Out Of Respect
What I love most about being a Sikh, is that outside a few boundaries in the rehat marayada, I am free to define my own relationship with the Guru, so if that means I change rumaalay every day or my mutha tek routine takes 15 minutes...so be it. That said, Guru Sahib challenged us, not to be mere devotees...but to be students (Sikhs.)
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HUKUMNAMA: Handle With Care
If a Sikh is to derive guidance for the day from such a reading it becomes imperative that the Hukumnama be randomly chosen. But the human mind is extraordinarily inventive and creative...it can find a way to lock on to a particular reading, like a homing pigeon, to suit its own needs, compulsions and obsessions at any given time.
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Is Meditation Escapism or Experience?
Ask yourself a question. Do you feel you need to meditate or should you meditate daily?
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Betrayal of Guru Granth Sahib by Sikhs
Sikhs claim that Guru Granth Sahib is the unique scripture of world capable of providing peace and harmony to the entire humanity. There is no doubt about it. But Sikhs who are the custodians of Guru Granth Sahib have no peace or harmony among themselves. Why? This paper tries to examine the causes.
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The Karas of the Guru
Once a Brahman visited Siri Guru Gobind Rai. He was concerned for the Guru's safety, "These Rajas are responsible for your father's death. They are looking for a reason to go to battle with you as well. You must pay respects to the Saturn god, Shani Dev. Shani Dev will destroy your enemies so you can be happy." Guruji agreed to the ritual. The Brahman gave the ritual items to some Sikhs for the ceremony, but they had something different in mind.....
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Guru Nanak and Brahmans
After talking with the Yogis Guru Nanak made his way to a huge pilgrimage site: Hariduar. Huge throngs of people were throwing water to the rising sun to honor their ancestors. Guru Nanak started throwing water in the opposite direction. A Brahman asked him what he was doing. He said, "I'm watering my fields in the Punjab, surely it will reach the Punjab before it reaches your ancestors.".....
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Ritual and Technology
Guru Singh, Harijot and Gurujot have a discussion style talk about Sikh youth around the world not relating to Sikhism because they haven't been taught properly the reasons for the Sikh Lifestyle.
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