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I heard this story about few months back during a kirtan samagam. The way the ragi explain the story was so emotional. Anyhow the version that I heard said that when she  "passed away"  and was left at the darbar where kirtan was being heard , it was Sri Dasmesh Pita who told her to take amrit. When she went to the gurdawara, the Gurdawara official refuse to give her amrit as they were not convinced with her story until she "threaten" that when she pass away and Sri Dasmesh pita asked why she have not taken the amrit, she will said that you asked me to take the great amrit  but your khalsha refuse to give the amrit. This lead the Sikh official to administer amrit unto her.  
 
 

I heard this story about few months back during a kirtan samagam. The way the ragi explain the story was so emotional. Anyhow the version that I heard said that when she  "passed away"  and was left at the darbar where kirtan was being heard , it was Sri Dasmesh Pita who told her to take amrit. When she went to the gurdawara, the Gurdawara official refuse to give her amrit as they were not convinced with her story until she "threaten" that when she pass away and Sri Dasmesh pita asked why she have not taken the amrit, she will said that you asked me to take the great amrit  but your khalsha refuse to give the amrit. This lead the Sikh official to administer amrit unto her.  
 
 

to add on: with wooden kangha barefooted on grass or earth. One feel energetic (positive) thereafter.

The Bani very clearly and beautifully in simple words says: Aapay Satgur, Aapay Har, Aapay mel milawe.
They Guru Sahiban, Gurmukh Jan, Bhagat Jan, Brahmgyani, are the very manifestation of Akal Purukh. If a particle of that Anhad Bani, Jot, or even Dhun, can take a human form as a living being, or even any living form, what makes you think, He can not come at our level to explain His own mysteries, of which we dumb human beings can not even remotely ever in our wildest dreams can come to know about it.
You see, there where He is, only He is, and any number of jeevas who go there, not by their efforts or merits, but by His apaar kirpa, just merge and bcome with Him without any distinction.
We are not talking about gods, godesses, devis, devtays, where even after so many austerities jap or tap, the devotee of that spiritual entity, be it in Swarg or Baikunth, remain as individual entities as such for a time being, then again, both at dfferent times have to find their way.
It is only in Wahiguru, where the jeeva by His kirpa alone, becomes blended in one for ever with Him, not otherwise.
You see, no gods, no angels, nobody can know anything about Him, unless He himself wants to disclose Himself to anyone. And if it has to be so, it has to be by a Gurmukh, otherwsie we are all lost souls.
At other place as the Bani says : Bhoolay marg jinay batayaa, aisaa Gur wadbhagee paaya. 
For the whole world is totally absorbed in their own manmat of the devotion towards Him, but it is only when we come in contact with His Bhagat Jan, that we become aware that, the real path of reuniting ourselves with Him, is only by boarding on Nam jahaaz, which  we  can only know, when He himself comes at our level, to speak in our understable terms, otherwise He is subtler than the subtlest of the beings.
Nobody can be forced to believe anything, but if we look at our Guru Sahiban, and pay focused attention to the Bani, we can come to the conclusion, that He can assume a human form, just to reveal us His myteries, even then, His real form is the Shabad in action in that Gurmukh, in that Bhagat, in that Brahmgyani, for that Shabad is a supraconsciousness  force, or call it energy, but never ever it can be the body, for the body of any being, is made of the 5 insentient tattwas.
If the physicall form of Guru Jee was the true one, it had come as such, right from the beginning, and not be born as an infant, who grows into an adult then pass on the old age ...  It is the Truth of Nam or Shabad which works in that particular body, for a certain period of time, then the body decays, and the body of  the 5 elements gets dissolved into their origin, but the Shabad Guru, manifested in that body,  returns or goes wherever They think fit, to carry their work of  a boatman, which takes the jeevas from the mahabhavsagar, to the shore of Sach Khand.
So you see, the body is not the Guru, and it has never been,  but is just a vehicle, to get expressed,  to us the limited and dumb human beings in our own terms.
Other thing is, our consciouss level is very low, so we see only the limited, but not the power or Jot in that  physical form of Guru Sahiban.
Otherwise why would the Bani say : Jeh sau chandaa ugveh, suraj charey hazar, bin Satgur ghor andhaar.
Moreover within this fragile limited human form, He Himself resides, otherwise why would it be called Har mandir?  You see, He is Infinite yet subtle. We relate big with space, that is why our sense fails to understand Him, you see, within us, He the Lord, and all the kainaat exists,  if that was physical how could the holy scriptures say that He is within us, isn´t it?
We are weak and confused, but the Guru Sahiban  are the manifestation  of Him at our level, otherwise He is apaar and alakh, for us limited beings.
Stay blessed.
 
