tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40654703000062248992024-03-19T02:46:05.551-07:00ਸ੍ਰੀਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂਜੀਕੀਫਤਹThe Nihang Singh Traditions - The Warrior SikhsNihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-9785479852395054082016-02-02T09:38:00.002-08:002016-02-02T09:38:28.773-08:00Guru Gobind Singh Gurpurab Article<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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They ask me to say something about Guru Gobind Singh;</div>
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they ask what is he to me?</div>
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I tremble when they ask me, what is he to me?</div>
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I burst forth into childlike cries of both joy and pain,</div>
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and I faint away,</div>
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knowing not what is He to me!</div>
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Only I say Guru Glorious! Guru Glorious and I am consoled,</div>
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I slumber in His Lap,</div>
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soothed by the lullabies of my own sound,</div>
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knowing not what is He to me!</div>
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Do not ask me to define Him,</div>
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Do not ask me to praise Him,</div>
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Do not ask me name Him,</div>
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Do not ask me to preach Him,</div>
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And ask me not to conceal Him,</div>
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One who has freed me,-</div>
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Me, the self-poisoned,</div>
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the down trodden slave in the fragrance of Himself.</div>
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Whatever He may be to anyone else,</div>
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To me, He is the Creator . . .</div>
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-83642956976520928722016-01-25T11:02:00.001-08:002016-01-25T11:02:26.629-08:00The Guru’s warrior scripture by Kamalroop Singh and Gurinder Singh Mann<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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he scripture known as the Dasam Granth Sahib or the ‘Scripture of the Tenth King,’ has traditionally been attributed to Guru <a href="http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095857973" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0099cc; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gobind Singh</a>. It was composed in a volatile period to inspire the Sikh warriors in the battle against the Moghuls, and many of the compositions were written for the rituals related to the preparation for war (<em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Shastra puja</em>) and for the battlefield. The verses generally consist of battle scenes and equate weapons with God, where the sword symbolises the victory of good over evil. War, according to the Tenth Guru, should only be a righteous war or <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">dharam yudh,</em> and it is true that the Sikhs throughout their history have been noted for their exemplary ethics in warfare. Guru Gobind Singh writes in his epic letter known as the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Zafarnama</em> that it is only justified to ‘raise the sword once all means have been exhausted.’ The compositions were written in mostly Braj Bhasha, and some smaller compositions are composed in Persian and Punjabi. In contrast to the primary Sikh scripture, the Adi Guru Granth Sahib, which is written in <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Shanti ras</em> or verses that inspire peace, the Dasam Granth has a heroic strain of expression or <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Vir ras</em>.</div>
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In recent times, the Dasam Granth has been of much interest and volatile debate. This debate has its roots during colonialism in the Sikh reformist movement, known as the Singh Sabha. The most controversial and volatile discussion is that of the authorship, which is the most polemic and opinionated argument that one could ever experience. Rather than being concerned with this issue of authorship, it is better that discussions are based on primary sources, like manuscripts and relics.</div>
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There is an intrinsic relationship of the scripture to the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">maryada </em>(traditions), which includes the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">shastra</em>s (weapons), the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Takhts</em> (thrones of polity), and the warriors known as the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Akali Nihangs</em>. It is important to consider the historical context that the scripture was written in, and its link with battlefield sciences of the period. Whilst the primary scripture is now predominantly seen in Gurdwaras or Sikh temples across the world, during colonialism the Dasam Granth was removed from its ceremonial role, and it actual contents have been overshadowed by the rhetoric of reformist movements.</div>
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-83695966024152812012016-01-18T06:36:00.000-08:002016-01-18T06:37:20.116-08:00Nasīhatanāmā by Guru Nanak, or 'Letter of Advice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Translation of the Nasīhatanāmā by Guru Nanak, or 'Letter of Advice' to a cruel King killing his subjects for money. Guru Ji quotes to him a story from the Holy Bible and Holy Qur'an of Karun or Korah, usually known as King Croesus. Who was famed for his fabulous wealth in forty storehouses.</div>
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The hagiographies of Guru Nanak Dev Ji such as the Srī Gur Nānak Parkāsh Graṅth, and other older Janamsākhiā, narrate that the Nasīhatanāmā was said in a conversation between the King of <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">Misar or Rum (regions around Egypt and Turkey), who was a cruel tyrant, and Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is a letter of advice from Guru Nanak to the Emperor or the King named as Hamid Karun. He is advised by the Guru to do good deeds and be kind as God has bestowed wealth on him. Money should be spent on good causes, and that money belongs to him who spends it. The world is transient, only the True God is eternal, therefore no one should feel proud of his possessions as we are all bound to perish, and one should remember the name of God (nām). You can listen to this bani here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/kamalroop-singh/nasihatnama-by-guru-nanak-dev-ji" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/kam…/nasihatnama-by-guru-nanak-dev-ji</a></span></div>
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Epistle of Advice<br />
Tilang composed by Guru Nanak Dev Ji.<br />
One Universal Creator realised by the grace of the True Guru.<br />
One gets a high status if it is given by Khudāi.<br />
Whatever you see on the earth will all vanish.<br />
Always this wealth will not last, even though it may be countless.<br />
Millions will not remain, nor will thousands remain.<br />
Wealth is one's who spends and uses it.<br />
If one shares and distributes it, then it will please God.</div>
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-63947777568297158342016-01-18T06:35:00.001-08:002016-01-18T06:35:06.605-08:00 Paiṅtīs Akharī - Translation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Paiṅtīs Akharī is an acrostic bani about the Gurmukhi alphabet said to be by Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is apocryphal as it is not in the Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The Guru describes the experience or attributes of Ik Oaṅkār with each letter, or the non-divisible advait Vahiguru, which is the ecstatic experience of non-duality. The state of enlightenment or Nirvana is described, where the term turia is employed by Guru, he states that in actual fact there is no difference <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">between the soul and the Super-soul, like water that merges back into water.</span></div>
