਿ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਾਣਿ ॥੧॥

He gave me His hand, and saved me and made me His own; forever and ever, I enjoy His Love. ||1||

ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਦ ਮਿਹਰਵਾਣ ॥

The True Lord and Master is forever merciful and forgiving.

ਬੰਧੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਮੇਰੈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਹੋਈ ਸਰਬ ਕਲਿਆਣ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

My Perfect Guru has bound me to Him, and now, I am in absolute ecstasy. ||Pause||

ਜੀਉ ਪਾਇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਦਿਤਾ ਪੈਨਣੁ ਖਾਣੁ ॥

The One who fashioned the body and placed the soul within, who gives you clothing and nourishment

ਅਪਣੇ ਦਾਸ ਕੀ ਆਪਿ ਪੈਜ ਰਾਖੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਦ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੁ ॥੨॥੧੬॥੪੪॥

• He Himself preserves the honor of His slaves. Nanak is forever a sacrifice to Him. ||2||16||44||

Guru Arjan Dev Ji • Raag Sorath • Ang 619

Monday, February 3, 2025

Somvaar, 22 Magh, Nanakshahi 556

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh, I am a Robot. Bleep Bloop.

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Wahe Guru Ji ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji ki Fateh.

I'm a guy from south India, who as a background in Gathka, basics of boxing, mauy thai, grappling and basics of SahtarVidya. I have come to realize that Gathka has become for all intense and purposes a "performance-art" and the underlying Shastar Vidiya is almost lost or forgotten in the past but and this is a very important "BUT", I believe that Shastar Vidiya has somehow got retained by the  Puratan Singhs, or their disciples in bits and pieces across India (Greater India like Pakistani Punjab and Sindh as well, maybe). Because I myself have a full/semi strain of it left here within my own city (which I shall disclose some other time). This strain that got left behind was first originally compiled by a Puratan Ustad who himself travelled across India and took in different styles of various Shastar Vidiya practitioners of his time (almost 2 generations ago), tried, tested and incorporated it into a system of over a period of 40 years (as far as I remember the amount of time they spent in their journey as a martial artist). This was a very hard-core group of dedicated Weapon Martial Artists and I was trained by one of the person who developed it further spending more than 18 years as a practitioner of this Strain of Shastar Vidiya.

When I was first introduced to this Weapon Martial Art, I myself was very skeptical and took my sweet time to understand this strain of Shastar vidiya and see it's practical applications and validity. The one who trained me was himself a disciple of that Puratan Ustad.  I have spent almost 8 years with this person and I can attest to their achievements in boxing (national champion, silver medal under 15), Judo champion, fitness-coach, Grappling (Mal-yudh and wrestling), fencing and Shastar vidya. Including pistol, rifle shooting and Archery. I mean they are the most complete martial artist I have ever seen in my entire life, and It was a blessing that I met him through the Kirpa of Waheguru in the most unlikely of circumstances. So I took my sweet time being a skeptic, constantly questioning the system and applicability of this "Shastar Vidiya" and constantly doing trial and errors until I was satisfied of it's applicability, functionality and about it's dynamism and versatility in the modern context.

This is the only hard-core group of people I have come across who used to go live, with sharp swords, no dhal(shield) and actually fight, but they used to pull back their attacks mid swing leaving a hairline of a gap between the opponent's body and the edge of the sword as to not cut them down, and yet their attacks, and moves used to go with full swings and speed. So it was a gamble of life and death, but also displayed great skill and martial ability. And none of it was choreographed or pre-planned, it was a proper fight, but rather than cutting up each other they used to hold back the swing and with control slide it through, while the opponent use to quickly move back at the very end as soon as they realized that that was a proper cut as they stopped and nodded in acknowledgement of the cut. These live fights used to happen in nagar kirtans, in the crowd, in front of everyone and it was something unbelievable to watch, same was the intensity and fights and skill of the Gathka fights with Dhal and Soti (shield and stick) and here it was full body contact fights and used to often leave nice burning red marks all over your body due to the intense hits. But alas slowly this art is diminishing, and I greatly fear that if something is not done about this strain of Shastar Vidiya that has somehow managed to survive will be lost to the annals of time forever and we may never be able to revive something like this ever again, which is my main MAIN concern and has prompted me to write finally write this post.

I want to also share that we used to go hard-sparring no bars held back. It was practical, painful and intense and taught many life long lessons and built character and will-power to push through pain and hardships and gave you great insights in range, angle, timing and reflexes. But now all I see is softness and almost comical moves, actions, attacks and defense made in the Gathka scene these days in the panth. In fact, even the basics are not being applied to it’s full potential. And what ever skill or style or any knowledge of Shastar vidya or even basic gathka  that was still left in the panth is also rapidly vanishing, being replaced by “performance-art” and Bullshido-Weapon martial artists.

Though this strain of Shastar Vidiya has been improved upon and compiled from various surviving practitioners of that time,  it’s basics and core fundamentals remain the same. In fact its core fundamental like the basic “paintara” /footwork among other things are like a key to unlock infinite amount of possibilities if you know it’s full potential, it’s philosophy and application.

