Monday, January 15, 2007

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Podcasts

Recently, I've gotten into podcasting (listening anyways). There are a couple that are directly relavent to Sikhi:

1. Sikhwithin Podcast - A biweekly podcast in ENGLISH that discusses several aspects of sikhi including shabads, history, etc. Listened to the latest one, and its really good!

2. W!N Podcast - A new podcast, that is supposed to be meant for the youth and cover a wide variety of topics including chapter by chapter reviews of books written by Gursikhs. Promising in theory, if you understand punjabi (although it is supposed to be in english...)

Do you have any good Sikhi related podcasts? Please let me know!

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Bhai Amolak Singh on Google Video


On the front page of Google Video, I swear this is an unaltered screenshot!

(The actual video is here)

Friday, October 20, 2006

Samagam!

Just to let anyone who might be reading this, if you are in the Edmonton Area, please come by to the Samagam!

It started today (Friday) and will continue for this weekend (until Sunday at noon). Program details will be:

5:00am - noon (Simran, nitnem, Asa di Vaar, Akhand Keertan)
3:30pm - 9:00pm (Simran, Gurbani Vichaar, Rehraas, Akhand Keertan)

please come if you can!

Google map link (its were it says "Michaels Park")

Monday, October 02, 2006

The cell... and the universe

See any similarities?
(click the image to see the full picture)

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Wow. Just Wow.

That was the only thing I could think of when I watched this video. It describes someone taking amrit, and it is incredible.

Please take a look!

From: Akaal Media Blog.

Monday, September 25, 2006

Leadership by Turban



This is an amazing ebook written by Ravi Singh... in a truly non-traditional .exe file type! I read through bits of it, and it an absolute must read! Take a look.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Religious fanatics

Even 300 years ago, its sad to see certain faiths going exclusively towards the destruction of others. From the mouth of your Guru:

rojw DrY mnwvY Alhu suAwdiq jIA sMGwrY ]
rojaa dhurai munaavai aluhu suaadhath jeea sunghaarai
You keep your fasts to please Allah, while you murder other beings for pleasure.

Awpw dyiK Avr nhI dyKY kwhy kau JK mwrY ]1]
aapaa dhaekh avur nehee dhaekhai kaahae ko jhukh maarai
You look after your own interests, and so not see the interests of others. What good is your word? ||1||

kwjI swihbu eyku qohI mih qyrw soic ibcwir n dyKY ]
kaajee saahib eaek thohee mehi thaeraa soch bichaar n dhaekhai
O Qazi, the One Lord is within you, but you do not behold Him by thought or contemplation.

Kbir n krih dIn ky baury qw qy jnmu AlyKY ]1] rhwau ]
khubar n kurehi dheen kae bourae thaa thae junum alaekhai
You do not care for others, you are a religious fanatic, and your life is of no account at all. ||1||Pause||

swcu kqyb bKwnY Alhu nwir purKu nhI koeI ]
saach kuthaeb bukhaanai aluhu naar purukh nehee koee
Your holy scriptures say that Allah is True, and that he is neither male nor female.

pFy guny nwhI kCu baury jau idl mih Kbir n hoeI ]2]
putae gunae naahee kush bourae jo dhil mehi khubar n hoee
But you gain nothing by reading and studying, O mad-man, if you do not gain the understanding in your heart. ||2||

Alhu gYbu sgl Gt BIqir ihrdY lyhu ibcwrI ]
aluhu gaib sugul ghutt bheethar hirudhai laehu bichaaree
Allah is hidden in every heart; reflect upon this in your mind.

ihMdU qurk duhUM mih eykY khY kbIr pukwrI ]3]7]29]
hindhoo thuruk dhuhoon mehi eaekai kehai kubeer pukaaree
The One Lord is within both Hindu and Muslim; Kabeer proclaims this out loud. ||3||7||29||

Sunday, July 30, 2006

STTM 2 Preview?





Sikhi To The Max 2!

I'm not sure if this is an official release, but this preview seems to be very full featured. The interface is much cleaner and easier to use. There are also other cool features such as being able to make the Bani Navigator transparent (which can be now in Gurmukhi and English), as well as choosing backgrounds for the slides. All in all, waaay cool!

