At the end of the workshop, the participants decided to establish the network Sikhs-in-Europe for the purpose of developing closer academic cooperation between students and researchers with a common interest in the Sikhs and Sikhism in Europe. The creation of the network Sikh-in-Europe reflects a growing academic interest in the European Sikh and Punjabi diasporas.
These men were a fine body of men, full of enthusiasm, energy and that never-to-die spirit which is a prerogative of Sikhs, and in respect to their physique, they left nothing to be desired.
The most famous lines from the poem (by Rabindranath Tagore) talks of how Sikhs, despite shackled, held prisoners and facing torture of their tormentors, remained unmoved, without even uttering a cry and it was only the Guru's name which moved them at that time.
When the history of this titanic struggle comes to be written in mature perspective, none of its many sides will, we believe, excite more wonderment and more ungrudging admiration than the part the Sikhs soldiers have played in it.
These are two of the first scientific studies I have seen that actually show that flexibility exercises, such as yoga and/or pilates might help keep us healthy longer and reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease. This is very exciting information!
One of my friends’ nieces asked me a question in the Gurdwara Langar Hall: "What is the difference between Sufism and Sikhism?" I just wondered where I should start...
The entire universe is made of energy. God is the Creator of the entire universe from this energy and ultimate energy provider to all beings. This energy creates and changes into various forms.
Breath is God’s gift of life and when we use it to utter sounds, those sounds carry the creative power of the universe within them, setting up a chain reaction in the cosmos.
Not only in Sikhism, but also in all other religions sabd, Word, Logos or its equivalent and relative terminologies have been given equal veneration globally...
Religion follows spirituality. But in its zeal, it may go to the extent of vitiating spirituality.