Posted by Beads of Truth& filed under Community, Legacy Organizations, Publications, Woman
Before the beginning of the summer, I couldn’t understand why we didn't name our women's camp “Camp Green-trees” or “Camp Cottonwood." These aesthetic names seemed to perfectly depict the idyllic setting and peaceful vibration of an all-woman summer camp in a grove of trees, under the sunny bright skies of northern New Mexico. “Camp Greentrees"…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Marketplace, Publications
In Japji Sahib, Guru Nanak touches the deepest essence of individual consciousness, elevating one to the universal consciousness. Japji is made up of 40 remarkable segments where Guru Nanak not only explains the mysteries of the cosmos, but also gives us spiritual instruction that we can follow to achieve the same experience of higher consciousness…
Posted by Beads of Truth& filed under Legacy Organizations, Publications
Beads of Truth was the in-house journal of the 3HO/Sikh Dharma community. It was in publication from 1970 - 1991. It serves as an important historical document of the growth of the 3HO/Sikh Dharma community - its people, projects and plans as they unfolded, year by year, in real time.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Dharmic Education, Publications
(As explained by Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji)
SIRI: (See + Ree) The entire light of the sun’s creativity. Lakshmi. Whatever has been created, whatever is possibly created, shall be created, can be created, is called "Siri."
GURU: (Gu=darkness + Ru= light) From darkness to light, from ignorance to…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Gurpurbs, Legacy Organizations, Music, Publications, Shabad Guru, Sikh History
As was customary in India in the 1400s, an astrologer was called to cast the horoscope for a newborn infant. He amazed everyone by saying, “This is no ordinary child. This infant is a divine incarnation.” He predicted that this soul would have a profound influence on the world. The astrologer was definitely right, for…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 06-Guru Hargobind, Gurpurbs, Publications, Sikh History
Guru Hargobind set off for Gwalior. There he found the prisoners living in terrible conditions without adequate food or clothing. Among the prisoners were rajas whose kingdoms and thrones had been taken over by Jahangir. The Guru lived with them, shared his meager rations with them, and comforted them with stories of Guru Nanak and…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Publications, Sikh History
Part 2 of Chapter 3 of Victory and Virtue
Structure of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib
Within it's 1430 pages, the Shabads of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib are arranged in thirty-one Ragas, the traditional Indian musical measures and scales. Within the Ragas, they are arranged by order of the Sikh…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Ji& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, 05-Guru Arjan, 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Publications, The Guru
Chapter 4 (Part 1) Gurbani, Gurmukhi, Naad Yoga and NitNem from the book Victory and Virtue
Excerpted and edited from transcripts of lectures of the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan
It takes you many incarnations to find a Guru. And sometimes as a human you may not even…
Posted by Dev Suroop Kaur Khalsa& filed under Publications, Shabad Guru
Article written by Dev Suroop Kaur and originally published in the Summer, 2003 issue of Aquarian Times.
It is safe to say that each one of us is experiencing the pressures and stresses of the times. We are faced not only with today’s turbulent political and social environment, but we are also coping…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Ji& filed under 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib, Publications, Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology
When the state of consciousness reaches simran then you do not need to do anything; God follows you. At that stage the Almighty, the Infinite, the Omniscient, the Omnipotent God, the Something which you are so proud of, and which you talk about and you perceive about and scriptures talk about and saints and sages…
Posted by Guruka Singh Khalsa& filed under Publications, Shabad Guru
The Guru of the Sikhs is the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. The Siri Guru Granth Sahib is not a book. It is a container of the Shabad. The sound current of the songs in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib are known as the Shabad Guru. The Shabad Guru is not just a collection of uplifting,…
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