Kaljug

I think so, yes, though there might be some that disagree. Ultimately there is no difference between this and an animal that has been killed in shikaar (with arrows, spear or rifle) as long as maryada like reciting Chandi di Var beforehand and jaikara at the point of the animals death is done. It looks like they shot it first out of compassion because the Nihang was anticipating difficulty beheading it one blow. What do you think, veera? Edit: WTH kind of animal is that? It looks way too big to be a goat. K.

Cinnamon is good, as is haldi. How advanced is his diabetes? Sometimes, if it's caught early, it can be treated through diet, but he'd need to see a good nutritionist. Even in advanced cases, diet will help a lot. From an ayurvedic point of view, the goal is to pacify the kapha dosha (complex carbs in place of simple, protein that's easily digestible so little red meat, not too much dairy, very little fat). Here's a general guide that he might find useful: http://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Diabetes/diabetes_ayurveda.htm If he doesn't like karelay, he can experiment with adding the herbs mentioned on that page in his usual cuisine. By the way, Vasant Kusumakar Ras which is mentioned on that page is prescribed by ayurvedic doctors, but it's made with gold and pearl ash, so if you buy it, you have to make sure that you get it from someone you trust. K.

Come on, Singhs and Singhania! Who else is up for it? If I have to do it myself, at the end of the 40 days I may just decide to ask Akal Purakh to turn you into poofs. K.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! Someone is attempting the seva of providing the daily hukumnama from Nankana Sahib, Pakistan here: http://www.paksikhism.com/ K.

Congrats on your bhakti, veer ji! I'm game for the chalisa. It would be cool if we could get at least 5 people so we could do 25,000 each over a period of 40 days. Ten people would be better because I'm a lazy moorakh. Some opinions on the objective would be great. My vote would be for both martial power and cool heads (or political astuteness) for the Panth so that we have the ability to conquer enemies but the presence of mind to know when rajniti is called for rather than rudra ras. K.

Spot on. K.

LOL, let's not have another Singh Sabha discussion on this forum. The last one was ugly enough. Let's just say that Singh Sabha accomplished some great things but, in some instances, they may have thrown the baby out with the bath water. I think what is most important for this generation of Gursikhs is to promote the idea of unity within the greater Sikh Panth, to accept that some groups may choose to focus on very different aspects of Sikhi, and to respect the differences as long as they do not contradict Sikh doctrine. The approach should be to try to understand differences, to foster healthy debate, and to encourage understanding on both sides, rather than to blow shit up - mostly because blowing shit up usually ends up with everyone involved (and innocent bystanders) covered in shit. However, Sikhs should never become so weak that they do not rise to challenges by bemukhs and naastiks like the anti-Dasam Granth brigade, especially when they are clearly at odds with Sikh History and traditional teachings.

To be honest, apart from Mahapurakhs, most of the people I know who have done this have been bibiya who don't work and have grown up children so that they have a lot of free time. Of course, having a lot of leisure time doesn't mean that anyone but people with a lot of sharda can accomplish the chalisa. I have immense respect for any working man or woman who manages to complete the 40 days. I can't even begin to imagine how much dedication and willpower that must take. K.

This was from Giani Thakur Singh. I think what he meant was that one still has to involve the mind while one is reciting out loud (or even under one's breath), but the sound gives something for the mind to focus on while it is still in the wandering stage. It doesn't mean that you should do jap with your tounge but let your mind roam freely. At some point though the mind takes up the jaap automatically and the toungue is not required. Try this as an experiment: do a mala or two of mul mantar aloud while concentrating the mind then stop reciting aloud. You will find that your mind continues the jaap without having to focus on the sound. Of course, very soon your mind will start to wander when you lose this focus. The longer one recites aloud with concentration, the longer will your mind continue the jap internally without an aural focus. You can of course increase the length of time you can stay in this state by making some effort to do mental jaap when your mind begins to wander, but initially you may have to switch back to vocal jaap to regain that concentration. The idea is that eventually all jaap becomes internal when your dhyaan is strong enough (with Gurukirpa). K.

Oh wait ... you said apart from perseverance. I was told this happens of its own accord and not to force the change from silent jaap to mental jaap. Initially you will move on to mental repetition and back to silent utterance, but eventually it becomes completely internal and continuous without conscious effort. Adhyatmic, I think you should do the chalisa and tell us how it went. :-D K.

Don't be so pessimistic! I intend to live until at least a thousand, and for this one time only offer I will sell you this Taoist pill of Immortality (that looks a little an aspirin) for the small fee of £1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.99. I agree that this is the ideal way to administer amrit (only to those who are worthy), but this also makes our very small numbers even smaller. Spiritually this may be excellent, but politically it is suicide - and I believe Sikhi has to exist as a political entity both to influence the rest of the world and to represent the Sikh Panth against those who do not understand us, those who would seek to destroy us, and those who wish to enforce their culture and social mores on us (miri piri and so on). I don't know what the solution is. Perhaps to be more inclusive and include sehajdharis, udasis, nihangs and nirmalay as different members of the same family, but to promote the ideal of Amritdhari rehatvaan Gursikhs as an ideal? K.

By the way, what's up with the Singhs in Brampton? Why all this fighting all of a sudden? It's beginning to sound like the Punjabi version of Harlem there. K.

I agree with this method. Also, you can try doing the 33 malay a day for a week (or just on the weekend if you work) if you want something more intense and a feeling for how much sharda and dhyaan (and Gurukirpa) Gursikhs must have to do the whole 40 days. It won't take a whole 8 hours as your repetition naturally gets faster, but it will still take 4-6 hours. K.

Aight. See you here in 100+ years. :-D You owe me some gulab jaman if you are wrong (and I think you are). We've already been around for a good 500 years, Singh. We've got a lot of catching up to do if we are going to compete with the Abrahamic religions for greatest number of murders in the name of God. They were far ahead of us at the 500 year mark. I don't believe there is anything in Sri Guru Granth Sahib or Sri Dasam Granth like the kind of hate espoused in the Old Testament and the Quran. But this is another topic for another day. Right now I'm going to enjoy the beautiful weather and try to take over the world. Also, Amardeep, I disagree. There is going to be chaos and violence as long as Gurughar is treated like a profit-making business and not as a house of worship for the devoted. When the next generation take over, they are just going to fight about other issues, but at the end of the day it will still be about the money. Toodlypips chaps, K.

Meh. We still have some way to go before we start blowing ourselves up in a gurdwara and killing innocent worshippers. Anyway, it's a pretty disgusting act. It's clear that the financial incentives of running a gurdwara have to be removed so that the only ones who will do it are those who do it out of a desire for seva. K.

Yes, but there's something to be said for throwing 1000 jabs every day for a month, and doing nothing else, to improve your boxing game. K.

AFAIK, it's the same as maryada for sharda pooran paath - i.e., have jal, jyot, and dhoop present. It should be done the first time sitting on the same place and the same time. Some say start at amritvela facing the rising sun, but I don't know if the direction one faces is really important if you can't see the sun (i.e., if you have no window facing east). Sant Jagjit Singh Harkhowale writes about this in his autobiography which can be found online. Yes, but I don't know how it changes their jeevan though I don't doubt that it had a mighty change on their internal state. Giani Thakur Singh said that doing such an intense tapasya will sometimes bring out your past karams (so that they can be destroyed) - but the karams have to come out at some time anyway. That's why people sometimes increase their tapasya in a gradual way (to reduce the sudden onslaught of problems). However, things clear up quickly if you finish the chalisa. If you don't, from the experience I have heard from others, the negative situations remain for a while because they are not completely burned away by your tapasya. You don't have to be Amritdhari to do the chalisa, but you need to keep rehat while you are doing it This is recommended first time round because it is an aid to concentration. Unless your concentration is firm, it's too easy to get distracted if you do it while walking around. Regards, K.

SikhAwareness.com Kaur for Prime Minister of Canadastan! K.

Seems like these MPs believed that the following statement implied some sort of threat towards them: "They have never been invited," Inderjit Singh Bains said during an interview on Radio Sher-e Punjab "If they come, they need to bring their own security." I see no implied or explicit threat in that statement at all. If the MPs were not invited, naturally they would have to bring their own security. Why should the organisers spend the sangat's money on security for people who are not welcome? It looks like some people are blowing an innocent comment out of proportion for their own agendas. To me it seems that Canada has become the political vassal of India. K.

Well, then those 42 aren't Amritdhari Sikhs, they are still bakray. Their gooroo is the hobbit Darshan Lal. And either write in English or use Gurmukhi script. K.

Five Amrit bania, Akal Ustat, Chandi di Var, Chandi Charitra, Ugardanti and Braham Kavach (the latter 4 while standing). Then chatka a goat (or a follower of Darshan Lal) and eat it. Spend the rest of the time exercising and practising Shastar Vidiya. K.

It's probably best that any letter written to this paper comes from a large Sikh organisation in Canada rather than angry individuals, even if the anger is righteous and the headline is clearly a ploy to rile up already frustrated Sikhs. It should include an introduction to what the Akal Takht represents for Sikhs (likening it to the Vatican for Catholics), then provide copies of the hukumnamas against Darshan Lal appearing in any Gurdwara so that people understand that what Darshan Lal is doing is inciting Sikhs and purposely enflaming passions. Perhaps copies of the passages from Open Secrets should be quoted to show that he is acting as an Indian agent. The aim should be that the Canadian authorities ban him from entering Canada, and it should embarrass the Indian government so that they are forced to react against their agent. Maybe next time there is a bhanga in Canada with these kala-afghana scum, someone could pick up Darshan Lal and use him to beat some kala afghana to death. Perhaps then the tabloids in Canada could write articles asking for a ban on fat, egotistical traitorous Indian hobbits. Edit: Looking on the bright side, there will likely be some people who, under the influence of Kaljug, will search for translations of Sri Dasam Granth because of this article, and will realise how deep thw wisdom of this Granth is. Regards, K.

Cool. Chow Gar Mantis Ip Shui demonstrating "Virgin Boy Skill" (the ability to suck the testicles into the abdomen at will): :-D His student Paul Whitrod is a badass also and teaches in the UK (in London, I think): http://www.chowgarsouthernmantis.com/paulwhitrod.php Regards, K.

Just simply amazing.

I love this guy! Watch the following clip for an excellent green chutney recipe. Listen carefully to the 1st minute about the connection between onions and mother-in-laws. "I am not crying." LOL K.