Browsing Tag: Values

As a Sikh and second-generation Briton running a public school made up mostly of Muslim students, Balwant Bains was at the center of the issues facing multicultural Britain, including the perennial question of balancing religious precepts and cultural identity against assimilation.

Nearly every religious tradition of social ethics encompasses two sorts of justice. The first is procedural justice: giving people what they deserve under contracts and the law. The second is distributive justice: meeting some needs just because human beings are human beings.

The Rehat Maryada - Why do we have one? Do we even need it? Couldn’t we live without it? The questions are challenging. And provoking; the idea, however, is to start -- not a fight but a conversation, so put on your thinking caps and turbans...

And every morning, Guru Amar Das started back at zero.

We know the call... we hear the call... but will we answer the call?

One day as a child, while passing through a garden, Guru Har Rai, the seventh Sikh Guru, damaged some flowers with his loose-flowing robe. The sight of scattered, crushed petals — separated from their stems — affected his tender heart and he resolved never to harm anything in the world.

Why some people are manipulative, self-entitled, materialistic, and exploitive – and why it matters for everyone;.........With a hook like that, there’s no wonder it is attracting attention across the psychological community and into the mainstream.

Sikh faith is truly a spiritual tradition for the modern age. It has many uniquely revealed truths and spiritual tools which have been given to help progress humanity to a higher level of consciousness. The uniqueness of Sikh faith is upheld without any derogatory attitude towards others, or belittling of others faith.

This predisposition to be disinterested in our neighbors inherently limits the atheistic quest to end injustice; if we are only for our own causes, we can't claim to be agents of justice or rationality.

Life is a force when applied to the right course will lead to satisfactory results. But if life does not take a right course, conflict arises. The conflict gives birth to ego that divides everything.

Leading members of two more religious denominations have joined the attack on Government proposals to allow same-sex couples to marry.

As online reward systems become more popular, SikhNet steps forward with the first online reward system designed for Sikh children. You and your children can do real-world things like seva and meditation, and get rewarded for it online!

Announcing the new policy in Montreal, Kenney said that it is “a matter of pure principle, which lies at the heart of our identity and values with respect to openness and equality.” The citizenship ceremony, he went on, “defines who we are as Canadians including our mutual responsibilities to one another and a shared commitment to values that are rooted in our history.”

Of the 3,000 people surveyed, which included college students and young professionals, a whopping 1/3 considered the Internet to be as important as the air we breath.

"The Magic 'Degh'" retells those Sikh stories and legends which highlight the core values propounded by Guru Nanak. They flow from his fundamental belief that all human beings - men and women - are created equal. These values have resonated through the centuries.

The right to freedom of religion has been core to the Sikh belief since the very dawn of our faith. Sikhs pride themselves in protecting the right to religious freedom for all people,... It is unfortunate that the Hungarian Parliament adopted a new law that discriminates against minority religions and infringes on European and international human rights standards.

"We never started a war before, but we have finished many!"

When Mubarak Singh of Munster turned 18, he was in a dilemma. Should he clip his cascading black hair, flowing down below his waist, or ..

Aussie Gurjit Singh belts out Led Zeppelin.