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The cover shows the Thirty-Five letters of the Gurmukhi Alphabet written by Guru Arjan Dev Ji, and the Muhārnī, which is a special way to learn all the sounds in Gurbani. By the Guru writing the letters at the top and alongside his Gurbani we can safely conclude that Gurmukhi script itself is considered holy and is a spiritual language. G. B. Singh (1950) concluded that it was more ancient than even Sanskrit (which has Fifty-Two letters), and provided detailed impressions of ancient rock carvings of glyphs to prove it (See the table below). According to Prof Anurag Singh and the late Giani Sant Singh Maskeen some of them are also found in Turkmenistan. G. B. Singh has proved that development of all languages began with Runes and Hieroglyphics, which is a fascinating angle on the history of Gurmukhi. In the tradition it is said each sound resonates from a certain chakra, and is said to purify them (see the diagram by Sant Sher Singh on the next page). Each letter and word must be perfected via special methods in order to perfect the banis, this is known as santhiā.</div>
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According to the poet Kankan, who was in the Court of the Tenth Master, it was Guru Nanak Dev Ji who first wrote ‘his bani in a language easier than the Vedas’. Previous to the Singh Sabha, Punjabi was written in Persian characters otherwise called Shahmukhi. In the tradition, to use Gurmukhi for everyday purposes was considered a tankha (not within maryada), and to throw away Gurmukhi characters was considered a gross violation of rahit, due to the prāṇa or life force they carry. Therefore, any Gurbani no matter what language it is written in should never be placed on the floor or touched with unwashed hands, and the head should always be covered. In the tradition we see Gurbani as a mirror of the Universe, so the more we elevate Gurbani the more we are actually elevated in our lives. Sri Singh Sahib, Harbhajan Singh Yogi, in his Nitnem Namaa states that the ‘The Paintees Akharee gives the understanding of Yoga.’ He also stated that it gives secret knowledge.</div>
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You can read more about it here with the translation: <a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/295735126/Paintis-Akhari-by-Dr-Kamalroop-Singh-Akali-Nihang" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/…/Paintis-Akhari-by-Dr-Kamalroop-Sin…</a></div>
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You can listen to the bani here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/kamalroop-singh/paintees-akhari-by-guru-nanak-dev-ji" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/…/paintees-akhari-by-guru-nanak-dev-…</a></div>
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"The fortunate ones admire Guru Gobind Singh; he knows everything in our hearts."http://www.sikhnet.com/news/happy-birthday-guru-gobind-singh-ji<br />
Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sikhnet/">SikhNet</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sikhnet/posts/10153409221264226">Thursday, January 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-53881171484184488212015-08-16T06:20:00.000-07:002015-08-16T06:35:00.837-07:00Some ad hoc comments about the recent events surrounding Sikh Marriages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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religions and that the Divine is one and the same for all. The Gurdwara is open
for all to come and visit, and partake in the Guru's free kitchen and
meditation/prayer. The Sikh scripture is not prescriptive, and to find
information about marriage rites you have to look at the <i>Rahit-name</i>,
i.e. codes of conduct. The primary scripture of the Sikh canon is the Guru
Granth Sahib which is devotional, it does not describe in detail how a Sikh
should conduct oneself in social life. Therefore, secondary scripture, the <i>Rahit-name </i>were composed
in the times of Guru Gobind Singh to fulfil the needs for the
emerging community, some three hundred years after Guru Nanak. We need to
consider why these injunctions were not bound with the Guru Granth Sahib? I
would argue that any code of conduct, like any law, is open to interpretation
based on the circumstances. Therefore, these laws related to the Sikhs temporal
life, were not fit to be bound with the spiritual content found in the Guru
Granth Sahib. The <i>Rahit-name</i></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> are
mostly referred to by Khalsa Sikhs, most <i>Sehajdhari</i> Sikhs will know very
little about them, and generally will only accept what is written in Guru
Granth Sahib. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">The practices of prima noctas by the Moghuls and foeticide by some sections of Indian Society, as well as no widow remarriage, and Sati, led to the chivalrous codes, one of which was to protect women. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The community was small and thus had to ensure its survival. The </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rahit-name</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> clearly
state a Sikh should marry a Sikh, and if someone wishes to marry a Sikh they
should embrace Sikhism. A Sikh is defined as someone who believes and practices
the teachings of all Ten Gurus, and the Guru Granth Sahib. Some would argue that as Sikhism is against empty
ritualism, for a non-Sikh to be married before Guru Granth Sahib when she/he
has no intent to follow it, is an empty ritual. The <i>Prem Sumarag Granth </i>circa
1700 clearly states a Sikh should marry his son or daughter within the Sikh
community, after taking <i>amrit</i>. So, in actual fact the Sikh marriage rite
of Anand Karaj was only prescribed for Khalsa Sikhs (which is still the
practice at Takht Hazur Sahib, Nanded), while <i>Sehajdhari </i>Sikhs would
have had some sort of marriage blessing in the Gurdwara. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="line-height: 21.3333339691162px;">We must also bare in mind that to mingle with killers of daughters (female infanticide) and of wives is a serious <i>kurehat</i>, or major break from the Khalsa code, but those who marry their daughters to a non Sikh is a minor transgression or <i>tankha</i>.</span></span></div>
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males dressing up as a Singh and keeping their beard for the day and carrying a
sword, and then later on shave their beard. It was probably for this reason
that this injunction of being <i>amritdhari</i> for marriage was made. Some
Khalsa Sikhs argue that Sehajdhari Sikhs should not be allowed to have an Anand
Karaj. This change in tradition occurred the time of British with the introduction
of the Anand Marriage Act in 1909, which was adopted by the Singh Sabha. It
states:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this Act shall apply to -- (a) any marriage between persons not professing the
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worldwide and in the West women are economically independent and have much more
freedom. In our secular societies, religion plays a very little role in most
peoples lives, and in the West there have been increasing numbers of mixed
marriages. Which led to the Akal Takht Sahib issuing a ‘Sandesh’ or advice,
which some may argue is different from a ‘Hukam’ or encyclic edict. This ‘Sandesh’
states that to be a Sikh the person must have Singh or Kaur in their name. Sikhs
do this at birth, but in reality this title is only officially given to
Amritdhari Sikhs. The Sikh Rahit Maryada (1955) states:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be joined in wedlock by the Anand Karaj ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Point A is not adhered to as many Sikhs marry
within their caste. Point B is that it is to interesting to note that it is
