Posted by Miri Piri Academy& filed under Around the World, Community, Community Highlight
We’re fortunate to have the dedicated permaculturalist Luis Aristoy with us on campus. He already visited MPA last year and took a closer look at our garden, and guided us in how to compost correctly. Luis is originally from Mexico where his family has an avocado, peach, bee and blackberry farm. He travels extensively around…
Posted by Miri Piri Academy& filed under 01-Guru Nanak, Around the World, Community, Gurpurbs, Your Stories
Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, spread the truth of 'Ek Ong Kar,' we are one with the creator. His birth anniversary every year is widely celebrated, but this year was a little different, being the 550th birthday. Sikh sangat members from all over the world celebrated by going to Sultanpur Lodi, where…
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…
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A podcast by students at Miri Piri Academy.
Students from Miri Piri Academy share their thoughts on the following quote by the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan
"What we are trying to do is not to live at each other, not to live with each other, but to live for each…
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By Jugat Guru Singh Khalsa and Saraswati Kaur Khalsa, Miri Piri Academy.
“Recognize that the other person is you”
This is one of Yogi Bhajan’s most widely known teachings. To be community-minded is to understand the inextricable connection between ourselves and the people around us.
Individual consciousness has to go into a group consciousness to find…
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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 Jagat Guru Singh Khalsa& filed under Legacy Organizations
This article was written by Jugat Guru Singh, MPA Principal and Saraswati Kaur, MPA Assistant Principal and shared in the October 2018 KRI Newsletter
Yogi Bhajan told us that we should make “God” a part of our child’s life, but what does that mean? For some people, the concept of God is…
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 Miri Piri Academy& filed under Around the World, Legacy Organizations, Sikh History
This article is courtesy of Miri Piri Academy
Our annual forty days of ishnaan seva at the Golden Temple continues (Follow on instagram @mpaspirit).
The site on which the Golden Temple rests has been a space for quiet reflection for centuries. Originally a small lake in the middle of a forest, many saints…
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This article is courtesy of Miri Piri Academy
Each year the students of Miri Piri Academy are blessed to participate in an annual forty days of ishnaan seva at the Golden Temple.
Each morning as we walk down the stairs of the Golden Temple complex, we’re blessed with the vision of the golden…
Posted by Jagat Guru Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Dharmic Education, Legacy Organizations
By Jagat Guru Singh Khalsa and Saraswati Kaur Khalsa of Miri Piri Academy.
As shared in the KRI May 2018 Newsletter.
Raising conscious children is a commitment that we, as Kundalini Yoga teachers, students, and parents, embrace wholeheartedly. In the previous newsletter we introduced the ten things that Yogi Bhajan said every parent…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Around the World, Legacy Organizations
This article is courtesy of Japjeet Kaur from Miri Piri Academy
Yesterday was a very exciting day for Sikhs in Amritsar and around the world. The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and his family visited Amritsar and the Harimandir Sahib. Our students from grades 9 to 12 were on the parkarma to greet…
Posted by Jagat Guru Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Community, Dharmic Education, Legacy Organizations
Miri Piri Academy
The Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan founded Miri Piri Academy in 1997. As he explained it, Miri Piri Academy is an educational institution committed to creating an environment that fosters mastery of the mind, elevation of the spirit, and gives the experience of the depth and power of the being. Through…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Dharmic Education, Service/Seva
Sikh Dharma International’s Fateh for Life (Victory for Life) mentorship program is launching its first component this coming spring of 2015. We are partnering with Miri Piri Academy to send 4 students and 1 chaperone to participate in The 3rd Great Asian Tour on Kundalini Yoga for Health, Happiness and Harmony which will travel to China, Mongolia and Japan.
These…
Posted by Himmat Singh Khalsa& filed under Sikh History, Your Stories
History of Western Kirtan Jathas by Kudrat Kaur Khalsa Vikram Singh, who used to be among us, played Kirtan at the Golden Temple in 1979 as a 'western Sikh' during one of our early yatras. His Kirtan is ever divine and he is a part of the history of Sikh Dharma. Chardi…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Your Stories
What often happens, I think, to people born into a unique community with specific lifestyle, is that we do not feel we have chosen the life for ourselves. I think we also see a lot of hypocrisy. What is wrong with my parents’ marriage if they meditate all the time and bow before the Guru?…
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