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UPCOMING November 2019 PROGRAMMES & SIGNIFICANT DATES : President’s Message Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Kirtan Darbar Daily Council, where the children 12 November to Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh th From 6.00pm 7.45pm did Simran and Bhenji Balbir celebrate the 550 Rehraas (6.00pm-6.30pm) Kaur conducted the Ardaas Gurpurab Guru Nanak Langgar Sewa on Wednesdays, I would like to begin by first as per their request. Dev Ji. The Gurdwara will Fridays and Saturdays. thanking the Sangat for be serving Langgar all making Diwali/Bandi Chorr A Working Bee was also day with evening kirtan Wednesdays a joyous occasion at the organised to get the programmes. Sukhmani Sahib Gurdwara. We believe that Gurdwara prepared for the 4.00pm -5.30pm this may have been the Break Diwali/Bandhi Chorr events An Akhand Path will also most number of people th 5.30pm- 6.00pm and a big THANK YOU to all be held from Friday 15 attend the Gurdwara in a th Rehraas the sewadar’s that turned up November till Sunday 17 6.00pm- 6.30pm single day since we began. to assist with the clean up. November. I look forward Sangat Kirtan You may have noticed that to seeing you all to 6.30pm-7.00pm we had installed new fairy A camp was also arranged by celebrate this auspicious Jatha Kirtan & Ardaas lights to commemorate the the Youth. It was heart- time. 7.00pm-7.45pm day and had also placed a warming to see them metal sheet for candles to participate in kirtan and S.Balwant Singh Sunday prevent damage to the 10:00am -12.00pm langgar sewa. Sports grounds. activities were held as well Gurpurab Guru Nanak Dev Ji and we would like to thank all 12 November 2019 In addition to the of you who assisted to make (see poster in newsletter for Diwali/Bandhi Chorr events, this event a success. programme details) we also participated in the Diwali Festival at the It is also with great Akhand Path Gurpurab Adelaide Showgrounds anticipation that we will all Guru Nanak Dev Ji organised by the Hindu 15th -17th November 2019 be able to gather on Tuesday Path Arambh 8.00am Bhog 9:30am Shaheedi Baba Deep Singh Wanting to Book a Programme 15 November 2019 Sangrand Langgar Sewa Opportunities Available 16 November 2019 We have Wednesday programme’s still available to be booked with Gurgaddi Sri Guru Gobind opportunities for Friday and Saturday as well. Singh Ji 29 November 2019 Contact Kiran on 0438 808 757 or Shaheedi Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji 1 December 2019 Email [email protected] for further details. Sikh Society of South Australia 27 October 2019- Bandhi Chorr Bandi Chhor Diaws was auspiciously and joyously celebrated on Sunday 27 October 2019 at the Gurudwara Sahib with morning and evening Kirtan programs, kids’ activities, candle lighting and Guru Ka Langgar throughout day and night. The very large number of Sangat joined in this auspicious occasion enjoying Kirtan by our Punjabi School, Sangat, Bhai Jaspal Singh Ji and Jatha as the resident Jatha, Dr Deshdeep Singh Ji and Bhai Manjot Singh Ji. Younger children (and adults) enjoyed “lighting” up the occasion with Sparklers and candles. 100 lolly bags were given out to children on the night! The Management Committee thanks all the Sangat, Jathas, Sevadaars, Punjabi School, sparkler donations and coordination and the lolly bags for making this a very joyous occasion. Sikh Society of South Australia 7 October 2019: GURMAT CAMP The Gurudwara Sahib hosted children and their families to the Gurmat Camp held on Monday Public Holiday 7 October 2019. The camp started off with Amrit Vela Prakash of Siri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj Ji followed by the Amrit Vela Banis and Asa Di Vaar. After the morning break the Camp recommenced in the afternoon with children participating in indoor activities and then heading outdoors to The HUB for sports activities. The evening beautifully finished off with Rehras Sahib Paath, Kirtan, medal ceremony for each child who participated in the Camp and Siri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj Ji Samapathi. Delicious food was served for Langgar throughout the day and night with kids enjoying vegetarian burgers, chips and other kid loving snacks. The Management Committee thanks the organizers for a well-run Camp. Guru Nanak Dev Ji Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ accompanied by Bhai Mardana on Here, he donned the robes of a ਨਾਨਕ), the founder and first Guru the rabab (a stringed instrument). During peasant, earning his own honest of Sikhism, was born in the year 1469, one of