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Inside this issue:

2 Highlights of Barsi Sant Baba Sohan Singh Ji MalaccaSimran At EsplanadeGuru Arjan Dev Ji `Sheedi Gurpurab’ 3 Mighty Khalsa OutingKaar Sewa4 New Sikhi Programme5 New Education Programme6 Lion in Body and Spirit Santhia Class For LadiesSanthia Class For Adults7 Bhai Maharaj Singh Anniversary Birthday Celebration Sri Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji Renovation & Upgrading8 ProgrammeMovie Of The MonthBook Of The Month

Issue No. 39

July/August2009

The Bi-MonThly newsleTTer of The CenTral sikh Gurdwara Board

Objectives:

•TopromotetheawarenessofSikhHeritage.•TomeettheneedsoftheSikhCommunity.•ToorganiseandpromotethelearningofGurbaniandkirtan.•ToleadtheSangattobecomeandremainAmritDhariSikhs.•TopropagateSikhismbyprovidingqualityreligiousservices.•TocreateawarenessandinculcatethepracticeoftheSikhwayoflife.

This is the 12th arcle in the series ‘Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khaas (Who is a Khalsa?)’, started in Apr 2008.]

Krodh – Ager

One of the Five Vices

By Jaswant Singh

Krodh (Anger) is another weakness of the mortal, which deprives him of spiritualpeace. It is a fiery emotion that makes one fret, fume, and burst. Anger is born out of ego, envy, and jealousy. Actually, it is a sign of one’s weakness.

Ager s the real lowly(mea) emoto, whch dwells  the body but due to utter gorace, oe does otuderstad t.

Anger is one of the causes of day-to-day family/society discords and disputes, whichresults in the form of mental, verbal, or physical abuse/violence. It can lead one tosuicide or can incite one to kill others. Explaining its wickedness the Sikh Scripturedescribes:

O root of coflct, ager! Compasso ever rses up  them who arecotrolled by you. You fll the people wth poso  such a way that they dace lkemokeys  fury. Assocatg wth you, mortals behave wckedly ad therefore arepushed  so may ways.

Anger harms the mortals in many ways. It produces various toxic substances in thebody. It causes intolerable tension in the veins of the body which results in variousailments like blood pressure, headache etc. Anger of a breast-feeding mother makes itdifficult for a child to digest her milk.Anger degrades a man. It starts with madness and ends in shame. Family, friends andeven society don’t like an irate or short-tempered person. It is not caste which makesone low caste or outcaste, it one’s vices that lowers one’s dignity. The Sikh Scripturecalls outcaste those who are filled with the vices, and warns one to avoid the companyof such furious people:

Do ot meet wth, or approach those, whose hearts are flledwth outcaste ager.

It is the vices, which makes a man impure. So, without taming one’s vices one cannotbe purified. Emphasizing upon this fact the Sikh Scripture states:

He aloe s pure, whosheds hs ager, ad comprehedg the Guru’s Word refes hmself.

In the coming article, we will discuss ‘Lobh’ (Greed), another vice.

Refereces:

bsie kro DusrIir cM fwrw ] AigAwin n sU JYmhw gu bwrw ]3]

(759)2.

hykil mU l k® o DMkdM c kru xw n au prjqy] ibKXM q jIvMvs´ Mkro iq inrq´ Mkro iq jQw mrkth ] Aink swsn qwVM iq jmdU qh qv sM gyADmMnrh ]

(1358)3.

Enw pwis du Awis n iBtIAYijn AM qir k® o DucM fwl ]

(40)4.

sosU cw ij kro Duinvwry] sbdybU JYAwpusvwry]

(1059)

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Central Sikh Gurdwara Board

38th Bars Sat Baba Soha Sgh J Malacca

Krta by Surder Sgh J (Mtha Twaa Sr Amrtsar Wale) @ Cetral Skh Temple

This was the rst me Central Sikh Temple held the Barsi of Sant Baba Sohan Singh Ji. As theBarsi coincided with the one held at Malacca, the aendance of the sangat was notas good as expected. Central Sikh Temple will connue to hold this programmeannually and it is hoped that with beer publicity and awareness, there will be abeer turn out by the sangat in the future.

Hghlghts of Sr Guru Arja Dev J Shaheed Gurpurab@ Gurdwara Sahb Slat Road

Krta by Bha Arvder Pal Sgh J (Barmulla wale)

– The sangat was very pleased with the kirtan done by BhaiArvinderpal Singh Ji’s Jatha, who had specially come from India to perform for theSingapore sangat.