about a daughter rather than a son. Point C is also interesting as this
deviates away from traditional <i>Rahitname</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The issue behind the protests is
that those individuals, who are predominantly male, see these marriages as the
loss of a member of the Sikh community, to another. It would be interesting to
find out if they have protested at the weddings of Sikh males, with non-Sikh
females. This group has employed the Rahitname to support their protests, and
seem to have coaching on tactics to employ against the police also. One of the Committee
members discussed the issues with the group who said ‘ We are only following the
<i>maryada</i> (injunctions) of Guru Gobind Singh, to which the committee
member replied you know your Pita ji, but not your Baba, Guru Nanak then.’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">An interesting debate was between
the Hundal brothers, Jagraj Hundal and Sunny Hundal. Jagraj Singh is a Khalsa
Sikh and runs ‘Basics Of Sikhi,’ and Sunny is a Sehajdhari Sikh and is a
journalist. Sunny labelled this emerging group protesting at mixed marriages as
the Khaliban, or the Sikh Taliban, which Jagraj Singh considers unfair, as they
haven’t committed any act on level with the Taliban to date. However, Sunny’s
argument is that if left unchecked, this type of ideology could one day lead to
more dangerous forms of extremism. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8lbv5-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$8lbv5.0:$8lbv5-0-0">Baba Ji now that term 'form of Shiv' what does it [mean]? </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="3318g-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$3318g.0:$3318g-0-0">0:05 - Uday Singh: 'ih khalsa kende a ke shiv saroop ve khalse nu ve kende dende'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7ekb1-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$7ekb1.0:$7ekb1-0-0">ਉਦਯ ਸਿੰਘ: ਇਹੁ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਵੀ ਖਾਲਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਦਹਿੰਦੇ.</span></div>
<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="c80v8-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$c80v8" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="c80v8-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$c80v8.0:$c80v8-0-0">This Khalsa [Rajinder Singh] is saying that 'the form of Shiv' is also given to the Khalsa.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7gmoq-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$7gmoq.0:$7gmoq-0-0">0:08 - Rajinder Singh: 'khalsa nu shiv saroop vi kenda' </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="blkb0-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$blkb0.0:$blkb0-0-0">ਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ: ਖਾਲਸਾ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਵੀ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4d72n-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$4d72n.0:$4d72n-0-0">The Khalsa is also called 'Shiv Sarup'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fvp1e-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$fvp1e.0:$fvp1e-0-0">0:11-0:19 Baba Santa Singh: 'shiv saroop hai farla....... kesha'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="d4ec7-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$d4ec7.0:$d4ec7-0-0">ਬਾਬਾ ਸੰਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ 'ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਹੈ ਫਰਲਾ.... ਕੇਸ਼ਾ' </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6kvv-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$6kvv.0:$6kvv-0-0">The form of Shiv is the farla....the kesh.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="3tmrj-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$3tmrj.0:$3tmrj-0-0">0:20 - 0:45 Uday Singh: 'ik mint sanu gal baba nu nu bolan devoh ik mint sanu gal mai baitha sanu gal' ih neela kende shiv saroop ih viakhia chaundey jadda ih shiv sarup jimme, bharat na sambat hai ga ji'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="efhb4-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$efhb4.0:$efhb4-0-0">ਉਦਯ ਸਿੰਘ: ਏਕ ਮਿੰਟ ਸਾਨੂ ਗਲ ਬਾਬਾ ਨੂ ਬੋਲਣ ਦੇਵੋ ਏਕ ਮਿੰਟ ਸਾਨੂ ਮੈਂ ਬੇਠਾ ਸਾਨੂ ਗਲ ' ਇਹ ਨੀਲਾ ਕੇਂਦਾ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਇਹ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਚਾਉਂਦੇ ਜਾਦਾ ਇਹ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਜਿਮ੍ਮੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੇ ਸੰਬਤ ਹੈ ਜੀ </span></div>
<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="2qs9a-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$2qs9a" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="2qs9a-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$2qs9a.0:$2qs9a-0-0">One minute, listen to what Baba ji says and let him speak, I am sitting here, please listen. This blue bana of the form of Shiv, they want a greater explantion of it, about this form of Shiv, does it have a relationship with Indian [mythology]?</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8ubp3-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$8ubp3.0:$8ubp3-0-0">0:46 - Baba Santa Singh: 'Nahi'.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6go2u-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$6go2u.0:$6go2u-0-0">ਬਾਬਾ ਸੰਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ: ਨਹੀ </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fp80-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$fp80.0:$fp80-0-0">No.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4epl9-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$4epl9.0:$4epl9-0-0">0:49 - Uday Singh: 'Shiv Sarup khalse nu kaley 'shiv sarup' kehya gaya ih dey barey'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5t0c8-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$5t0c8.0:$5t0c8-0-0">ਉਦਯ ਸਿੰਘ: ' ਸਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਨੂ ਕਲੇ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਕਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਇਹ ਦੇ ਬਾਰੇ </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2mq8o-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$2mq8o.0:$2mq8o-0-0">Why is the Khalsa called 'Shiv Sarup' they are asking about this?</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="9ouh6-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$9ouh6.0:$9ouh6-0-0">0:52 - Baba Santa Singh: Khalsa pardhan hai pardhan Khalsa</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4q821-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$4q821.0:$4q821-0-0">ਬਾਬਾ ਸੰਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ: ਖਾਲਸਾ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਹੈ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਹੈ </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7uq1k-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$7uq1k.0:$7uq1k-0-0">The Khalsa is the highest, the highest is the Khalsa.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="80nhj-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$80nhj.0:$80nhj-0-0">0:54 - Uday Singh: 'Shiv matlab Akal Purakh da naam hai?'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="b7nkf-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$b7nkf.0:$b7nkf-0-0">ਉਦਯ ਸਿੰਘ : ਸ਼ਿਵ ਮਤਲਬ ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਹੈ ? </span></div>
<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="1kvka-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$1kvka" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="1kvka-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$1kvka.0:$1kvka-0-0">Is the name Shiv the name of Akal Purakh (God)?</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="1tsm3-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$1tsm3.0:$1tsm3-0-0">0:57 - Baba santa singh: hai 'yes'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ec8ni-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$ec8ni.0:$ec8ni-0-0">ਬਾਬਾ ਸੰਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ : ਹਾਂ "ਯੇਸ" </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="3701j-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$3701j.0:$3701j-0-0">Yes</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fh297-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$fh297.0:$fh297-0-0"><br data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$fh297.0:$fh297-0-0.0" /></span></div>
