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 Shanti Kaur Khalsa& filed under Legacy Organizations, Our Authors, Siri Singh Sahib Ji, Your Stories
Fourteen years ago in the afternoon of October 6th, Yogi Bhajan breathed his last breath. At home on his Ranch, surrounded by family and students, he made that final journey and crossed into the subtle realm of spirit. For as long as I live, I will not forget the sounds, sights and sensations of that…
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 Sikhnet& filed under Legacy Organizations, Meditation, Prayer, Sikh Dharma Technology, Siri Singh Sahib Ji
Excerpt from a Commentary by Gurucharan Singh, originally published in The Inner Voice, February 1991 and revised October 2001
Ang is 'a part'. Sang is 'in every,' or 'with every'. Wahe is 'the indescribable living ecstasy of Infinite Being'. Guru is 'the knowledge that transforms your mind, emotion and essence.' The whole phrase means,…
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 Sikh Dharma International& filed under Dharmic Education
The differences and the similarities between any two religious or spiritual traditions can be very subjective, based on the orientation of the writer and how broad or narrow the focus. This discussion is written from the perspective of a Sikh writer and is meant to have a broad view but with a somewhat limited depth.…
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…
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