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On 7/24/2023 at 2:55 AM, Sat1176 said:

In the earlier years when they used to be based in Swindon, divans used to be 3 hours long. Since they moved to Slough Bhai Sahib generally only does 1.5-2 hours if your lucky. He has given first hour to his son to teach in English

Waheguru Ji

By chance are you still recording these divans?  Where can we here them?

Pakistan: 150-year-old Temple To Ground, Another Hindu Temple Attacked With Rocket Launchers

Monday, July 17, 2023

In two separate incidents in Sindh province of Pakistan, a 150-year old Hindu temple was razed to ground while another temple was attacked with rocket launchers.

A group of assailants attacked a Hindu temple and adjoining homes belonging to the Hindu community in Sindh’s Kashmore during the early hours of Sunday.

The group fired “rocket launchers” at Hindu, which was closed during the attack. The temple opens annually for religious services conducted by the Bagri community.

According to local police, eight or nine gunmen were involved in the attack. The rocket launchers fired by the attackers failed to explode, resulting in no loss of life.

Bagri community, widely regarded in an indigenous community in Pakistan’s Sindh and Punjab provinces, is referred to as ‘scheduled caste’ in Pakistan’s constitution. They speak Bagri language and practice Hinduism.

Dawn quoted Dr Suresh, a member of the Bagri community, as saying that the rocket launchers fired by the dacoits failed to explode, resulting in no loss of life.

He urged the police to protect the community, saying the incident had left the residents in a state of panic.

The violent attack on the Kashmore temple comes days after dacoits in the Kashmore and Ghotki riverine areas issued threats to attack Hindu places of worship and community members in retaliation to Seema Haider Jakhrani's PUBG love story.

On Friday a night, the 150-year old Mari Mata Temple in Karachi’s Soldier Bazar was razed to the ground by bulldozers in the presence of a heavy contingent of police force.

The temple was demolished after being declared an old and dangerous structure in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh Province.

The temple, which is sprrad over 400-500 square yards, had been the target of land grabbers and developers for years now.

The temple was under the management of the Madrasi Hindu community of Karachi.

A member of the Madrasi Hindu community said that they were facing pressure to vacate by two individuals, namely, Imran Hashmi and Rekha AKA Nagin Bai. There was also reports that the temple being sold off by the two named to another party for an amount of 70 million rupees and the buyers were looking to build a commercial building there.

Ram Nath Mishra Maharaj, the caretaker of the nearby Shri Punch Mukhi Hanuman Mandir, said that the bulldozers left the outer walls and the temple’s main gate intact, but they demolished the entire inside structure.

The community has appealed to the Pakistan-Hindu Council, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and the Inspector General of Sindh police to address the issue on an urgent basis.

In June 2022, Shri Mari Mata Mandir in Karachi was desecrated by a mob. The violent mob broke into the house of the priest and vandalised it. They even damaged the idol of Shri Mari Mata Mandir that the priest had kept in his house due to renovation work at the temple.

In August 2021, the Ganesh temple in Punjab’s Rahim Yar Khan district was vandalised by a mob of over 200 people. In March, a group of unidentified people attacked an over 100-year-old Hindu temple in Rawalpindi.

In December 2020, a mob of over 1,500 Muslims  attacked and set fire to a Hindu temple in a village in Karak district, some 160 kilometres southeast of Peshawar.

Discrimination and violence against religious minorities are commonplace in Pakistan, where Muslims make up 97 per cent of the population and Hindus around two percent.

Temples belonging to the minority Hindu population in Pakistan are often the target of mob violence.
 

Source: https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/pakistan-150-year-old-temple-managed-by-madrasi-hindu-community-razed-to-ground-another-hindu-temple-attacked-with-rocket-launchers

From basics of Sikhi channel.

While Sikhs are sleeping missionaries are putting programs all around the world to convert you.  While our babas are saying everything is the same but are shocked when these kind of events happen.

On 4/27/2023 at 8:49 AM, dalsingh101 said:

Take your mental 'jack and jills' and stop trying to spread lies about how hardworking your people are - if they were even half as hardworking as you make out, the whole agricultural economy wouldn't be in the sh1thouse like it is over there.

And I can tell from looking at your bootha that you wouldn't last a single day here on a site as a labourer or a hoddy, you'd be running back to your khet crying in no time. 

Do yourself a favour and spend some money on some gym equipment in your house and use it fatso. 