<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="fcvkh-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$fcvkh" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="fcvkh-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$fcvkh.0:$fcvkh-0-0">0:58 - Uday Singh: akali apa man dey akal purakh akali akal purakh ki fauj hai</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4rlhi-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$4rlhi.0:$4rlhi-0-0">ਉਦਯ ਸਿੰਘ: ਅਕਾਲੀ ਆਪਾ ਮਾਣਦੇ ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਕੀ ਫੋਜ ਹੈ </span></div>
<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="60maf-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$60maf" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="60maf-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$60maf.0:$60maf-0-0">The Akalis we believe that the Akalis are of Akal Purakh and [his] army.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8gvuv-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$8gvuv.0:$8gvuv-0-0"><br data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$8gvuv.0:$8gvuv-0-0.0" /></span></div>
<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="2mnnq-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$2mnnq" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="2mnnq-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$2mnnq.0:$2mnnq-0-0">1:01 - 1:08 - Baba Santa Singh: hanji 'Shiv sarup' Khalsa pardhan'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="bhqmm-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$bhqmm.0:$bhqmm-0-0">ਬਾਬਾ ਸੰਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ ; ਹਾਂਜੀ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਹੈ "</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="89nvk-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$89nvk.0:$89nvk-0-0">Yes, the form of Siv the Khalsa is the chief.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="bjn5v-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$bjn5v.0:$bjn5v-0-0">1:11 - Other Nihang Singh: 'Shiv da arth kenda a'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="9aucj-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$9aucj.0:$9aucj-0-0">ਬਾਕੀ ਨਿਹੰਗ ਸਿੰਘ: ਸ਼ਿਵ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਕੇਂਦਾ </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ertqu-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$ertqu.0:$ertqu-0-0">They are asking the meaning of the word Shiv.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2pgkg-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$2pgkg.0:$2pgkg-0-0">1:13 - Baba Santa Singh: 'Shiv parmesvar'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7tr9p-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$7tr9p.0:$7tr9p-0-0">ਬਾਬਾ ਸੰਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ : ਸ਼ਿਵ ਪ੍ਰਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ" </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="c91g0-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$c91g0.0:$c91g0-0-0">Shiv Parmesvar [God]</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8c6oj-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$8c6oj.0:$8c6oj-0-0">1:15 - Uday Singh: 'Shiv Parmesvar da Shiv ji to nahi sambodanhana,'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="dhih7-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$dhih7.0:$dhih7-0-0">ਉਦਯ ਸਿੰਘ ; ਸ਼ਿਵ ਪ੍ਰਮੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਜੀ ਤੋ ਨਹੀ ਸਮ੍ਬੋਧਨ </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="531l9-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$531l9.0:$531l9-0-0">That Shiv is God and not joined to the god Shiva.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="285ek-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$285ek.0:$285ek-0-0">1:17 - Baba Santa Singh': na</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="igdq-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$igdq.0:$igdq-0-0">ਬਾਬਾ ਸੰਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ : ਨਾ</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="amieg-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$amieg.0:$amieg-0-0">No.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2lqc8-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$2lqc8.0:$2lqc8-0-0">1:22 - 1:33 - Uday Singh: 'Shiv sarup jana matlab Shiv, Shiv ji da sambandat nahi - Akal Purakh da hai Akali vi hai Akal Purakh da sarop ve kenda a ta Shiv sarup ve kenda a Shiv Akal na da nam hai Akal da sambodak hai'</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4jsp1-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$4jsp1.0:$4jsp1-0-0">ਉਦਯ ਸਿੰਘ : ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਜਾਣਾ ਮਤਲਬ ਸ਼ਿਵ, ਸ਼ਿਵ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਸਾਮ੍ਬੰਦਿਤ ਨਹੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਵੀ ਹੈ ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ ਦਾ ਸਰੂਪ ਵੀ ਕੇਂਦਾ ਤਾ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਸਰੂਪ ਵੀ ਕੇਂਦਾ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਅਕਾਲ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਹੈ ਅਕਾਲ ਦਾ ਸਮ੍ਬੋਧਕ ਹੈ.</span></div>
<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="ak1ap-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$ak1ap" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="ak1ap-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$ak1ap.0:$ak1ap-0-0">The meaning of the word Shiv Sarup, has no relationship to Shiv ji, it is a name of God, the form of an Akali is the form of Akal Purakh, which is called the Shiv Sarup, Shiv is the name of Akal, and addressed to [Akal Purakh].</span></div>
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<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="9b5uk-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$9b5uk" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="9b5uk-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$9b5uk.0:$9b5uk-0-0">We can only conclude that the individuals propagating this ideology are making fools out of people who do not understand Punjabi, and those that have a limited understanding of their own Mother tongue! They are also ruining the memory of one of the greatest scholars the Panth has known Akali Nihang 96 krori Jathedar Baba Santa Singh ji.</span></div>
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<div class="_209g _2vxa" data-block="true" data-offset-key="60tkc-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$60tkc" style="background-color: white; color: #373e4d; direction: ltr; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; position: relative; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<span data-offset-key="60tkc-0-0" data-reactid=".1i.1.0.1.0.0.$editor20.0.0.$60tkc.0:$60tkc-0-0">In the words of Guru Gobind Singh from the Sri Dasam Granth Sahib in the Chaupai Sahib, it is clear:</span></div>
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-60484816382710213042014-04-10T15:20:00.005-07:002014-04-10T15:47:26.662-07:00 Journals of Reverend Joseph Wolff 1832 - Akalis - 1832<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">In the land of Runjeet Singh (Maharaja Ranjit Singh) are a kind of military, spiritual Dervishes, highly respected, and revered by the nation, and even considered to be sacred. They are called Akalee, immortal. This sect was originally foun</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">ded by Gooroo Govind Singh, the tenth Gooroo of the Seiks. The Seiks were formerly a spiritual people, and did not aspire to temporal power, they were however in the habit of disturbing the peace of the country, and resisting the authority of the Mahomedan government, from the religious animosity which naturally existed between them. This led to the persecution of the sect, and in the time of Aurunghzeeb, Emperor of Delhi, the Mahomedans succeeded in seizing the Gooroo Dekht Bahadar,(Tegh Bahadur) the 9th priest of the Seiks, who was put to death at Delhi. Gooroo Govind Singh, on his accession to the primacy, invoked the vengeance of God, to revenge this insult, and determined to prosecute a war against the Moghul. After various successes, he was defeated, and obliged to abandon his country. Those of his followers, who remained firm to him in the contest with the Moghuls, he honoured by the nomination of Akalee, or the immortal; and from that time they became a mendicant race. The Seiks became independent during the reign of Furokhseer, the Emperor of Delhi. The Akalee increased in number, and they are noted for their predatory and fanatical habits and impertinence. Seventy years ago, the Seiks established their authority in the Punjab. The Akalee wear a distinctive dress, of dark-blue, and a high cap, in which they generally wear iron rings, resembling a quoit, which the Seiks formerly used as an implement of war. Journals of Reverend Joseph Wolff 1832. </span></span><br />
