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The King of This World and the King of the Next, the Protector of Saints with the Sword of Success: Guru Gobind Singh Jee WONDER GURUS The King of this world and the King of the next, the protector of saints with the sword of success: Guru Gobind Singh Jee. I HOPE THIS INSPIRES YOU TO LOVE WAHEGURU EVEN MORE CONTENTS WAHEGURU JEE............................................................................................................................................ 2 IN THE BEGINNING........................................................................................................................ 2 MIRACLES MIGHT HAPPEN......................................................................................................... 2 LET THE SUNSHINE IN.................................................................................................................. 3 THE DECEIVER OF MEN .............................................................................................................. 3 NEVER FORGET THE GIVER....................................................................................................... 4 GURU NANAK DEV JEE............................................................................................................................... 5 FEELS LIKE HEAVEN .................................................................................................................... 5 THE GAME OF LOVE ..................................................................................................................... 6 LOVE NEVER DIES......................................................................................................................... 7 TRUE LOVE...................................................................................................................................... 7 LOTUS WORDS................................................................................................................................ 8 DEAR GURU NANAK ..................................................................................................................... 8 MAN OVERBOARD!....................................................................................................................... 8 MAN MADE ...................................................................................................................................... 9 GURU ANGAD DEV JEE............................................................................................................................... 10 TRUE LOVE - SEVA (SERVICE) FROM THE HEART .............................................................. 10 THE TRUE GURU............................................................................................................................ 10 GURU AMAR DAS JEE.................................................................................................................................. 11 HOME OF THE HOMELESS .......................................................................................................... 11 GURU RAM DAS JEE..................................................................................................................................... 12 GURU ARJUN DEV JEE ................................................................................................................................ 13 ENDLESS STREAM OF MUSIC ..................................................................................................... 13 ALWAYS MERCIFUL...................................................................................................................... 13 GURU HARGOBIND JEE ............................................................................................................................. 14 GURU HAR RAI JEE....................................................................................................................................... 14 WHAT'S THE POINT OF PRAYING? ............................................................................................ 14 THE ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS............................................................................................ 15 GURU HAR KRISHAN JEE ........................................................................................................................... 15 WITH ALL YOUR HEART.............................................................................................................. 16 LACHRYMOSE (the crying one) ..................................................................................................... 16 BACK TO THE OCEAN................................................................................................................... 16 GURU TEGH BAHADUR JEE....................................................................................................................... 17 MARTYRDOM OF SATGURU TEGH BAHADUR JEE.............................................................. 17 PROTECTOR OF HUMANITY ....................................................................................................... 18 GURU GOBIND SINGH JEE.......................................................................................................................... 20 FOREVER FATEH! ALWAYS VICTORY!................................................................................... 20 THE GURU'S GRACE...................................................................................................................... 22 MASTER OF CREATION ................................................................................................................ 22 A WONDERFUL THING ................................................................................................................. 22 MY LOVE, MY LIFE, MY EVERYTHING.................................................................................... 22 COME AND MEET ME ................................................................................................................... 23 SUNNY SKIES.................................................................................................................................. 24 WONDERFUL GURU...................................................................................................................... 25 GURU GRANTH SAHIB JEE......................................................................................................................... 25 THE GURU IS THE SHABAD - THE GURU IS NOT THE BODY............................................. 25 WHY?................................................................................................................................................. 26 UNDISCOVERED WORLD ............................................................................................................ 27 ARDAS............................................................................................................................................... 27 THE GLORIOUS KHALSA PAST.................................................................................................................. 28 FIGHTING SPIRIT ............................................................................................................................ 29 RANJEET NAGARA (Battlefield-Victory Drum) .......................................................................... 31 THE MASTER'S SONS..................................................................................................................... 32 MOUNTAIN OF A MAN .................................................................................................................. 33 THE BEAUTIFUL KHALSA UNIFORM....................................................................................................... 34 THE TURBAN CROWN .................................................................................................................. 34 YOUR MARK OF VICTORY (Kachera, Kanga, Kes, Kirpan and Kara) ...................................... 34 BODY TEMPLE OR BODY DUSTBIN?........................................................................................ 36 AM I A STINKER DRINKER OR A DEEP DOWN THINKER?.................................................. 36 DON'T CUT YOUR MANE!............................................................................................................ 37 ARE YOU A KING OR A CLOWN?............................................................................................... 39 DISTINCT .......................................................................................................................................... 39 RAJ KAREGA KHALSA ................................................................................................................................. 40 BE A SAINT-SOLDIER .................................................................................................................... 40 THE KHALSA RIDES AGAIN......................................................................................................... 41 YOUNG KHALSA ............................................................................................................................ 41 SUPERSINGH!.................................................................................................................................. 41 A MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE............................................................................................... 41 ONE GURU ONE KHALSA ........................................................................................................................... 42 KHALSA BROTHERS.....................................................................................................................
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