    

You've been going against farmers lately, what happened that is triggering you to do this?  Is it something you found in your research or something your learning in uni?

TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE DATES

In Gurbani, particularly in Sri Dasam Granth Sahib, certain terms are used to describe dates and events.
For example, in Sri Benti Chaupai Sahib, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji writes about the day that the Chaupai Sahib Bani was composed :-
ਭਾਦ੍ਰਵ ਸੁਦੀ ਅਸਟਮੀ ਰਵਿ ਵਾਰਾ ॥
In the month of Bhadon - on Sudi 8 - on a Sunday.
ਤੀਰ ਸਤੁਦ੍ਰਵ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸੁਧਾਰਾ ॥੪੦੫॥
On the banks of the Sutlej River, this bani was completed.

Or sometimes we hear of dates of historical events described in certain words :-
For example, the Parkash Dihara of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji is on Poh Sudi 7.

What is Bhadon Sudi 8 or Poh Sudi 7?

Bhadon or Poh is the month as in the Indian Calender - as described in Gurbani in Baramaha Paath.
Sudi 8 means the 8th day AFTER the new moon(Massia) - counting the new moon day as zero.

To understand better, study the image below. It describes the day of Poh Sudi 7 in the year 2017.

Check this graph 

http://www.gurukhoj.com/assets/img/Sudi Vadi.jpg

In year 2022, month of Bhadon is from Aug 17 to Sep 16.
Massia(New Moon) is on Aug 27.
So the ucharan date of Sri Chaupai Sahib in the year 2022 is on 4th September 2022 (Bhadon Sudi 8).

NOTE : While the above is correct, there are some years when adjustments are made to the calender. This is because ...
A solar year (the time it takes Earth to orbit the sun) lasts around 365 days.
A lunar year (12 full cycles of the Moon) is roughly 354 days.

Source:

http://www.gurukhoj.com/MainMISC.html

Counts and time units in Gurbani that might be useful

ਅੱਦਾ - Aadha
AADHA is to denote half or 50%

ਸਵਾ - SWA
For numbers, Sawa = 1/4 more
For example
Swa 2 is 2.25
Swa 4 is 4.25
Swa 6 is 6.25

For time, it is 15 minutes more.
For example
Swa 2 is 2:15
Swa 4 is 4.15
Swa 6 is 6:15

ਪੌਣੇ - PAUNAY
For numbers, Paunay = 1/4 less.
For example
Paunay 2 is 1.75
Paunay 4 is 3.75
Paunay 6 is 5.75

For time, Paunay is 15 minutes less.
For example
Paunay 2 is 1:45
Paunay 4 is 3:45
Paunay 6 is 5:45

ਡੇਡ - DEDH
This is a fixed number in both conditions.
For number: Dedh is 1.5
For time: Dedh is 1:30

ਟਾਈ - DHAEE
This a fixed number in both conditions.
For number: Dhaee is 2.5
For time: Dhaee is 2:30

ਸਾਡੇ - SADHE
Only for numbers and time greater than 2.
For numbers, Sadhe is 1/2 more
For example
Sadhe 3 is 3.5
Sadhe 4 is 4.5
Sadhe 6 is 6.5

For time, it is 30 minutes more.
For example
Sadhe 3 is 3:30
Sadhe 4 is 4.30
Sadhe 6 is 6:30

Source: 

http://www.gurukhoj.com/MainMISC.html

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We sometimes feel happy and satisfied with what little we offer to Guru Ji by way of a beautiful rumala. It is a good gesture. Sometimes we place a few dollars before Guru Ji as an offering. Guru Ji explains that this gesture is only the ABC of Gurmat. This is to say that, for maybe many years, some of us have not progressed beyond the stage of reading ABC. In other words, this is only the beginning of Gurmat.

One great endeavour of all the Sikh Gurus was to pull back and reduce the importance of their physical selves in favour of the importance of worship of God, devotion to Him, remembrance of His Name - the things which are emphasized most in the contents of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Ultimately this reduction and withdrawal of physical selves was complete and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji became the Guru containing all their teachings.

The Lord only wants the offering(paytaa) of body and mind. Sometimes we surrender our body but keep the mind to ourselves. The mind does not surrender. Have you ever thought what would take place when we reach the end of our road? Well, the body will be burnt to ashes which will be scattered by the wind in four direction. We wouldn't know where the wind is going to deposit us finally. It would be much better if we could find some fire while we are still alive and burn our ego into ashes. This burning of our ego will lead us to the Lord's mansion.

