Archive for April, 2006

AKJ UK 11th Annual Smagam

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Akhand Kirtani Jatha UK's 11th Annual INTERNATIONAL AKHAND KIRTAN EVENT 2006 Celebrating the Birth of the Khalsa Panth Vaisakhi 1699 and commemorating the shaheeds of Amritsar in 1978 From Fri 14th April to Sun 23rd April 2006

AKJ UK invites you to join sangat from all over the world for the 11th Annual International Kirtan Event. Many kirtani jathas from around the world will be taking part in kirtan seva. The event will be broadcast live over the internet via video and audio on www.akj.org.uk/live

Invited keertanis from India for AKJ International event:

Bhai Ravinder Singh from New Dheli
Bhai Tejinder Singh from Khanna, Punjab
Tabla player Bhai Manmohan Singh Ludhiana
and other keertanies from around the world

Asa Di Var Fri 14th April 2006
5.30am - 8.30am
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Cross Road
Coventry
CV6 5GR

Kirtan Darbar Fri 14th April 2006
6pm - 10pm
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Cross Road
Coventry
CV6 5GR

Asa Di Var Sat 15th April 2006
5.30am - 10.30am
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Cross Road
Coventry
CV6 5GR

Kirtan Darbar Sat 15th April 2006
7pm - 12am
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Cross Road
Coventry
CV6 5GR

Kirtan Darbar Sun 16th April 2006
10am - 3pm
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Cross Road
Coventry
CV6 5GR

Akhand Paath Sahib Monday 17th April 2006
6pm onwards
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Princess St
Derby
DE23 8NT

Akhand Paath Bhog followed by Kirtan Darbar Wed 19th April 2006
6pm - 9pm
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Princess St
Derby
DE23 8NT

Asa Di Var Thur 20th April 2006
5.30am - 8.30am
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Princess St
Derby
DE23 8NT

Kirtan Darbar Thur 20th April 2006
6pm - 10pm
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Princess St
Derby
DE23 8NT

Asa Di Var Fri 21st April 2006
5.30am - 8.30am
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Princess St
Derby
DE23 8NT

Kirtan Darbar Fri 21st April 2006
6pm - 10pm
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Princess St
Derby
DE23 8NT

Asa Di Var Sat 22nd April 2006
5.30am - 10.30am
Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Princess St
Derby
DE23 8NT
RAINSBAI KIRTAN & 
AMRIT SANCHAR
Sat 22nd April 2006
7pm - 5am

Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Princess St
Derby
DE23 8NT

Coaches will leave from the following towns for the rainsabahee kirtan in Derby 22nd Apr:

6pm from Singh Sabha Grant St Bradford, Kamaljit Singh 07971185457
6pm from Chapletown Gurdwara Leeds, Jagjit Singh 07985112528
6pm from Singh Sabha Cross Rd Coventry Taranjit Singh 07859054452
5pm from Singh Sabha Havelock Rd Southall Satnam Singh 07956519256
6pm from Guru Harkrishan Gurdwara Manchester Jaswinder Singh 07957362644
5.30pm from Wexham Rd Slough Onkar Singh 07956528735
5.30pm from Singh Sabha High Rd Seven Kings Manjit Singh 07916167254
2pm from Central Gurdwara Glasgow Manjit Singh 01416160360
4pm from Gurdwara Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khas Karnail Singh 07801431855
5pm from Guru Nanak Darbar Gravesend Harinder Singh 07739535997
6pm from Soho Road Gurdwara Gurinder Singh 07816138885

NaamNet Classic

Monday, April 10th, 2006
A beautiful poem on ones longing of Waheguru Jee. It reminds us of the love one should have to have a glimpse of Waheguru and the hunger to keep repeating Naam.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

An unnamed longing welling in this breast
is overcome o Waheguru without Thy sweet caress

Name this and inscribe Thy name here with Thy gentle touch
impress upon these lips It's remembrance sach
So as to repeat and again entreat Thee with this tongue
to take and make this one Thy own
Longing overlong overcome with belonging only to Thee
tender dearest sweetest most gentle kind Waheguru Ji
Mercifully please awakest Thou me…
and grant this one a place at Thy feet to be
known only as Thy own

Waheguru Ji

Stories and Veechars

Monday, April 10th, 2006

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh

Dear Sangat Jee

Please check the Stories and the Veechar section in the MP3 page.

