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 Katha
Download Whole Night’s Keertan

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

here is something that i fell in love with at Baru Sahib… its the cure all for any illness you have, and i swear by it. its Lassan Lassi, oh yes that’s right, Garlic Milkshake. even though this sounds disgusting, it has a rather a highly acquired taste, only for the most sophisticated of pallets, would enjoy this.

I learned this recipe and experienced it  many times during the 2nd year of the Akal Gurmat Camp, i had arrived to camp a week earlier to help out, but i remember i fell ill, and tried traditional western meds in india, but alas they did  no work. Then Inderjit Veer Ji decided to put my out of my misery, and took me to Baba ji’s room and then he told a sevadhar to make us to Lassan lassis. When it came to me i remember that it had a rather strong smell, and made my stomach churn but i saw him take it down, and then i was like ok “Sat Naam” and just chucked it. i almost threw it back up, but by the grace of the Guru, it stayed down. Then for the next 6 hours i was knocked out, but when i woke up i felt great, but of course i smelled like garlic, and so did my clothes. I also remember i would drink those lassan lasis just so that i’d be able to go to Baba Ji’s room, and of course the sevadhaar, Charanjeet Bhen Ji knew why i was there, and Baba Ji would look at me and i knew he’d think “oh you clever boy”… :) but yea i fell in love with lassan lassi, and till this day whenever i feel a hit of a flu or know everyone else around me is getting sick i just make one. Or even a change in the weather, i drink one. However being a bachelor, and living by myself, i usually dont have yogurt on me, so i just eat the garlic raw.

Here is the recipe for Lassan Lasi: garlic

Ingredients:
• 2-3 cloves of Garlic (chopped up)
• 1/2 – 3/4 cup of yogurt
• 1/2 of milk (whole)
•1/3 tsp – black salt
•1/3 tsp – pepper
•1/2 tsp – cayenne pepper
Blender

Directions
1. Chop up garlic.
2. add yogurt and garlic in blender, and blend
3. add milk to yogurt and garlic, and continue to blend
4. put then add the spices above.
5. drink, while drink feel free to pinch your nose

ALSO Note: i’ve tried doing soymilk but its too watery, and
the water makes the garlic taste worse!!!, also try to get
Indian Yogurt aka Dhaee, it taste better than American Milk.
Also if you ever want your space, during your marriage,
drink one of these, and your spouse won’t come anywhere near
you, and the more you reek of garlic, the more toxic you are.
and the garlic helps with other stuff too like here is an NYT blog
about it

Finally even though this taste gross, its totally worth it,
cause you do not have any side effects from the meds
and its all natural :) you may have to have a chaser,
like more yogurt or something sweet like ice cream just to help
with the taste.

hope it helps

February 11th, 2009Video of the Jatha

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 :)

August 21st, 2008Lavaan

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

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Download Lavaan Text Shabd Gurmukhi & Transliteration & Translation
Thanks again to Gurbanifiles.org for hosting the file, and for their seva.

April 28th, 2008Amazing Asa Di Vaar



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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Click here to Download Asa Di Vaar


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Click Here for Jagat Jalanda Shabd<

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Click Here for Anand Sahib – 6 Paurees MP3

thanks to the sevadhars of sikhvibes for providing the track =) ,
Click Here for SikhVibes.com

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 =)


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