What we have here is a massive variety of attacks, defenses, moves, foot-work, and different ways of using the sword like slashing, cutting, tearing, thrusting and many more other things that have been taken from the puratan strain of this Shastar vidya which has been tested and improved over countless days, and months and even years of hard-sparring and practically implementing it with different swords and daggers in realistic scenarios. I’m talking about all kinds of weapon like Tega, Sirohi, barcha, neemcha, Khanda, Khyber, kattar, khanjar, bichua, Tabar. A lot of real-time trial and error has gone into this, Sangat ji... and some real life experiences of some practitioners in live survival-combat situations has also played a major role in it’s development, in fact that was the main driving force behind this, to keep it practical and applicable.

Eventually I want to share this treasure with all the Sikhs, but as of now I am looking for Sikhs across the world, Indian or Diaspora that have any background in Gathka and shastar vidya or had any similar experiences or know of any of the strain of Shastar Vidiay that may have survived in any part of the world. I basically want to connect with these kinds of people.

Also I want to connect with other Singhs who might be interested in what I have found over the period of 6 years, this treasure of Shastar Vidya. I want to see if people are even interested in this stuff anymore, or have entirely given up on being tyar bar tyar, prepared and combat-ready,  if they have become soft and fragile and consider these things as some would say “old useless traditions of uneducated people”.

So in any case Sangat ji, let me know what you guys think, what you guys have to say and what you guys have to share. I want serious engagement as I see a dire need of the revival of Shastar Vidiya in the Panth on a massive scale. It is crucial for your survival as an Individual person and also for your family’s security and safety and for the entire Panth. No point in brandishing swords and daggers and shouting slogans if you do not even understand how to effectively use them to cut down at least 20 people (It's a bold claim, but ideally it should be more than that, but our standards have fallen so low that cutting down even one violent person has become a great problem) or at least to defend yourself.

So, I’ll leave it at that. Also if the mods might be interested in such an endeavor and discussion about Shastar Vidiya and potentially turning this into a serious learning opportunity please let me know.

I was wondering if you guys could refer me to some books or websites or even youtube channels. That breaks down gurbani and explains the meaning behind it.

WJKK WJKF Not too long ago my life completely changed, mahara’s kirpa allowed me to slightl comprehend bani and his hukam. I am currently at university and my parents although Sikh are not amritdhari and don’t know much about rehat and how a gursikh should live. I am trying to change my life so that I can take Amrit in the future. I have been working on controlling the 5 chor but I am unsure what to do with regards to amritvela and nitnem. In terms of bathing, waking up what is the correct/expected maryada to follow?

What i need help is im going to cut my dumalla in half and it ended up being to small what meter dumalla should i get before i cut it

That's the question that arose in me, I know that you contemplate kesh, letting your hair grow. What would happen in the case I raise?

Thanks

WJKK WJKF

I've worn my kada for my whole life, but nowadays I feel guilty wearing it because I am a terrible sikh. I sometimes feel like some of my actions are unforgivable and that Waheguru ji is terribly disappointed in me. I'm 16 years old but I'm starting to doubt my faith and myself.

So I decided the best was to take my kada off until I come back stronger but the problem is I don't know if it's okay to even take it off.

I'm new to reddit so I'm not quite sure how everything works, Thank you 🙏

My mom and I are OCI card holders and my dad is a greencard holder. But there are no available dates for Indian passport holders only OCI card holders? How does this work when you guys are a family?

Hi, I'm 23 and have been interested in Sikhi for a while and have had a life long interest in religion (formerly a practicing Catholic) I've found a lot of solace and peace in the teaching I've found in the religion but don't want to rush into things. I've attended the gurdwara once and been to a vaisakhi parade before that. Do you have any tips on how I could gradually begin to live out the faith a little better but most importantly grow in love for God? Thank you all for any response. God bless.

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was reading an article on Gurudwara Shri Pothimala Sahib and I found some relics of the First Master,Topi and Mala is understandable because the first 5 Gurus are described to have worn Seli Topis covered with small Turbans as headwares before Guru Hargobind Patshah started the tradition of larger Indic Turbans,i believe that Omkar was added to that mala way later because ain't no way it's 500 years old,don't really see why Guru Sahib would keep a Saligram because Gurbani preaches against such stuff but I think maybe Guru Nanak Sahib liked collecting memoirs from his journeys,that Padam likely belonged to his set of Khadawan..

The Pothi Sahib is not really in the best condition in those pictures,hopefully it still survives so that some attempts can be made to restore it(cope)

As the tittle suggest Also without bag

Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh I know I haven't posted on this community for a while and I need some advice Is it OK to just pray to God only once a day or even 3 times a day to show gratitude and Thankfulness? For example Dear Waheguru Then I speak out what is happening at the start of my day, after I come back from school and before I go sleep?

I’m struggling to get vatts and would love some help

I always see people saying fo rehras sahib before you eat dinner but also saying rehras should be done around 6pm. If I eat my dinner at 5pm should I still do rehras sahib at 6 or before I eat?