those early mornings while bathing living by cultivating the in the village Talwandi which is located in “Vain Nadi” (a small river), Guru Nanak lands. Followers came from near and in the Punjab region of the Indian heard God‘s call to dedicate himself far to listen to the Master. subcontinent. The village, now known completely to the service of humanity. The He introduced the institution as Nankana Sahib, is situated near the very first sentence which he uttered then of Langar (free communal kitchen) at city of Lahore in present was, "There is no Hindu, no Musalman Kartarpur, establishing the basic day Pakistan. Sikhs around the world (Muslim)". Stating that he had been taken equality of all people regardless of celebrate the auspicious occasion of to the God's court and given a divine their social and economic status. In Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s birth on the mission, Guru Nanak then began the next the year 1539, knowing that the end Pooranmashi (full moon) day in the stage of his life, to preach his unique was drawing near, Guru Ji, after Lunar month of Katak (October- doctrine (Sikhi) to the entire world. having tested his own two sons and November), which falls on a different For the next 30 years, accompanied by some followers over the years, date every year. Bhai Mardana, Guru Nanak undertook four installed Bhai Lehna ji (Guru Angad Guru Nanak's father, Mehta Kalu ji, major spiritual journeys, running Dev Ji) as the Second Nanak, and was a village accountant. His across India, South Asia, Tibet and Arabia, after a few days passed mother, Mata Tripta ji, was described covering about 30,000 kilometers. In these into Sachkhand. as a simple and very religious woman. journeys, he preached the new concept of He also had an older sister God as "Supreme, All powerful and named Bebe Nanki ji, who cherished Truthful, Formless (Nirankar), Fearless her younger brother. From an early (Nirbhau), Without hate (Nirvair), the Sole age, it was evident that Nanak was an (Ik), the Self-Existent (Saibhang), the extraordinary child, distinguished by Incomprehensible and Everlasting creator his divine grace. Blessed with a deeply of all things (Karta Purakh), and the contemplative mind and rational Eternal and Absolute Truth (Satnam)". thinking, young Nanak would often Guru ji taught people that the 'One' God astound his elders and teachers with dwells in every one of his creations, and the sublimity of his knowledge, that all human beings can have direct particularly on divine matters. Growing access to God without the need of any up, he refused to partake in traditional rituals or priests. Setting up a unique religious rituals, and often spoke out spiritual, social and political platform against several prevalent societal based on equality and fraternal love, Guru Guru Nanak's writings, in the form of 974 spiritual hymns comprising . practices such as the Caste Nanak attacked the citadel of the System, idolatry, and the worship of Hindu Caste System, and condemned the the Japji Sahib, Asa di Var, Bara demi-Gods. By the age of 16, Guru theocracy of Mughal rulers. He described Mah, Sidh Gosht and Dakhni Source:Nanak hadhttp://www.discoversikhis mastered multiple religious the dangers of egotism, falsehood, and Onkar were incorporated in the texts and languages including Sanskrit, hypocrisy, and called upon the people to scripture Guru Granth Sahib by the fifth Guru Arjan Dev ji. All the Sikh Persian, and Hindi, and was writing engage in worship through the "Naam" what many believed were divinely (the name of God). He rejected the path of Gurus after Guru Nanak continued to inspired compositions. renunciation (Tyaga), emphasizing a identify themselves as Nanak while householder's (family) life based on honest penning down their sacred writings. In the year 1487, Guru Nanak was conduct, selfless service (Sewa), and Thus, Sikhs believe that all the Gurus married to Mata Sulakhni ji, and they constant devotion and remembrance of possessed the same divine light and had two sons, Sri Chand and Lakhmi God's name. Guru Nanak promoted the further strengthened the same Das. The family, accompanied by Bhai equality of all mankind and upheld the doctrine as was propagated by Guru Mardana, a Muslim childhood friend of causes of the downtrodden and the poor, Nanak Dev Ji. Guru Nanak, then moved to the town laying special emphasis to assert the of Sultanpur Lodhi, where Guru ji took Among people of various faiths and equality of women. the job of an accountant in charge of traditions, Guru Nanak Dev Ji is the stores of the local Governor. Here, In the later years of his