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		<title>Bhai Santa Singh Jee &#8211; A Unique Exponent of the Guruâ€™s Hymneee</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The following article is written by Harjap Singh Aujla of Princeton, NJ.Â  He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:harjapaujla@gmail.com">harjapaujla@gmail.com</a> for more information.</p>
<p>Bhai Santa Singh Jee &#8211; Rare Recording: </p>
<p><strong>UPDATED 1/28/09 &#8211; Revised article courtesy of the original author.</strong></p>
<p>As a child I was used to &#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Guru Nanak Dev Jee&#8217;s Meeting with Shaikh Kamal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Dhan Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Jee! Dhan Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Jee!</p>
<p><strong>sathigur naanak pragattiaa mittee dhhu(n)dhh jag chaanan hoaa &#124;&#124;</strong><br />
<em>With the emergence of the True Guru Nanak, the mist cleared and the light scattered all around.</em></p>
<p>From <em>The Sikh Religion</em> by legendary author &#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Arshee Preetam by Bhai Veer Singh Jee</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>300 years back, Guru Preetam Pitaajee Dhan Sree Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Jee changed his Physical Saroop to Dhan Sree Guru Granth Saaheb Jee permanently.</p>
<p>Some souls might have been saddened by the very fact, since they were used to seeing Guru Sahib in human &#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Kaalsee Da Rikhi by Bhai Vir Singh Jee &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This Part 2 of 2 of Bhai Vir Singh Jee&#8217;s &#8220;Kaalsee Da Rikhi&#8221; from <strong><em>Sri Kalgidhar Chamatkar</em></strong>translatedby Bimal Kaur. Check out <a href="http://www.keertan.org/2007/01/kalsee-da-rikhi-by-bhai-vir-singh-jee-part-1">Part 1</a> if you missed it before!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.keertan.org/library/doc.php?q=f&#038;f=/Bhai+Veer+Singh+Jee">Click here to download the full story in PDF format.</a></p>
<p>- &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; &#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>So Sathigur Piaaraa Maerai Naal Hai</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>An inspiring story, a real incident by Gagan Deep Kaur bhenjee.<br />
<em> My Guru is always with me, near at hand. Meditating, meditating in remembrance on Him, I cherish Him forever.</em></p>
<p>After the assassination of Indra Gandhi on October 31, 1984, Sikhs were butchered across India. &#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Siri Prachin Panth Parkash (Part II) &#8211; By: Rattan Singh Bhangu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<div align="center"><strong>~ <u>Siri Pracheen Panth Parkash</u> ~<br />
Part II of V </strong></div>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><em>(NOTE: Since Sri Gur-Panth Prakash (by Bhangu) is in poetic form, the numbers at the end of sentences are couplet numbers and not reference numbers. Page numbers indicate the end of a page.)</em><br />
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<p><strong>Couplet</strong>: &#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Siri Prachin Panth Parkash (Part I) &#8211; By: Rattan Singh Bhangu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><em>(Translations and Analysis by: Professor Gurtej Singh, Chandigarh, India</em>)</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><strong>~ <u>Siri Pracheen Panth Parkash</u> ~<br />
Part I of V</strong><span /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Ratan Singh Bhangu</strong><strong> (d. 1846)</strong> &#8211; a descendant of Mahtab Singh (who had, along with young Sukha Singh, assassinated Massa Ranghar, the tyrannical Zakariya Khan’s &#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Hun Aaee Sri Guru Kalgidhar Jee Dee Vaaree &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Kaalsee Da Rikhi by Bhai Vir Singh Jee &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>From <em>Sri Kalgidhar Chamatkar</em> Translation by Bimal Kaur</strong></p>
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<p><strong>PART I</strong><br />
Raja Medni Prakash, who ruled the small state of Nahan in the Himalayan foothills, was having a meeting with his trusted Minister, Vazir Harji.</p>
<p>Raja: &#8230;</p>]]></description>
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