South African Guru Ram Das

Posted July 13, 2017 by Sikh Dharma International & filed under 04-Guru Ram Das, Around the World, Sikh Art Corner, Your Stories

There is that very beautiful picture of Guru Ram Das at the museum of the Darbar Sahib, where he is surrounded by flowers. (The one that's used a lot, he sits on a lovely Persian carpet and the view is out through the window onto the Golden Temple. In my mind's eye, I picture…

The Greatest Meditation

Posted July 13, 2017 by Siri Singh Sahib Ji & filed under Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib, The Guru

Excerpted from the May 16, 1976 gurdwara lecture in Los Angeles by Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan My subject today is “The Greatest Meditation.” The greatest meditation is coming to the Guru. There is no meditation which can beat it. There’s no technology which can make up for it. There’s no grace which can…

Sikh Dharma Ministers’ Vows (as given by the Siri Singh Sahib)

Posted July 13, 2017 by Sikh Dharma International & filed under Dharmic Education, Ministry, Publications

Excerpt from Chapter 1, Section B, “The Sikh Ministry”, page 5, of the book, Victory and Virtue 1. We shall not bow to any person for worship, but shall bow only to God and Siri Guru Granth Sahib as the Word of God. 2. We shall not worship any deity or angel, other than God,…

A Brief History of the Sikh Ministry

Posted July 13, 2017 by Sikh Dharma International & filed under Dharmic Education, Ministry, Publications

Excerpt from Chapter 1, Section A, "The Sikh Ministry", pages 2-4, of the book, Victory and Virtue Sikh Dharma is conventionally described as a religion. More accurately, however, it is a way of life "Dharma" a practical, practicing reality. It sprouted from the seeds of the Word, spread by Guru Nanak upon the fertile…

Bringing Ourselves to the Feet of the Guru

Posted July 12, 2017 by GuruKirin Kaur Khalsa & filed under Events, Music, Shabad Guru, Shabad Guru Courses

The Siri Singh Sahib explained that our devotion, when we let go and let God, transforms our life in so many powerful ways. As we let the Hand of God come through, we open up to allow the Universe to serve our needs ~ we don’t need to worry! What do we do to…

Yoga is Only One Facet of a Full Spiritual Path. Dharma Contains All of It

Posted July 12, 2017 by JHSD - Course & filed under Community, Dharmic Education, Events

This course hasn’t been one of those supernatural spiritual experiences that sometimes occur, with rare blessings. It hasn’t been totally new or foreign feeling. I guess it has been like growing into some shoes that I bought a few years too early. From the very first moment of seeing my turbaned image reflected in the…

Recogniziing the Shabad as My Guru and What Makes the Shabad Guru so Special

Posted July 12, 2017 by GuruKirin Kaur Khalsa & filed under Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib, Shabad Guru

How Do I Recognize the Shabad as my Guru? The way to recognize your Guru is simple: does this bring you an experience of God within yourself? The spiritual teacher supports the process of going to the Guru, but the Guru is the carrier itself; it brings us to an experience of God within. In…

“I Carry the Guru with me Everywhere”

Posted July 11, 2017 by Siri Singh Sahib Ji & filed under The Guru

“I don’t need to go to Gurdwara, sir. I carry Guru with me everywhere.” Our teacher began to address this student’s statement, “Yes, you carry Guru around with you always. That’s wonderful. But, why is it about your convenience? Why does Guru have to follow you? Do you call this devotion? Do you think…

Why I Love Womens’ Camp

Posted July 5, 2017 by Sat Bachan Kaur & filed under Your Stories

Sat Nam Dear Friends, Eaekaa Maaee Jugath Viaaee Thin Chaelae Paravaan Jiv This Bhaavai Thivai Chalaavai Jiv Hovai Furamaan Ouhu Vaekhai Ounaa Nadhar N Aavai Bahuthaa Eaehu Viddaan Aadhaes Thisai Aadhaes Aadh Aneel Anaadh Anaahath Jug Jug Eaeko Vaes ||30|| “There is one mother who is married to the universe and she has three…

A DREAM OF SERVICE

Posted July 5, 2017 by Sat Bachan Kaur & filed under Ministry

by SS Sat Bachan Kaur Khalsa, Española NM, from the SDI Ministry Summer 2017 Newsletter “Your reliability will give people the courage to trust you. Their trust will give you the power to carry a situation. A leader carries and serves people. Learn to lead as a ‘seva;’ people will love you, and you will…

JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF SEVA

Posted July 5, 2017 by Sikh Dharma Ministry & filed under Khalsa Council, Ministry

“We as humans are supposed to live for each other and that is seva.” —The Siri Singh Sahib (January 31, 1993) The second project calls for the students to serve in their greater community, either individually or in partnership with other groups. As Sikhs, we have certain traditional ways of serving, organizing, and protecting that…

SEVA FROM THE HEART

Posted July 5, 2017 by Sikh Dharma Ministry & filed under Dharmic Education, Ministry

by SS Har Nal Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM, shared in the SDI Ministry Summer 2017 Newsletter Real seva comes from the heart: “Out of love you give selflessly to those who ask and those who don’t ask. When you are a giver, then your faculty and God’s faculty become the same. That is divinity.”—The…

TRADUCIENDO EL SHABAD GURU

Posted July 5, 2017 by Sikh Dharma Ministry & filed under Around the World, Community, Ministry, Shabad Guru, Your Stories

Por SS Guru Nam Singh Khalsa y SS Sat Jivan Kaur Khalsa, McAllen TX, Publicado en el Verano de 2017, boletín del Ministerio de SDI ARTICULO SOBRE LA TRADUCCION, IMPRESIÓN Y DISTRIBUCION DE LIBROS DE LAS ENSENANZAS EN ESPANOL. A principios de los años 80’s mi esposa hizo frente a una profunda…

TRANSLATING THE SHABAD GURU

Posted July 5, 2017 by Sikh Dharma Ministry & filed under Around the World, Community, Ministry, Shabad Guru, Your Stories

by SS Guru Nam Singh and SS Sat Jivan Kaur Khalsa, McAllen TX, published in the Summer 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter In the early 1980s, my wife SS Sat Jivan Kaur was facing a deep depression. Two prestigious doctors made the diagnosis and both agreed that it was imperative that she take strong medications…

Remembering My Dear Friend – Guru Dass Singh

Posted July 5, 2017 by Kundalini Research Institute & filed under Your Stories

Shared from the July, 2017 KRI Newsletter If you watched Woodstock, the 1970 documentary movie, you probably remember the scene where, in between band sets, a long-hair hippie is up on the stage leading everybody in Breath of Fire. What you probably didn’t notice is part way through the exercise, in the crowd in…

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