Category: Legacy Organizations

The Life and Times of Guru Har Rai

This post is about Guru Har Rai and his unique leadership of the Sikhs during the turbulence of the 17th century in India. The time of Guru Har Rai’s Guruship was marked not only by serious infighting between the various contenders to the Mughal throne, but also by the Minas or the descendants of
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Calling on Adi Shakti

Kundalini Bhakti Meditation: Adi Shakti Namo Namo This devotional mantra (a Bhakti mantra), invokes the primary Creative Power which is manifest as the feminine. It calls upon the Mother Power. It will help you to be free of the insecurities which block freedom of action. By meditating on it one can obtain a deeper understanding
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Woman is Where Dignity and Divinity Merge Together

Excerpt of lecture by Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan, found on the Library of Teachings and in the book "I am Woman:  Creative, Sacred and Invincible" by KRI Creative Infinity is also called Siri: Siri Guru Dev-ay Nameh. We have to learn, as human beings, that creativity is a woman; prakirti is woman; Adi
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The Radiant Body – Grace is the Shield

Quote from Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan: "What is grace? "Grace is the shield of radiation or radiant shield which protects the pranic balance in your entire living system, not only with you, and within you, and within your psyche, but how you correlate to all other psyches in your communication of memory. All who
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji on Acceptance

This article is courtesy of Sikhnet In the Information Age we have an extensive new technical vocabulary, but our vocabulary for states of consciousness is still woefully inadequate. Guru Nanak described the state of consciousness of moment-to-moment acceptance as “Sahej”. Sahej means “in balance”. This effortless acceptance of each moment comes from two things:
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Discussing Prayer

Harijot Singh Khalsa taught a class at the Sikh Dharma International tent at Summer Solstice and this is an excerpt from that class, shared by Sikhnet. Most of us, if not all, have experienced our prayers being answered. It could be a small thing like getting a parking space, to a large thing like
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 My Favorite Mantra: Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam Siri Wahe Guru

by Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa I have a great personal attachment and affection for this mantra, because Yogi Bhajan taught it to me in December of 1968, when my 19 year old son was in serious trouble. Yogiji told me, “There is nothing more powerful in the world than the prayer of a mother for
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