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-32153442501794789132014-04-10T15:20:00.002-07:002014-04-10T15:43:28.762-07:00Akalis - ’ -’Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society’ (Vol IX) called ‘Civil and Religious Institutions of the Sikhs’. 1848<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Akalis: a class of fanatics calling themselves Immortals, and who are also known as Govind-sinhis. These are still distinguished by the blue colour of their garments and by carrying steel in the form of the chakar or discus always about the</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">ir persons. Goroo Govende Singh added to Baba Nanak’s book a millitary code, in which he laid down rules for carrying on war; and he formed a complete military knighthood…’ -’Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society’ (Vol IX) called ‘Civil and Religious Institutions of the Sikhs’. 1848</span></div>
Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-45871869781224521452014-04-10T15:19:00.001-07:002014-04-10T15:43:28.769-07:00Akalis - by Cunningham 1849<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">''Besides the regular confederacies, with their moderate degree of subordination, there was a body of men who threw off all subjection to earthly governors, and who peculiarly represented the religious element of Sikhism. These were the " A</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">kalees," the immortals, or rather the soldiers of God, who, with their blue dress and bracelets of steel, claimed for themselves a direct institution by Govind Singh. The Gooroo had called upon men to sacrifice every thing for their faith, to leave their homes and to follow the profession of arms; but he and all his predecessors had likewise denounced the inert asceticism of the Hindoo sects, and thus the fanatical feeling of a Sikh took a destructive turn. The Akalees formed themselves in their struggle to reconcile warlike activity with the relinquishment of the world. The meek and humble were satisfied with the assiduous performance of menial offices in temples, but the fierce enthusiasm of others prompted them to act from time to time as the armed guardians of Amritsir, or suddenly to go where blind impulse might lead them, and to win their daily bread, even single-handed, at the point of the sword.* They also took upon themselves something of the authority of censors, and, although no leader appears to have fallen by their hands for defection to the Khalsa, they inspired awe as well as respect, and would sometimes plunder those who had offended them or had injured the commonwealth. The passions of the Akalees had full play until Runjeet Singh became supreme, and it cost that able and resolute chief much time and trouble, at once to suppress them, and to preserve his own reputation with the people''. - J. D. Cunningham, 1849.</span><br />
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-10582059273767114842014-04-10T15:18:00.002-07:002014-04-10T15:43:28.755-07:00Khalsa - Qazi Nur Mohammed, a Muslim cleric in the service of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the Emperor of Afghanistan who invaded India numerous times in the mid 1700's.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">“When I recall that day, I tremble with the fear of the Doomsday.” “Do not call the dogs (the Sikhs) dogs, because they are lions (and) are courageous like lions in the battlefield. How can a hero, who roars like a lion be called a dog? (Mo</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">reover) like lions they spread terror in the field of battle. If you wish to learn the art of war, come face to face with them in the battlefield. They will demonstrate it (art of war) to you in such a way that one and all will shower praise on them. If you wish to learn the science of war, O swordsman, learn from them. They advance at the enemy boldly and come back safely after action. Understand, Singh is their title, a form of address for them. It is not justice to call them dogs; if you do not know Hindustani language, then understand that the word ‘Singh’ means a lion.”Truly, they are lion in battle, and at times of peace, they surpass “Hatim” (in generosity ). When they take the Indian sword in their hands they traverse the country from Hind to Sind. None can stand against them in battle, howsoever strong he may be. When they handle the spear, they shatter the ranks of the enemy. When they raise the heads of their spears towa-rds the sky, they would pierce even through the Caucasus (in the process). When they adjust the strings of the bows, place in them the enemy killing arrows (and) pull the strings to their ears, the body of the enemy begins to shiver with fear. When their battle axes fall upon the armour of their opponents, their armour becomes their coffin. - Qazi Nur Mohammed, a Muslim cleric in the service of Ahmad Shah Abdali, the Emperor of Afghanistan who invaded India numerous times in the mid 1700's.</span></div>
Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-64368292682066493422014-04-10T15:17:00.005-07:002014-04-10T15:43:28.776-07:00Akalis - Victor Jacquemont, French traveling historian and naturalist to the Royal Museum of Natural History of Paris, who spent three years in Punjab between 1829-1832.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">" The Akalis, or Immortals, are properly speaking Sikh faqirs. Their rule compels them to be dressed in blue and always to carry arms. The sacred pool at Amritsar is their headquarters, but they often spread themselves over the Punjab in la</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">rge and formidable parties. Ranjit (Maharaja Ranjit Singh), wisely turns their ferocity to his own advantage. He enlists them in his armies, and employs them, preferably against his Mussalman enemies. He has at the moment about 4,000-5,000 of them in the army which he maintains at Attock, ready to march against another fanatic, the Syed. I have only seen two of them in the streets of Amritsar, it was evening and their arms glittered in the light of the torches and the matches of their muskets hung ready lighted. I had never seen more sinister-looking figures. After Amritsar their favorite headquarters is Lahore. One sees them chiefly on the outskirts of the city among the ruins of the Mughal palaces and mosques. This is their lair. Nearly all of them are mounted on ponies and armed with a spear or matchlock, others have only a bow or a sword. They are dressed in tattered blue clothes and most of them wear a long pointed head-dress of the same colour, surrounded at its base with a polished steel ring like a brim of a hat. They are hideous to behold. They live on what they can take if it is not given to them. Sometimes they collect in parties of hundred and mingle among the Rajah's attendants, and when they think themselves strong enough, they threaten him and demand money. They have more than once held him up to ransom, but Ranjit has never ventured to take vigorous measures and give a general order to put them in positions from which they have little chance of returning, and they usually come back in smaller numbers for they fight with desperate courage. " - Victor Jacquemont, French traveling historian and naturalist to the Royal Museum of Natural History of Paris, who spent three years in Punjab between 1829-1832. Taken from " Letters from India ", published in London 1834.</span><br />
