Sat Sri Akal Ji,
I have the daily prayers in audio format (Giani Thakur Singh Ji's recording of Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav Parsad Savaiye, Chaupai Sahib, Anand Sahib, Rehras Sahib, and Kirtan Sohila.) I also have the iPhone app called iNitnem E (English) and it has the trasliteration and translations for them so I can follow along as I listen.
Since I am not fluent in Punjabi is it ok to listen to these as recordings instead of reciting them?
What about if I chose to do Amrit? I know in the Rehet it says that all Sikhs should be fluent in Punjabi, and reading Gurmukhi, but even trying to learn I know that I am not good with languages.... at all! I took French all through school years and learned a vocabulary of about maybe 50 words and can only say very basic phrases (like ask for directions etc). Can I still do Amrit if I am not fluent in Punjabi, and I can I use recordings and translations to follow along, instead of reciting them on my own? Or does my ability to do Amrit depend on me having to fluently learn Punjabi??
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I have the daily prayers in audio format (Giani Thakur Singh Ji's recording of Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav Parsad Savaiye, Chaupai Sahib, Anand Sahib, Rehras Sahib, and Kirtan Sohila.) I also have the iPhone app called iNitnem E (English) and it has the trasliteration and translations for them so I can follow along as I listen.
Since I am not fluent in Punjabi is it ok to listen to these as recordings instead of reciting them?
What about if I chose to do Amrit? I know in the Rehet it says that all Sikhs should be fluent in Punjabi, and reading Gurmukhi, but even trying to learn I know that I am not good with languages.... at all! I took French all through school years and learned a vocabulary of about maybe 50 words and can only say very basic phrases (like ask for directions etc). Can I still do Amrit if I am not fluent in Punjabi, and I can I use recordings and translations to follow along, instead of reciting them on my own? Or does my ability to do Amrit depend on me having to fluently learn Punjabi??
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