BSC Newsletter Apr 15

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PROGRAMMES FOR APRIL 2015
8.30 AM – 9.00 AM Asa Di Waar
7.00 PM – 8.00 PM Kirtan Ragi Jatha
a
EVERY DAY
EVERY WEDNESDAY 10.30 AM – 11.30 AM Sukhmani Sahib Path, 11.30 AM – 01.00 PM Kirtan BSC Ladies Jatha
EVERY THURSDAY
7.00 PM – 7.30 PM Katha Giani Ji,
7.30 PM – 8.00 PM Kirtan Ragi Jatha
EVERY SUNDAY
10.00 AM – 11.00 AM Sukmani Sahib Path, 11.00 AM – 11.30 AM Kirtan BSC Sangat
11.30 AM – 12.00 noon Katha, 12.00 PM –1.00 PM Kirtan by Ragi Jatha, 1.00 PM – Ardas
Tue 14.04.2015 7.30am–9am SANGRAND Asa Di Vaar
6pm Akhand Paath Bhog and Kirtan
7-8pm Katha & Kirtan
Sewa Sona Singh
Wed 01.04.2015 Sukhmani Sahib Path
Thu 02.04.2015 7-8pm Katha & Kirtan
Sewa Sewa Kaur & family
Fri 03.04.2015
Wed 15.04.2015 Sukhmani Sahib Path
8-9pm SIMRAN
Sewa Linky Chadha
Thu 16.04.2015 7-8pm Katha & Kirtan
Sat 04.04.2015 6.30 – 8pm PURANMASI
Sehaj Paath Bhog: Anita and Surnit S.
Sehaj Paath Arambh
Sun 05.04.2015 7-9am 1st Sunday Asa Di War
11:30-12 Katha & 12-1pm Kirtan
Sewa Amrik & Paramjit Marwaha
Wed 08.04.2015
Sukhmani Sahib Path
Sewa Avtar S. & Raminder K. Hoonjan
Thu 09.04.2015 7-8pm Katha & Kirtan
Sun 19.04.2015 9.15am to 10.30 Sukhmani Saheb Paath
10:30-11am Kirtan by Local Sangat
11am Nishan Saheb Sewa Sona Singh
11.30 to 12noon Katha by Giani Jethinder S.
12 noon to 1pm Kirtan
Sewa Sona Singh
Wed 22.04.2015 Sukhmani Sahib Path
Sewa Hardev K. Panesar
Thu 23.04.2015 6.30 – 8pm Katha & Kirtan
Sun 26.04.2015 11:30-12 Katha & 12-1pm Kirtan
Sewa Resham Singh Bhangra
Sun 12.04.2015 11.30 Katha & 12-1pm Kirtan
Sewa Jasjyot S. Anindjeet K.
6pm Akhand Paath Arambh
Sewa Sona Singh
Wed 29.04.2015 Sukhmani Sahib Path
Sewa Sarine Kaur Hunter
Thu 30.04.2015 6.30 – 8pm Katha & Kirtan
Vaisaakh
Why$would$those,$forsaking$love$for$the$omnipresent$and$eternally$benevolent$Lord,$and$harbouring$overt$
craving$for$the$material$world,$enjoy$peace$of$mind$or$spiritual$bliss$in$the$month$of$Vaisaakh?$
Virtually$the$entire$humanity$has$strayed$in$search$of$the$transitory$material$wealth$$
and$in$amassing$it$knowing$the$stark$reality$that$one$leaves$one’s$son,$wife$and$material$wealth$behind$and$
only$the$eternal$Lord$can$be$his$saviour$in$the$hereafter.$
Agents$of$‘angel$of$death’$confiscate$all$else$except$the$Wealth$of$Naam$in$the$hereafter;$thus,$one$comes$to$
grief$in$forsaking$the$benevolent$Lord$as$none$other$is$of$any$help$there.$
On$the$contrary,$those$who$abide$by$His$teachings$find$true$Praise$at$His$door.$
Therefore,$Nanak$supplicates$and$longs$not$only$to$realise$Him$but$also$to$remain$
attuned$to$Him$forever.$
The$month$of$Vaisaakh$appears$beautiful$and$comforting$when$one$surrenders$oneself$$
and$accepts$Guru’s$teachings$unreservedly.$
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Vaisakhi (also spelled Baisakhi) is the festival
which celebrates the founding of the Sikh
community known as the Khalsa. It is celebrated
on April 14 each year. On Vaisakhi day in 1699,
Guru Gobind Singh summoned Sikhs from all
over India to the city of Anandpur Sahib.
He baptized the Panj Pyare in a unique ceremony
called pahul. The Guru proclaimed that the Panj
Pyare would be the embodiment of the Guru
himself.
Guru Amar Das Ji received his Guruship on 16
April 1552. He is best known for:
Starting the Langar Service (Free Blessed Food)
in all Gurdwara Sahib. Further abolishing the
Caste System. Guru lifted the status of women
and gave them equality with men. Established
the city of Goindval on the banks of river Bias
in 1552 A.D. The Guru contributed a total of 907
hymns to the Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Guru Tegh Bahadur was the youngest son of Guru
Hargobind and Bibi Nanki and was born at Amritsar on April
1, 1621. From a young age Tegh Bahadur was trained
in the martial arts of swordsmanship and horse riding as
well as religious training by the wise Baba Buddha and
Bhai Gurdas.
Guru Teg Bahadur was discovered a true Guru by Makhan
Shah, a trader, when he learnt that only Guru ji could
disclose what donation he had pledged.
A small pox epidemic broke out in Delhi while Guru Har
Krishan was in residence at there. The compassionate
young Guru went through the city and personally
tended to the needs of those suffering and so
contracted the disease himself.
With his final breath (April 16, 1664), Guru Har Krishan
indicated his successor would be found in the
township of Bakala.