BhagatSingh

The story of Kharag Singh is a work of "historical-fan-fiction", the same genre as the Assassin's Creed games.

The author imagined what would happen if God fought a battle against the strongest warlord, in order to tell an epic story of an epic battle between the two.

As far as I know, this character does not appear in Bhagwad Puran or Mahabharat.

The Name 'Kharag Singh' is a(n intentionally) modern name, compared to that Era, and should also give it away as a work of "historical-fan-fiction".

On 1/23/2018 at 12:35 PM, Kalpu said:

Same word by saying,  just spelling dfrences

It's not pronounced (or spelled) as as "Par-bhir-ham", it's pronounced as Par-Bra-hm.

Pronunciation is very important.

We had another member on here who thought Brahm (God) was the same thing as Bharam (illusion).

They had been pronouncing the two words in the same way, which lead to their confusion.

11 hours ago, Kalpu said:

Its Parbhirham

Parbrahm*

I recommend this website for Ramayan -

http://valmikiramayan.net/

On 1/17/2018 at 2:46 PM, Crystal said:

Har , brahm , shiv

On 1/18/2018 at 5:51 AM, paapiman said:

Har and Ram are the two most common ones.

Correctly pronounced as Hari.

15 minutes ago, paapiman said:

According to Niddar, passing under someone's legs is considered a great insult in the Punjabi culture. It indicates that you agree to be powerless or impotent in front of him/her.

This is correct bhaji.

You mean - Guru Sumati de.

Sumati means -
su - good , mati - mindset

Smarth means - powerful

Anyway, the key to both peaceful simaran and rhythmic simaran, is good breath control.

Breathe in - count to 6
Breathe out - count to 3

Repeat this till you get the rhythm down and start chanting naam in accordance with this rhythm.

Dally got me hooked on The Walking Dead series. Been reading the compendiums. 2 down, 1 more left to go.

What does GMO have to do with anything?

On 12/22/2017 at 8:25 AM, amardeep said:

In our scriptures and commentaries you can find references to Krishna, Vishnu

...just like how in Quran, you can find references to Allah.

Although Guru Granth Sahib recommends aVegetarian diet, the best meal for a modern Sikh is Vegan.

It may have been possible to be Vegatarian at the time when people lived in villages around farms.

But in the modern age with factory farming, Vegan is the way to go.

This is because the Dairy industry feeds into the Meat industry.

Cows are impregnated so that they will give birth to a calf and begin to produce milk, this calf then is taken away from the mother and slaughtered, the cow itself is later slaughtered when she stops giving milk. The male calves are always slaughtered whereas the female calf maybe raised to produce milk and/or slaughtered.

With the amount of people we have it is unsustainable to produce ethical milk, if milk was ever ethical to begin with.

Monotheism and Polytheism and Pantheism are all the same.

The experience of God, merges these branches in to one.

The english translations are ... I don't want to say dishonest but certainly not giving the full picture.

It literally says the name however the translation has not mentioned it.

The name in this quote is - Ram

Ram rhymes with calm, not to mention it is very calming when chanted.

Btw Ram and Hari are two most popular names of the Lord in Guru Granth Sahib.

On 12/30/2017 at 12:37 PM, paapiman said:

Kidan Bhagata. Where have you been?

Maybe we had multiple battle cries.

 

Bhul chuk maaf

Chardi kala.

On 12/30/2017 at 10:15 AM, amardeep said:

Interesting.  Can you provide some examples of where you find the language modern. 

Use of bindis for example.

On 12/30/2017 at 11:22 AM, amardeep said:

There is only one verse by Guru Nanak wherein Baba Nanak occours

Interesting.

On 12/30/2017 at 11:24 AM, amardeep said:

Regardless of it being from the 16th century or 18th century during the Sikh's rise to rule, this is such an interesting document as it highlights a Sikh view of politics and rule

Indeed.

On 12/30/2017 at 12:52 PM, paapiman said:

It depends on where you put the Aradh Vishraam (type of pause)

Yeah but it doesn't make sense to put it after Baba.

The language appears to be more modern than Guru ji's times probably around at least late 1600s.

Also why is Guru Sahib whose signature is "Nanak",  signing a document as "Baba Nanak"?

On 12/27/2017 at 8:57 AM, paapiman said:

"Alakh Niranjan," -
The great cry breaks all fetters,
Scatters all fears.

Interesting. I wonder what other battle cries we had.

Friendship is important also, as well as associating with like-minded people, for the flowering of your soul/consciousness.

42 minutes ago, WillEast said:

I grew up a Catholic but later on began a long spiritual search to address to address questions such as Is there soul?; Do we reincarnate?; What is the purpose of the Samsara? .  I explored Buddhism, Hare Krishnas and Eckankar more recently.  It was through Eckankar that I grew interested in exploring the source teachings of Sikhism.

Ultimately these paths are just tools that you can use to carve your own path in the world.

What really matters is your daily practice and I am glad to hear you are doing something regularly. Practicing consistently on a daily basis and as much as possible, in all activities, is the most important.

What has been your daily practice so far? And tell us more about what you are doing and your experience of doing it.

9 hours ago, WillEast said:

I am looking to make spiritual progress.

Ok then what kind of spiritual practices have you dabbled in so far? And what are you doing these days?

4 hours ago, Kuttabanda2 said:

It had to be done. To establish, ratify and firmly ground their views. It was quite strategic and plausible to me. There was no other appropriate treatment that could be given to those who thought prostitution, Devi-Devte worship, and caste discrimination was acceptable in the Panth. Essentially going against Gurmat.

This is part of the Singh Sabha ideology.

4 hours ago, Kuttabanda2 said:

What the SGPC did with Chaupai Sahib isn't even representative of the Singh Sabhas.  Panch Khalsa Diwan, Chief Khalsa Diwan, Rawalpindi Singh Sabha all read and preached Chaupai Sahib to conclude at Arril, as it actually does.  In 'Milgobha Sudhaar' and 'Gurmat Prakaash Sanskaar' The Chaupai Sahib is mentioned to start from "Hamri Karo Haath Dai Rachya...." up to "Ho jo yaaki eik baar chaupai ko kahai".  The change brought by the SGPC isn't representative of the Singh Sabhas.  Even Bhasaurias, after losing their marbles, read Chaupai Sahib till Arril and made a specific injunction to do so. So that can't be used against the Singh Sabhas, as it's not their belief, let alone their doing.

This is simply a continuation of the Singh Sabha ideology.

You watch now, they will start questioning Nam Dev ji's bani.

Then they will start questioning Guru Arjun Dev ji's bani.

http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&g=1&h=1&r=1&t=1&p=0&k=0&fb=0&Param=1082

They are ignorant, they don't understand how Mythology works, what the worship of Devi Devte is about and so they foolishly cut out sections of banis.

They cannot explain a lot of things in Guru Granth Sahib even. And Chaupai Sahib is just an easy target because it's not part of Guru Granth Sahib. So they can get away with cutting parts of it.

Ok... but what are you really looking for? Just a community of people to chill with?

15 hours ago, Lucky said:

He's put some of the underlying and hidden truths that are within us, into words. 

Yes, this!

I am so glad to see that you felt that too. He just lays down the barrage and blows your mind to bits. I would recommend  his other youtube lectures as well. It's brilliant stuff.

15 hours ago, Lucky said:

I've been going deeper into Gur Tegh Bahadur jee's bani recently. I recalled his shabads something like-> "like a dog's tail that can't be straightened, the mind wont listen, no matter what I try".   The deeper truth in this pangti is similar to Peterson's mention of "we are meant to suffer".when he talks finding the middle balance line between order and chaos.

Nanak dukhiya sabh sansar, so sukhia jis naam adhar

That's one of the four truths in Buddhism as well. Life is suffering.

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1. Dukkha, "incapable of satisfying,"^{[web 2]} painful.^[4][5]Life in this "mundane world,"^{[web 3]} with its craving and clinging to impermanent states and things,^[4] is dukkha,^[3] unsatisfactory and painful;^{[web 2][4][5][6][18][web 3]}
2. Samudaya, the origination or arising of dukkha. Dukkha, and repeated life in this world, arises with taṇhā, "thirst," craving for and clinging to these impermanent states and things. This craving and clinging produces karma which leads to renewed becoming, keeping us trapped in rebirth and renewed dissatisfaction;^{[note 4]}
3. Nirodha, the cessation of dukkha. By stopping this craving and clinging nirvana is attained,^[25] no more karma is produced, and rebirth and dissatisfaction will no longer arise again;^{[note 5]}
4. Magga, the path to the cessation of, or liberation from dukkha. By following the Noble Eightfold Path, restraining oneself, cultivating discipline, and practicing mindfulness and meditation, craving and clinging will be stopped, and rebirth and dissatisfaction are ended.^[27][28]

 

Just now, jaikaara said:

Kaur comes from Kunwar which actually means prince and Rajput ladies generally had Kunwar attached to their names in the past is what i recall of mentioning .

Hmm I remember now.

How come Rajput women had Kunwar as a name and not Kunwari?

@Lucky
Thank you! It's all God's grace. Whispering of the inner guru.