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Bhuchangi

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ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਕੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲੇ ॥  but how rare are those few who, by Guru's Grace, obtain His Glance of Grace.  ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅਤਿ ਊਚੋ ਊਚਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥  My God is the Highest of the High; granting His Grace, He merges us into Himself. ||5||

Singhni

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ਖੰਭਵਿਕਾਂਦੜੇਜੇਲਹਾਂਘਿੰਨਾਸਾਵੀਤੋਲਿ ॥   If I could find wings for sale, I would buy them with an equal  weight of my flesh. ਤੰਨਿਜੜਾਂਈਆਪਣੈਲਹਾਂਸੁਸਜਣੁਟੋਲਿ ॥੨੧॥ I would attach them to my body, and seek out and find my  Friend. ||21||

Sikh soldiers camp

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Sikh soldiers make camp in Italy during  the First World War.  More than 83,000 Sikhs were killed in action with  Allied forces in both  World Wars

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The Maharaja, the Spy & the Temple of Gold

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  Ranjit singh cheema investigates the earliest known outsider’s account of the Sikhs’ most holy shrine, written by a one-legged British officer on a spying mission across Punjab There is little more daunting than the burning stare of a blank page waiting to be filled with the introduction to a new book. And so it was with the task of writing the opening chapter of ‘The Golden Temple of Amritsar: Reflections of the Past (1808-1959)‘.

Bhukeya bhuk na utrii

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Guru Nanak Sahib Ji & the Burglar

Guru Nanak once met a burglar who after listening to the Kirtan asked for Pardon from Guruji.  Guru Nanak asked him not to break into people's houses and to live a honest life. When the  latter pleaded that counsel was impossible for him to comply with( for didn't knew anything  else/any other work), Guru Nanak suggested to him the following alternatives:  (i) Do not harm unto a man who's salt you have tasted  (i) Do not be the cause of suffering unto the poor  (ii) Do not lie.  The burglar promised to accept these mottos.  Once the burglar entered a rich baron's house, collected valuables worth a hundred thousand  rupees and was about to flee when he felt hunger and was tempted to partake some food lying  on the table, which upon tasting found it to be having salt in it. He immediately remembered  Gurujis words and left behind all the goods ready and packed.  When the baron found about it the next day, to guard against repitition of the occurence which  may be more eff