To be successful in both the material and spiritual worlds, it is extremely important for the mind to be powerful. In this spiritual field, the war with our mind is a lifelong process.

Japji Sahib was composed by Sri Guru Nanak Sahib Ji. It is meant to be recited daily. It offers a spiritual remedy for all our ills. It is a highly inspired verse and the thoughts expressed therein are of eternal value and significance. Its recitation is useful in more than one way. It enables us to enjoy communion with God. It helps us to realize the Truth and thereby make our life more purposeful and contented. We realize our real selves. The recitation of Japji Sahib removes the delusions from our minds and sets us on the road to discover the eternal mind - the creator of the universe. 

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Thanks for the link the website still works and baba Ji's books and kathas can be downloaded.

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Waheguru Ji

She also has a youtube channel. You might want to check out.  She does simran, katha and questions and answers with the Sangat.

This is her telegram link

https://t.me/wahegurunaam

3 hours ago, dalsingh101 said:

From the twitter comments:

 

 

Religion layer also has caste layer. This is Jatt vs Oppressed Dalits. Sikhs do not allow space to Dalits so Dalits are converting.

Could there also be a colonized layer 

With centuries of west colonizing India could it also be the punjabi population is imitating there colonizers.

They want to follow there religion, speak  there language, adopt there lifestyle, imitate there customs and mannerism.

There is hugh craze of punjabis trying to imitate the western world.  Could this be the trauma of colonialism.

3 hours ago, dalsingh101 said:

From the twitter comments:

 

 

Religion layer also has caste layer. This is Jatt vs Oppressed Dalits. Sikhs do not allow space to Dalits so Dalits are converting.

There's also a foreign layer

Huge funds are flowing in from various Christian missions based in Western countries like USA, Canada and UK. The religious conversion drive is being carried out by Christian missionaries in Punjab with funds arriving from foreign countries.

     It is believed that over Rs. 10,000 crores in foreign contributions come to India every year. This huge amount is mostly for Christian missionary activities. Gospel for Asia (GFA), which is an Oriental Orthodox Christian Mission based in Texas, USA, had donated about Rs. 600 crores for various church movements in India. GFA regularly seeks donations from Americans  for the church programs in India. This basically means getting new converts. One of its brochures says: “India’s over one billion people are …  responding to Jesus in record
numbers…”

5 hours ago, dalsingh101 said:

So basically, no, you don't challenge disgusting behaviour amongst apnay and have thrown it all on 'sant, babas'. I think it's people amongst us, who tolerate and turn a blind eye to disgusting discriminatory and abusive behaviour that are the root problem more than anything else. People try and form new societies or run to other existing ones to escape this. 

 

Badal family and their caste based politics/'parchaar' is probably more responsible for this stuff than any sant babay. 

 

Dass, is talking in a very particular narrow context.  When our sant/babas are talking about other faiths they seem to think everyone believes the same thing.  Not knowing that Abrahamic religions are exclusive, in that they believe only there religion is true and other religions lead to hell.  Our sant/babas ignore the fact that other religions see us as going to hell.  Then why are they saying we all believe the same thing.

Dass, would like to know why they are saying this.

5 hours ago, dalsingh101 said:

Forget puratan sampardayas, what do YOU do about it?

Do you challenge casteist and sociopathic behaviour amongst apnay that leads to people becoming disillusioned and seeking a better society elsewhere? Do you challenge it around you, and in your family? 

 

If not, why? 

Puratan sampradays are vitally important as they can lead the Sangat in the right direction.  

Progress will be slow at a individual level.  The sampradays collectively can make a big difference.  

100% agree.  The sewa society videos you posted, where people see with there own eyes what is happening is changing peoples mind for the better.  You can see how impacted people are when they see with own eyes.

Are puratan sampradays aware of this and what are they doing about this? 

6 hours ago, shastarSingh said:

Just been told by a Sevadar at this place that this different Nishan of baba sri Chand can also be seen at many old places attributed to baba sri Chand ji.

Is this a Udasi Samprada Gurdwara?

Do you have pictures from inside the Gurdwara or close up of Nishan Sahib?

Also, you visit many interesting places is there anyway you can record video of these places and upload them to youtube, for the benefit of Sangat who can't visit these places.  Waheguru Ji

Waheguru Ji

ਕਲੇਸ is used in Sukhman Sahib