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Can any one please read the plaque above and translate it for me. I cannot read Gurmukhi and the plaque is in Gurmukhi. It is installed in Gurudwara Amr Shah Singh at Jhanda Ram Street, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Any help would be much appreciated.

Sat Sangat Ji, We've probably all at some stage left water in a jar when an akhand paat is carried out and drank it afterwards. Our bodies are made up of mostly water - 65-90% of each cell in our body is water. It is such an important element that exists in gods domain. I came across this...

"...The earliest reference to the Sikhs by any European has come to us in a letter of Sep.25, 1606 of Father Jerome Xavier [a Catholic priest] written from Lahore to the Jesuits Provincial Supervisor of Goa. In this letter he talks about Guru Arjan's holy and saintly personality who enjoyed...

Hi folks I was recently e-mail an interesting question and answer document based on the Guru Granth Sahib ji. Iread it and thought it is an excellent example for me to illustrate how Bani can be manipulated: Now here is the same article with Bani added and questions slightly altered: any views?

Following is the link of Katha by Giani Thakur singh ji. It is divided in small files of 20 to 25 minutes. Total Katha runs for about 600 hours. I have listened to it some time back. You may also like to take the benefit. One may down load the files as well as I had done. If the link does not...

My dear Sikh brothers and sisters :-) I am currently reading through the Guru Granth Sahib and learning about the lives and teachings of the Gurus. I have read parts of the Granth before, in my general study of religious scriptures, but I'm trying to delve more deeply into the faith and really...

My behaviour over the last few weeks is vexing me, it is causing me concern. I did not join this forum to correct others, or impose my view of Sikhism on another, I did not join to discover answers to my own questions and then force others to accept my answers, yet I increasingly find my...

Our Guru ji were of Hindu lineage. They discovered and wanted to create a future beyond Hinduism. That future in brevity has come to be known as Sikhism. In Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Guru ji and other writers shattered so many myths of Hiduism, spoke up against ill direction provided by the...

the british library has one of the oldest Guru Granth Sahib from the 1600s i want to know is this entire Guru Granth Sahib available. Here is the link. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/expfaith/sikhmanu/gurugranth/033ori000002748u00031v00.html

UAE’s Sikh community gets its first dedicated gurudwara Jan 31, 2012 Jebel Ali: The United Arab Emirates has inaugurated the country’s first official Sikh gurudwara. Guru Nanak Darbar opened on Friday in Jebel Ali around 35 km from Dubai, ending years of demand from the Sikh community for a...

QMmu "PILLAR, SUPPORT ANCHOR, HOT IRONS, STOP" IN GURU GRANTH SAHIB Harsimrat Kaur Khalsa President Guru Granth Parchar Mission of USA, Inc. (510) 432-5827 harsimiritkaur@khalsa.com Pillars have been used in architecture and art by many cultures for thousands of years. They are...

I found this text fascinating. It’s an extract from an old rehatnama which is commonly referred to as the Chaupa Singh rehatnama today. The form is which this document reaches us today is not without its own complexities (like many/most Sikh manuscripts of older provenance). The stark...

http://rozanaspokesman.com/fullpage.aspx?view=main&mview=Jan&dview=15&pview=6 This is the type of Sucham Guur Nank Ji taught us Sikhs to keep...the Sucham of HONEST LABOUR..not to even TOUCH something not earned honestly....BUT Sikhs ran after the Pandits and the Bippar Brahmins..and adopted...

It would help if you answer this please. Note to admin: Why did you delete my prev thread? You could have messaged me and explained.

There seems to be a image circulating internet these days claiming to be a portrait of Guru Nanak. Does anybody has any concrete information about its origin? Gurfateh

Sat Sri Akal! I present for your reference the second paragraph of standard SGPC Ardaas: [/SIZE][/FONT]'... Then of Guru Angad, Amardas and Ramdas - may they be our rescuers!' '... Think then of Teg Cahadar, remembrance of whom brings all nine treasures. He comes to rescue everywhere. Then...

Author - Harinder Singh Sent on hyderabad_sikhs@yahoogroups.com ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਮਨਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਭਾਇਆ ॥ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਹਰਿ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਮੇਰੀ ਭੈਨਾ ॥ ਏਕੋ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮੁਖਿ ਬੋਲਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬੈਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ ਮੈ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਮਹਾ ਬੈਰਾਗੁ ॥ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ...

Why is Guru Gobind Singh Ji's bani not in SGGS Ji?

Today I read the following, which surprised me: Poster A said "Guru can take care of everything" Poster B said this was an incorrect interpretation. However I read in SGGS that everything will be taken care of: Ang 691 ਆਪਿ ਲੀਏ ਲੜਿ ਲਾਇ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰੀਆ ਜੀਉ ॥ Āp lī▫e laṛ lā▫e kirpā ḏẖārī▫ā...