Posted by Morning Sadhana& filed under Sadhana
If you are human and your presence doesn't work, all the wealth and all the knowledge will not work either. Once you develop a personal discipline, your psyche starts emitting a sense of confidence, trust, and grace—and that creates love. Your radiance should be so strong, that even if a hateful person sees you, it…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Bani, Ministry, Your Stories
by SS Kartar Singh Khalsa, Sterling VA
Winter 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter
Let me be clear—I don’t currently read my banis every day, although I did so as a daily practice for many years. So let me speak honestly and openly about the topic of resistance.
Three times the Siri Singh Sahib told me—all…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Ministry, Your Stories
by SS Prabhu Prakash Kaur Khalsa, on the road USA
Winter 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter
Like my mother before me, I’ve been a singer all my life. While still in the womb, I absorbed my mother’s joy of devotional singing and the love she projected through her voice. I can’t remember a time in my…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Bani, Ministry, Sikh Dharma Technology, Sikh History
by SS Dr. Kirpal Singh Khalsa, Espanola NM
Winter 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter
Jaap Sahib is Guru Gobind Singh’s Bani (sacred hymn) that uplifts the soul, gives the experience of infinity and expands the radiance of the human psyche. It is Gurbani, the Guru’s hymn, and recited in Naad, the sacred sound current.
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Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Around the World, Bani, Ministry, Sikh Dharma Technology, The Guru
by SS Siri Bhrosa Kaur Khalsa, Anandpur Sahib India
Winter 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter
My personal approach to reading the banis has always been a very practical one. I feel that reading the banis in the vernacular (in English or whatever your native tongue) and pondering on the meaning of the words, either one line or…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under 10-Guru Gobind Singh, Around the World, Ministry, Sikh History
by SS Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM
Winter 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter
Have you heard this story?
When Guru Gobind Singh was 16 years old, he received an invitation from Medni Parkash, the ruler of the Nahan State, to select any place in the kingdom to settle permanently.
The Guru…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Ji& filed under Meditation, Publications
Esta meditación puede dar contención y contentamiento. Crea una conexión directa con el cuerpo radiante y nos da control de la mente. El control de nuestra mente nos da la oportunidad de permitir el contentamiento como una elección - un estado del ser que se asimila en nuestra consciencia y psique diarias.
Parte…
Posted by Guruka Singh Khalsa& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Legacy Organizations
Este artículo es cortesía de Sikhnet
En la Era de la Información, tenemos un extenso vocabulario técnico, pero nuestro vocabulario para estados de consciencia es lamentablemente aún inadecuado. Guru Nanak describió el estado de consciencia de aceptación momento-a-momento como “Sahej”. Sahej significa “en balance”. Esta aceptación sin esfuerzo de cada momento, viene de dos…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Publications, Sikh Dharma International
Excerpt from Victory and Virtue (Chapter 3)
Rehit Maryada means "To live in the constant remembrance of death." It is a code of conduct for living. "Reh," from the verb "rehenaa," means to continue, or to live. Adding "it," it means "lifestyle." "Mar" is derived from the verb "marna," to die, and "yad" means…
Posted by Sada Bahar Kaur Khalsa& filed under Khalsa Council
The International Khalsa Council met in Espanola, New Mexico on September 20 – 23, 2017 for its Fall meetings.
Comprised of approximately 100 Ministers and leaders from the global Sikh Dharma community, the Khalsa Council serves as a leadership body for our Dharma, meeting twice a year to discuss issues of relevance to the present and…
Posted by Sat Bir Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Community, Legacy Organizations, Service/Seva
At Yogi Tea, we believe that the purpose of business is to serve. We do this in many ways from how we treat our employees, business partners, vendors, and consumers to the deep partnerships and connection we have with our grower communities.
First a little background. There are five original spices that started…
Posted by Snatam Kaur& filed under Our Authors, Your Stories
I grew up in a suburban neighborhood in Sacramento, California. I was always fascinated to go next door to our neighbor's, an older couple, who had the exact same house as us, but everything in their house looked neat, newly bought, sturdy, and white. Our living room, instead of the neat white couches and matching…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Around the World, Ministry, Your Stories
by SS Dharm Singh Khalsa, Espanola NM
Winter 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter
My dear friend and spirit brother Sada Sat Singh has passed into the light. We both served Yogi Bhajan for many years in Los Angeles and formed a bond in that 24-hour-a-day seva. In the beauty and the spiritual challenge of it,…
Posted by Morning Sadhana& filed under Sadhana
“Guru Nanak said it so clearly. He said it very simply, “Amrit Velaa Sach naa-oo, vadi-aa-ee veechar.” (In the ambrosial hours before the dawn chant the True Name and reflect deeply upon His greatness.) Now people say, “Why ambrosial hour?” Ray of the sun hits the earth sixty degrees, and in the…
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