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Tolerance is an Essential Sikh Value
Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru, had an experience of divine enlightenment. He was immersed under the waters of the Kali Bien River for three days. When he was found his first utterance was, “there is no Hindu, there is no Muslim”. At first this statement…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib, The Guru
by Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan
Excerpt from a Gurdwara lecture given on January 20, 1991.
There are certain things you have to understand. You are spiritual people, and you will have more impact on your life than anybody else. Intuition is a good idea. But intuition is…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, 10-Guru Gobind Singh, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib, Publications
Beads of Truth, #36
by Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji
We are the by-products of yoga. There's no untruth about it. We are not going to justify ourselves to anybody. This is the way it is. We have adopted this dharma because we raised our consciousness, not because it…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Siri Singh Sahib Ji, The Guru
You know why Guru Nanak says 'I am the meanest of the meanest, lowest of the lowest, humblest of the humble, I know nothing, bah, bah, bah,' because he see the infinite of the infinite, bigger of the bigger, and top of the top and everything. You know person who is a perfect actor in…
Posted by Pritpal Singh Khalsa& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Our Authors, Sikh History
Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru, had an experience of divine enlightenment. He was immersed under the waters of the Kali Bien River for three days. When he was found his first utterance was, “there is no Hindu, there is no Muslim”. At first this statement may seem confusing, but it…
Posted by Shiv Charan Singh Khalsa& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Sikh Dharma Technology
January - Number 1 - Guru Naanak - the Soul
The dharma of 1 is humility, self-initiation, focus.
The karma of 1 is humiliation, isolation, loneliness, lack of will.
Nobody humiliates us. It is our refusal to be small, to acknowledge our minuteness in the midst of the vastness, which leaves us…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib
The Siri Singh Sahib gave this lecture in Los Angeles on November 16, 1986.
"Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa."
Students: "Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh."
YB: It's a great pleasure to hear your own poem sometime translated but I wish you should hear them in the original Gurmukhi, they are not in…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Events, Gurpurbs
On Friday, November 15th, President Barack Obama greeted "Sikh friends" around the world in remembrance of the birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak, saying Sikh values of pluralism were also "central to who we are as Americans".
The following is the text of President Obama's message:
"I want to extend my best wishes to all…
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We join with Sikhs around the globe in celebrating the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the beloved founder of the Sikh faith.
Guru Nanak was inspired by a powerful spiritual experience that gave him a vision of the true nature of God, and taught that the way to spiritual growth was through meditation…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib
Gur Prasaad
This understanding
Shall come to you
As a sweet blessing,
As a gift,
Through the Guru
...."You want to be great, but you do not know that greatness is that One exclusiveness. You all want to compete. What is hard in competition? Compete. Eliminate everybody. In the end, you’ll become One. …
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib
Saibhang
Flowing through the cycles
Of Birth and Death,
It Moves
By Its Own
Purity and Projection
Excerpt of Siri Singh Sahib Lecture:
...."The greatest power is that nothing disturbs you. The greatest power is that your peace of mind is always in one piece. The greatest power is that you are…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib
Ajoonee
In Itself, It has
Never been born.
Excerpt from Siri Singh Sahib Lecture on 11/26/1989 - "Why are We Sikhs?"
..."By reciting it (Gurbani), Guru Nanak became Guru Nanak. Otherwise there was nothing. Nanak would have remained just Nanak. He became Guru Nanak by reciting Gurbani, and that is why Gurbani…
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