tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:16:34 +0000MKhalsa's (useless) Musingshttp://blog.mkhalsa.com/noreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)Blogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-5029498732817537112Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:56:00 +00002007-09-28T09:56:27.030-07:00I just downloaded windows live writer beta and am testing it to see if it will help me actually post something! http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/09/testing-windows-live-writer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-7855854388301543987Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:44:00 +00002007-07-02T08:47:29.820-07:00http://www.japnaamsingh.com/2007/06/baseless-fear-mongering-by-cbc.html I've never seen such a blatant attempt to plant fear and misinformation into the Canadian public than I saw tonight on the CBC. I've never seen such a blatant abuse of journalistic power than Terry Milewski's piece on The National. It doesn't take very much to slant a piece of journalism to suit the journalist's goals. http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/07/baseless-fear-mongering-by-cbc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-5292002906960275057Thu, 03 May 2007 18:15:00 +00002007-05-03T11:19:51.647-07:00I just saw a video that someone had posted on discoversikhi.com showing some mona guys running around with guns and khalistan flags, khanda tatoos on their backs acting like thugs. My reply to this was: This gangster bastardization of Sikhi that I am seeing more and more of is really dissapointing and disheartening. It starts at amritdhari youth who go around "repping" DDT, BKI, AKJ jackets http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/05/gangster-sikhi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-4874731871861804513Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:09:00 +00002007-04-29T22:10:25.677-07:00Panthic Weekly Article: Canadian Media's Attack on Sikhs Some of my feelings on the recent issues in Canada: Most of the problems we are seeing here are due to the fact that there are many punjabis growing up and calling themselves sikhs when they know nothing of sikh heritage, culture, religion or beliefs. The same people protesting the pictures of our great shaheeds, are the same people http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/04/canadian-medias-attack-on-sikhs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-3661882922202221382Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:53:00 +00002007-04-29T20:55:24.155-07:00In our lifetime, there are going to be many trials and moral issues on a panthic and global scale that we will have to deal with on a personal level--issues which will require the great sacrifice of many--the foundation blocks of which are just being laid now.http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/04/thought.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-1500517012235654545Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:17:00 +00002007-04-08T19:24:12.034-07:00Does it worry anyone else that there would be more suicides and mass protests in punjab over an alcohol shortage than over a water shortage?http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/04/alcohol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-3052763126615043653Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:53:00 +00002007-04-05T15:53:20.875-07:00What is daswandh and why should we give it? Daswandh is giving 10% of your earnings to charity. It is a requirement of rehat that we do this. Not only should we give 10% of our money, but also we should try to give 10% of our time to guru sahib, through 2.5 housr of patt and simran every day. The principles of daswandh date back to Guru Nanak Sahib and are even drawn from 2 of his three golden http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/04/daswandh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-192942435169740634Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:54:00 +00002007-03-18T18:01:25.381-07:00I received this email today, thought I would share it: For those of us who've been to Sree Darbaar Sahib Amritsar, we may have noticed a sign outside on the Darshani Deori that reads, "It is for the knowledge of all that in Harimandir Sahib on April 30, 1877 at 4.30 in the morning, a strange thing happened. There were about four hundred devotees enjoying spiritual peace of celestial music in http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/03/miracle-that-saved-panth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-4195514224386101114Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:03:00 +00002007-02-20T11:11:02.356-08:00Last October, I posted this article about shampoo being damaging to your kesh. I just saw a post on tapoban.org about this same subject as well, though I don't know if all the facts are correct: http://www.tapoban.org/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=114212&t=114212 I also came across this article today about carcinogens in shampoo: Help! There's an Industrial Solvent in my Shampoo While "gentle" and "nohttp://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/02/shampoo-is-bad-continued.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-4248333231469444240Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:01:00 +00002007-02-06T13:56:47.407-08:00Last week, someone posted on DiscoverSikhi asking what to do with their kangha when they shower. A nang replied saying that it is being a fundamentalist to keep it all the time and its ok to leave it wherever. A lot of people replied including myself. Here is my post below: Oiy Nang'aa Go find your kanga! For the rest of us, we should realize that rehat is FUNDAMENTAL to our love for guru http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/02/kangha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-6909948025172868662Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:08:00 +00002007-02-03T17:12:07.003-08:00Before getting married, I received a lot of advice from everyone I know. Some of the advice I received was pretty funny and I wanted to post a top ten list... Unfortunately, I forgot a lot of it, I will have to post as I remember it. One of the most memorable pieces of advice I have received was from a Singh I know and respect right after my engagement. He said (mostly in punjabi of course), "http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/02/marriage-advice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-6760114121852117128Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:45:00 +00002007-01-23T21:16:56.742-08:00Here are some photos of the Anand Karaj. There are many on flickr for those who know where to look. http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2007/01/anand-karaj-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-6786512397794405854Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:31:00 +00002006-12-14T10:35:48.471-08:00 http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/12/manjot-singh-weds-ikman-kaur.