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We have added several stories, including some from Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh Jee's Autobiography. Majority of the Stories and veechars are done by Bhai Joginder Singh in the Gurmat and Paath class. He also comments on the stories, these are his personal views from the knowledge he has gained over the 30 years studying Sikhi.

Some of the Veechars are questions asked by the students in the class, Bhai Sahib sometimes does not have the opportunity to research the answers and tries to keep the answers in the boundaries of Gurmat as he possibly can. 

He asks the Sangat to forgive him if has said anything wrong.

Something new is going to be added to the blog is NaamNet Classics. Sevadaars of this web were members of this E-group when it first started and learnt so much that we used to keep some of the brilliant posts on our PC's. The effect that this E-group had on its members is that some of the well known Gurmat websites out there on the web are now run by early members of this E-group. These blogs we are going to put up we hope will encourage you to join the Egroup but also we hope that they have a effect on you as they did to us.

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh

MP3 Updates!

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!

The Paath Santhiya for the 7 Nitnem Bania is complete and online.

We have put one story up and more to come in the following week.

Also 3 Keertan Tracks have been put online, please enjoy. All Categories have a update notice next to them. We will try and put some of the Monthly Youth Keertan online this week.

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa, WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!! 

www.Sikhitothemax.com UPDATED!!!!

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh

Sangat Jee,

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Our sister site, http://www.sikhitothemax.com/ has been updated recently.

Run down of updates are:

The Mission button is now working Wink

Knowledge Section :

Nanak to Guru Granth Sahib by Sawan Singh Gogia is ONLINE : We will use this book on the blog for future posts aswell as other books.

Tabla Learner Tool is ONLINE : You can use this tool when doing keertan, play the correct taal at the correct speed and there is the tabla noise to accompany you whilst you do keertan.

Larrevaar Learner Tool is ONLINE : You can use this tool to learn how to read Larrevaar style of writing as per the Original Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee. As you hover over the Larrevaar line with your mouse the Pad-Ched equivalent will appear at the top left of the screen. The Gurbani is split line by line for the purpose of study.

Rehat Forum has also been Updated.

We hope to inform the sangat of future updates very soon.

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh

Monthly Keertan Darbar - March/April 06 Photos - Weekend Updates

Friday, April 7th, 2006

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!

The photos of the March and April Youth Keertan Darbar are online, please see the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Album.

Just to advise the sangat that the photos are dark due to the lights being turned off in the Darbar Sahib during the Keertan. We hope to add the Keertan aswell.

The sevadaars will be working through the weekend to update the site. We will put updates on the blog as soon as updates are done. We also have news on our Sister site www.sikhitothemax.com very soon!!

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!

Jhuttka Meat by Bhai Sahib Bhai Randhir Singh Jee - Introduction

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Introduction

The light that shines from the beliefs and principles of the Khalsa causes the eyes of opposition to squint, like those of an owl from the rising sun. No one is able to muster the strength to cast an aspersion upon any aspect of these absolute religious teachings. Having viewed the teachings of the Guru Granth Sahib, no one dares to cast a doubt against them. Choosing instead, to voice-fully support this complete religious expression.

The principles of the religion are as pure and unadulterated as pure gold. If there is contamination, then it is in the understanding of those who look for religious guidance. If a disciple experiences obstacles or hostility in any of the religious principles, then it is merely attributed to his/her own interpretation, lack of knowledge and incompleteness. There is no hostility in the holy word. If there is, then it exists in the extreme commentary of inquisitors. Those who have ever looked deeply into the religious principles, no matter how many doubts they may have carried with them, can no longer live without consulting the holy word. Even if someone is able to argue for religious hostility, that person is soundly defeated by an opposing argument.

