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also check out www.sikhsoc.co.uk - Official KCL Sikh Society website when u buy the CD, they ship it out to you - the CD is amazing, and is definitely worth it!!!

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh My name is Gagan Preet Singh and am from Bradford, UK. Im 17 yrs old, studyin Maths Chem n Physics A Level, juss started ma 2nd yr. My interests are learning about Sikhi, doing Kirtan and cricket, n that's juss me, sweet n simple I must say, this site is rele gud, big up 2 all moderators n evry1 else hu's made this site a real success. :yo: :yo: Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Could someone please help me with why we should keep our hair but cut our nails? I've got an article on this, but I just wanted to know, is it mentioned anywhere in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, or any other Baani that we should not cut our hair but is ok to cut our nails? The following link provides good information about the scientific side of this, but I just want to find where it is mentioned as part of the Baani. http://forums.waheguroo.com/index.php?act=ST&f=12&t=1100

:bow: :bow: :bow: to Baba Jagjit Singh Ji!

i have taken santhiya on how to read the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, but dnt fully understand why most things are the way they are. When you read anything with Ghar in front of it, you alwez read it as pehla, dooja, teeja, etc, barvaa in ur example. But in one or two places in the Baani, it comes up as, lets say for example: In this instance, you would read it as Raamkali Mehalla Panjvaa, Ghar PANJVE Ke, but this only happens two or three times throughout the Baani of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, but I just thought I'd mention it.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh sorry if im goin bakwards here, but as this is ma 1st day here, i think that i can answer this question. Vaisakhi was actually on 30th March 1699. But during the 1800's, the clocks were moved forwards two weeks, dnt ask me y, they juss were. From then on, Vaisakhi has always been on 13th April, but every four years, it is on the 14th April. Again, i do not know why, but i will do my research on this, and get back. So, this year, Vaisakhi was on 14th April. For 3 years Vaisakhi will be on 13th April again, and then 14th April in 2007. I think it's got something to do with the leap year, the Nanakshahi calendar has a leap year aswell, but i aint fully sure on that. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

:pray: waheguru :pray: well sed ss ji

:bow: agreed :bow:

lol, i also think baba deep singh ji. at the gurdwara, there is a replica of baba deep singh ji's sword but i it isn't as heavy as the real thing. the replica i think weighs at around 6-7 kg's, n i tried doind Gatka wid d replica, but it woz too hard simply because it was too heavy. loads of respect to baba ji :bow: :bow:

this site is a good site where u can get comparisons of Sikhi with other main religions, i.e. Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Budhdism n Naturalisms. The site is: http://www.sikhspirit.com/ Just scroll down, and look on the left hand side, where it says Comparative Religion.

this was posted up on Sikhsangat, n i think it is a rele gud article on Sikhi http://forums.waheguroo.com/index.php?act=ST&f=12&t=1468

i think that Gurbani is the world of God, that has been revealed to us through the Gurus, n i dnt think that can be explained much more clearer than what kaur1699 penji has posted up

i agree wid commander ji and steel bangle ji, we shudnt celebr8 rakhi full stop. The reason why lots of people get confused as to y we shud ce,ebr8 it is cos during the Guru Ji's time, loads of Sikhs were celebr8in rakhi. So, in order to get those people away from this, there was always a Diwan by the Guru Ji at that time. Now people think that the Diwan was for Rakhi, but it was actually to get all the Sikhs together and away from the Hindus. This also happens at Holi, that's the reason why Hindu's celebrate Holi n Sikhs celebrate Hola Mohalla on the same day, and the confusion comes into Sikhi from there.

I can generally read a whole page of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in 3-4 minutes. As my dad has been a Giani nearly all his life, I have had a head start in learning to read the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. I think that now I can fluently read the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, I am concentrating on the meaning of the Baani. I have completed a Sahej Path, but that is with a few other people, practising how to read Shud Baani, taking over 2 years. My goal now is to do the Sahej Path by myself, and if I have Guru Ji's Kirpa, I am also going to try to do most of an Akhand Path by myself aswell, but that is later in life, when I feel I am ready for it.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh No we are not ready for Khalistan yet. If India gave Sikh Khalistan, how many of you would actually go to Khalistan now and serve the country? Maybe there are a few of you that will go. But then again, there are bound to be some corrupt people in Khalistan, there always are in politics. If Khalistan is created, then it will be the people of Panjab that will be in Khalistan, right? But have you seen the state of those people? Over 75% of the Sikhs that live in Panjab drink and take drugs. It is a fact that we, as NRI Sikhs are doing much better than people from back home. Now, if Khalistan was created, the majority of the people that are in Panjab now will be in Khalistan, but what is the point of Khalistan when all the people in Khalistan will not be Sikhs? Those people who drink and take drugs will have to be there because they have lived there all their lives, but that does not solve the problem. We as Sikhs aren't ready for Khalistan. We first have to become true Sikhs from within before we can go asking for Khalistan. And the people that need to realise this are the people that are living where Khalistan will be in the future. When we realise what we are and who we are, then we will not need to ask for Khalistan, as we will get it anyway. The Sikhs should be saint-soldiers, and if we really are saint-soldiers, then no army of the world will be able to stop us from what we want, but that can only happen when we, who call ourselves Sikhs, start acting like Sikhs, only then we can progress forward. YES, we need a Khalistan, but only when we are ready for it. If I have said anything against anyone, or said anything that has deeply upset anyone, then bhul chhuk maaf karna jee, I am here to learn about my roots, just like everyone else, and share my true opinions on things, to tell you what I think, not what people want me to think. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh