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<blockquote data-quote="Ishna" data-source="post: 153966" data-attributes="member: 2709">Re: I am interested in Sikhi and acquiring the 5 k&#039;s.Kellysingh&nbsp;You&#039;ve already been provided with resources.&nbsp; The internet has a wealth of informaion about Sikhi.&nbsp; You can buy books on Amazon.&nbsp; You can read mountains of articles online.&nbsp; Start by exploring SPN&#039;s other forums, especially the New to Sikhi forum.&nbsp; You will learn heaps.&nbsp;&nbsp;Again, it&#039;s called Sri Guru Granth Sahib -- if you are serious about leaning and so determined to represent Sikhi in public the least you can start doing is referring to the Sikh scripture by it&#039;s proper name.&nbsp;Do you understand Punjabi?&nbsp; If not, reading Gurbani (the contents of SGGS) in the &quot;original language&quot; will not be useful to you in learning at this stage - it is ok to read the original language IN CONJUNCTION with the English until you learn it.&nbsp; You can&#039;t skip the English unless you understand Punjabi or you&#039;ll fall into ritualistic parroting which is NOT what Sikh is about.&nbsp; And Ambarsaria Ji already provided you with the link to <a href="http://www.srigranth.org" target="_blank">www.srigranth.org</a> which (if you investigate it...) does in fact contain the Gurmukhi (original script) with transliteration.&nbsp; But you need to learn the Punjabi alphabet before you will be able to pronounce the Gurbani words properly.&nbsp;But as a first &quot;small step&quot; which you say you&#039;re trying to take, reading in English first, to give you an overall introduction to Sikhi, I thought is a logical place to start.&nbsp; No?&nbsp;Why are you in such a hurry?????&nbsp;Also, when you say you &#039;feel the faith&#039;, what exactly do you mean?&nbsp; How is it you are identifying so strongly with Sikhi at this early stage?&nbsp; I understand the excitement when you first find a path, but when someone sees a police man and wants to be one, they don&#039;t put on the uniform and start enforcing law without having even read the constitution.&nbsp;Can I ask what the personal differences are between you and Islam, which caused you to leave that faith?&nbsp; It&#039;s ok if you don&#039;t want to share it, I just thought I&#039;d ask.&nbsp;I&#039;m concerned you&#039;re jumping the gun and will ultimately get lost and disheartened.&nbsp; You need foundational understanding to build your Sikhi on.&nbsp; You can&#039;t build the roof without the walls.&nbsp;Good luck to you with learning about Sikhi.&nbsp; With Guruji&#039;s kirpa you will sort it out in your own time, or not.&nbsp;GurfatehIshna</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ishna, post: 153966, member: 2709"] [b]Re: I am interested in Sikhi and acquiring the 5 k's.[/b] Kellysingh You've already been provided with resources. The internet has a wealth of informaion about Sikhi. You can buy books on Amazon. You can read mountains of articles online. Start by exploring SPN's other forums, especially the New to Sikhi forum. You will learn heaps. Again, it's called Sri Guru Granth Sahib -- if you are serious about leaning and so determined to represent Sikhi in public the least you can start doing is referring to the Sikh scripture by it's proper name. Do you understand Punjabi? If not, reading Gurbani (the contents of SGGS) in the "original language" will not be useful to you in learning at this stage - it is ok to read the original language IN CONJUNCTION with the English until you learn it. You can't skip the English unless you understand Punjabi or you'll fall into ritualistic parroting which is NOT what Sikh is about. And Ambarsaria Ji already provided you with the link to [URL="http://www.srigranth.org"]www.srigranth.org[/URL] which (if you investigate it...) does in fact contain the Gurmukhi (original script) with transliteration. But you need to learn the Punjabi alphabet before you will be able to pronounce the Gurbani words properly. But as a first "small step" which you say you're trying to take, reading in English first, to give you an overall introduction to Sikhi, I thought is a logical place to start. No? Why are you in such a hurry????? Also, when you say you 'feel the faith', what exactly do you mean? How is it you are identifying so strongly with Sikhi at this early stage? I understand the excitement when you first find a path, but when someone sees a police man and wants to be one, they don't put on the uniform and start enforcing law without having even read the constitution. Can I ask what the personal differences are between you and Islam, which caused you to leave that faith? It's ok if you don't want to share it, I just thought I'd ask. I'm concerned you're jumping the gun and will ultimately get lost and disheartened. You need foundational understanding to build your Sikhi on. You can't build the roof without the walls. Good luck to you with learning about Sikhi. With Guruji's kirpa you will sort it out in your own time, or not. Gurfateh Ishna [/QUOTE]

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