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" nand singh garja singh aadi jin laaj panth ki saaji "

- Sri Guru Gobind Ji Maharaj

36 Principles of Baba Nand Singh Ji

Maharaj Nanaksar Kaleran -----------------------------------------------

1) Sri Guru Granth Sahib shall have to be

worshipped as a living Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

Maharaj.

2) Prayers for getting rid of all worries, diseases,

pains, etc. shall have to be sincerely made before Sri

Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj, fully believing that

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj Ji is sitting there.

3) Whatever you eat or drink should be offered to

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj before you take

the same.

4) The Satguru Ji Maharaj wants to test your

intentions, devotion, and sincerity. HE is not in need

of any worldly things. Whatever you place before

him is a token of your affection for HIM. HE is the

True Giver.

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5) One must spend at least two and a half hour in

reciting Nit Nem, Sukhmani Sahib, and uttering

Waheguru, repeating the first stanza of Japji Sahib

and performing paath of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

6) One should recite Gurbani with utter devotion,

purity of mind and body and should correctly read

it.

7) The ragis should regularly sing these with

devotion and with intention of pleasing the Satguru.

8) Those who are engaged in reciting Paath of Sri

Guru Granth Sahib from the beginning to the end, as

well as the singers of divine hymns must not cherish

greed of any kind. The Sangat or the devotees etc.

should serve them according to their capacity.

9) The Pooranmashi should be celebrated with

devotion and in a befitting manner.

10) Every Sikh with his family members shall have

to take Khande Da Amrit only then he can seek the

protection of the Guru.

11) The children must be taught Gurmukhi.

12) Gurdwaras should be established in every village

and town.

13) Offerings in cash before Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Ji Maharaj are prohibited.

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14) The names of the children should be such in

which some words denoting piety and religious tinge

appear, such as, Gurmukh Singh, etc.

15) The Sikh should surrender his/her self to the

Guru

16) The Sikh who serves the Guru with full devotion

will get his grace.

17) The Guru will wipe off the sins of the True Sikh,

when he leaves his I-am-ness and adopts you and

yours. In other words, when he leaves his ego and

does not say, I have done this. This is mine. He should

say Everything belongs to God. He does everything.

He confers all gifts.

18) A true Sikh is a true yogi as well as a king.

19) A true Sikh must never forget God and the guru

and should pray to God, I am at fault, I shall abide by

your will, I accept your orders.

20) A true Sikh shall not look with evil eyes at

other’s women or men.

21) The Guru helps the true Sikh and his protective

powers accompany him at all places and times.

22) A Sikh should look towards the Guru for all

kinds of protections.

23) Do no indulge in slandering or backbiting.

24) Collect virtues and abandon vices.

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25) Never forget that you will die eventually.

26) One must sincerely serve one’s parents. In this

connection, Pauri 13 of vaar 37 of Bhai Gurdas may

be read, which tells us that if the man does not serve

his parents sincerely, he will get no benefit by

reading or hearing scriptures. That his meditation

will bear no fruity, that his going to pilgrimage is

useless and that he shall have to undergo

punishments of transmigration.

27) The man should be faithful to his wife and the

wife should be faithful to her husband

28) Believe firmly that all the Sikh Gurus are

embodiments of God.

29) For the Sikh, his Guru is King of kings.

30) Leave pride. You cannot know when the mind

will adopt evil. So never boast of your virtues.

31) Never use intoxicants of any kind.

32) God and the Guru hear sincere prayers of a

sincere devotee.

33) One must leave one’s worldly wisdom and adopt

that of the Guru.

34) Never adopt the profession of a beggar.

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35) Remember and sing the excellences, virtues, and

praises of God and the Guru.

36) The man must put his utmost efforts to gain the

true object of human life, which is, the merger of the

soul with the Supreme Soul.

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