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[[File:P1030692-m.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{cs|''"....do good deeds. Do not try to blame anyone else."''([[SGGS 135|p135]])<br> ([http://prabhukhalsa.blogspot.com/ photo:Prabhu Singh])}}]] | [[File:P1030692-m.jpg|thumb|200px|right|{{cs|''"....do good deeds. Do not try to blame anyone else."''([[SGGS 135|p135]])<br> ([http://prabhukhalsa.blogspot.com/ photo:Prabhu Singh])}}]] | ||
[[Katak]] is the eighth month in the [[Nanakshahi calendar]]; a calendar system which governs the Sikh tradition and is based from the birth of the founder of [[Sikhism]], [[Guru Nanak]] in 1469. The first day of this month falls '''on October 15'''. This month coincides with October/November of the Western/[[Georgian]]/[[Julian]] Calendar and is 30 days long. While the preceding months of [[Assu]] (September/October) and [[Bhadon]] (August/September) are hot and rainy in [[Punjab]], in the month of Katik both the temperature and rain have subsided and the season is very pleasant. Many tourists visit [[Punjab]] during this month and succeeding months. | [[Katak]] is the eighth month in the [[Nanakshahi calendar]]; a calendar system which governs the [[Sikh]] tradition and is based from the birth of the founder of [[Sikhism]], [[Guru Nanak]] in [[1469]]. <!---The first day of this month falls '''on October 15'''. This month coincides with October/November of the Western/[[Georgian]]/[[Julian]] Calendar and is 30 days long. While the preceding months of [[Assu]] (September/October) and [[Bhadon]] (August/September) are hot and rainy in [[Punjab]], in the month of Katik both the temperature and rain have subsided and the season is very pleasant. Many tourists visit [[Punjab]] during this month and succeeding months. ---> | ||
For the month of [[Katik]] (October/November), the Guru tells us: | |||
''"...In the month of Katak, do good deeds. Do not try to blame anyone else. <br>Forgetting the Transcendent Lord, all sorts of illnesses are contracted. Those who turn their backs on the Lord shall be separated from Him and consigned to reincarnation, over and over again. <br>In an instant, all of Maya's sensual pleasures turn bitter. No one can then serve as your intermediary. <br>Unto whom can we turn and cry? <br>Just by one's own actions, nothing can be done; destiny was pre-determined from the very beginning. <!---- <br>By great good fortune, I meet my God, and then all pain of separation departs. Please protect Nanak, God; O my Lord and Master, please release me from bondage. In Katak, in the Company of the Holy, all anxiety vanishes. ((9)) "'' [http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=135&L=5&id=5525 (SGGS page 134-5)]---> {{aowf|Katik}} | |||
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Katak is the eighth month in the Nanakshahi calendar; a calendar system which governs the Sikh tradition and is based from the birth of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak in 1469. For the month of Katik (October/November), the Guru tells us:
"...In the month of Katak, do good deeds. Do not try to blame anyone else.
Forgetting the Transcendent Lord, all sorts of illnesses are contracted. Those who turn their backs on the Lord shall be separated from Him and consigned to reincarnation, over and over again.
In an instant, all of Maya's sensual pleasures turn bitter. No one can then serve as your intermediary.
Unto whom can we turn and cry?
Just by one's own actions, nothing can be done; destiny was pre-determined from the very beginning. .....More