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116527266751983488Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:46:00 +00002006-12-04T14:52:14.643-08:00I normally don't post political things here, but this was too good to resist. I have been meaning to post it for awhile. It was written after the November elections here in the U.S. by Michael Moore. (Yes some liberals are totally anti gurmat, for instance gay, abortion, frappucinos, etc...) Michael Moore's pledge The liberal filmmaker extends an olive branch to disheartened conservatives. By http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/12/michael-moores-pledge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116373817943809573Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:30:00 +00002006-11-16T20:36:19.516-08:00You may remember I wrote about how shampoo is bad for your hair awhile back. I stopped using shampoo for the last few weeks and the difference is amazing. I used to shampoo my hair every weekend, in addition to the washing every day. And it was getting thinner and thinner. I tried using different oils and other things. But now, I switched to using my Dove soap bar and some vinegar, and then somehttp://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/11/stronger-hair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116245416961264003Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:53:00 +00002006-11-09T08:24:16.350-08:00The modern Akhand Patt: -Hire a team of 2-3 "Granthis" from the local gurudwara -Get a Saroop along with a ready to assemble manji sahib with all too tiny chanani hanging off attached pipes -make (cater) lots of food -invite relatives and socialize for 3 days (be sure to mute the mics at night, gotta get some sleep you know) -hire some good raagis for the bhog -hire expensive caterers to pull a http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/11/modern-akhand-patt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116245398194270620Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:26:00 +00002006-11-06T13:49:45.170-08:00I am sorry for not posting, I always think of a topic and then think about it for days, even weeks before it is ready to be posted. I was thinking about the state of jathas these days and the panth in general. The moral downslope just keeps getting steeper and steeper. The incredible lack of morality and general decency in the Sikh populus today--even when compared with the average American--is http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/11/state-of-jathas-these-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116103542722413078Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:43:00 +00002006-10-16T14:50:27.250-07:00Compassion isn't just about caring for others, its caring enough to forgive them for their shortcomings and transgressions.http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/10/dhaul-dharam-daya-ka-poot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116061558274809842Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:07:00 +00002006-10-11T18:13:02.773-07:00mÚ 1 ] ma 1 First Mehla: ds bwlqix bIs rvix qIsw kw suMdru khwvY ] dhas baalathan bees ravan theesaa kaa su(n)dhar kehaavai At the age of ten, he is a child; at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome. cwlIsI puru hoie pcwsI pgu iKsY sTI ky boFypw AwvY ] chaaleesee pur hoe pachaasee pag khisai sat(h)ee kae bodtaepaa aavai At forty, he is full of life; at fifty, his foot slips, http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/10/at-twenty-youth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116053700667559195Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:22:00 +00002006-10-10T20:23:26.713-07:00Oh Daas, soon you will die And vultures will pick at your bones. Your skull will rot And maggots will eat your eyes. Daas, you are not blind yet. Your mother, your father, Your sister, your brother, Even your spouse, Daas, all you hold dear will soon depart. What is the use of crying? They will not come back to you. Daas, remember the world hereafter, For this one will no longer exist. Some http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/10/death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116007427858053458Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:50:00 +00002006-10-05T12:02:36.186-07:00I just came across this article: "The truth here is that shampoo's bad for your hair. It cleans out dirt, but also the oil that makes your hair shiny and strong. However shampoo's sold as something your hair really needs, and the truth is suppressed. There are several common sorts of soapy things. They attract oils by electric charge, allowing the oil to be emulsified with the water. For some http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/10/shampoo-is-bad-for-your-hair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-116007292439487454Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:27:00 +00002006-10-05T11:28:44.413-07:00I wrote this poem last week or so: Daas, your beloved is not in your home, Why do you not run to his home and embrace him? The disease of hurt and indifference Spread like a fire that consumes all the trees in the forest. They are burned by it and then burn others Daas, protect your soul-tree with the water of kindness. For some, the fire rages, for others the water heals Some eat ginger, http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/10/ginger-is-bitter-sugar-is-sweet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-115937755154117246Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:52:00 +00002006-09-27T10:19:11.630-07:00There once was a little boy whose parents were divorced. One day, he got into a fight with his younger sister and they stopped speaking. Seeing this, his father sat him down and asked, "Why aren't you speaking to your sister?" "Because she's stupid! I'm never talking to her again!" the boy retorted. His father replied, "Just because you had a small fight doesn't mean you give up on her. She ishttp://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/09/marital-relationships.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-115880142096501508Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:16:00 +00002006-09-20T18:19:56.516-07:00Someone sent me this in e-mail and I found it a great way to describe gossip: A nineteenth-century folktale tells about a man who went about town slandering the town's wise man. One day, he went to the wise man's home and asked for forgiveness. The wise man, realizing that this man had not internalized the gravity of his transgressions, told him that he would forgive him on one condition: that http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/09/speak-no-evil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043673.post-115756915682286587Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:54:00 +00002006-09-06T11:59:16.906-07:00I came across a good blog post on having good conversations and thought I should share it. It is good advice in general and some gurmat can be pulled from it.Some time back I noticed two things: I enjoy good conversations I want to have more good conversations Nothing revolutionary, but because of those things, I started thinking more about conversation and how to improve it. Here’s what I came http://blog.mkhalsa.com/2006/09/how-to-have-better-more-meaningful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manjot Singh Khalsa)0