Ken Hewitt...

Many of you might not have heard of Gurduara Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khaas (GKMRHK), South Shields, UK. From my experience, the gurduara has "babey dee full kirpa" and is 100% sangat-run. I go whenever Guru Sahib wills. 300 sala celebrations were held last week at the Gurduara. I happened to pop in to have some of there amazing langar.

During the ardaas I heard the Singh say something about "sahaj katha" (sahaj = patience, or taking your time to do something, katha = refers to some kind of gurbaanee vichaar or arth) and congratulate the people who had finished with guru kirpa. Then Bhai Karnail Singh stood up and did some announcements and I got to learn what they were talking about.

In October 2004, 296th anniversary of Gurgaddee divas of Sree Guru Granth Sahib Jee, sangat at GKMRHK posted a memo on the notice board. It asked everyone to take the initiative to learn about the Guru that they bow to every time they come to the Gurduara. The memo invited everyone to participate in an individual sahaj katha of Sree Guru Granth Sahib Jee maharaj. Pothiyan in English, Gurmukhee and Hindee were offerred to whoever wished to partake.

The memo said that if an individual does 3-4 pages of katha a day, they would be finished by the time 300 sala comes in 2008. From what I heard a lot of people took advantage of this opportunity.

After telling us all about this, Bhai Karnail Singh introduced us to Ken Hewitt. Ken Hewitt came to the Gurduara sometime in 2004 and also decided to participate in the sahaj katha. It was very inspiring to see his passion. The recording below is Ken Hewitt himself...