Browsing Tag: Amrit Vela

Amrit Vela Sadhana (Naam Japna) has always been one of the three cores of Sikhi along with right livelihood (Kirat Karni) and sharing with everyone (Vand Chakna.) All three are required for us to live a balanced life.

[VIDEO] Amritvela is not for anybody. It is a very personal thing. The rule of thumb is when the sun is 60 degrees to the earth, it is a twilight zone. It is from 4 am to 7 am and 4 pm to 7 pm.

[VIDEO] A picture is worth a thousand words and silence says it all. This film expresses the feeling of the daily meditation of one sangat in a way that is sure to capture you.

The power of sadhana, ultimately, is something much more gritty; much more earthy and real. It is the power of being able to make conscious choices.

During the twentieth century, kirtan became increasingly influenced by both internal and external pressures such as the growing popularity of popular music (film, bhangra etc). Sikh ragis were directly influenced by this and this led to a deterioration in upholding our musical traditions...

“Meditation is one process through which you can resolve conflict and misfortune, rather than playing it through in real life." “An ounce of practice is worth tons of theory” - Swami Vishnu Devananda.

Bhai Sahib stressed that just doing Naam Simran and Paath and focusing on our own personal life alone is not good enough. Neither is focusing on seva of the Panth whilst ignoring and not putting in practice Rehat (discipline), Amrit-Vela and Naam Simran.

...perhaps we are spending too much time quibbling over the definition of 'amrit vela' and not enough effort on the "vaddiaaee veechaar"...

Why do you get up in the morning? To go to work? Have breakfast? Or for yourself?

Waking early in the morning is a camp routine for all the Sikhs, but poor little Simar naturally doesn’t like it.

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