It seems that one of the side-effects of having my family out of town is that I have a little bit more time to write on MrSikhNet.com. Recently I was talking to an older friend of mine who is a very servicefull "Khalsa Auntie". Over the years she has spent countless hours answering questions to hundreds of youth on SikhNet on all topics related to Sikhi. Recently she has been planning a new project. As many of you might know, there are many more people in the past 30 years that have started to adopt the Sikh lifestyle. Most of these people are not from Punjabi speaking countries so rely on translations of Gurbani since they know little or no punjabi.
In most of the Gurdwaras where I grew up in there has always been a regular weekly akandh path that would go on. Various sevadhars go around during the week with a sign up sheet inviting those people who wished to have the blessing of participating in the continuous reading of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. There was never any restrictions as to who could partake.There was no question about whether you were a "Sikh" or not, or could read fast, or even read Gurmukhi. Really anyone could take part that was called to do so. You didn’t have to be a "Sikhi Expert" or even a Sikh, so long as you covered your head, remoded your shoes and followed the guidelines for the Akandh Path.
A talk about the science of Siri Guru Granth Sahib, followed by a Sakhi inspiring us to practice Shabad Guru. This is a video with Guru Jodha Singh from Los Angeles.
Did you know that this year we are celebrating the 300 anniversary of when the Siri Guru Granth Sahib was established as the Guru for the Sikhs? In this video Shanti Kaur talks about God and how we relate to the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.
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It seems that one of the side-effects of having my family out of town is that I have a little bit more time to write on MrSikhNet.com. Recently I was talking to an older friend of mine who is a very servicefull "Khalsa Auntie". Over the years she has spent countless hours answering questions to hundreds of youth on SikhNet on all topics related to Sikhi. Recently she has been planning a new project. As many of you might know, there are many more people in the past 30 years that have started to adopt the Sikh lifestyle. Most of these people are not from Punjabi speaking countries so rely on translations of Gurbani since they know little or no punjabi. 
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