Sat Sree Akal.
 
 

First of all  KB31 Jee, 
thanks for bringing forward, such a beautiful topic.
Sikhism is a religion if only we understand what the term religion means.
The word religion, comes from the latin word "religare", which means that which reunites  with the origin.
So, if only we follow implicitly the core teachings, or let us say the teachings of Guru Sahiban, without any adulterations, additions, or substractions, then of course the jeeva atma merges in its origin Wahiguru Akal Purukh, thus the defintion of  the wordreligion is completed, not otherwise.
If we had to expalin anybody in simple words, how in Sikhee that purpose of our union with Him is achieved, then I would mention the following few verses from the Gurbani, which summarizes without any doubt, the final stage in religion, if the required conditions take place: 
1) Awar kaaj, tere kitay na kaam, mil Sadh Sangat bhaj kewal Nam.
2) Nanak Nam, jahaaz hae, jin chareeya sey utareeya paar.
3) Ik Oankar     Satgur parsad    jap
4) Sarab Dharam Meh Shresht Dharam Har Ko Naam Jap Nirmal Karam.
5) Nam jiskay man vaseeya, vajeh Shabad ganere.
 
You see, from the teachings of Guru Jee, we come to know that everything revolves around Nam/Shabad and His Kirpa. 
From Nam, everything originated, and so, if it is in Nam that we have to merge, then that can only be achieved by Nam japna, for that Nam japna, makes pargat within us the Jot and the Anhad Dhun or Anhad Shabad itself, which constantly emanates from that origin, which Satguru Nanak since the very begining says:
Ik Oankar, Satnam. Which means, there is only one Lord Creator, which is Nam, and that Nam is the everlasting, eternal Truth also or Sat, thus Guru Jee called it Satnam.
So to finalize, if we follow Guru Jee´s instructions faithfullyvwithoung looking here or there, then only can we say, Sikhee is religion for us, otherwise, it is one more among so many other dharams.
It is for us to understand the Bani  what Guru Sahiban want to convey us through it,  then also,  to choose and be a true Gursikh, nobody can force anybody in anything. 
Stay blessed.
Sat Sree Akal.

Religion is western concept, correct terms would be dharam, panth.

Waheguru excellent thread veer ji.
 
Baba Harnam Singh Ji Rampurkhera Wale spent 40 days without eating any food and drinking any water as this is written in their jeevani. I can post that saakhi if you want.

Dear All it is quite interesting that Guru ji referred to the Benares sangat. At same time Bhagat Kabir was from Benares or connection with that place. My opinion  is the reason Bhagat Kabir "banned" fish as food cause He had probably seen those fishes eating human waste/ feces. People build their toilets on the river and may had ease their bowels directly into the Ganges.By consuming these fishes one will directly consumed the human feces (as muslim forbid eating or touching swines/dogs as muslim believes that pig/dog  eat its own waste). Kabir ji may had some islamic influence on cleanliness as it is believe that his family was a muslim. Thus fishes from benares were not clean.

Dear All it is quite interesting that Guru ji referred to the Benares sangat. At same time Bhagat Kabir was from Benares or connection with that place. My opinion  is the reason Bhagat Kabir "banned" fish as food cause He had probably seen those fishes eating human waste/ feces. People build their toilets on the river and may had ease their bowels directly into the Ganges.By consuming these fishes one will directly consumed the human feces (as muslim forbid eating or touching swines/dogs as muslim believes that pig/dog  eat its own waste). Kabir ji may had some islamic influence on cleanliness as it is believe that his family was a muslim. Thus fishes from benares were not clean.