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-73403540706517650632014-04-10T15:17:00.002-07:002014-04-10T15:43:28.794-07:00Akalees by M’Gregor 1846<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Opposite the great temple or the Durbar Sahib, as it is usually called by the Sikhs themselves, stands the temple of the Ukalees, who, at the present day, exhibit more of the original character of the Sikhs, as established by the early foun</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">der of the Sikh religion, than is to be with among the common Sikhs. The Ukalees are extravagant fanatics; they wage war with the followers of all other religions, agreebly to the tenets of their great reformer, of whom we shall speak hereafter. They carry destruction wherever an opportunity offers, and sometimes cross the Gharra on plundering expeditions. The Ukalee is always known by his blue turban, and the circles of chukhurs of steel, resembling quiots, which he wears over it. These are weapons of warfare, thrown with great precision and often deadly effect by the Ukalee. No weapons but fire-arms have any chance against such missiles. Not far from Umritsir (Amritsar) is the city of Taruntara (Taran Tarn). It is chiefly inhabited by the Ukalees, and forms a place of some interest in the history of the Gooroos (spiritual teachers). Taken from the History of the Sikhs: Containing the Lives of the Gooroos; the History of the Independent Sirdars, Or Missuls, and the Life of the Great Founder of the Sikh Monarchy, Maharajah Runjeet Singh by Willaim L. M’Gregor 1846</span><br />
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-68198235846373856102014-04-10T15:15:00.002-07:002014-04-10T15:43:28.788-07:00Sikhs by Mir Ghulam Hussain Khan “The Review of Modern Times” 1763<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">“The Sycks are Deists in the strictest sense of the word, and of course, perfectly tolerant and harmless; although as soldiers, they are, like the Marhattas, merciless plunderers, and incessant skirmishers. The ceremony of the reception o</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">f a Proselyte consists in no more than these two articles: to put on a short dress, of a blue colour, from head to foot; and to let one’s hair grow from head to foot, without ever cutting or clipping or shaving it. One day I got within one of their temples, invited thereto by the tingling of the cymbals: on appearing within the door, an old venerable man bid me leave my slippers, as none could enter, but bare-footed. This admonition I obeyed, and went into a hall covered with carpets, at the northern part of which, there were several cushions covered with a yellow veil, under which, I was told lay Nanec-Shah’s book, who is their legislator. At the southern end of the hall, there were fifteen or twenty men all in blue, and with long beards, sitting, some armed and some not. At the eastern side, but very near to it, two old men with a small drum and a pair of cymbals, were singing some maxims of morality out of that Book, and this they did with a deal of enthusiasm and contortion. On getting within the hall, I saluted the company, which returned the salute, and returned it again when I came out”. - Mir Ghulam Hussain Khan “The Review of Modern Times” 1763, Translated by M. Raymond 1789.</span></div>
Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-67531583032366765952014-04-10T15:14:00.004-07:002014-04-10T15:43:28.782-07:00An account of a Akaaleen/Nihangnee from 1842 by a Christian Missionary Rev. J. Caldwell, by Sher Singh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">An account of a Akaaleen/Nihangnee from 1842 by a Christian Missionary Rev. J. Caldwell, published in the Foreign Missionary Chronicle. " We were visited this forenoon by a most singular character, an Akalin, or female faqir of a peculiar s</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">ect. Like the class of mendicants to whom she belongs, she was armed to the teeth. Over her shoulder was slung a sword, while her belt was graced with a large horse pistol, a dagger, and sundry other weapons of destruction. Another sword hung by her side. Her turban was ornamented with a panji and five or six chakkars. The panji is an instrument made something in a form of a tiger's claws, with five curved blades exceedingly sharp. The chakkar is a steel discus, of six or eight diameters, very sharp also, and no doubt a destructive weapon when hurled with sufficient force. She was, certainly the most dangerous looking lady I ever saw... it appeared by her own statement that she was a widow, and that her husband was an Akali, that after his death she joined the sect and had remained with them ever since. She had, she stated been on a tour to the south of India, and had travelled a great deal since she had became a faqir."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Vahiguru ji ka Khalsa Vahiguru ji ki fateh! I was listening to the katha of Baba Santa Singh ji of Prachin Panth Prakash, and decided to try and make it clearer by digitally remastering it. I think it is a lot clearer and louder now. As I listen to them I will post them up with the relevant chapters from the epic work by Bhai Rattan Singh Shahid: </span><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdoc%2F61685716%2FSri-Gur-Panth-Prakash-Rattan-Singh-Bhangoo-English&h=uAQE8zixa&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/doc/61685716/Sri-Gur-Panth-Prakash-Rattan-Singh-Bhangoo-English</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;"> see from pages 18 to 26.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fkamalroop-singh%2Fsri-gur-panth-prakash-by-2&h=RAQE819hC&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/kamalroop-singh/sri-gur-panth-prakash-by-2</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Unfortunately pp.11 - 17 are missing which tell how the British asked Rattan Singh to write his epic and mentions General Ochterlony, and Captain Murray. I have heard this was due to Baba Santa Singh ji telling the history of the Badal family and how they were British agents, and then joined the GOI. If anyone has tape number three please send it to me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Bhai Rattan Singh Bhangu - Nihang Singh in his katha talks about the failure of the devte, and mentions the katha of this in Sarbloh Granth Sahib ji by Guru Gobind Singh ji, hence why the light of Akal Purakh Sahib ji, Guru Nanak became pargat in Kalyug. Bhai Rattan Singh ji then quotes this shabad from Adi Guru Granth Sahib ji Maharaj:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">In this dark age of Kaliyuga symbolised by a pair of scissors,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">The rulers have turned themselves into butchers.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Dharma or Moral values have disappeared from public life.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">The truth, symbolised by Moon, has been eclipsed in this darkest phase.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">ਕਲਿ ਕਾਤੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਕਾਸਾਈ ਧਰਮੁ ਪੰਖ ਕਰਿ ਉਡਰਿਆ।</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">ਕੂੜੁ ਅਮਾਵਸ ਸਚੁ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਮਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹ ਚੜਿਆ।</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">kali kātī râje kāsāī dharmu pankh kari uḍriā.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">kūṛu amāvas sachu chandramā dīsai nāhī kah chaṛiā.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Rag Majh, AG, ang 145.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">Interestingly Guru Nanak is referred to as Nihkalank by Rattan Singh Bhangu:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">ਨਿਹਕਲੰਕ ਤੇ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਹਵਾਯੋ ।੧੨।</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;">nihkalank te nānak kahvāyo.12</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; 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Vahiguru ji ka Khalsa Vahiguru ji ki fateh! I was listening to the katha of Baba Santa Singh ji of <i>Prachin Panth Prakash</i>, and decided to try and make it clearer by digitally remastering it. I think it is a lot clearer and louder now. As I listen to them I will post them up with the relevant chapters from the epic work by Bhai Rattan Singh Shahid. Please see <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/49130153/Panth-Prakash-by-Rattan-Singh-Bhangoo-English-Translation">http://www.scribd.com/doc/49130153/Panth-Prakash-by-Rattan-Singh-Bhangoo-English-Translation</a> and check pages 1 to 7</div>
