Browsing Tag: Guru

There was a panj carrying swords, another panj carrying nishans (flags), chour seva and umbrellas over both Granths, a trumpet, a drum, a bell, flowers, sprinkled water. The minimum for the procession was 18 to 21 sevadars plus the sangat.

To complete his project, not only Sardar Satpal Singh had to teach himself software technology and employ wisely the software technology he mastered but to also negotiate with software developers as well as their owners to use their tools and their platforms for a wide and free distribution of the product.

Everyone wants to be a teacher, but a disciple is rare. When we have grasped something, we need to act on it instead of teaching others without having practiced it ourselves.

It really made me think about how we easily press the snooze button when the alarm goes off in the morning and laziness steps in to our lives.

It is the active, experiential relationship of the Sikh with the Bani that helps that Sikh attain Guru and thus realize the One, the True Self. So, how does this relationship materialize?

We believe at the heart of every Sikh woman, there are multiple love stories that inhabit the mind, body, and soul. The geography, politics, and social climate of the United States and Canada have shaped these love stories into unique and fascinating narratives.

I know this is a strange thing for a Sikh to confess, but it's true: I used to be really intimidated by the Guru Granth Sahib.

What she was looking from me was not a sermon on why it was time to brush her teeth and go to bed but support and validation for her whims of the moment.

Amar Das Bhalla was a very devoted Vaishnava Hindu. When he was 62 he met a monk on one of his long pilgrimages. The monk asked, "Who is your guru?" Amar Das had no answer, he didn't have a guru. When the monk found out about this he became very angry, "I shared food with a man who has no guru!" Amar Das knew he needed a guru, would he ever find one?

Why do people want to go to a saint, Gyani, follow some person or interpretation of someone's else.

He wore a long light-brown garment that draped down to his knees fastened with what looked like gold buttons. In the background stood a large mango tree bathed in raindrops. Three musicians–a tanpura and tabla player, and a male vocalist performed a raag. Rain, music and mangoes.

My heart did flips and turns and somersaults and jumps and dances! There were Singhs out there who thought this way! Singhs who felt like I did! Who could love Sikhi as much as I do! I had to overcome the moh—attachment—that I had for that lengthy relationship. No more compromising on my Guru! No more compromising myself!

Sustainable existence necessarily means adopting a way of economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs...

I think it's great to learn more about the Gurus. I feel more and more at home with the different "Nanaks" as I connect to their words through my daily hukam.

How do we treat Waheguru? We treat him like a "superman", who can solve all our problems, who has a solution for everything

"If I surrender to You what is already Yours, what does it cost me?" Is a tuk from Guru Granth Sahib Ji that every Sikh should ask themselves when they start on the Sikhi Path. The path of Sikhs is not an easy path and this path is going to cost you...

The Guru is enlightening souls by giving them exactly the life experiences they need to let go of everything except the Infinite.

No one can kill one whom God protects; but one whom God forgets, dies.

THE WINTER DAYS were severely cold. In the small dark room in the corner of the house in which she sat, she comforted her brother in her lap. He was severely ill with a lung infection and was unable to speak....

Amandeep Singh shares his thoughts on government and the spirit of Sikhi.

Pashaura Singh's thesis and subsequent research are based on a manuscript that surfaced in 1987 that he believes is a draft of the 1,430-page document compiled by Guru Arjan.

The third in a series of articles SikhChic has asked a wide variety of personages to pen in commemoration of the Tercentenary (1708-2008) of the investiture of Guru Granth Sahib as our eternal Guide and Teacher.

Physiological effect of Shabad Guru and a story

Practicing life in a holy manner is the real prayer of soul.