life, Guru ji founded variously revered as Satguru Nanak, Guru Nanak worked during the days, and settled down at the township Jagat Guru Nanak, Baba Nanak, but during the early mornings and late of Kartarpur ("creator's town"), on the Nanak Shah Faqir, Bhagat Nanak, nights, he meditated and sang hymns banks of river Ravi in Punjab. Nanak Kalandar. Source: www.Sikhiwiki.com Sikh Society of South Australia May Guru NanaK shower us all with his blessings on this auspicious occasion || ਾ拓 ਪੀਲਾਇਆ ﹱਸੁਣੀ ਪਕੁ ਾਰਰ ਦਾਤਾਰ ਪਭਰ ੁ ਗੁਰ ੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਗ ਮਾਰਿ ਪਠਾਇਆ || ਚਰਨ ਧਇੋ ਰਿਰਾਰਸ ਕਰਰ ਚਰਣਾਰਮਤਰ ੁ ਰਸਖ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਿਰ ਮ ਪਰੂ ਨ ਬ੍ਿਰ ਮ ਕਰਲਜਗੁ ਅਦੰ ਰ ਇਕ ਰਦਖਾਇਆ || ਚਾਰੇ ਪਰੈ ਧਰਮ ਦ ੇ ਚਾਰਰ ਵਰਨ ਇਕ ਵਰਨੁ ਕਰਾਇਆ || ਰਾਣਾ ਰੰਕ ਬ੍ਰਾਬ੍ਰੀ ਪਰੈ ੀ ਪਵਣਾ ਜਰਗ ਵਰਤਾਇਆ | ਉਲਟਾ ਖਲੇ ੁ ਰਪਰੰਮ ਦਾ ਪਰੈ ਾ拓 ਉਪਰਰ ਸੀਸ ਰਨਵਾਇਆ || ਕਰਲਜਗੁ ਬ੍ਾਬ੍ੇ ਤਾਰਰਆ ਸਰਤਨਾਮੁ ਪਰਹਿ ਮਤੰ ਰ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ || ਕਰਲ ਤਾਰਰਣ ਗੁਰ ੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਇਆ ||੨੩|| ਵਾਰ ੧ || The Provider Lord listened to the cries (of humanity), Guru Nanak descended into this world.
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    Guru Granth Sahib as Interfaith Divine Scripture Sikhism is not an ‘ism’, as such, but a spiritual way of life for the entire mankind to become divine. Guru Granth Sahib, the holy Sikh scripture, contains the divine ‘Words’ (hymns) of those God-conscious persons, who merged with the divine by treading on the divine path and by meditating on the Divine Name. The divine concept of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh faith, is that the Divine ‘Word’ is the Guru and the Surt(i) (tune of mind), which is egoistic, is the disciple of the Divine ‘Word’. {Shabad Guru Surt(i) dhun chela. (943)} The Surt(i), by meditating on the divine ‘Word’, would shed its ego and become divine. One divine sentence incorporated in Guru Granth Sahib sums up this concept: Dubidha chhod Bha-ai Nirankari (685) {O Man! Shed duality (ego) and you are God.} In Mathematical equation it will be: MAN – EGO = GOD This is the universal truth and the divine path treaded by the mankind to become divine, irrespective of any caste, creed, religion, region, age or sex. Today, we hold many conferences and seminars for interfaith, but nobody has tried to explain the world that Guru Granth Sahib itself is the divine scripture of the 35 God-conscious persons, who belonged initially to different castes, creeds, religions and regions. Similarly, nobody could define the magnanimity of Guru Granth Sahib, in which the divine verses of only six Sikh Gurus out of the ten Sikh Gurus, have been incorporated. Whereas, the divine hymns of 15 Saints belonging to different caste, creed, culture, religion and social status also find a place of honor.
  • Annexure: Gurmat Curriculum of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: 1916 and 1929

    Annexure: Gurmat Curriculum of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: 1916 and 1929

    Annexure: Gurmat Curriculum of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: 1916 and 1929 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021 167 T. Bassi, A Study of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3219-8 168 Annexure: Gurmat Curriculum of the Sikh Kanya Mahavidyalaya: 1916 … 1916 1929 First class Committing to memory—the main hymn (Mul Mantra) and Bani Kanth (committing to memory): Mul Mantra and two Shabads: Memorization of Bani (Bani Kanth) Shabads: (1) Ucchh aadhar beant swami and (2) Tera kita How to respect, and bow to, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, to keep jato nahi quiet and stand with clasped hands, when praying or Maryada (modesty)—To treat Sri Guru Granth Sahib with reciting Shabads, to sit by squatting in congregation, to take respect and bow down, read Shabads, avoid gossip during the Parshad (sacramental food) with both hands opened, to Ardasa, be seated in cross-legged posture during address all persons respectfully and to say Fateh with hands congregations, accept consecrated food with folded hands, to clasped address everybody with ‘ji’ and to utter Fateh with folded Shabads 2: (1) Uch apar beant Swami; (2) Tera kita jato hands nahin First class senior (Pakki) Committing to memory—First five Pauris (stanzas) of Japji Bani Kanth (committing to memory): Five stanzas of Japuji Sahib and names of Ten Gurus, five Pyaras (disciples) and Sahib and three Shabads—(1) Tu Thakur tum peh ardas; (2) the four Sahibzadas (princes) He Govind he Gopal he dayal lal; and (3) Thir ghar baiso har Shabads—Three (1) Santa de karaj; (2) Rate