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NOTE: THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE IS BEING MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION:

www.kundalini-yoga-info.com
updated: 5/2009

Siri Guru Granth Sahib

Yogi Ji Press in Espanola, New Mexico
has copies of the
8 vol Manmohan Singh set of
Siri Guru Granth Sahib
for $160/set plus $20
shipping in USA

Also have Dasam Granth of Guru Gobind Singh and

other books on Sikhism and
Kundalini Yoga

as well as items from India
ie Turbans,clothes, 5 k etc

Write to Yogi Ji Press,
PO Box 970, Santa
Cruz NM 87567,
tel 505 929 0569 or
email Sat Nam Parmatma Singh Khalsa

SIKH MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS (BANIS)




Anand Sahib
Given by the third Sikh Master, Guru Amar Das. The 40 Paurees of the Anand Sahib guide the development of the mind and the soul for life. In this Bani, mind and body are explained in relation to cosmic divinity. Guru Amar Das gave us this Song of Bliss to qualify the mind and to understand the depth.

READ: http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Anand_Sahib

Anand Sahib of Guru Amardas Ji
can be heard at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQMpLdhJuOc
here you can listen to it.

http://www.RajKaregaKhalsa.Net



Chaupai Sahib



Chaupai Sahib is recited for protection, having 29 verses in the numerical order as in Sri Dasam Granth Sahib.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_f2DlTzRE&feature=related
here you can listen to it.

http://www.RajKaregaKhalsa.Net

Listen to a SLOW recording so you can learn it :

http://sikhsangeet.com/albumid575-Rajnarind-Kaur-Bani-Pro-1.html

READ: http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Chaupai_Sahib


Jaap Sahib

http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Jaap_Sahib





Japji Sahib


Given by the first Sikh Master, Guru Nanak. This Bani control's one's "Ji," one's soul. When your Ji, your being, is endangered, when the radiance of your soul is weak, recite Japji. Guru Nanak said that reciting Japji Sahib would liberate the humanity from the cycles of birth and death. Japji Sahib can be recited at any time of day.

Guru Ram Das’s spiritual guide, Guru Amar Das, the third Master, had arranged for the well to be built with 84 steps leading down to the water. He said that anyone who chanted Guru Nanak’s cosmic poem, the Japji Sahib once on each of the steps, then took a dip in the water after each recitation, would be freed from the bondage of 8.4 million lifetimes. That sadhana would take hours and hours, but there would always be people there reciting on the marble steps and dipping in the chill waters below.

http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Japji_Sahib

at the below site you can listen
to a slow recording of Japji Sahib
(and you can buy the cd-Bani Pro 1)

http://sikhsangeet.com/albumid575-Rajnarind-Kaur-Bani-Pro-1.html

Daily Banis - 2 CD set by Amarjit Kaur
which has the words to Japuji Sahib.
(there are many recordings at) :
http://www.spiritvoyage.com/
http://kriteachings.com/

English translation:
http://www.boloji.com/sikhism/japujisahib/js01.htm

FIND: YOUTUBE

http://www.gurufathasingh.com/home.php
Japji: Guru Nanak's Morning Meditation - pdf
Sohila: Guru Nanak's Night-time Meditation - pdf




Ayk Achree Chand from Jaap Sahib
Given by the first Sikh Master, Guru Nanak. This Bani control's one's "Ji," one's soul. When your Ji, your being, is endangered, when the radiance of your soul is weak, recite Japji. Guru Nanak said that reciting Japji Sahib would liberate the humanity from the cycles of birth and death.

Transliteration - “ Ek Ackhari Chand ”

Transliteration and Translation (from Psyche of the Soul)

There are CDs with this mantra. It is used in Kundalini Yoga

YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT HERE:

http://www.dasvandh.org/BeautifulProsperity.htm

Kirtan Sohilaa

bedtime prayer
Different passages composed by different Sikh Masters. This Bani is done before you go to sleep at night. It is the most harmonious Naad (Sound) ever uttered. It multiplies the aura to the sensitivity of protection that it eliminates any negativity for miles and miles. When you are in danger, from a direct or indirect source, and when you want to protect yourself with the surrounding of the entire magnetic field of the earth, recite Kirtan Sohila.

Snatam Kaur youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GWLr5TSWww


FREE

http://www.gurufathasingh.com/home.php
Japji: Guru Nanak's Morning Meditation - pdf
Sohila: Guru Nanak's Night-time Meditation - pdf

Read:

http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Kirtan_Sohila



Rehiras Sahib

evening prayer
Different passages composed by various Sikh Masters. This Bani is recited at sunset. Traditionally, this is the time of day when work is done and one feels tired. This Bani adds energy (raa-hu) to one's being, to one's total concept. Also, recite it when your worldly wealth is endangered. In Naad (Sound Language), reh means live, and raas means commodity. Rehiras Sahib helps you when you are physically weak, or weak in money, property and earthly goods.


http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Rehiras_Sahib


Shabad Hazaray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbh18DC35A0
here you can listen to it.

http://www.RajKaregaKhalsa.Net

Given by the fifth Sikh Master, Guru Arjan. This is the highest disciple's love letter, written by Arjan to his father Guru Ram Das. Its boon is that it gives the benefits of a thousand Shabds, and the soul shall directly merge with God. It makes the separated ones come home with grace. One who recites this Shabd shall never be separated from their beloved. Best recited in the morning.

Tav Prasaad Swaiyas		Listen to a SLOW recording so you can learn it :

http://sikhsangeet.com/albumid575-Rajnarind-Kaur-Bani-Pro-1.html


This is a short hymn of 10 stanzas. It is a part of Guru Gobind Singh ji's classic composition 'Akal Ustat' which means 'The praise of God'. In the last line of the 9th stanza, Guruji has declared that 'only those who love sincerely and honestly, realise God' To bring satisfaction in life when nothing seems to satisfy you. It brings energy, vitality and expansion. Related to air element. The Svaiye are read to attain worldly detachment and abolish false practices.



Sikh Prayer Blessings

Guru Gobind Singh gave seven daily prayers
that draw upon the five elements to help us gracefully face everyday negativity
and uplift every situation. My understanding of these prayers, or
"Banis" as they are known, comes from reciting them
every day since March 6th, 1976, on my birthday, over thirty years ago.
Sardarni Sahiba Guru Prem Kaur Khalsa

on the following page you will find her explanation of the prayers
http://www.yogagems.com/mantrasandprayers/sikhprayerblessings.html



http://www.rajkaregakhalsa.net/sound.htm

Go to the above webpage and then click on the
"prayers folder". This will open up a
page with many Sikh prayers.

For the morning prayers you will click on any of the 5 bani's listed

Within each of these folders there are many many recordings by various "artists."

Suggested recordings by...
Prof. Sat Nam Singh Sethi
Giani Sant Singh Ji Maskeen
Giani Thakur Singh
Bhai Harbans Singh


"Peace Lagoon" contains the translations for all the banis

There are many many wonderful recordings of the Sikh morning and evening prayers. The largest library of these recordings exists through the following link





The Path of Sikh Dharma


http://www.sikhdharma.org/content-nitnem-banis?page=0%2C1

Nitnem Banis (Daily Prayers)

To support one's spiritual development, Guru Gobind Singh taught that certain Banis are best chanted every day. And some are best chanted at certain times of day. The following are the daily Banis given by Guru Gobind Singh. To download these Banis and practice them yourself, visit http://www.sikhnet.com/s/DownloadBanis.
http://fateh.sikhnet.com/s/DownloadBanis


OR GO TO THE YOUTUBE AND CHANT ALONG