Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology
This Paurī also awakens in us an awareness of the many paths, the many ways to relate to the Source and to name the Infinite Spirit, so we come to appreciate all the facets of the creative manifestation around us. The way each person expresses their connection to their own soul and the Great Cosmic…
Posted by GuruKirin Kaur Khalsa& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, 06-Guru Hargobind, Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology, Sikh History
When we hear the word ‘command’ it can spark a reaction as we all desire freedom. When we hear the word ‘Command’ it can spark a reaction as we all desire freedom. As we understand and accept the nature of the Divine Order, we learn that freedom is only achieved by taking responsibility for our…
Posted by Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Sikh Dharma Technology, Siri Singh Sahib Ji
Reflections from Sardarni GuruAmrit Kaur Khalsa
“The First Paurī contains the total knowledge and ecstasy of God. The second half is an antidote to depression. It will lift you from depression, insecurity, nightmares, and loss.”
~ from the Teachings of Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan (1)
Sochai soch na hova-ī jay…
Posted by Snatam Kaur& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Bani, Shabad Guru
Reflections on the Mūl Mantra by Snatam Kaur Khalsa
"The Mūl Mantra is a fate killer. It removes the fate and changes the destiny to prosperity." ~Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan (1)
In the fifteenth Century in a town called Sultanpur in Northern India, a young man named Nānak loved to bathe…
Posted by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur& filed under Dharmic Education
In the 13th Pauree, Gurū Nānak begins to describe the incredible gifts that come with Manai – that come with trusting or obeying the inner command. This practice of listening and then trusting what you hear bestows immense knowledge and courage.…
Posted by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur& filed under Dharmic Education
The Suṉi-ai and Manai Paurees in Japji Sāhib make up 20% of this beautiful, universal prayer. In the first Pauree of Jap Jī Sāhib, Gurū Nānak rejects the notion that thinking will get us anywhere. If thinking does not give us knowledge, then how can a person know anything?…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Dharmic Education
Many times I’ve started improving my translations from Gurū’s Japji over and over again. I have never been satisfied with it and have always been wondering what it is, that makes Gurū’s Bani so powerful, so life changing, such a revolution in the spiritual world, so Aquarian, that oftentimes people who listen to it only…
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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