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Some people don't take that step because they feel they can't abide by the rules, therefore they choose not to make the promises. Commonly people will take umbridge to the fact that daily nitnem includes so much material from outside of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. My own reservations have been mentioned elsewhere and are a consequence of the situation I got myself into prior to falling so far in love with Sikhi. It doesn't mean I don't try to live an amritdhari lifestyle in all other regards and I take a bit of offence that you're comparing a non-amritdhari to a makeup wearing, videogame playing, hairstyling layabout. :gingerteakaur: Not that there's anything wrong with videogames LOL. For the benefit of newbies who might be reading this thread can you please clarify what you mean by this line: How do you get through your nitnem and ardaas in 30 minutes a day?? My Japji Sahib takes around 20 minutes (15 if I rush but I don't like to do that), Jaap Sahib is at least 20 minutes again (more like 40 if I'm reading it instead of listening to it), Rehras Sahib is 15, ardaas and Sohila 5 minutes each - how do you do it? Also congratulations and best wishes to you for your khande di pahul in October/November.
Some people don't take that step because they feel they can't abide by the rules, therefore they choose not to make the promises. Commonly people will take umbridge to the fact that daily nitnem includes so much material from outside of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
My own reservations have been mentioned elsewhere and are a consequence of the situation I got myself into prior to falling so far in love with Sikhi. It doesn't mean I don't try to live an amritdhari lifestyle in all other regards and I take a bit of offence that you're comparing a non-amritdhari to a makeup wearing, videogame playing, hairstyling layabout. :gingerteakaur: Not that there's anything wrong with videogames LOL.
For the benefit of newbies who might be reading this thread can you please clarify what you mean by this line:
How do you get through your nitnem and ardaas in 30 minutes a day?? My Japji Sahib takes around 20 minutes (15 if I rush but I don't like to do that), Jaap Sahib is at least 20 minutes again (more like 40 if I'm reading it instead of listening to it), Rehras Sahib is 15, ardaas and Sohila 5 minutes each - how do you do it?
Also congratulations and best wishes to you for your khande di pahul in October/November.
