Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Community During the 2026 annual five-day Vaisakhi celebration at the Luján Ashram in Argentina, there was a beautiful Amrit Sanchar ceremony where the following four Sangat members became Amritdharis:
Kalyan Sangat Kaur Khalsa from Argentina
Amaroop Singh Khalsa from Brazil
Ram Krishan Singh Khalsa from the USA, currently living in…
Posted by Bibiji& filed under 10-Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh Dharma Technology When Guru Gobind Singh Ji gave birth to the Khalsa, he gave us the gift of reunion with our royal, divine essence. Upon creating the Khalsa, he elevated humanity to go beyond merely praising God, and gave an exact formula to experience God in ultimate radiance and royal stature.…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories For the last few weeks I have been meditating on commitment, and what it means to me. How am I able to make, and more importantly to keep, the commitments in my life? I have been having an intensive reflection on that, including how it manifests in different parts of my life.…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories I have always experienced a certain feeling of gravity when I think of Amrit vows – I take the process and ceremony very seriously. While I have always felt an overwhelming love of the Guru, and the deepest gratitude that my soul came into the Sikh path during this lifetime, I have held off on…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories I took Amrit about 40 or so years ago at Summer Solstice in NM. At the time I was still in the beginning stages of transforming my identity, and to me it simply seemed like the logical next step. I was already practicing the 5 K’s, so that part didn’t really faze me back then—for…
Posted by jhsd (Course)& filed under Your Stories Western society, in general view, doesn’t value or encourage us to make a commitment. There is a common quote that says today that "everything is relative." Well, not everything is relative; there are things that are absolute, like the values that bring us closer to our soul. These values should not be negotiated in any…
Posted by Bibiji& filed under 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Bani, Our Authors, Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology Adapted from Living Reality by Bhai Sahiba Dr. Bibiji Inderjit Kaur Khalsa, Page 87.
Guru Ram Das says . . .
"Baanee guroo guroo hai baanee
Vich baanee amrit saaray.
Gur baanee kehai sayvak jan maanai
Partakh guroo nistaaray."
"Bani is the Guru and Guru is the Bani.
In the Bani are…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Sikh Dharma Technology New Name
After taking Amrit, men commit to taking the surname of Singh (Lion), representing that their new identity is fearlessness. Women take the surname of Kaur (Princess), representing that their new identity is one of grace and fearlessness. Many men and women will also add the family name of Khalsa.
Rehit
At the first Amrit ceremony,…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Sikh Dharma Technology The Amrit Ceremony re-creates this experience from 1699. It gives a chance for the Sikhs of any time, and in any country, to give themselves to the Light of the Guru in a complete and absolute way. Those who take Amrit commit to becoming protectors and custodians of the Universal Truths held within the Siri…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib, Ministry, Sikh Dharma Technology (Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan addresses persons about to take Amrit)
It is a very fortunate day today. This occasion comes once in a lifetime. To give your ego and become egoless is a very rare opportunity. Even if you want to call it a ritual, it is a ritual of self-contained consciousness. It…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology, Videos-Siri Singh Sahib Siri Singh Sahib Ji
"Light of the Shabad Guru Series"
February 15, 1987
Guru Ram Das Ashram Gurdwara - Los Angeles, CA, USA
What does it mean to be a Sikh? In this lecture, the Siri Singh Sahib explains it. "In Sikh Dharma, nothing has to be interpreted. You are already told…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Sikh Dharma Technology Amrit is a state of consciousness where a person knows in the very marrow of their bones that they are beyond the power of death; that the physical body and the mind are temporary - and that the eternal, undying Spirit within each one of us is who we truly are.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Your Stories From the prospective of one who without hesitation knew they would go through Amrit Sanchar, I think it may be too obvious of what I would do. With the Guru present in front of me, in flesh bidding me I would not hesitate to do as my Guru ordered. If Gobind Rai was…
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