Posted by Beads of Truth& filed under 03-Guru Amar Das, Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People, Your Stories
The 3rd Sikh guru, Guru Amar Das ji, proclaimed that no one would be allowed into his presence until that person had eaten in the Guru’s Kitchen, or Guru ka Langar. Of course, it was a wonderful service to make sure that everyone had this basic need for food taken care of before…
Posted by Beads of Truth& filed under Your Stories
The article below was written by SIRI VED SINGH KHALSA and originally appeared in Bead #17, the Summer 1986 Beads of Truth.
Before sharing this article, we'd like to take a moment to thank Siri Ved Singh. Siri Ved Singh's work of tirelessly initially audio taping and then later video taping the live classes…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories
During the tele-course, Journey into the Heart of Sikh Dharma, participants are given assignments on each of the topics they study. One such assignment is to reflect on their understanding of sacred relationships and marriage in relationship to their view of the Sikh way of life and the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.
Here are…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Around the World, Community, Your Stories
In 2019 we celebrate the 50th anniversary of 3HO, as well as the 80th birthday of Krishna Kaur, who was one of the first people to join the early 3HO and Sikh Dharma movement in the 1970s.
Krishna Kaur has been instrumental in bringing the teachings of Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma…
Posted by 3HO-Legacy Organization& filed under Bani, Legacy Organizations, Shabad Guru, Your Stories
Japji Sahib, also known as the Song of the Soul, is the love of my life. After about three months of daily chanting, one Sunday morning I felt bliss—a feeling that was already somewhat familiar to me in that I had felt it several times before after a solid yoga or chanting session.…
Posted by Harsimranjeet Singh& filed under Around the World, Bani, Community, Dharmic Education, Your Stories
As a teenager, I was confronted about my identity often. Friends and teachers would frequently inquire about what it was I wore on my head and why I wore it, why I would let the hair on my face and head grow and left uncut and so forth.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Your Stories
Hola Mohalla is the Sikh festival which falls in March (2013 is March 28th) and a national holiday in India. Together the words "Hola Mohalla" stand for "mock fight". During this festival, processions are organized and accompanied by large “nagara” drums and headed by Panj Pyaras, which proceed from one Gurdwara to another. The custom…
Posted by Sat Bachan Kaur& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Community, Your Stories
When I first listened to the sound current, the rhythm, the voice and the intonation, immediately I felt a coziness and familiarity. I was especially focused on the recitation of the 28th and 29th Paurees...…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Brotherhood& filed under Community, Legacy Organizations, Your Stories
This is an article from a 1978 issue of Sikh Dharma Brotherhood, written by Shakti Kaur.
As I walked through the street, en route for the first time to the Harimandir Sahib, there grew a welling up inside of me, an inner excitement almost like that of a child on the advent…
Posted by Dharmic Office of Public Affairs& filed under Around the World, Service/Seva, Your Stories
In late January, a devastating mud slide swallowed up the mining town of Brumadinho in Brazil. The mud, sweeping down from a large and unstable mountain of tailings from the Vale mine, destroyed everything in its path. With no warning and no time escape, as many as 500 human lives were buried under…
Posted by Snatam Kaur& filed under Our Authors, Shabad Guru, Your Stories
This morning as I sat meditating the thought came to mind to share with you the power of the Mul Mantra. This mantra was given to us by Guru Nanak, the first Guru of the Sikhs who walked this earth in the fifteenth century. It is a mantra that gives you the compass so that you may…
Posted by Beads of Truth& filed under Community, Legacy Organizations, Ministry, Sikh History, Your Stories
As I stood in line with the ministers of Sikh Dharma, receiving the instructions of Yogiji, as to the nature of our duties, I was pleasantly amused when he told all of us to go touch the feet of the members of the Sangat. But, when I placed my hands upon the feet of the…
Posted by Livtar Singh Khalsa& filed under Sikh History, Your Stories
Livtar Singh Khalsa recounts his experience as one of the two first students of Yogi Bhajan in the West to take Sikh vows:
On Sunday morning of the Baisakhi day Gurdwara in 1970, I met up with Baba Singh on the street in Los Angeles. He was wearing a turban,…
Posted by Guru Amrit Kaur Khalsa& filed under Community, Your Stories
I believe that Sikhs are uniquely positioned to play a role in interfaith efforts, because of our rich interfaith history, our strong interfaith ethic and our commitment to manifesting the common good through the concept of Sarbat da Bhala – blessings and prosperity for all.…
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