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That's huge bro. Great job on the Nitnem. 
Not to discourage you, but there's that Sakhi about the Nitnemi Gursikh who recited Japji 21 times a day. The one who said the bricks would stay kachi. I think it might take you all day to do forty Jajpji Sahib and 2 Sukhmani Sahib. Which would be epic but that's big focus Veer Ji. 

I do ardas to be able to do 40 jaoji sahib a day and 2 sukhmani sahib. I can barely manage to get up for nitnem so I guess I'll keep dreaming.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cultural-winter-drinks-1.6307480
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4 British Columbians from different cultures share their favourite drinks to cozy up with this winter
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Teas and fermented drinks to give British Columbians comfort this snowy season
  Baneet Braich · CBC News · Posted: Jan 08, 2022 9:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 8   Getting through another snowy winter can mean finding the perfect drink to sip and savour.
In British Columbia,  different cultures have diverse drinks to keep warm or feel fresh in the winter, among them Indigenous Labrador Tea, Indian Cha or Chai, Chinese Pu'erh Tea, and Russian Kvass.
  North America: Indigenous Labrador tea
T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss is an Indigenous ethnobotanist who has fond memories of searching for and drinking Labrador tea, also known as swamp tea. 
"It's very soothing, calming, very good for the respiratory system … it's the things you want most in winter, said Wyss.
Labrador tea leaves are found all over North America which Indigenous people refer to as Turtle Island. 
  Labrador tea plants are commonly found in bogs across North America. (CBC News ) The plant commonly grows in bogs and is most fragrant in the winter explains Wyss. 
While Labrador tea can be made in a variety of ways, Wyss and her daughter Senaqwila boil water and add five to seven leaves. After boiling for about 15 minutes, the tea is ready to be served. 
COVID-19 concerns, closures have families and communities heading out on the land "Working with plants is like bringing your ancestors to the table, says Senaqwila. 
"You can close your eyes and picture … loving words, a warm hug, words of encouragement keeping you warm during the long winter months. "
The pair reflect on how the tea binds Indigenous people all across the continent. 
"When we drink this tea we are thinking about all the stories that are shared," said Wyss. 
India: Cha or Chai 
Baljit Singh Brar prepares chai every day starting at 6 a.m. at the Gurdwara Baba Banda Singh Bahadar Sikh Society in Abbotsford 
Chai has a black tea base with milk and spices. The drink is enjoyed widely across India year-round but its aroma, warmth, and spices make it perfect for the winter, Brar explains. 
  Chai has a black tea base with milk and spices, such as cardamom, cloves, and fennel. (Baneet Braich) Brar adds black tea bags, fennel, cardamom, cloves, carom seed, ginger, and waits for it to simmer in a pot of boiling water. 
The cloves and cardamom add a pleasant fragrance, while the carom seed and ginger can help with digestion, Brar says.  
Next, he adds milk, brings the mix to a boil and adds sugar. 
  Baljit Singh Brar prepares Indian chai, also known as cha, daily at his gurdwara in Abbotsford. (Baneet Braich) "Cha is what energizes us in the morning. The whole family gets together and makes tea ... it makes our bodies feel fresh," said Brar in Punjabi. 
Unique drinks to warm up the coldest of days: Andrew Coppolino China: Pu-erh Tea 
Daniel Lui pours boiling water in a small clay teapot filled with Pu'erh Tea, an ancient tea sourced from the Yunnan province in China. 
The black tea is fermented, aged and packaged in a cake-like shape, explains Lui who is the owner of the Chinese Tea Shop in Vancouver. . 
"Very dark and earthy, very good for calming, warming, relaxing," says Lui. 
Lui uses a special tea knife to pry open the cake shape of the Pu-erh tea. Then, he cuts it into small pieces, adds it into a teapot and pours hot water in and on top of the clay teapot to help expand the tea leaves. 
  Chinese Pu-erh tea is a fermented black tea popular for its soothing and calming properties. (CBC News ) He rinses out the tea, pours it on top of the teapot again to keep it hot and refills the teapot with hot water for the first official infusion of tea, then waits 18 seconds and pours out the new batch into small teacups.
"Good for digestion, for bowel movement, tea is fully fermented and very low in caffeine."
'Tea is art': Chinese newcomer connects with others over the perfect brew The packaged tea is considered a family treasure that is often aged for a lifetime and passed on to the next generation, Lui says.
"I was so lucky to be able have some Pu-erh tea from 1960s or 50s and also taste Pu-Erh tea over 100 years old."
  Chinese Pu-erh tea is aged and passed along through generations of families, says Daniel Lui, owner of the Chinese Tea Shop in Vancouver. (CBC News) Lui's grandfather left him Pu'erh tea from the 1970s as well. 
Russia: Kvass
For Natalia Mitrofanova, a go-to drink for the winter is Kvass, a fermented non-alcoholic or low alcoholic staple in Russia that tastes similar to beer. 
Kvass is especially popular in summer but can also be enjoyed year-long, says Mitrofanova, the owner of the Russian Spoon Bakery in Vancouver. 
  Kvass is a staple fermented drink in Russia with key ingredients like rye bread, raisins, and sugar. (CBC News) "Russian people like it because they drink it all the time," she said.
Mitrofanova makes Kvass with rye bread, raisins, sugar and water. Honey or other dried fruit like cranberries and blueberries can also be added, she says.
Bread crumbs from a previous batch of Kvazz are also used to speed up the fermentation process, Mitrofanova says. 
She ferments the drink over three days in a bucket, stirring it occasionally. 
  Mitrofanova says Kvass is a healthier alternative to sodas, and its fermented properties can help with hangovers, especially over the holidays in winter and helps boost the immune system. 
"It also reminds one ... of Russia. People really like it."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  Baneet Braich CBC Donaldson Scholar
Baneet Braich is a Joan Donaldson Scholar for CBC News. Connect with her at baneet.braich@cbc.ca or on Twitter at @Baneet_Braich

