Gurvinderpal Singh

A month back, the Baru Sahib Jatha and Baba Iqbal Singh Ji did keertan and the Tucker Gurdwara. It was amazing and the Jatha even did Dhaadhi vaar, I did the recordings off my iphone, so it took me a while to transfer the files off my phone, but i finally was able to do it. Below is Baba Ji’s katha on Haumani and attachment, its mainly in punjabi but there is some english and you can still understand it

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Download Whole Night’s Keertan

BTW links have been correctly updated, i apologize for any earlier errors

Here is a video of the performance done by the Akal Academy Jatha
the shabd is Mittar Pyare Nu, thanks so much for Siri Dyal Kaur (Espanola Vale)
for recording these on her camera, then she put them up on Facebook,
then i got them off of facebook and wound up converting them to Mp4.
there were two more shabds, and i placed them in to a zip file.
feel free to download all three shabds

the bridge is beginning

So one of the most coolest ceremonies with in Sikh Dharma is the Lavaan, other wise known as the Wedding Ceremony. the other day i was listening to a katha by Giani Thakur Singh Ji (http://gurbaniupdesh.org) and the katha was dealing with the Lavaan. I only listened to the first 15 minutes, how ever there was still so much gyan. =)

anyways Giani ji states that the whole ceremony is rather amazing, and there is nothing coincidental about it. Now alot of this i may be mixing up with another Katha, Giani Ji stated about Guru Ram Daas But still it makes it even more awesome, also there may be stuff i heard from Siri Singh Sahib and Baba Iqbal Singh Ji. But then after listening to the Katha and also my experience with women and men, other thoughts came in my mind…. so heres something to think about….

The Lavaan was written by Guru Ram Daas Ji, Sodhi Sultan. I also believe he created the ceremony as well, now with in Sikhi (and other dharms as well) we believe in Micro- and Macro- cosm. Which is the belief that whatever is made in the universe, is also made in side of every single living beings. Being the Five Tatvaas (primal elements: Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Ether). so if you look at the “Lavaa” part, the walking around the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji four times, there are alot of meanings to it. Firstly
regardless of how crazy the world may get i realize that the my center is always Guru Ji. But also look at the planets, and how with in Bhaee (Fear/Love of God) they follow the hukam of God. As the Earth goes around the Sun, in orbit; the Moon follows and goes around the Earth, the same way as the Groom goes around the Guru, and the Bride goes behind the Groom. now i know this sounds really sexist, and why is that the bride has be behind the groom.

Yet if you think about it, even Siri Singh Sahib states “That the Bride gives “Thakay” pushes to the Groom, to make him go forward, kind of like the way that a farmer whips the mule to go forward” inthe same way the Bride has to push her husband forward, and ask him the two questions all wives have to ask their husband, “WHY, are you doing this?” and “IF you had listened to me, this would not have happened” also the Bride is like the moon, she waxes and wanes, but the Earth feels the pull of the Moon, BUT NEVER LOOSES Its OrBit around the sun. the Same way the Husband must never be so affected by his wife that he looses his orbit/sadhana/commitment to the Guru being the center of his life.

Also if the Husband looses his devotion to God, the wife will leave him. b/c if the Earth stopped its orbit around the Sun, then the moon will leave. but so long as the earth stays strong and constant with his orbit its good.

Ok so i’ll continue on this later, but below is a recording of Lavaan of my good friends “Mandeep Singh and Charanpreet Kaur Jupiter Vale” from their ceremony it was about 20 months back, it was soooo amazing! Baba Iqbal Singh Ji and the Akal Academy Jatha did the keertan and led the service. waheguru

[audio:http://gurvinderpal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Laavan-baru-sahib.mp3]
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Download Lavaan Text Shabd Gurmukhi & Transliteration & Translation
Thanks again to Gurbanifiles.org for hosting the file, and for their seva.