Sukhma Sahb Larh- Saturday 13th Jue 9am to 6pm

- The

Ladies groups from the various Sikh Instuons did SukhmaniSahib Paath connuously for 9 hours in support of the event.

Sheabeel Distribuon – Saturday 13th June 10am to 5pm

–Our Langgar Sewadar Mr. Pritam Singh and some volunteersdistributed Sheabeel to the sangat. The Sheabeel was verywell received by the sangat, who enjoyed drinking it.

APC Vst

– The APC Visit was on

14th June 2009. There were 7volunteers, who brought gueststo the Gurdwara. The visit wasvery well organised and supported by many volunteers from

the Gurdwara. The visitors were given blankets when they le the Gurdwara.

Sukhma Sahb CD

– A total of 800 CD’s of the Sukhmani Sahib Paath done in Kirtan were distributed over

the 3 days’ programme.

Sant Baba Sohan Singh Ji

A Excellet Performace of Smra by the Seasde (Esplaade)

If you enjoy simran, and did not aend the Simran by the Seaside on 2nd May 2009 at the Open Air Pavilion,Esplanade then you have missed a beauful and mesmerising Simran performance. The organiser of “A Tapestryof Sacred Music” Miss Ya, commented a few weeks later that, “it was a spiritually up liing experience andwe are sll talking about it”.

It was performed by the Gurmat Sangeet Academy students of

the Sikh Centre led by Master Satnam Singh and accompaniedby the Kirtan Jatha led by Bhai Dilbagh Singh of Silat Road Sikh

Temple. The packed audience gave a resounding applause in

recognion of their excellent performance.Central Sikh Gurdwara Board congratulates the SIMRAN groupfor their ne performance at the Esplanade.

Simran GroupLadies GroupBhai Surinder Singh Ji Mr Pritam Singh

(extreme lef)

Bhai Arvinder Pal Singh

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Mghty Khalsa - Pasr Rs Park

Two bus load of children and their parents went to Pasir Ris Park on 30th May 2009.This is to what the children had to say about the oung.With the holidays round the corner my earnest wish was to spend me in a fun way withmy “Mighty” friends. My wish was fullled, when we came to know about our oung toPasir Ris Park. We had so much fun............there’s the proof in the picture -

Balraj

My mother brought two buckets and two sponges. When wereached the Gurdwara my mother put some soap and waterin the two buckets. Then my brother and I started to washthe chairs with some other children. We did some sewa too

before going for the oung -

BiGAAS

We had a game of “Tug-of-war”. The boys kept losing because

they were outnumbered -

Brahmpreet

When we alighted from the bus, the parents organized us intogroups. All of us walked to the playground. We played theslide and it was very fun -

Amanrosh

We had french fries, spring rolls and many other delicious food. The parents gave us

apple juice. “Gurrrrr!” Our stomachs grumbled. We were starving. Luckily, it was lunchme. We had our lunch for an hour and the best dish was the ice-cream.The excing part was when we had to crack the big, hard, giant water melon and eat it. Our group did not win

but at least we enjoyed ourselves. -

Roshini

KAAR SEWA

gur kI syvw cwkrI mnu inrmlu suKu hoie

Since July 2007, a small group of bleary eyed Sewa enthusiasts meet as early as 4 am every

Saturday at the Silat Road Gurdwara to wash, scrub, mop, wipe and vacuum its premises. Whatstarted out as a family aair has gained momentum and garnered other members of the community. As the sewadarsgo about their cleaning roune, a sense of camaraderie comes through. New friendships have been formed and there

is also a strong feeling of interconnectedness and bonding. The members of the group did not know one another wellprior to the kaar sewa sessions and were roped in through appeals made by some of the more regular sewadars.There are about ten regular sewadars now and there are ‘seasonal’ members, mainly

comprising of children, who are usually on school vacaon. However, with families travellingduring school vacaons, the numbers dwindle but the cleaning mission does not stop. Withfewer members less is accomplished but there is sll a sense of sasfacon of having done

something versus nothing at all. The bleary eyed group hopes the numbers amongst them will

connue to grow.It is dicult in the beginning, geng o from bed at such an early hour but once the

mind is set on the mission, it is really easy. The cleaning stop at around six in the morning

but the camaraderie connues over a cup of hot tea and toasted bread.Come and join the group on Saturday mornings and you might just get hooked!

All are Welcome.