Our Beloved ISMEET Singh

Ishmeet Singh (September 2, 1988 – July 29, 2008) was the winner of Amul STAR Voice of India 2007. Hailing from Ludhiana (model town), Punjab, India, Singh had won the Star Plus show in 2007. He also participated in another Reality Show called Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. Ishmeet's first album was a religious Gurbani album called Satgur Tumre Kaaj Savaare. Singh drowned in Maldives on July 29, 2008.

God - True Friend

In Sri Guru Granth Sahib, our Guru jis have well explained that in this life and life beyond death, only God is our True friend.

The whole world is attached to its own pleasures, and when trouble comes, no one is with you.

ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੋ ਮਿਤ੍ਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ਡਿਠਾ ਹਰਿ ਜੰਨੀ ॥
बिनु हरि नावै को मित्रु नाही वीचारि डिठा हरि जंनी ॥
Bin har navai ko mitar nahi vichar ditha har janni.
There is no friend, other than the Name of the Lord; the Lord's humble servants reflect upon this and see.

At the end of life,God Shall be Helper.....

ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਖਾ ਮੀਤੁ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਅੰਤੇ ਹੋਇ ਸਖਾਈ ॥੩॥
हरि प्रभु सखा मीतु प्रभु मेरा अंते होइ सखाई ॥३॥
Har parabẖ sakẖā mīṯ parabẖ merā anṯe ho▫e sakẖā▫ī. ||3||
The Lord God is my Friend and Companion. God shall be my Helper and Support in the end. ||3||

When trouble comes, no one is with you....

ਇਹ ਜਗਿ ਮੀਤੁ ਨ ਦੇਖਿਓ ਕੋਈ ॥
इह जगि मीतु न देखिओ कोई ॥
In this world, I have not found any true friend.


ਸਗਲ ਜਗਤੁ ਅਪਨੈ ਸੁਖਿ ਲਾਗਿਓ ਦੁਖ ਮੈ ਸੰਗਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
सगल जगतु अपनै सुखि लागिओ दुख मै संगि न होई ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
The whole world is attached to its own pleasures, and when trouble comes, no one is with you. ||1||Pause||


ਦਾਰਾ ਮੀਤ ਪੂਤ ਸਨਬੰਧੀ ਸਗਰੇ ਧਨ ਸਿਉ ਲਾਗੇ ॥
दारा मीत पूत सनबंधी सगरे धन सिउ लागे ॥
Wives, friends, children and relatives - all are attached to wealth.


ਜਬ ਹੀ ਨਿਰਧਨ ਦੇਖਿਓ ਨਰ ਕਉ ਸੰਗੁ ਛਾਡਿ ਸਭ ਭਾਗੇ ॥੧॥
जब ही निरधन देखिओ नर कउ संगु छाडि सभ भागे ॥१॥
When they see a poor man, they all forsake his company and run away. ||1||

Without the Lord, no one is real.......

ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਮੀਤ ਭਾਈ ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨਾ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥
मात पिता सुत मीत भाई तिसु बिना नही कोइ ॥
Maat pita sut meet bhai tis bina nahi koe.

Mother, father, children, friends and siblings - without the Lord, none of them are real.

All say, "Mine, mine"..But at last moment, none shall go along with you....

ਮੇਰਉ ਮੇਰਉ ਸਭੈ ਕਹਤ ਹੈ ਹਿਤ ਸਿਉ ਬਾਧਿਓ ਚੀਤ ॥
मेरउ मेरउ सभै कहत है हित सिउ बाधिओ चीत ॥
Merao merao sabhai kahat hai hit sio badhio chit.
All say, "Mine, mine", and attach their consciousness to you with love.


ਅੰਤਿ ਕਾਲਿ ਸੰਗੀ ਨਹ ਕੋਊ ਇਹ ਅਚਰਜ ਹੈ ਰੀਤਿ ॥੧॥
अंति कालि संगी नह कोऊ इह अचरज है रीति ॥१॥
Ant kaal sangi nah kou ih achraj hai rit. ||1||
But at the very last moment, none shall go along with you. How strange are the ways of the world! ||1||

ਕਿਸੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਕੀਚੈ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਚਲਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
Kis naal keechai dosatee sabh jag chalanehaar: 
With whom should I become friends, if all the world shall pass away?

So Bhai Naam Japoo..always thank GOD......

ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ਸਖਾ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਭੰਜਨੁ ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ਬੰਧਿਪ ਸਹੋਦਰਾ ॥
Gurḏev sakẖā agi▫ān bẖanjan gurḏev banḏẖip sahoḏarā.
The Divine Guru is my companion, the Destroyer of ignorance; the Divine Guru is my relative and brother. 

Always remember God.......

ਰਸਨਾ ਜਪਤੀ ਤੂਹੀ ਤੂਹੀ ॥
रसना जपती तूही तूही ॥
My tongue chants Your Name, Your Name.

ਮਾਤ ਗਰਭ ਤੁਮ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਕ ਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਮੰਡਲ ਇਕ ਤੁਹੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
मात गरभ तुम ही प्रतिपालक म्रित मंडल इक तुही ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
In the mother's womb, You sustained me, and in this mortal world, You alone help me. ||1||Pause||

Pray to God..

तू ठाकुरु तुम पहि अरदासि ॥
You are our Lord and Master; to You, I offer this prayer.

जीउ पिंडु सभु तेरी रासि ॥
This body and soul are all Your property.

तुम मात पिता हम बारिक तेरे ॥
You are our mother and father; we are Your children.

तुमरी क्रिपा महि सूख घनेरे ॥
In Your Grace, there are so many joys!

कोइ न जानै तुमरा अंतु ॥
No one knows Your limits.

ऊचे ते ऊचा भगवंत ॥
O Highest of the High, Most Generous God,

सगल समग्री तुमरै सूत्रि धारी ॥
the whole creation is strung on Your thread.

तुम ते होइ सु आगिआकारी ॥
That which has come from You is under Your Command.

तुमरी गति मिति तुम ही जानी ॥
You alone know Your state and extent.

नानक दास सदा कुरबानी ॥८॥४॥
Nanak, Your slave, is forever a sacrifice. ||8||4||

The Sikh Lamas of Arunachal Pradesh

November 30th, 2009 by Col Dr D S Grewal 

In 1986-87, I was posted as a Major, at an army outpost in the village of Segang-Menchukha in the north western corner of West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, India. One night I was woken up in the middle of the night by loud and persistent knocking at my door. “Who could it be at this time?” I wondered. When I opened the door, I found it to be the village headman, locally known as the Gaon Burha. He was in an obvious state of distress and told me that his son was dying of a very severe pain in his stomach and if I would send for a doctor. I considered it fit to check the patient myself before I telephoned the doctor, who was some distance away and the track was quite hazardous. I decided to accompany the Gaon Burha. 

He led me to his wooden hut, which was divided into two, the portion in front was for cooking and at the rear was the living room where I found a young boy writhing in pain and crying. As a precautionary measure, I had taken some pain-killing and digene tablets with me, which I offered to the sick boy. A Lama who was standing nearby, told the boy not to take the medicine. It puzzled me but there was little I could do because the Lamas are held in great esteem for all matters by the very superstitious people of the area

However, immediately after, the Lama started saying a prayer obviously in order to appease the evil spirits. He first fashioned an idol with rice and butter, lit some incense and to the accompaniment of the ringing of a bell, started murmuring his prayers calling ’Nanak’ ‘Nanak’ . After he had finished doing so, he took the incense to the bedside of the sick boy, read out” Om Mani Padme Hum’ to him and then asked him to take the medicine I had given. 

The idol that the Lama had made aroused my curiosity. I asked him as to whose idol was it that he worshipped. “Nanak Lama,’ he said. I must say I was quite perplexed with his answer because I never expected anyone in this area, nearly 2000 kilometers away from Punjab, would know anything about Guru Nanak much less worship his idol. I probed him for further details. He told me: “We worship Nanak Lama and consider him as one of our Guru Rimpoches. We call him Nanak Lama of Amritsar also. His idol is worshipped in our gompha on Dorgilling Hill. It is said that the Guru visited this area and meditated at Pemoshubu. Pemoshubu lies about 15 kilometers away from where we were. 


“During his meditation at Pemoshubu,” continued the Lama, “the Guru was attacked by a bear but the huge boulder, under which the Guru was meditating, lifted him up and took him in its lap. According to this legend the bear could do nothing and therefore soon after made his retreat. The marks of the Guru’s body are still etched on this boulder and we often go there to worship every year in the last week of the month of March, because that is the month when the Guru is said to have come here. A fair is held to commemorate Guru Nanak’s visit. 


Source:The Sikh Lamas of Arunachal Pradesh | SikhNet