Posted by Kirtan Singh Khalsa& filed under Community, Sikh Dharma International
In Guru Teg Bahadur Ji's words, "Nobody expects the unexpected to happen." He also says that, "In good times we make friends and in bad times we test them." This is the story of September 11th, 2001. None of us expected the attacks to occur then and there and in the way they took place…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Sikh History, Your Stories
Kashi House, “a not-for-profit publisher of fine quality books and art print on the cultural heritage of the Sikhs and Punjab,” have released a new edition of their 1999 release on Sikh martial history: Warrior Saints: Four Centuries of Sikh Military History Vol. 1. The authors, Amandeep Singh Madra and Parmjit Singh wrote the first…
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 Bibiji& filed under Our Authors
Guru Nanak gave us a very easy way to understand that every being is part of the Divine creation. The Creator is within you and everyone. Chanting Sat Naam, with every breath we draw can help us realize that ‘ONE’ within, that ‘True-Name’ of the infinite spirit, ‘Sat-Naam’.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Our Authors
In December, I was invited to attend the celebration of Guru Nanak Devji’s birthday at the White House. I learned this was not the first, but the third annual celebration. Before I went, I took a hukum from the Siri Guru Granth Sahibji and received the blessing by Guru Arjan Devji at…
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?…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Community, Your Stories
To be honest, I was not at ease. I felt that everyone stared in Har Rai's direction and mine and that we were outsiders to the whole. Through the fray walked a tall Sikh in a pale blue kurta, black dastaar, and a wavy black beard....He was eight. I had a spiritual experience as I…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Your Stories
Naam, Daan, Ishnaan - The Name, Giving, Cleansing. Of all of Guru Nanak Dev Ji's teachings, the above is the distilled triplet that often defined the early Sikhs.…
Posted by Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur& filed under Our Authors
Truth is a hallmark virtue for anyone walking the path of Dharma because it keeps us real and dispels the veils of illusion that would otherwise bind us in life. That is why Guru Nanak starts Japji with the Mul Mantra by acknowledging there is only one Creator, then saying His name is Truth,…
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