Posted by Pritpal Singh Khalsa& filed under 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Dharmic Education
The Siri Guru Granth Sahib is usually embodied in a large, all Gurmukhi single volume. This is referred to as a “Bir”, meaning something that is fastened together. Today, with the world-wide demand to have access to understanding the meaning of the words of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, there are many copies…
Posted by Gurutej Singh Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education
In the 31st Paurī, Gurū Nānak states authoritatively that God prevails everywhere in the Cosmos. He tells us, āsaṉ lo-i lo-i bhanḏār; that God has His seat in every world. Again Gurū is telling us that there are worlds upon worlds that we, as mortal humans, are unaware of.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Dharmic Education
How can the same term evoke the creative, nurturing and caring qualities of a mother as well as the misguiding illusion of the world? In the 30th Paurī of Jap Jī Sāhib, Gurū Nānak reveals the true nature of Maya and the process of creation. …
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In the twenty-ninth Paurī, Gurū Nānak asks us to connect to our infinite hearts through our inherent, divine wisdom and compassion. Experiencing this incredible gift of connectivity unites us with our source and thereby with everything that is, while living in any other way is uncomfortable and lonely. …
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under Dharmic Education
This Pauri from Jap Jī is very important. Mundā santokh, tolerance and unlimited patience, is the highest power you can have. Mundā are the earrings, which yogīs wear in the solar center to denounce the world. It is the sun meridian point: this little lobe represents your head with the central part of your intelligence in the center. When…
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In the beginning of the 27th Paurī Gurū Nānak tells us about the gate to God’s home. Everybody now is interested in getting information about God’s home, like a Google Map to God. They are perhaps more interested in receiving a miracle than a description of the path. At least we get to know, that it…
Posted by Kirtan Singh Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education
The Guru refers to meditation on God's Name and meditating on the source of our existence as being the gift that keeps on giving. All, spiritual, worldly and aesthetic pleasures imaginable - nine and beyond - are obtained and derived from deeply experiencing the One within our own selves. …
Posted by Pritpal Singh Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education
Gurū Nānak begins this Paurī by using the word, amul, to describe God as priceless. To be priceless is to be beyond any possible price – to have value that exceeds any price. As God is infinite there is no way to assign a value or a measure of that vastness. Even science admits that we…
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It was in 1973 or 74 that I remember the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan telling us to memorize the 25th Paurī and chant it 26 times a day. Many of us were just getting comfortable reciting Japjī Sāhib in Gurumukhi. Apparently, we were being introduced to our next adventure. Yogi Bhajan was addressing our…
Posted by Gurutej Singh Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education
The 24th Paurī uses the term Ant Na, repeatedly. Ant means end. Na is the negation of Ant, meaning without end, countless, as it is frequently translated. In this Paurī, Gurū Nānak marvels at the vastness of the Ek Ong Kār. He explains that countless are the praises and the praisers of God, countless are the works and gifts of God. Gurū Nānak goes…
Posted by Siri Ved Kaur Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education
The faithful praise God over and over again, reciting mantras, prayers, and hymns. We try to understand God by better understanding Gurbāṉī, through meditation, devotional service, and reflection. All who sing of the Wonderful One, who describe God in so many countless ways – with all the devotion that fills their hearts – how great…
Posted by GuruSangat Kaur Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education
In this Paurī, Gurū Nānak Dev Jī offers us two unique perspectives. Let us start with the first one in which he describes the vastness of God’s creation and the Universe. His poetry depicts infinite worlds beneath worlds and above them countless other celestial regions, vast canopies of skies.…
Posted by Guruka Singh Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education
This Paurī of Japjī Sāhib is the “it’s not what you think it is” Paurī. The Gurū’s underlying thought is that worship of the Divine is a continuous, internal state. It’s not about doing things or figuring things out. It’s a state of being.…
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One of the main expressions of wisdom and mental clarity is the capacity to perceive the consequences of our thoughts, words and actions, and to act (or to refrain from acting) according to that perception. The twentieth Paurī of Jap Jī Sāhib gives us an opportunity to meditate on what is called samskara: the consequences of…
Posted by Snatam Kaur& filed under Dharmic Education
Gurū Nānak tells us that God’s Name is the vibration that creates all things. We exist because of sound! We are a manifestation of sound and a living and breathing example of sound waves moving. When we realize this relationship, we can shift our lives. Just as a cook decides to add a little salt…
Posted by Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur& filed under Dharmic Education, Our Authors, Sikh Dharma International
Values have been the cornerstone of civilizations from which cultures thrived for generations, and served as foundational beliefs which supported families and individuals to live virtuous lives. This course is dedicated to those who seek to learn and grow spiritually within the Sikh Lifestyle.…
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