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    Entering Into Sikhism: Questions On Reht Maryada

    have been exploring all kinds of Sikhi resources, and while I understand the keeping of one's hair to distinguish the Sikhs from other groups, *that* is something that one can easily enter into. I have also read that piercings are not permitted, but I already have quite a few. I could take them...
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    How To Prevent Sikh Erosion?

    The person who introduced me into Sikhism himself had cut hair. Although I agree that the turban is a beautiful thing that no one should feel the need to remove from themselves and also that keeping kesh is a sign of devotion (and discipline), do you think that maybe sometimes keeping these...
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    Kaur Power

    I think the important thing is keeping one's heart pure. Women always get loaded with the burden of keeping a culture together, since they are the people who have the babies, in addition to keeping the house, working etc. If a culture (religious, or national, or both) is going to survive it...
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    Akal Takhat Says No To Kirtan Sewa By Women At Darbar Sahib

    Did anything happen with this? Or are we still at the same place? It seems terrible to me, and completely against the SGGS.
  5. Mixed: friends, family, me.

    Mixed: friends, family, me.

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    New SPN'er Introductions

    Thank you so much! I will look it up. The concept really interests me. :)
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    New SPN'er Introductions

    Thank you so much for your very kind words Narayanjot ji. I am working on it! Really appreciate the very generally good quality of posts from very knowledgeable people on SPN, and hope to make the most of the opportunity to learn from you all. :)
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    Meditation On God's Help

    I personally believe in both the power of meditation and the necessity of doing it in a way that is appropriate to you and thus conducive to you reaching a higher level of consciousness and concentration on Waheguru, and yet it seems that again and again in both the SGGS (which I am currently...
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    Are Creator And Creation The Same In Sikhism?

    I'm interested in exploring this concept of duality. By that do we mean that we should go beyond "is" and "is not"? Beyond Self and Other? Would appreciate your thoughts!
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    New SPN'er Introductions

    Waheguruji ka Khalsa! Waheguruji ki fateh! I am: Citizen of the World. Multi-lingual (Chinese, French, Norwegian, Swedish, some Hindi and Urdu...and of course...English. Sorry...no Gurbani!) Artistic Open Intellectual Opinionated Gregarious Trying Silly Clumsy Sincere Friendly...
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