And there is something very positive to be said for an education that brings a "higher power" into the foreground.
As members of an underrepresented community in modern America, we find ourselves in the midst of a double bind.
Our Guru is Immortal. Today we celebrate Thy praise. Dhan Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji!
During his over 30 years of traveling and teaching around the world, the Siri Singh Sahib gave many talks about the spiritual technology of Sikh Dharma. Some of these talks were video taped.
As the first son of Guru Har Rai, he must have believed that he would inherit the Guruship one day. And probably in his mind he was making his own plans...
As Sikhs we pray for humility and high wisdom to better serve humanity. Let us make this prayer our personal prayer.
If I insist that engagement with Gurbani requires more than bowing ones head to the Guru Granth; that it requires reading and cogitation on the Guru's words. If I say that Guru Granth is not to be worshiped but reverently read and integrated into one's life, then why should I be distressed that some people react unkindly to my words?
The Sangat has voted and the results are in. Here are this years winners of the SikhNet Youth Film Festival...
Recently, my close friend Dr. Prabhjot Singh was assaulted in an apparent hate crime near his home in New York City. Although many headlines prominently feature the word “victim,” this is not how most Sikhs would view it.
From where did Guru Ji acquire this virtue that became his character trait and working style?