Friday, July 28, 2006

Victorinox India


The Swiss Army Kirpaan

I just thought I'd let everyone know that this IS available from the Victorinox india website. Now it isn't cheap (the big one comes to about $125 with shipping).. and when I got it, I was happily ripped off (the "hologram" that was supposed to be written on one side wasn't present).

Even then, it is an amazingly high quality item, with a rich handle and super fine blade.

Victorinox India

Monday, July 24, 2006

Religions in Canada: Sikhism

This is a surprisingly thorough (and from what I can tell, accurate) explination about sikhism, posted on the Canadian Forces Web Site about religions.

Impressive.

(I did note one mistake in the 3rd paragraph which I emailed them to correct... try to find what it is!)

Religions in Canada: Sikhism

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Delhi 1993 - Part 2 of 2 - Tejinderpal Singh Dulla



OMG! Bhai Tejinderpal Singh (Dulla) from 1993 in Delhi.

I haven't posted in a while, so this is a good start!!

Friday, June 30, 2006

Samagam! Now!

For anyone in the Edmonton area, there is a samagam this weekend (actually it started on Friday) at the Blue Quill Community Center (25th Ave and 113 Street)

If you are in the area, swing by!!

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Big bang, and the crunch

From Chopai Sahib

"ਜਬ ਉਦਕਰਖ ਕਰਾ ਕਰਤਾਰਾ ॥ ਪ੍ਰਜਾ ਧਰਤ ਤਬ ਦੇਹ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
When the Creator projected Himself, His creation manifested itself in innumerable forms;

ਜਬ ਆਕਰਖ ਕਰਤ ਹੋ ਕਬਹੂੰ ॥ ਤੁਮ ਮੈ ਮਿਲਤ ਦੇਹ ਧਰ ਸਭਹੂੰ ॥੩੮੯॥
When at any time He withdraws His creation, all the physical forms are merged in Him.13."

Sunday, May 28, 2006

and more Nagar Keertan

 
 
 

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More nagar keertan

 
 
 
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Edmonton - Nagar Keertan

 
 
 
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Saturday, May 20, 2006

God - Interesting read

This link leads to a christian-sort of site... but it never ceases to amaze me the similarities of beliefs among various faiths.

I just found this article today, and it is nearly IDENTICAL to my thoughts in my previous blog post. (A couple references to the bible, but still a good read).

God - The Sum Total of Universal Energy

Sunday, May 14, 2006

What is God?

This is a sort of thought experiment. Actually I've done this before and come up with a very similar sort of reasoning that is present in "God's Debris". A free ebook copy is available here.




So what is God? This is a question that has plagued millions of people for centuries. Our Gurus have written so much about Vaheguroo, but still when we read it, we still find difficulty in understanding exactly what Vaheguroo is.

Our Guru Granth Sahib states that Vaheguroo is bigger than anything, but within everything. Vaheguroo is nowhere, but everywhere. This, to me, is facinating. The following are my personal views... so please bear with me if I have mis-spoken.

Many fundamentalists like to see God as a person... a guy in a cloud somewhere? or a stone? or something physical. But I think what we forget is that God is sooo great, that God is above 'physical'. If this is true, then God can be anything.

So lets start with some facts.
  1. Our Gurus say that in the beginning there was only God. Science says that in the beginning there was the big bang... pure energy.

  2. Our Gurus say that now God is everywhere, in everything. Science says that our current universe consists of matter, energy, and forces.

  3. Our Gurus say that at the end of time, there will again be only God. Science says that at the end of time, everything will either pan out to infinity or come back together in a big crunch.. so everything will be energy again.


Whenever we refer to God, we think of light. It's God's light.. his blessings that we recieve. People, when they reach wisdom, become enlightened. Is this terminology mere coincidence? (Blessed persons are drawn with a halo of light around their head).

So what if GOD was energy? God would perimiate between each one of us. God makes up every atom, every electron, every molecule in our bodies. Every particle in our world. The energy that exists... Power... the forces of gravity, magnitism, all with Vaheguroo... In the beginning there was only Vaheguroo. Now, Vaheguroo is still omnipitant, we just don't see anything. And when the universe comes to an end, Vaheguroo, the energy will still remain. The law of conservation of energy says that energy cannot be created, nor destroyed: but it can be converted from one form to another. Is this what we are seeing? The one thing that unites every person, every particle in the universe is the one Vaheguroo... the same energy that connects us all?

I donno. But it sounds neat :)

Bhul chuk maph.