Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Your Stories
Becoming a Sikh was a slow process for me, and I feel every aspect has touched my soul at different times. I was a new Kundalini yoga student at Guru Ram Das Ashram in Toronto when I blithely signed up for an Akand Paath, and that night was more transformational than any yoga practice…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Sikh Art Corner, Your Stories
The Siri Singh Sahib said about his work: “This man was able to do what I could never do; he accurately told the history of this world in his painting, and perfectly predicted the events of man up to 5,000 years into the future. O’Brien will be known in the history of man from this…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Events, Your Stories
Go to Summer Solstice Sadhana. Seriously. Just do it. Go! That trip to the beach can wait. Too expensive? Find a service scholarship. Bumps it down to 200 bucks for almost ten days of yoga and meditation in the savagely beautiful Jemez Mountains. Okay, so you…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Sikh History, Your Stories
The dusty roads between Garhshankar and Jalandar teemed with life. Surrounded by serene wheat fields lined with wispy trees, thousands of people motored up and down the cramped highway. They dodged affable but incessant sevaks demanding them to receive Guru’s langar. Their heads adorned with orange turbans in celebration of Holla Mohalla (Holla), the Sikh…
Posted by Jot Prakash Kaur& filed under Around the World, Your Stories
Although we learned much more, the theme became clear: When Sikhs stood up for others out of love, our efforts brought great victories to the people; when Sikhs fought on behalf of their own attachments, we lost brutally. The question then became, what are we standing for today?…
Posted by Dharmatma& filed under Your Stories
If you have never been to Darbar Sahib or India, there is a spiral circulation of people that is constant at Darbar Sahib, the Takhts (Sikh Thrones) and other large gurdwara complexes such as Goindwal or Tarn Taran. These Gurdwaras have perkarmas and sarovars—walkways encircling the water tanks. Some have only one entrance, but all…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Your Stories
India sneaks up on you and, when you least expect it, you’re so stressed that you could explode. It must be the endless cacophony or the pollution. Or perhaps it is the endless heavy Punjabi food; or perhaps that’s just life. Yes, that’s just life. Sorry India, I apologize.
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Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Marketplace, Your Stories
This whole book was very inspiring—looking into the window of her spiritual experience through the lens of her NDE. She talks about no religion or dogma being the “right” one; that everyone needs to find their own path that feels right to them…. All of this, I resonated with – her experience of…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Shabad Guru, Your Stories
The Shabad Guru stole my heart 5 years ago and has kept it ever since. With my heart
strings belonging to the Guru, my life, personality, karma and being have transformed
and continue to transform in ways I never thought possible. My vibrations have raised to
allow my souls destiny to shine through. It all started with the…
Posted by Dharmatma& filed under Your Stories
I didn't even use my name at all it for a couple of years, I wasn't a Sikh at the time and wasn't sure what to "do with it." But I was told by my Sikh friends that a spiritual name can be: what you have been, what you are, and/or what you need…
Posted by Bibiji& filed under Our Authors
In many places in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, it is stated that everything in existence is nothing but an atomic vibration, a sound, a frequency. A vibrational frequency can be expressed mathematically. The mathematical root of all numbers being 1, is a powerful force. Ek Ong Kaar, the beginning of the Mul Mantra or…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Events
Looking for a conscious way to celebrate this month's holidays with your sweetie?
How about this installment of 3HO's new KundaLiving web series, with Guruka Singh and Guruka Kaur.
It's completely free and if you can't tune it on Wednesday it will be available for 48 hours…
Posted by Hari Jiwan Singh Khalsa& filed under Siri Singh Sahib Ji, Your Stories
Some schools of yoga teach that Shakti Pad is a good thing. And, of course, they’re right. As we’ve seen above, Shakti Pad should be a gateway to more and more blessings. Our Teacher gives his students a heads up, a warning that all isn’t beautiful until you begin to overcome your karma. Everything isn’t…
Posted by Sirgun Kaur& filed under Around the World, Community, The Guru, Your Stories
In times of strife, we often forget that some of these more esoteric solutions might work better than the biggest effort to manually "fix" our problem. When we are receptive to the sacred energy that holds this world together, it builds a bridge for us. …
Posted by harisingh& filed under Your Stories
My concern is that with the passage of time, the memory of the Oak Creek massacre and other tragedies will fade away. I strongly encourage all members of the Sikh community - and especially Sikh Dharma Ministers - to act now to meet this ever-present challenge - not out of a sense of reactionary fear,…
Posted by Snatam Kaur& filed under Community, Our Authors, Sikh Dharma International, Sikhs Feed People, Videos, Your Stories
In the honor and memory of those people who lost their lives at the Oak Creek Wisconsin Gurdwara (Sikh temple) shooting in the summer of 2012. Snatam Kaur, along with the Sikh community of the New Jersey Bridgewater Gurdwara, gives us an inside view of the beautiful Sikh way of life. Visit Snatam Kaur's website…
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