Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Bani, Shabad Guru, Your Stories The poetic divine bani of Guru Nanak Dev Ji touches my heart, and his enlightened personality is revealed to me. I value the precious gift he has imparted us. The precious jewels he possessed he gave us all freely and unconditionally. We are so fortunate that he has dedicated his whole life to us, imparting…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Legacy Organizations, Your Stories I’m a doctor, a healer, and blogger, which helps me be really-really good at seeing and feeling. I’ve always related to Guru Nanak because he just saw God. He felt God in every tree, in every bird, in every human being. He didn’t see the physical form that was in front of him, only…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Around the World, Community From November 1st to November 13th, devotees across the globe will be joining together to celebrate the 550th Prakash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Each day at 5:oo pm (IST), there will be a live recitation of the Mul Mantra for 10 minutes in a different place around the world,…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Legacy Organizations, Sikh History People used to do fasts in order to cleanse themselves to make it easier to pray. In one Kingdom everyone was observing the fast of Ekadasi in honor of the god Vishnu. There was one man however, that didn’t do the fast. Soon the Raja heard that there was someone in the kingdom who wasn’t…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Sikh History, Videos, Woman During the time of Guru Nanak, women did not show their faces in the streets. Women were not allowed to hold any social position or political position. They strictly had a family position and they held their power within the family. This kind of restricted society was what Guru Nanak came into.…
Posted by Dharmic Office of Public Affairs& filed under 04-Guru Ram Das, Community, Gurpurbs October is when we celebrate the birthday of Guru Ram Das ji, the fourth Guru of the Sikhs. Sikh Dharma ashrams and gurdwaras around the world joined together on October 9th in prayer and deep meditation on the brilliant light of Guru Ram Das.
Joining the sangat in Amritsar in celebration of…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Sikh History, Videos How did Guru Nanak's formative years prepare him for the extraordinary journey of his later life? In this video, Shanti Kaur beautifully narrates the early history of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Bani, Shabad Guru This video is from the Japji Sahib Course which was held in Virginia, USA in March 2006. This was led by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur and a few others from the local sangat in Virginia. The video is Ek Ong Kaar Kaur's introduction at the beginning of the course. She tells stories of Guru Nanak,…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Legacy Organizations, Sikh History Guru Nanak travelled everywhere with his faithful companion Mardana. One day he made his way to a sacred place called Hariduar, which means “God’s Gate.” This place, where three holy rivers join together was said to have been blessed by the gods, Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu. Huge crowds of people gathered there.…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Gurpurbs, Publications, Siri Singh Sahib Ji
This is an excerpt from the 4th chapter, "The Shabad Guru and the Sound Current" of the book Heroes, Saints and Yogis: Tales of Self Discovery and the Path of Sikh Dharma, compiled by Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa and Guruka Singh Khalsa. This particular selection is by Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Sikh History This story was published by Sikhnet and was told by Manjeet Singh.
Guru Nanak travelled extensively to spread the message of love, compassion and humanity, and to profess the purpose of human life on Earth. Nanak had gained immense popularity and was highly respected by all sects of society. The news of…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Sikh History, Videos In order to get into the mentality of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, I wanted to go and look at the sources. We're talking about medieval India, and where are those sources? How do we find the original material that will tell us who he was?…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 10-Guru Gobind Singh, Community, Sikh Art Corner, Sikh History In honor of the 300th celebration of Guru Gaddi and to commemorate the establishment of the Khalsa in the West, Sikh Dharma International presented a Kalgi crown jewel turban decoration called "The Spirit of the Khalsa" to Takhat Hazur Sahib in Nanded, India on October 28, 2008.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 04-Guru Ram Das, Community, Meditation, Music, Videos You are invited to join the Hacienda de Guru Ram Das in Espanola, NM, USA for the special Guru Ram Das birthday sadhana (2 1/2 hours of chanting the "Dhan Dhan Ram Das Gur" Shabad) on October 9th from 4:00 am - 6:30 am MDT.
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Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 04-Guru Ram Das, Gurpurbs, Publications, Siri Singh Sahib Ji In 1938, when he was nine years old, Harbhajan Singh Puri (who grew up to be Yogi Bhajan) was seriously ill with a severe ear infection. Neither his father, Kartar Singh Puri, who was a physician, nor any other doctor and healer that had been consulted, could find a cure. The infection was spreading, and…
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