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Vahiguru ji ka Khalsa Vahiguru ji ki fateh! I just finished writing about the Āratī-Āratā, I put in a eight hours a day for the last week or so, not to boast, but some people don't understand how much goes into just writing forty pages! With Guru Nanak's kirpa, I offer the first full English translation, transliteration, and original text of the Āratī-Āratā, along with a discussion of this devotional bani. Āratī-Āratā is an evening prayer that is a part of the purātan nitnem of the Sikhs. Most Sikhs have heard of the Āratī of Guru Nanak and the Bhagats, but few have heard the full version that includes many inspiring verses by Guru Gobind Singh. The Singh Sabha under the influence of Giani Ditt Singh edited the practice of using lamps or deve, and cut down the length of the piece by removing most of Guru Gobind Singh's bani from it. The unedited version remains the preserve of the Akali Nihang Singh Khalsa. This is discussed in this document, as well as showing that this is one of the only bania to have the writings of Adi Guru, Dasam and Sarbloh within it. Please read at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/183005595/Arati-Arata-by-Dr-Kamalroop-Singh-Akali-Nihang-pdf We will be looking at making some printed copies in the near future, so people can read from them during the ceremony. If you like this document please read my small article on the nitnem, http://www.scribd.com/doc/130906016/The-History-of-the-Nitnem-BĀņiĀ-Akali-Dr-Kamalroop-Singh-Nihang My next article will be on the puratan Rahiras Sahib, as Karen Kaur Bansal requested it! I have not forgotten. Many thanks to Gavin Singh who requested this document, and his initial help with finding files for me, and to Indy Saggu who proof read this document. Could some translate these into Punjabi please? Please pray that I can continue doing your seva, and please share this document so people 1. Read the Bani and understand it 2. So they know how our traditions have been changed. Bhul chuk maffi, das Kamalroop Singh Āratī-Āratā is an evening prayer that is a part of the purātan nitnem of the Sikhs. Most Sikhs have heard of the Āratī of Guru Nanak and the Bhagats, but few have heard the full version that includes many inspiring verses by Guru Gobind Singh. The unedited version remains the preserve of the Akali Nihang Singh Khalsa.</div>
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-22877310810303984992013-10-28T01:27:00.001-07:002014-03-07T09:21:05.519-08:00Account of the Akali Nihang Singh Khalsa in ‘The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India’, 1916<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Akālis or Nihangs are a fanatical order of Sikh ascetics. The following extract
is taken from Sir E. Maclagan’s account of them:<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20583/20583-h/20583-h.htm#d0e9955" id="d0e9955src" style="vertical-align: 0.25em;">3</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The
Akālis came into prominence very early by their stout resistance to the
innovations introduced by the Bairāgi Banda after the death of Guru Govind; but
they do not appear to have had much influence during the following century
until the days of Mahārāja Ranjit Singh. They constituted at once the most
unruly and the bravest portion of the very unruly and brave Sikh army. Their
headquarters were at Amritsar, where they constituted themselves the guardians
of the faith and assumed the right to convoke synods. They levied offerings by
force and were the terror of the Sikh chiefs. Their good qualities were,
however, well appreciated by the Mahārāja, and when there were specially fierce
foes to meet, such as the Pathāns beyond the Indus, the Akālis were always to
the front.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The
Akāli is distinguished very conspicuously by his dark-blue and checked dress,
his peaked turban, often surmounted with steel quoits, and by the fact of his
strutting about like Ali Bāba’s prince with his ‘thorax and abdomen festooned with
curious cutlery.’ He is most particular in retaining the five<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Kakkas</i>, and in preserving every
outward form prescribed by Guru Govind Singh. Some of the Akālis wear a yellow
turban underneath the blue one, leaving a yellow band across the forehead. The yellow
turban is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="pagenum">[<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20583/20583-h/20583-h.htm#d0e9967">324</a>]</span>worn
by many Sikhs at the Basant Panchmi, and the Akālis are fond of wearing it at
all times. There is a couplet by Bhai Gurdās which says:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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‘Those that wear black (the Akālis), white (the Nirmalas), red (the Udāsis) or
yellow, are all members of the brotherhood of the Sikhs.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The
Akālis do not, it is true, drink spirits or eat meat as other Sikhs do, but
they are immoderate in the consumption of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>bhāng</i>.
They are in other respects such purists that they will avoid Hindu rites even
in their marriage ceremonies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The
Akāli is full of memories of the glorious day of the Khālsa; and he is nothing
if he is not a soldier, a soldier of the Guru. He dreams of armies, and he
thinks in lakhs. If he wishes to imply that five Akālis are present, he will
say that ‘five lakhs are before you’; or if he would explain he is alone, he
will say that he is with ‘one and a quarter lakhs of the Khālsa.’ You ask him
how he is, and he replies that ‘The army is well’; you inquire where he has
come from, and he says, ‘The troops marched from Lahore.’ The name Akāli means
‘immortal.’ When Sikhism was politically dominant, the Akālis were accustomed
to extort alms by accusing the principal chiefs of crimes, imposing fines upon
them, and in the event of their refusing to pay, preventing them from
performing their ablutions or going through any of the religious ceremonies at
Amritsar.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the Guru-Māta or great Council of the Sikhs and their religious meal:<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20583/20583-h/20583-h.htm#d0e9988"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4</span></a> “When
a Guru-Māta or great national Council is called on the occasion of any danger
to the country, all the Sikh chiefs assemble at Amritsar. The assembly is
convened by the Akālis; and when the chiefs meet upon this solemn occasion it
is concluded that all private animosities cease, and that every man sacrifices
his personal feelings at the shrine of the general good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“When the chiefs and
principal leaders are seated, the Adi-Granth and Dasama Pādshāh Ka Granth</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20583/20583-h/20583-h.htm#d0e9997" id="d0e9997src" style="vertical-align: 0.25em;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">5</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> are placed before them. They all bend their heads before the
Scriptures and exclaim, ‘<i>Wah Guruji ka Khālsa! wah
Guruji ka Fateh!</i>’</span><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20583/20583-h/20583-h.htm#d0e10006" id="d0e10006src" style="vertical-align: 0.25em;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">6</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> A great quantity of cakes made of wheat, butter and sugar are
then placed before the volumes of their sacred writings and covered with a
cloth. These holy cakes, which are in commemoration of the injunction of Nānak
to eat and to give to others to eat next receive the salutation of the
assembly, who then rise, while the Akālis pray aloud and the musicians play.
The Akālis, when the prayers are finished, desire the Council to be seated.