@Sajjan_Thug well done!  Keep it up!
Make target of sitting longer and longer. Some people do it in one sitting, just in couple of hours like 6 hours.  
I completed second set of 125,000 today, would start third set again tomorrow. I think i  would struggle only until surti start to focus,  then it would be just anand. 
 

Waheguru Ji
How long did it take to do 125,000 Waheguru Simran Jaap?  Waheguru Waheguru Ji

This was a very nice thread

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Bhul chuk maaf

Did you feel a very sharp pain in your throat (especially when you would swallow) when you had Covid? Like as if there was a thorn in your throat?
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Amir Bhandar is a complete teeka (Sampradai) of Sri Aad Gurbani. It is amazing. 
It was written by Sant Gyani Kirpal Singh jee (Sato ki Gali wale). Gyani jee belonged to the Bhai Mani Singh Taksaal.
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Amir Bhandar is a complete teeka (Sampradai) of Sri Aad Gurbani. It is amazing. 
It was written by Sant Gyani Kirpal Singh jee (Sato ki Gali wale). Gyani jee belonged to the Bhai Mani Singh Taksaal.
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Did you feel a very sharp pain in your throat (especially when you would swallow) when you had Covid? Like as if there was a thorn in your throat?
 
Bhul chuk maaf

https://qrisk.org/three/

Don't know either, but maybe there was some extreme dieting and steroid use which can also have negative effects ?

I think if you start suddenly pushing older people into training it can mess them up. I noticed that Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Bob Odenkirk (Better call Saul) both had health issues after being cast in movies that required them to suddenly train hard for them. 

Just bought this

Sikh Calendar 2022 Bikrami Attached, please post any corrections below. I just got it from nanaksar website.
 
http://gurdwarananaksar.org/english/events_e.html
nanaksar_events_eng_2022.pdf

Yes, they all seem teens/early 20's
But still it's like at least 5:1 male to female posters 

I noticed as well, the forum is having lots of bibian posting recently as well. That must be a good sign that more sisters are getting interested in their heritage? 

More the better, during my time online- i've seen sikh history forum, sikhe.com forum, sikhportal forum, discoversikhi forum- they all went offline. Now we got sikhsangat, sikhnet, sikhphilosophy, gurmatbibek and sikhawareness left. Those went offline- sikhe.com and sikh history forum was most interesting- lot of nice debates and discussion.
 

Returned in good health, Vaheguroo jee di Kirpa

Oh no, hopefully they should be back up and running very soon. From technical point of view, as per error- it seems like dns name resolution issue. May be they are changing host provider. It doesn't seem serious..should be fixable very soon.

And learning doesn't stop. You can bet those young street hothead guys who first kicked off with groomers 4 decades ago had no idea what these grooming gangs would evolve into i.e. nationwide and even international human trafficking networks with links to Islamist fundamentalist orgs and big time class A drug dealers and smugglers.  
No one ever thought the english supplied SAS advice to Indira about attacking Harmandir Sahib. No one thought they (the british government) would sell out someone just for writing a blog and silently watch him being imprisoned indefinitely despite being a 'british citizen'. 
Stay sharp, just when you think you've seen it all, you'll learn new stuff that'll shake you up. Constant vigilance.
Make sure you train regularly too. Get your gym built up! 

Internet will go down quickly if that happens, probably just be 'restricted' to government/military use if at all. 
Just a shame only a small percent of those who would benefit from gaining the street knowledge/smarts (who didn't have to learn the 'hard way') actually visit these sites. I have learned a lot in the past year and my mindset has changed for the better. As I've said before, really important for someone like  me who tries to see the best and be fair to all people. Certainly trust Establishment less and have even more distrust/dislike and wariness of some other hostile groups now. 

Yep.
 
That's another thing. Right now, we've been taking the fact that we can communicate globally for granted. And it's been really rewarding in many senses, and we've been able to share information and ideas within the global sangat that we wouldn't have been able to do easily otherwise. 
We talk about prophesises about having to make Gurbani kanth because in future because of hard times, we should also realise that communicating like we do via forums/internet, may well come to an end one day as well too. 
Or at least be blacked out for a while. 
I'm glad apnay globally have had the opportunity to learn about things that effect our panth on the sly, especially how certain governments and their agencies (like the police) work against us in the west, and cooperate with other groups that try and undermine us - like with the whole grooming thing. Also how governments cooperate against Sikhs sometimes like the english and delhi doing joint efforts. Now I hope people can see why I'm so averse to mindless bhangra paa-ing fudhoo culture, because it makes people stupid and works like a distraction to real issues we need to be acutely aware of. 

@dalsingh101have you noticed it is 'down' today ?
I logged in this morning around 9am and shortly since, it is not accessible for me