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 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 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 Sikhnet& filed under Around the World, Community, Your Stories
Argentina is a magnificent country that stretches more than 4,000 miles from north to south. The eastern border is the Atlantic Ocean, and to its west are the magnificent Andes Mountains that separate it from Chile. To the north lies Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil and to the south lies Antarctica.…
Posted by 3HO-Legacy Organization& filed under Legacy Organizations, Your Stories
This article is courtesy of 3HO
My father committed suicide in 1942. I was 13. I blotted out thoughts about death for many years. In my mind, death was just a permanent dreamless sleep. I had never attended a funeral until I went with Yogi Bhajan to a memorial service for Peter the Hermit,…
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by SS Satya Kaur Corfield, Espanola NM
Fall 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter
Simran—the constant remembrance of God—is the one aspect of Sikh Dharma that resonates above almost all else for me. Having two “10”s in my numerology has always given me a connection to Guru Gobind Singh. With two children who have Simran as…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Ministry, Music, Your Stories
by SS Mata Mandir Singh Khalsa, San Francisco CA
Fall 2017 SDI Ministry Newsletter
Simran is often translated as “remembrance,” which, to me, doesn’t explain the word. Other people say simran is repeating a mantra. I understand repeating a mantra as japa, which means “to repeat a mantra.”
Does repeating a mantra lead…
Posted by Shanti Kaur Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Dharmic Education, Events, Woman
Fearlessly Living Our Destiny
Khalsa Women's Training
When:
January 25 - February 5, 2018
Where:
Dashmesh Sadan in Anandpur Sahib, India
Amritsar, India
In this sacred home of Yogi Bhajan, we will get in touch with the cultural and spiritual legacy of the Khalsa. Through the…
Posted by Hacienda de Guru Ram Das& filed under Community, Service/Seva, Your Stories
by Nick Deez
Endings are never easy. But neither are beginnings. I got myself out of bed at three in the morning today and that pressing feeling weighed on me. I am leaving the ashram today. For the past two wonderful weeks, this place has been home to me – a place of refuge. Each day…
Posted by Jot Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Your Stories
A extraordinary place that is regularly recommended for Sikhs and spiritual seekers to travel to and visit is Hemkunt Sahib in India. It is considered a most sacred location where a great saint and savior of humankind meditated and prepared himself to inspire and lead humanity as well as to fight injustice. Below are details of…
Posted by Sat Bir Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Service/Seva
At Yogi, we believe the purpose of business is to serve and we use the guiding principles of “Feel Good, Be Good, Do Good” to align our business activities. Our “Doing Good” element is focused on giving back in the communities where we do business, as well as partnerships with key vendors to support our…
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