They sit down, and the cakes are uncovered and eaten by all classes of the
Sikhs, those distinctions of tribe and caste which are on other occasions kept
up being now laid aside in token of their general and complete union in one
cause. The Akālis proclaim the Guru-Māta, and prayers are again said aloud. The
chiefs after this sit closer and say to each other, ‘The sacred Granth is
between us, let us swear by our Scriptures to forget all internal disputes and
to be united.’ This moment of religious fervour is taken to reconcile all
animosities. They then proceed to consider the danger with which they are
threatened, to devise the best plans for averting it and to choose the generals
who are to lead their armies against the common enemy.” The first Guru-Māta was
assembled by Guru Govind, and the latest was called in 1805, when the British
Army pursued Holkar into the Punjab. The Sikh Army was known as Dal Khālsa, or
the Army of God,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>khālsa</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> being
an Arabic word meaning one’s own.</span></span><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20583/20583-h/20583-h.htm#d0e10012" id="d0e10012src" style="vertical-align: 0.25em;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">7</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> At the height of the Sikh power the followers of this
religion only numbered a small fraction of the population of the Punjab, and
its strength is now declining. In 1911 the Sikhs were only three millions in
the Punjab population of twenty-four millions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is victorious and assists us to succeed in life;<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he
is accepted by God as His own.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is the custodian of God’s treasure; he is the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bestower
of all the gifts.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh knows the ways of God; he is the emperor of<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">emperors.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh rules over both the worlds; he is the destroyer of<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the
enemies.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh illuminates our lives with abundance; he reveals<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">secrets
of God.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is aware of the secrets of the world; he showers<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">his
unlimited mercies.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is the favourite of Waheguru; he is with Him all<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the
time<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh bestows life in this world; he is the sea of<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Waheguru’s
blessings<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is loved by God; he is the seeker as well as the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sought.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh achieved victories with his sword; he knows the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">secret
of every heart.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh wears the crown of the world; he lives in the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shadow
of Waheguru.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh controls all the treasures of the world; he is the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">medicine
of all ailments.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is the master of the world; both the worlds are<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">under
his shelter.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is praised by God Himself; he is bestowed with<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">highest
qualities.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great
men are at the feet of Guru Gobind Singh; the angels visit him<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for
audience.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
fortunate ones admire Guru Gobind Singh; he knows every thing in<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our
hearts.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
poor kiss the feet of Guru Gobind Singh; the drum of his<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">authority
sounds in both the worlds.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh rules over the three worlds; he has the stamp of<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">his
authority on the four VedasThe six shastras are his slaves; he always defeats
the enemy.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pure
at heart, Guru Gobind Singh is free from ill will; he is the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mirror
through whom God reveals Himself.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Guru
Gobind Singh meditates on God; he is a mystic and a king at the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">same
time.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is virtue personified; his gifts to mankind are<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unending.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is most generous and forgiver.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh blesses even the benevolent; he bestows gifts even<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to
those who give.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is eternal; he is auspicious for all.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is essence of God’s blessings; God Himself<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">radiates
through him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those
who have listened to the name of Guru Gobind Singh have<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">received
the gift of seeing God Himself.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those
who sang the praises of Guru Gobind Singh were united with<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those
who wrote in praise of Guru Gobind Singh received fame the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">world
over with his grace.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those
who had seen the face of Guru Gobind Singh moved in his lanes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">intoxicated
with God’s Name.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those
who kissed the dust under the feet of Guru Gobind Singh were<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fortunate
and were elevated in life.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is the doer of all that is happening in this<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">world,
he is friend of the poor.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh worships (God); he is also worshipped (by the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">whole
creation).He is generous with all the bounties he gives.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is the chief of all the kings; he occupies the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">loftiest
position.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
ten (Greek) gods are under the command of Guru Gobind Singh and<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they
sing his praises in reverence.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
sacred goddesses of the world are also working for Guru Gobind<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Singh
and they are his servants.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh controls our destinies; still he meditates on God<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in
submission.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
nine gods are like dust of (the feet of) Guru Gobind Singh; they<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">serve
him well.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is above the highest thrones; he moves in the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">heavens.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is supreme in all virtues; he is eternal and above<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">everyone
else.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh gives light to the world; our hearts and souls<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">blossom
because of him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh’s stature is increasing every day; he is the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">beauty
of all thrones.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is our guide in both the worlds; he is the sight<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of
every eye.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh commands the whole creation; he is supreme in<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">stature.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both
the worlds are the army of Guru Gobind Singh; all are under his<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">protection.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
most generous Guru Gobind Singh is the conqueror of every<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">battle.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh’s blessings are unending; he is virtue<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">personified.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh is the soul of every one; he is the light of every<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eye.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh provides sustenance to all; he showers His graces.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
twenty-seven gods are the beggars of Guru Gobind Singh; they are<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">engaged
in sweeping his house.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
five elements praise Guru Gobind Singh; the seven worlds admire<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Guru
Gobind Singh has his hand on both the worlds; all the angels<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are
inferior to him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nand
LaL is the slave dog of Guru Gobind Singh; he carries the stamp<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of
Guru Gobind Singh on him.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nand
Lal is lower than all the dogs of Guru Gobind Singh; he (pecks)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the left overs of his dinner table.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nand
Lal is begging to get the gift of holy dust of Guru Gobind<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Singh’s
feet.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His
(Nand Lal’s) life may be sacrificed for Guru Gobind Singh and<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nand
Lal’s head may always remain at his feet.</b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Nihang Singh and othershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17583559404392393536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065470300006224899.post-38009382747164152432013-09-24T03:43:00.001-07:002014-03-07T10:08:55.578-08:00The Fall of the Lion.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b>The Fall of the Lion.</b> Once upon a time there were great Lions who walked with pride in the African Savana. They had no worries and no fears, they were the Kings of the Jungle. They leisurely and calmly lived their lives, and witnessed the w</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; line-height: 18px;">onder of Mother Nature. They lived naturally and their long manes flowed and made them look formidable. Then came the Zoo keeper, who tried to persuade the Lion to leave the Savana. At first the Lions refused to go, and this went on for som</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e time. The Zoo keeper had an idea, he said ' Oh Great Great Lions you stay here I will hunt for you and bring you your food.' At first only a few of the Lions were happy with this but most of them kept hunting. Two groups slowly formed, who started to argue with each other. One group liked the Zoo keeper for bringing meat, the other group hated him. The group who stopped hunting got lazy. They asked the Zoo keeper what are we meant to do all day? He brought them some Whisky, and said 'here have this'! At first they smelt it and they said no it smells disgusting. The Zoo keeper said you think to much, just have a sip. They had a sip and it made them roar, they enjoyed it, but they started fighting with their brothers even more. They became weak, and disrespected their Lionesses and cubs. Some of the drunk Lions said 'we don't need females here, get rid of them before they are born, as we have to share out meat with them!' More and more of the Lions were getting lazy, and more and more started to drink. Then one day their leader said to the Zoo keeper 'you keep telling us of this great Zoo, I am bored here now, can we go and see it'. The Zoo keeper said 'sure, but you have to live in a cage to protect you. You can't wonder around free and we will give you all the meat and whisky you need.' The Lions now were so bored they agreed. For a while they missed the Savana and the beauty of nature but after a while they got used to the cage, and forget where they came from. If ever they left the cage they felt insecure. One day the Zoo keeper came he said, 'Oh great Lions, there are more Sheep here, don't you think you would look better if you all looked the same? Here take these scissors and cut your manes off, you don't hunt, so you don't need them anymore.' After a while the Lions forgot to roar, they lost their pride, and their only said was 'mai mai mai' like a Sheep.Year after year the Lions stopped hunting, they got lazy, left the Savana, ended up in the Zoos, they became lazy and drunk, forget their language and an endangered specie. The only word they learnt from the sheep was 'mai'. Dear brothers and sisters this is the state of the Khalsa Panth at the moment. By Das Akali Nihang Kamalroop Singh.<a href="http://upload.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.akalinihang.blogspot.com&h=ZAQG82RHK&enc=AZOPDS6ErPuk17jZLZMFByVSX9HEYKq77C6Ls0IgAqRi8vTyUP2hwMJ9Si4gjwATELK0XESoCXaYyVDC0arfeEC4l-NmmwXOcTK1m9hcoEGKSJQ_uj6Dxmdv3VtqX5TSS8JYnu091O-0rIn_syJxpwyR&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.akalinihang.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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