Stories by Category: Modern Day

Team Khalsa - Save The Langar: The moon was bright in the dark sky, while the soothing sound of Gurbani Kirtan was flowing in the Gurdwara. Everyone had their eyes closed, focused on the vibration. Suddenly out of the the langar hall came a disturbing sound! A young lady got up and went into the kitchen to see what was going on, "Hmm look at these footprints.... " Then she whispered into a device on her wrist, and three other figures quickly and silently appeared in the langar hall kitchen. They all looked at the footprints, then at each other. These four were no ordinary kids, they were... TEAM KHALSA!; read more and listen

God In Every Moment: Once a group of very religious men and women from every religion got together. A young child watched them as they spoke to each other. These people were all talking about very important subjects and they were discussing the nature of the Universe. One of the religious leaders honestly expressed himself, "I am CHRISTIAN; There is only one way to God , and that is the way I preach." Then another lady spoke honestly, "I am HINDU and I know of a God that is much older and wiser than your God!" Then another man said, "I am SIKH and none of you know what you are talking about. Here is what God is..." Yet another said, "I am JEWISH and God is Universal. What all of YOU don't understand is this..." "No no!" said another, "I am a MUSLIM, this is all wrong, God is this..."; read more and listen

Listening to the Heavens: One day, a boy was sitting in his room watching T.V. when his sister came into the room, "Do you remember Auntie ji?" She said, "I love her. She understands everything. She just says a few things and people change for the rest of their lives." The brother wasn't really paying attention, "Ummm, yeahh... uh... I'm watching my T.V. show, I need to watch the final episode!" So the sister waited until his show was over and came back, "Ok, I waited, now c'mon let's go. Don't you know she can talk to the heavens?" Her brother wasn't really listening to her, he was playing video games. "Uh... yeah heavens... ooooh I'm about to level up!" Then the sister said, "I know where you keep your allowance. Bye! I'm taking it!" So he finally stopped playing his game, "No stop!.... Ok, I'll go with you. but it doesn't matter. Adults are all the same, they just like to talk."; read more and listen

The Martyrs Of Amritsar: Not long ago in Amritsar, there was a group of people called the 'Nirankaaris'. They did great insults to the Guru like putting a man above the Guru that they said is the living Guru. Some Khalsa marched in protest to them carrying this man in a Palki at Baisakhi. The Nirankaaris shot at these men and many of them died. They died fearlessly and they never forgot the Guru.; read more and listen

You Are Beautiful: Once there was a piece of clay that a potter had. The potter worked this clay all kinds of ways and the clay kept telling him "Stop it, that hurts!" The potter didn't stop and in the end that piece of clay turned in to a beautiful cup. When he was finished the cup realized why the potter put him through all that stuff. We are like that cup: God has made us beautiful as we are.; read more and listen

A Brother And A Sister: Mr. Singh told Harpreet and Simran to write their names on a piece of paper, and nobody should see them write it. Harpreet went to a secret cave where no one could see. But Simran gave her sheet to Mr. Singh blank. Simran told him that she couldn't write her name because God is everywhere.; read more and listen

The Soldier And The Snake: A few soldiers in the Indian army were driving and their jeep broke down, and they had to walk through a dangerous jungle. There was a large cobra snake in his way. Instead of shooting the snake the major, said to let the cobra be, and they would pass in peace, and so the soldiers both went through the jungle peacefully.; read more and listen