Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under 08-Guru Harkrishan, Gurpurbs, Your Stories
There are so many stories in Sikh history from the life of Guru Har Krishan that uplift, awe and inspire me. The one closest to my heart is probably the most famous. There was an epidemic of small pox in Delhi in 1664. Guru Har Krishan went to the place where the outbreak had occurred…
Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under Service/Seva, Your Stories
Due to Hurricane Harvey’s devastation, several small towns and larger ones like Rockport were in great need of help. I was feeling a strong urge to help in some way, but not sure if I would actually do something or even how I would help. The thought kept coming to me, “How can I be a…
Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under 06-Guru Hargobind, Gurpurbs, Your Stories
When I began my Journey into the Heart of Sikh Dharma course experience, I thought I wanted to cultivate tranquility. Now I am all about Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji's equality and the inner strength of the warrior—the tempered steel of Miri and Piri! …
Posted by Snatam Kaur& filed under Bani, Our Authors, Prayer, Siri Singh Sahib Ji, Your Stories
This article by Snatam Kaur is courtesy of Spirit Voyage
Sat Nam.
I have been listening to, or reciting Kirtan Sohila (evening Sikh prayer) my whole life. My first conscious memory of this prayer was when my stepfather, Sat Santokh would read Kirtan Sohila to me every night before going to sleep. I am grateful…
Posted by Sikh Dharma of Colorado& filed under Community, Your Stories
Since Spring 2016, with the visit of Dr. Kirpal Singh and Varnjeet Kaur to Boulder, the Sikh Dharma community and yogic community have come together to revive the Sikh Dharma of Colorado organization.…
Posted by Morning Sadhana& filed under Sadhana, Sikh Dharma Technology, Your Stories
“Out of 24 hours, one tenth belongs to God. See that you give it honestly. And after that, if you shall not be drowned in prosperity, then God is not real at all. You do what belongs to God and God will give you what belongs to God Itself. And…
Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under Bana, Bani, Community, Dharmic Education, Sikh Dharma Technology, Your Stories
Journey into the Heart of Sikh Dharma, a small group tele-course in its 18th year, is a unique opportunity to deepen your experience and understanding of Sikh Dharma, and to take a spiritual journey of transformation and inspiration.
To bring your knowledge and experience to life, each session covers a different topic,…
Posted by Dr. Harjot Kaur& filed under Around the World, Your Stories
I was asked to write an article on the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Amritsar in February 2018. The actual journey, however, began two years ago. In March of 2016, while meditating at the Golden Temple, I received a phone call from the Prime Minister’s office. Given that Prime Minister…
Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under Your Stories
For the last few weeks I have been meditating on commitment, and what it means to me. How am I able to make, and more importantly to keep, the commitments in my life? I have been having an intensive reflection on that, including how it manifests in different parts of my life.…
Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under Your Stories
I have always experienced a certain feeling of gravity when I think of Amrit vows – I take the process and ceremony very seriously. While I have always felt an overwhelming love of the Guru, and the deepest gratitude that my soul came into the Sikh path during this lifetime, I have held off on…
Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under Your Stories
I took Amrit about 40 or so years ago at Summer Solstice in NM. At the time I was still in the beginning stages of transforming my identity, and to me it simply seemed like the logical next step. I was already practicing the 5 K’s, so that part didn’t really faze me back then—for…
Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under Your Stories
Western society, in general view, doesn’t value or encourage us to make a commitment. There is a common quote that says today that "everything is relative." Well, not everything is relative; there are things that are absolute, like the values that bring us closer to our soul. These values should not be negotiated in any…
Posted by JHSD - Course& filed under 09-Guru Tegh Bahadur, Gurpurbs, Your Stories
In this world there is neither up nor down, privileged or undeserving, good or bad. There is just God. Guru Teg Bahadur and his followers gave their lives in service of this truth; refusing to support the special claim to God that then Emperor Aurangzeb was imposing on that part of the world with his demand for…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Around the World, Community, Ministry, Your Stories
Por SS Ram Krishan Singh Khalsa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Es un gran honor para mí anunciar que el 15 de Febrero de 2018, Sikh Dharma Argentina fue formalmente reconocido como una religión oficial en nuestro país por primera vez en la historia.
El 2012, comencé a desarrollar una relación con el Guru a través de…
Posted by Morning Sadhana& filed under Sadhana, Your Stories
Sadhana gives you grace, Sadhana gives you fearlessness, Sadhana gives you self, Sadhana gives denomination, domination, projection, polarity combination, equilibrium, respectability, totality, internal and external self knowledge, and it gives you purity, it gives you Divinity, dignity, grace, it gives you radiance, it gives you pranic Shakti, it gives you auric Shakti, it gives you…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Around the World, Community, Ministry, Your Stories
by SS Ram Krishan Singh Khalsa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
It is a great honor for me to announce that on February 15, 2018, Sikh Dharma of Argentina was formally recognized as an official religion in our country for the first time in history.
In 2012, I began to develop a relationship…
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