Posted by GuruKirin Kaur Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education, Meditation, Our Authors, Shabad Guru
It is easy to keep positive when our circumstances are supporting us, but how do we maintain our spiritual upliftment when times are hard? There is a concept in Sikh Dharma called ‘Chardi Kala’ or Every Rising Spirit. It means that no matter the environments, circumstances or energies, our spirit remains high. The Siri Singh…
Posted by Guruka Singh Khalsa& filed under Bani, Legacy Organizations, Shabad Guru
The power of conscious speech is the power of invocation. We can literally create reality through the power of our words. Every word we speak is an act of creation. But we do not understand our own power. Breath is God’s gift of life and when we use it to utter sounds, those sounds carry…
Posted by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Bani, Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology, The Guru
Guru Nanak gave the Mool Mantra as the essence of the Sikh teachings. Recently, while meditating on it, it dawned on me how inter-dependent the phrases of the Mool Mantra really are. For a long time the Mool Mantra seemed to me a group of adjectives describing the experience of Divinity. But like a seed…
Posted by Community Contribution& filed under Shabad Guru, Your Stories
There is a beautiful practice in the tradition of Kundalini Yoga that involves the recitation of the mantra So Purkh or Sopurkh. Sopurkh was given by Guru Ram Das, the 4th guru of the Sikhs, to women as a way of helping them raise the vibration of the men in their lives.…
Posted by 3HO-Legacy Organization& filed under Legacy Organizations, Meditation, Shabad Guru
"Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad, Sat Gur Prasad Ek Ong Kar." God and We are One. I know this by the Grace of the True Guru. I know this by the Grace of the True Guru. God and We are One. This mantra, also known as the Siri Mantra or the Magic Mantra, stops…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under Bani, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib, Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology, The Guru
There are a lot of literary meanings of the stage of Anand. In English, you have an equivalent of it called bliss. Anand can be attached to any state where you momentarily feel satisfied. That's why Guru Amar Das wrote Anand Sahib-the command, the domain of the Anand.…
Posted by Pritpal Singh Khalsa& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Bani, Dharmic Education, Our Authors, Shabad Guru
In the first line of this Salok Guru Nānak reminds us of the trinity of our primary relationships of Father, Mother and "Guru" (our connection to the Divine). This trinity directly invokes three of the elements, or Tattvas, namely Air, Water and Earth. In other scriptures Guru Nānak describes how in the beginning of creation Air…
Posted by Dev Suroop Kaur Khalsa& filed under Legacy Organizations, Shabad Guru
Sochai Soch Na Hova-ee is the first verse or pauree of Japji Sahib following the Mool Mantra. In this verse, Guru Nanak describes this very concept—that searching outside of you is illusory. In Sochai Soch Na Hova-ee, Guru Nanak lays out the secrets of how to live well.…
Posted by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Bani, Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology, The Guru
"Give because God gives to you. Love because that is your purpose in life. Shine because it is important. Share because it is demanded of you. How can you do it? In Japji, Guru Nanak gave you guidance, telling you the way he found liberation, ‘In the ambrosial hour, meditate on the True Identity. Your…
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