Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People Guru Amar Das, the third Sikh Guru, strengthened and promoted the tradition of Guru ka Langar. In honor of Guru Amar Das's upcoming birthday on May 23, we are raising funds for those living Guru Amar Das's example in today's world by feeding those in need during the COVID crisis. Donate today! …
Posted by Hacienda de Guru Ram Das& filed under Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People One thing that was always a constant in students’ lives was school and the things that come with school. While changing a district’s food distribution system is not a normal thing to have to do, the social-distancing requirements and changes to people’s schedules brought on by the virus have forced some to think quickly and…
Posted by Sikhnet& filed under Community, Service/Seva Saraswati Kaur Khalsa doesn't sew, but that hasn't stopped her from becoming one of the main organizers of Rosie the Respirators - a group of more than 40 volunteers with a goal of making 10,000 face masks for front-line workers in Northern New Mexico.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Community, Service/Seva During these times of stress and turbulence, many of us are wondering how we can help. Rosie Sews, a nationwide volunteer effort, is offering one way we can do so from our homes during quarantine - making masks for medical workers without other options due to shortages, at-risk community members and essential workers (postal, grocery…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People, Your Stories We are one of the four Langar groups in Viña del Mar, Chile, called 'Guru Ram Das Ashram Langar.' We get together every Wednesday and cook vegetarian burgers with love, and then we give them to homeless people, or people who work on the streets.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Community, Service/Seva, Your Stories
Can you briefly describe the Seva Sadhana program for those who haven’t heard of it before?
Seva Sadhana is a yogic lifestyle immersion program that allows a person to live in community and practice a healthy, happy and holy lifestyle. Program participants do seva for four hours each day, five…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People, Your Stories One day I was talking to a friend about the 400 children in need of weekend food at the school we were working with. We were serving 30 children weekly. We did the math and realized that each child in need was only receiving food every 15 weeks. She said, “Tell the Universe you have…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Around the World, Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People Langar Chile is a non-governmental organization founded in 2003 by Kundalini Yoga instructors Sinmrit Singh and Guru Darshan Singh, and they have been working since 2004 without interruption. This inspiring team serves hot vegetarian food to those who live in a street situation, and to anyone else who needs it, on Thursday nights in different…
Posted by Guru Simran Kaur Khalsa& filed under Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People, Your Stories Food for Kids is a volunteer program that serves hungry children in and around the Española, New Mexico area. It was founded in 2009. The program regularly provides bags of food to local children between ages 6-12 who do not always get enough food to eat.…
Posted by Dharmic Office of Public Affairs& filed under Around the World, Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People Last fall, Sikh Dharma hosted a fund-raiser for a regional hospital in Venezuela. The lack of food and medicine in that country is overwhelming and raising money is just one step - finding a way to spend that money on the people who need it is not as easy as it may seem. …
Posted by Dharmic Office of Public Affairs& filed under Community, Service/Seva, Sikhs Feed People January 19 marked the fourth anniversary of Raj Khalsa Gurdwara’s monthly langar for the homeless program, an important milestone for the Raj Khalsa Gurdwara sangat in Virginia, USA.…
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Background
The Sikh Dharma of Virginia Office of Public Affairs was created in March 2018. Guru Sangat Singh, Head of Raj Khalsa Gurdwara, had a vision of an Office that would accompany the excellent work being performed by the National…
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 Shanti Kaur Khalsa& filed under Legacy Organizations 2017 a was tough year on the planet earth. Storms, floods, and earthquakes struck in all directions. Who knows what 2018 will bring, but we all must be prepared to see more trauma as Mother Earth evolves into a new reality. There is nothing we can do about that.
There is something we can…
Posted by Sat Bachan Kaur& filed under Ministry by SS Sat Bachan Kaur Khalsa, Española NM, from the SDI Ministry Summer 2017 Newsletter
“Your reliability will give people the courage to trust you. Their trust will give you the power to carry a situation. A leader carries and serves people. Learn to lead as a ‘seva;’ people will love you, and you will…
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