Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Your Stories
Hola Mohalla is the Sikh festival which falls in March (2013 is March 28th) and a national holiday in India. Together the words "Hola Mohalla" stand for "mock fight". During this festival, processions are organized and accompanied by large “nagara” drums and headed by Panj Pyaras, which proceed from one Gurdwara to another. The custom…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Brotherhood& filed under 10-Guru Gobind Singh
Baisakhi Day, 1699, it was an eventful day, to be sure, for all people. The harvest was good that year — we had just the right amount of rain and sun to yield a large crop of winter wheat — and all were in fine spirits. The day dawned with a cloudless sky and the…
Posted by Shanti Kaur Khalsa& filed under 10-Guru Gobind Singh, Legacy Organizations, Our Authors, Shabad Guru, Sikh History
The Shabad Guru of Guru Nanak evolved through the crystal psyche of the ten great Sikh Guru's and the Shabad once again rose as the single and uncontested Guru of the Sikhs. So the Shabad Guru reigns even today. To embrace the Shabad as your Guru, teacher, and guide takes courage and devotion.…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Ji& filed under Shabad Guru, Sikh Dharma Technology
Ajai Alai is a powerful mantra that can lift you out of depression and anger. Written by Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru, these powerful words are an ode to the Divine.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Music
Guru Dass's music has opened hearts and touched the souls of thousands of people around the world. He departed this earthly abode in 2017. In honor of fathers everywhere, our spiritual father Guru Gobind Singh, and our beloved Guru Dass Singh, please enjoy these divine songs. …
Posted by Sada Sat Simran Singh Khalsa& filed under Bana, Ministry
Courtesy of the Sikh Dharma Ministry Newsletter #63 Spring 2017 Newsletter
by SS Sada Sat Simran Singh Khalsa, Santa Fe NM
Spring 2017
It is now 2017. Things have evolved and continue to evolve minute by minute. We are so modern that we have to update every morning to keep up with the…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Bana, Ministry
Courtesy of the Sikh Dharma Ministry Newsletter #63 Spring 2017 Newsletter
Written by SS DukhNiwaran Kaur Khalsa, Chicago, IL
Spring 2017
Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh’s birth, I reflect on the radiance he embodies. As the Father of the Khalsa, the warrior, Guru and poet, Guru Gobind Singh bowed to…
Posted by Kundalini Research Institute& filed under Legacy Organizations, Sikh Dharma Technology
This extraordinary meditation is to be done with great precision. Make sure the hand mudra and the position of the hands over the head are held correctly and fixed. As you do the Ik Acharee Chand mantra (Ajai Alai) of Guru Gobind Singh, hear each word as a world--each word as complete as…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Ji& filed under Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib, Legacy Organizations, Meditation, Sikh Dharma Technology
Excerpts from a lecture by Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan on September 11, 1976
This is a sound which anybody and everybody can pick up. These are eight facets of God, eight sides of God:
Gobinday, Mukanday, Udaaray, Apaaray, Hariang, Kariang, Nirnaamay, Akaamay
Pick up the notes. The brain has the capacity…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Ji& filed under Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib
Excerpt from November 4, 1980 Lecture by Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan
When you do not know who you are, you do not know what your values are; you do not know what your moral is; you do not know what your character is; you do not know what is your ethics is. You…
Posted by Gurutej Singh Khalsa& filed under Sikh Art Corner, Your Stories
We had plumbed the lines and dug the troughs,
and laid the rebar, so it would be strong enough,
The conduits were in and the forms were set,
but when the concrete came, it was much too wet.
We had to shovel and nurse it all day,
We had to push so the forms…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Bana, Marketplace, Sikh Dharma Technology
In 1699 at the first Amrit Sanchar (ceremony), Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru, bestowed the honor for Sikhs to wear the five articles of faith at all times with a promise that by following the teachings of the Guru and keeping ourselves distinct we would have his undying power and support. The five…
Posted by Shanti Kaur Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Music, Our Authors, Sikh Dharma Technology, Siri Singh Sahib Ji, Your Stories
This article was originally published in the November, 1995 issue of Prosperity Paths. It is a beautiful description by S.S. Shanti Kaur Khalsa of Song of the Khalsa being sung at the first World Sikh Conference in Amritsar in 1995. It is very vivid description and worth republishing.....
The heat swirled around the people as the fans…
Posted by Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur& filed under Our Authors, Prayer, Prosperity, Prosperity Articles
As we come to Celebrate Our Baisaikhi this year, renewing our identity as Sikhs of the Guru. It seems relevant for us to take a moment to honor both the Adversity & Prosperity that we both faced & achieved together this year
When we are struck by adversity and if we get angry instead of humbled…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Sikh History, Your Stories
The dusty roads between Garhshankar and Jalandar teemed with life. Surrounded by serene wheat fields lined with wispy trees, thousands of people motored up and down the cramped highway. They dodged affable but incessant sevaks demanding them to receive Guru’s langar. Their heads adorned with orange turbans in celebration of Holla Mohalla (Holla), the Sikh…
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