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...hat have not been updated in around 6 months or longer. This is being done in an effort to shorten the currently long page of bloggers and take out blogs ...ppening around me..Watch this space for Info on Gurmat Sangeet.'''.Shabads in ancient styles are up..''' Guru Ang Sang!

...41718 of the standard recension of [[Guru Granth Sahib]] and the fourth is in Tilang measure on pages 72223. ...sword and the inhabitants carried into captivity. During his next invasion in 1524, Babar ransacked Lahore. His final invasion was launched during the wi

...tti) are sacred hymnes of Guru Amardass present in Guru Granth Sahib. It's in Rag Asa under title ਰਾਗ੝ ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਪਟੀ At that time, whole Preaching of the religion was in Hands of Scholars(ਪੰਡਿਤ, ਪਾਧਾ). They use to guide to comm

...Guru is giving advise and pointing the "Vanjara" (The Merchant or Trader), in the correct spiritual direction. He is calling him a friend and telling him ...end - those attached to money will "depart crying". When you are young and in good health, recite the Lord's [[Naam]] because soon the youth and good hea

[[Image:Kirtan1.jpg|300px|thumb|Kirtan Jatha - ''Late Giani Harjit Singh in Kenya around 1960's''|right]] ...'' simply '''Kirtan''' refers to [[Sikh]] devotional music that originated in the [[Hindu]] tradition as loving songs sung to [[God]]. Kirtan is also one

...ntion, and comprehension, will achieve Anand (Complete Happiness or Bliss) in life. ...alike. His is a mind which is ever luminous with Guru Consciousness and is in perpetual intoxication of [[Naam]] and [[Amrit]] [[Bani]], accepting withou

...'' and '''mani''' means ''mind or heart'' also ''jewel'' (<big> ਮਣੀ </big> in Gurmukhi can mean ''jewel, gem, precious stone'' ...has a remarkable gripping quality reinforced by the striking imagery which in stanza after stanza brings home to the seeker the truths he must own.

...s maternal uncle ''Sultan Rai''. ''Sardul Rai'' waged war against King Asa in which. ...hadhis) wrote a poem (vaar) on the story of the new pious king and sung it in public and received rewards and this vaar became very renowned.

...marriage to a Sikh couple – Effectively, the Guru defines a Sikh marriage in these 2 lines: ...ogether. Rather they alone are called husband and wife, who share one soul in two bodies."'''''

...in man's pursuit of the moral and spiritual path. The group of five evils in [[Punjabi]] are: ...owever, theologically, no special significance attaches to the number five in the group of evils except that these five human failures are believed to co

...ot (five demons) or [[panj]] [[vikar]] (five sins) as they are referred to in the [[Sikh Scripture]], [[Guru Granth Sahib]], are according to [[Sikhi]], ...use to man's pursuit of the moral and spiritual path. The other four evils in the group of five are:

[[Image:Moolmantar guruarjan.jpg|thumb|Manglacharan in the handwriting of Guru Arjan Dev ji from the Kartarpuri Bir]] ...emphasised by the fact that it is the first composition to appear in the [[SGGS|holy Granth]] of the [[Sikh]]s and that it appears before the commencement

...rendered himself to the Will of the Supreme Being, ever remaining absorbed in meditation on the Name, how he had, through the favour of [[Guru]]s, attain ...with some sikhs visited goindwal after skirmish in amritsar then were left in Goindwal on the persuasion of Baba Sundarji.

...Guru]], [[Guru Arjan]]. This [[Gurbani]] in [[Gauri|raga Gauri Sukhmani]] in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] is a lengthy composition which spans a total of 3 ...assages are a little challenging but these have many valuable translations in various languages.

...], that (with slight orthographical variations - at three different places in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]]) forms part of the Japu (morning prayer) (paun27) ...in [[Raga Asa]] it evokes feelings of elation and ecstasy. The poem sings, in a variety of images, of the splendour of the Divine Threshold. Countless m

...as He the Guru of All Beings as He is the Greater Guru. God has many names in [[Sikhism]] and Waheguru is probably the most important and the most common ..., the bard contemporary with [[Guru Arjan]], Nanak V (1553-1606), and also in the Varan of [[Bhai Gurdas]].

...Guru]], [[Guru Arjan]]. This [[Gurbani]] in [[Gauri|raga Gauri Sukhmani]] in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] is a lengthy composition which spans a total of 3 ...assages are a little challenging but these have many valuable translations in various languages. Further the verses are divided into neat small coherent

...nds and moves us away from selfishness and limitedness in our behavior and in our attitude. The spiritual master/teacher, the Guru brings awareness of re '''Usage of the word 'Guru' in Sikhism''' (From "Sikhism - Its Philosophy and History")

...death of a close relation. Etymologically, the word means an ''"utterance in praise of a departed person"''. ...the compositions stressing the importance of time which should be utilized in remembrance of the Lord.

...Ji beseeches the Almighty to save the World on Fire. Then the Fifth Nanak, in the Form of [[Guru Arjan]] Sits On Fire And Through His Grace Saves The Wor ...he Almighty manifests himself in human form, he takes the whole human race in His loving Embrace. This God like warmth of the Divine Incarnate flows out