Men will be men ... on banking rules
It was 5 in the evening, the bank was almost closed.
All of a sudden, the branch manager received a call from a lady.
In a sweet voice she said-sir I urgently need RS 10.000 . I will reach your bank in 10 minutes. Could you please wait for me?
Her voice was so captivating that the manager could not say no. He instructed his cashier to keep the cash ready. The cashier obeyed his boss with great reluctance.
After a while a lady with the ugliest face, and  ahuge tummy and uncommon figure came in and presented the cheque to cash the money.
The branch manager was taken aback, as he was expecting a cute lady. He inmediately told the lady that they hada lraedy closed the cash for the day and she should come the next day.
The cashier was so furious, so he told the manager that if his intention was not to pay, why he made him to sit till so late...
And the BM told him, I wanted to help her, but it is the universal  rule of banking that....if words and figures don´t match, payment will be declined .....
hahahaha.....
 
 

A Priest, A Minister, A Mullah And A Bear
 
A priest, a minister, and a mullah want to see who’s best at his job. So each one goes into the woods, finds a bear, and attempts to convert it.
Later, they all get together. The priest begins: “When I found the bear, I read to him from the catechism and sprinkled him with holy water. Next week is his first Communion.”
“I found a bear by the stream,” says the minister, “and preached God’s holy Word. The bear was so mesmerized that he let me baptize him.”
They both look down at the mullah, who is lying on a gurney in a body cast.
“Looking back,” he says, “maybe I shouldn’t have started with the circumcision.”
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No.
The only thing to do is a prayer ceremony to celebrate the marriage.

You can get an Akhand Paath done at a Gurudwara (supplicating to Sri Satguru jee for a successful marriage) and then invite all your family members at the bhog ceremony.
 
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Brother,
Though that is your personal choice., but as you are asking  it on a public forum, I think no need to do Anand Karaj again,  for it it is no joke.
Just   celebrate it as a second anniversary, and invite your family members or friends and give them a party.
Above all, enjoy.
Stay blessed.

Akal Takht ex-communicates maker of ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ from panth!
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/akal-takht-ex-communicates-maker-of-nanak-shah-fakir-from-panth/572834.html
I doubt many cinemas will show it again fearing protests. Don't see it listed at my local cinema.

Among the many paths, the Bhakti Marg, is the wisdom by which one realizes Him
Below is an example, out of his numerous lovers
 
 

to add on: with wooden kangha barefooted on grass or earth. One feel energetic (positive) thereafter.

Please have a look at the link below. Thanks to @mrhsinghk for it.
https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=188884087949115&id=118443064993218
 
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I guess he is saying that raise ur character + raise your aatmic level...  Raise ur conection with God,  but also raise ur habits....  God has gifted us 10 duwar,  9 are duniyavik,  and the last one is aatmik,  if we never visited inner one,  never find ourself and God inside,  then 9 are meaningless...  
He is simply telling that,  maryada is neccesary + dharam is actually observed,  when we have changed ourself by inside outside too...  Not just by hypocrisy a lil

Gyani Kulwant Singh jee gives some tips to control the mind, while doing Naam Simran.
 
 
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Shabad Guru surat Dhun Chela by Giani Sant Singh Maskeen at page 101 to page 102.

There are two mistakes in the above Paath.
Line 7 - It should say ਰੱਤ ਪਾਨਕਾ (the one who drinks blood), not ਰੱਤ ਪਾਲਕਾ.
Line 10 - ਬਿਪ੍ਰ ਬੈਸਯ are two separate words.
 
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It is true in a historical sense. If you go to Punjab Digital Library you can find that some saroops of Guru Granth sahib contain extra banis at the end, also recipes for how to make ink, lists of the jyoti jyot dates of the Gurus, info about the scribe etc.

Srimaan Baba Bano jee was a famous Sikh of Sri Satguru jee (Fifth Master). He was given the completed saroop of Sri Ad Granth Sahib on his request. He made a copy of the holy saroop. He added some compositions to the copy without the permission of Maharaaj. He added Mira bai jee's (famous saint) shabad, some addition to Ramkali kee vaar, Sri Pran Sangli, etc. That copy of the saroop is known as Bhai Bano de beerh. Beerh means a corpus.
 
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