Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Community, Service/Seva
The Sikh community based in Sombrillo, southeast of Española, hopes to help raise $100,000 so oxygen equipment can be sent to the city of Amritsar in India. Miri Piri Academy will be used as a staging area for distribution of the oxygen concentrators.…
Posted by Guruka Singh Khalsa& filed under Our Authors, The Guru, Your Stories
I remember Siri Singh Sahib Ji speaking in Gurdwara about three kinds of stories we should all be telling each other: inspirational stories of our personal experience, stories of our history and stories of duty. This is the first kind of story. It's a very personal story. This story took place in 1999.…
Posted by Miri Piri Academy& filed under Around the World, Legacy Organizations
On Friday, the students at Miri Piri Academy completed 40 days of parkarma seva at the Golden Temple. For 40 days they rose in the Amrit Vela to complete this beautiful seva.
The Siri Singh Sahib himself participated in this seva for four years continuously.
"Now can you believe me, I was…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Ministry, Your Stories
By SS Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, Kansas City MO
Originally posted in the Fall 2018 SDI Ministry Newsletter
My first visit to India—after adopting the Sikh faith—was in 1980. We went to visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Upon my arrival at the Harimander Sahib, the Guru determined that I was in…
Posted by Miri Piri Academy& filed under Around the World, Service/Seva
The Miri Piri Academy annual forty days of ishnaan seva at the Golden Temple continues (Follow on instagram @mpaspirit).
One of the aspects that’s so cherished at the Golden Temple is the langar, the free community kitchen. Each day it serves approximately 50,000 people a simple meal of dhal, rice, sabzi, kheer and…
Posted by Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur& filed under 10-Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh History
Guru Ka Lahore is a small village located in the Bilaspur district of the State of Himachal Pradesh. Guru Ka Lahore is located 13 km from Anandpur Sahib. There are 4 Historic Sikh Gurdwaras at Guru Ka Lahore.
The marriage arrangement of young Gobind Rai (the future Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji) took place…
Posted by Gurutej Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Sikh Art Corner, Your Stories
Written in Espanola, NM on 5 March, 1995
The dark of the morning had gently begun
Pushing back the night to make way for the Sun,
The wetness of the marble and the cold of the night
Filled me with joy and my heart beat with delight!
I walked with the Master, his hand on my…
Posted by Gurutej Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Sikh Art Corner, Your Stories
Written in Espanola, New Mexico, 31 August, 1994
The steps were wet, the marble cold,
As I walked through lifetimes of prayer,
The dark morning sky over this place, so old,
Held the vibrations, which hung in the air.
We climbed to the top while the music played
As my withering mind gave…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib
by Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan
Excerpt from Gurdwara Lecture on January 29, 1995 in Los Angeles, CA
... 'Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh.'
As we are all set in a mood to go to India and we shall understand it truly that our slogan is, “let us go and clean the Prakarma to clean our Karma”. We are…
Posted by Snatam Kaur& filed under 10-Guru Gobind Singh, Around the World, Our Authors, Your Stories
In 1995, Snatam Kaur, Shanti Kaur, Sat Kirin Kaur and Bibiji were in India and had the blessing of participating in a walk from Anandpur Sahib to Dumduma Sahib. This is a poem written by Snatam Kaur about her experience there.
“Green trees in cool mud, away from the hot sun.
Villagers gather and…
Posted by Shanti Kaur Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Events, Gurpurbs, Our Authors, Sikh History, Your Stories
On a dark and stormy night in December 1705, Guru Gobind Singh Ji and the people of Anandpur Sahib left the city to escape the siege of the brutal Mogul Empire. They left with the promise of safe passage, but were cruelly betrayed and attacked from the rear as they crossed the river Sarsa. During…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Around the World, Community, Events, Your Stories
In 2008, the completed Spanish Translation of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib was presented by Sikh Dharma Yatrees to Sikh Jathedars in honor of the 300th Anniversary of Guru Gaddi of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.
The Siri Guru Granth Sahib began to be translated in Spanish in 1975. Six years had passed since Siri Singh…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Around the World, Events, Our Authors, Your Stories
By MSS Guru Raj Kaur Khalsa, October 2008
We often hear people say, “Oh, I felt his presence….” What does that actually MEAN, anyway? Yet we have all experienced it with individuals whom we love, respect, look to: the saints, sages, heros and warriors, beyond Time and Space, we feel their presence. Well, in…
Posted by Gurutej Singh Khalsa& filed under 03-Guru Amar Das, Around the World, Our Authors, Sikh Art Corner, Sikh History, Your Stories
Where the Land lies green on fertile ground,
At the bend of the river, Goindwal is found,
In the humble village lived three Gurus;
Amar Das and Ram Das, and Arjan too
At the bottom of the eighty-four steps
The pilgrims go to take their dips;
To wash away their karmas and pains
It…
Posted by Shanti Kaur Khalsa& filed under 11-Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Events, Our Authors, Your Stories
In 1995, Snatam Kaur, Shanti Kaur, Sat Kirin Kaur and Bibiji were in India and had the blessing of participating in a walk from Anandpur Sahib to Damdama Sahib. Here is an article written by Shanti Kaur about that experience:
The dust of a hundred vehicles snaked for miles down the narrow…
Posted by Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan& filed under Around the World, Community, Events, Lectures-Siri Singh Sahib
by Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan
--Excerpt from August 8, 1997 lecture in Espanola, NM
The word yatra - when the pilgrims go with the clarity of mind to go through the ordeal to cleanse their karma and deal with their soul. Yatra is not a holiday, going to five-star hotels; though we try to make in…
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