According to religious criteria, those disciples who have purified their lives ooze radiance and glimmer like precious stones. The sight of these good examples engenders an urge to follow the same path in the minds of other visionaries. But when Sikhs who hold views contrary to the truth path, out of curiosity take a deeper look, then every kind of doubt is dispelled; so much so that the truth of the religious principles eliminates the disciple's relationship with suspicion.

The true cause of these shortcomings is that within the Panth, there is no expansion and clarification of final notions, which leads to the establishment of people who have a curiosity towards certain religious aspects. The result of this is that people in society begin to accept a form of religion that is untrue. It also leads to a split in the unity of the Panth. This split goes so far that it causes a hostility towards the connections that the religion has with the minds of people, and if the effort to re-establish true values is not taken, then jealousy and severe hostility is spread, the true message of the religion is forgotten and a diluted version is impressed upon the religious resolve of the people.

If the minds of the congregation continue to flow in this direction, then one can only hope that the holy principles of the Panth, due to contamination of thought, not only be left as mere customs and these inferior thoughts become fashionable and put a new face on the fatherly teachings of the religion.

Facing this fight, we try to root out this poisonous seed before it flourishes and put our absolute effort into battling against the blind madness that has caused so many divisions within the Panth and caused a gaping wound in such a pure religion.

In fearlessly tackling this poison we not only seek to re-establish and re-fortify the holy writings of the Guru Granth Sahib but also the sacred writings of Bhai Gurdaas Ji. We will only provide religious license to those Gurdwara's that conform to the religious criterion fully.

To Be Continued…..

Bhai Sahib Bhai Jeevan Singh’s Photo’s

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh,

Sevadaars have been collecting for the past few days as much Pictures of Bhai Sahib as they could (More to come in the next few days). To the Sevadaars of this website Bhai Sahib is a very dear Gurmukh and a ideal role model for the youth. We thank those who have donated these pictures and hope the Sanagt enjoys viewing them. We uploaded them last night after making alterations. Please take a look in the Gallery.

We hope to put the Introduction Part of Jhutkka Meat up by this evening, please check back later.

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!!

Funny isnt it?

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!! 

Nice email to forward to your Friends!!

Funny, isn't it?

Funny how simple it is for people to trash SIKHI and then wonder why the world's going to hell.

Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the GURUS HAVE SAID AND DONE says.

Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the GURU GRANTH SAHIB says. (Or is it scary?)

Funny how someone can say "I believe in WAHEGURU" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in WAHEGURU).

Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.

Funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them.

Funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what WAHEGURU thinks of me.

(Are you thinking?)

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa, WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!!!

Photo’s, Photo’s and More Photo’s

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!!

When this website was just a project in the mind of the Sevadaars we wanted a gallery where we could post Photos of Gursikhs and Events which have inspired us and the sangat.

The gallery now has over 370 photos, the below albums have been updated, please take time to view updates. The photos are taken by amateur photographers, well not even amateur, normally point and shoot photographers Laughing

Galleries updated :

Camps pre 2000, Toronto 1998, Lake District Camp, Jatha Gurskihs, India Gurdwaras.

We received a comment from a young gursikh - 'When I look at the gallery and see the Gurskihs, I want to Jaap Naam!!'

This is exactly why the title of the Gallery page is - 'Inspiration, Seva, Life' by looking at the photos we can see how Gursikhs live their lives, only Guru Jee is perfect but his Gursikhs should be a Inspiration through their Parchar and Seva.

There are hundreds of more photo's to go up. Many Families have given photos to put up on the site, we thank them for this seva. If necessary the Sevadaars will come and collect the photo's and once scanned will return them in the same condition - so please give your photo's and Inspire the next generation of Gursikhs.

Bhul Chuk Marf Karna!!

WaheguruJeeKaaKhalsa, WaheguruJeeKeeFateh!!