Shastarvidia by Baba Gian Singh 'Rab'

Baba Giana Singh 'Rab's opinion on how to learn shastravidia. Printed by Buddha Dal. It emphasises Nitnem, and Dasam bani.Baba Giana Singh taught the most number of Gatka students in colonial times, when Gatka was under threat. - 

Baba Giana Singh in 1967

Shastar Vidia - Buddha Dal press, Lower Mal Road, Patiala

IK Oankar Vahiguru ki fi fateh! Sabh to pahila shastra-vidia da mul mantra parna chahida hai. Jo Gurmukh shastar vidia sikhna arabh kare, os da ih faraz hai ki mul mantra kant karake jarur hi nitnem naal paria kare. Jo Singh Sabh Gurmukh Nitnem Naal Path karega us singh nu datte Maha Akal de kazaney vicho Adi Shakti prapat hovegi, jo bharosey rakhega te bachan sat kar manega.

Baba Santa Singh comments in the foreward to this book: 'Nihang Singh Baba Gian Singh Sutantar Purane Shastardhari Singh Han te Shastra vidia de vi change giata hai, ustad banke unna hazare singhan nu shastra vidia sikhai hai' Nihang Singh Baba Gian Singh is a old wise armed Singh, who knows Shastravidia very well, being a Master, he has taught THOUSANDS of Singhs Shastravidia.'

Baba Santa Singh comments in the foreward to this book: 'Nihang Singh Baba Gian Singh Sutantar Purane Shastardhari Singh Han te Shastra vidia de vi change giata hai, ustad banke unna hazare singhan nu shastra vidia sikhai hai' Nihang Singh Baba Gian Singh is a old wise armed Singh, who knows Shastravidia very well, being a Master, he has taught THOUSANDS of Singhs Shastravidia.'

The mul mantra is Bhagauti Astotra, found in the Buddha Dal Gutka Sahib

The mul mantra is Bhagauti Astotra:http://www.kamalroopsingh.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/sri-bhagauti-astotra-patisahi-10.html

Shastar Vidia - Baba Giana Singh Ji, Buddha Dal press, Lower Mal Road, Patiala.

Dr Kamalroop Singh

Shastravidia - Dhai Phat - Sikh Guerrilla warfare tactics

Rattan Singh whose account is based on contemporary oral evidence, was told by a former veteran that one basic tactic of the Sikhs was: “Hit the enemy hard enough to kill, run, turn back and hit him again; run again, hit and run till you exasperate the enemy, and then, melt away.” Their entire theory of war is summed up in the word Dhai Phat or two and a half injuries. They considered approach, and all that goes into the making of it when element of surprise is to be secured, as one secret of success. This they called one Phat or injury and regarded it 40 per cent of their battle activity. The half Phat was the sudden swift shock action which put the enemy off his balance. Then they suddenly withdrew before the enemy could strike back and disappeared to where he could not chase them. They considered speedy and orderly withdrawal to be the second secret of success or the other complete Phat.

By Arjan Das Malik.

Srī Bhagautī Astotra

Vahiguru ji ka Khalsa Vahiguru ji ki fateh!!!!!!

Dear friend,

The following translation of the Srī Bhagautī Astotra is from the forthcoming publication Dasam Granth Sahib, Essays, Lectures, and Translations, Oxford University Press, India. The title is still subject to change.

http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/180377-Sri-Bhagauti-Astotra

This forthcoming publication is by two scholars of Sikh Studies, Kamalroop Singh and Gurinder Singh Mann, and includes new and exciting areas of study. The history and discussion of the vīr rasī Srī Bhagautī Astotra or heroic ‘Panegyric to the Divine-Sword’ is included within this forthcoming title. It includes the history and translations of the apocrypha from extant manuscripts of the Dasam Granth Sahib, the discussion of previously unknown manuscripts from 1695–1698 ad, a study of the rituals and maryādā of the Graṅth of Guru Gobind Singh. The tradition of the Dasam Granth Sahib within the Sampradāvāṅ, e.g. Akālī Nihaṅg Singh Khālsā (Buḍḍhā Dal) and the changes made by the ‘Tat Khalsa’ Singh Sabha to the original praxis of the Srī Akāl Takht Sāhib and Srī Keshgaṛh Sāhib.

Best regards,

Kamalroop Singh