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Do our puratan sampradays have similar plans?
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@dalsingh101nice bag veer ji. My dad has got similar ones but his make is Makita

I've said it before. I'll say it again. Love this dude. 

Documentary was fantastic btw. 

Haven't seen this yet. Posting it for later.

The format of that is excellent. Historimodern. 

Have this on my list too. Grab it here if you want:
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As a child I remember playing at a friend's house, whose parents were Ugandan refugees (well the dad anyway). Once we happened apon his dad's pagh on a shelf whilst goofing about....... and we all took turns to try it on (I know it was wrong but we were kids). The thing was proper rock solid...and the point on the front could EASILY take out an eye...

Memories.....

I have been guilty myself of dancing or doing Bhangra during weddings. Now that I look back at it, it looks ridiculous & embarrassing, but nothing crazy like the ones in videos in this thread. I feel cringe , wish I can go back and erase those. Maybe it's just maturity with age, or more understanding of Gurus Updesh. 
Guru ji mentions against dancing, & listening to songs/ tunes other than Gurbani. 
I think for me it was the young age, the peer pressure of mixing and validation from others, the atmosphere & the sangats effect. But thank God I have come off it, and the idea of dancing now repulses me, its ridiculous. 
 
ਅਬ ਮੋਰੋ ਨਾਚਨੋ ਰਹੋ ॥
Now, my dancing is over.
 
ਨਚਿਐ ਟਪਿਐ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
By dancing and jumping, devotional worship is not performed.
 
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਇਸੁ ਮਨਹਿ ਨਚਾਏ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਪਟੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
The love of Maya makes this mind dance, and the deceit within makes people suffer in pain. ||4||
 
ਮਾਇਆ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਪਿੜ ਬੰਧਿ ਨਾਚੈ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
For the sake of Maya, they set the stage and dance, but they are in love with duality, and they obtain only sorrow. ||6||
 
ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤਾ ਨਚੈ ਨੰਗੁ ॥
they delight in their pleasures, and dance about shamelessly.
 
ਨਚਿ ਨਚਿ ਟਪਹਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
they dance and dance and jump all around, but they only suffer in terrible pain
 
 

I'm like you, I did it too. I don't feel guilt about it because I didn't know any better. Don't mistake me as someone who is some stick in the mud. It's just now the bhangra thing has gone to absurd levels amongst our community. It was also what  originally opened up our females to grooming way back when in the UK, and I'm sure this is going on in Canada too. 
As we can see from the extract I posted earlier, it was originally a west Panjab thing which probably means it was a muslim practice that local Sikhs picked up from them that was subsequently adopted en masse after west Panjabi Sikh refugees came over after partition. The way it has become so wrapped up in Sikh identity today is ridiculous, even more so when we consider that muslim Panjabis  have largely rejected it. The whole industry is also a primary factor in promoting casteism and open drinking (and other nonsense) amongst apnay. If it was just kept amongst ourselves privately at weddings with some decorum I wouldn't have so many issues with it. But it isn't, and apnay and apneean routinely make a jaloose out of themselves (and by connection, the panth) through it. When I was younger, no Sikh father would ever be happy with his daughter prancing about on stages to entertain others, that's how far we've fallen because of this.  There are a thousand pathetic caricatures of apnay on the net because of this. Great share of bani btw!
 

 


 
 
 

Ik Ongkar Satgur Prasad 

Uhhh this thingy?

Singh Sahib joined Taksal in 1970 and studied under Sant Giani Kartar Singh Ji and Sant Giani Jarnail Singh Ji. At Sarbat Khalsa 1986 they were made the Head Granthi of Sri Darbar Sahib. 

Can someone translate what this says it's in Hindi?
https://mobile.twitter.com/aksinghlawyer/status/1588532024972697600
 
 
 

Has anyone heard of Gyani Bakshish Singh jee? Does anyone have any more information on him?
Thanks
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Has anyone heard of Gyani Bakshish Singh jee? Does anyone have any more information on him?
Thanks
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Has anyone heard of Gyani Bakshish Singh jee? Does anyone have any more information on him?
Thanks
 
Bhul chuk maaf

If they do that on a regular basis, that makes full sense.
Jhatka Maryada and Sukha Maryada are specific to the Nihang Sikh order.
Also, we must not apply very high standards to Sehajdhari/non-Amritdhari Sikhs, when it comes to Jhatka meat and Sukha.
 
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@Soulfinder - Can you please make back-up videos?
Thanks a lot bro.
 
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Waheguru Ji
33. Anand Chamatkar--Volume 1
Book
Anand Chamaktar is the official biography of Dhan Dhan Baba Nand Singh Ji and also called history of Nanaksar kaleran written by Bhai Gurmukh Singh Ji ( hazoori ragi of Dhan Dhan Baba Nand Singh Ji ) . Bhai Gurmukh Singh Ji was son of Baba Ji's first hazoori sevak Baba Uttam Singh Ji . Bhai Gurmukh Singh Ji wrote Anand Chamatkar after spending 12 years of Kirtan seva in the steps of Dhan Dhan Baba Nand Singh Ji . Bhai Gurmukh Singh Ji wrote Anand Chamatkar very well and really heart touching . Everyone drown deep in this while reading . This biography really can change someone's life . So , to get the blessings of Dhan Dhan Baba Nand Singh Ji 
Some people say the entire set is 20 volumes

Thank u ji

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@Shaheed4lifehere is a good mention veer ji of Jaap Sahib and its power
 

Is the usual one you got the gym bag type with all the pockets around the side? 

My previous was this classic, but I gave it to a young hoddy when I got my new one:

 
Also got this type: