Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Bani, Dharmic Education, Sikh Dharma Technology Week 2 - 1st Pauree. The total knowledge of God and ecstasy is contained in this pauree. It is an antidote to depression. It will lift you from the deepest depression, insecurity, nightmares, and loss, and bring contentment. …
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 Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& 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 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 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 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…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Sikh History Guru Nanak was a grown up man now, and he had begun to travel and teach. He walked everywhere on foot with his friends and wherever they went, they sang. His friends were Mardana, who was a Muslim, and Bala, who was a Hindu. Those were the two main religions in India during that time.…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Sikh History, Videos A very beautiful true story about Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Listen to this story, courtesy of Sikhnet
When Guru Nanak was traveling, he came to a village where a robber lived. The robber’s name was Bhoomi Daku. No one liked him because he was a thief. When he saw Guru Nanak,…
Posted by Guruka Singh Khalsa& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Legacy Organizations 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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