I came across this amazing Asa Di Vaar sung by the Akal Academy Bibi Jatha =) simply amazing. its all in classical raag with classical stringed instruments. i remembered about 2 years back the bhen jis were directed to learn tanti saag, its so amazing to feel their josh and shakti in their keertan, i advise you not to play this if you are trying to sleep after sadhana, because the naad will keep you up =)… also at the end they sing the shabad Jagat Jalanda Rakh Layee,

it was really amazing, so i chopped that and made it another downloadable file. I also chopped up their anand sahib out of the Asa Di Vaar and made that in to a mp3 as well.



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[audio:http://www.gurvinderpal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/jagat_jalanda.mp3]

Click Here for Jagat Jalanda Shabd<

[audio:http://www.gurvinderpal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/anand_sahib.mp3]

Click Here for Anand Sahib – 6 Paurees MP3

thanks to the sevadhars of sikhvibes for providing the track =) ,
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here is a dhadi of the Akal Academy Baru Sahib Jatha’s Dhadi, i chopped it up, andjust took out the shabad Gur Mayar Sang Sadha Hai Naalay, i also made some ringtones,hopefully they all worked with guru ji’s mehr

First is the Shabad
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Download the mp3 of the Shabad
Download iPhone Shabd Ringtone
Download mp3 Shabd Ringtone

The next version is a cool Dhaadhi start up where they are doing tanti saaj =)
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Download the mp3 of the Dhadi Start Up
Download the iPhone Dhadi Start Up Ringtone
if you listen close enough you can hear baba ji =)

I thought i’d share with everyone one of my favorite shabds. i know a lot of people have been going through some crazy times. A lot of singhs and kaurs have been going through their “Kathia DukH Bukh Sadh Maar Eh Bhe Daat Tayree Dataar” stages of their spirituality.
alot of sangat i’ve spoken to has noticed that time has been speeding up and picking up, i started noticing it in the fall of 2004 or was it 2002, actually and nowadays everything is so crazy and the world is getting more nuts and people are getting more neurotic and just odd.

however this shabad always has a way of centering me and letting my soul…
i just located one of my favorite Gurbani CDs, it was by the “Jatha”… the Baru Sahib Bibia Di Jatha…. it was one of their first Cds i think…. incidentally enough it featured “Tu Kahey DHolay Prania” and it was the name of the CD as well.
Now i remember why i loved this Cd so much, it was right after the first year of the Akal International Gurmat Youth Camp back in 2004, and we had just returned from our Yatra from Amritsar and Anandpur Sahib…. a few of us campers decided to give our heads to Kalgidhar Paadhsha, and receive his Khand Di Phul… I remembered i was so scared because i could barely read Jap Ji… and i asked Nirmal Bhen Ji “what should i do, i know when i go back to America, Sikhi isn’t going to be as easy, amrit velas are going to be hard, sangat isn’t going to be supportive… i’ll be alone and missing Baru Sahib and Baba ji soo much…”
Nirmal Bhen Ji just looks at me and smiles and says;”Gurvinderpal when ever you are feeling alone or missing baru sahib, just listen to these….” Then she opens up a locker and hands me 5 Cds of the Jatha, there were 3 Dhaadi Vaar Cds, one Nitnem Cd (which completely saved me), and this gurbani raag Cd….

so whenever i hear this shabad my Ego Shuts up and i just start up my sunnia and mannia and just placed back in to baru sahib and just reminded of the love and awesome “divine energy” hehe =) and oh ya of baba ji too =) anyways i thought i would share this with everyone =)

words of advice, if you want to meditate, just sit in easy pose with hands in prayer pose, or apply gyan mudra on both hands and just breath deeply. Also if you are doing Su Darshan Chakar Kriya or any pranayama i recommend listening to this shabad, and as you inhale just remind your self… that these breathes God gives you, Thy Gives you Prana (the divine breath, so breathe in)




Download the Mp3
Download the PDF of the Shabad

also for more information concerning the Kalgidhar Society go Here, its the http://kalgidharsociety.org