This essential purpose of fulfillment is becoming the primary preoccupation of every conscientious person.
Krishna Kaur sang the Song of beloved Guru Ram Das, as an outlaw, a renegade in that palace of conformity, as a woman in a temple of patriarchy. As a foreigner, as an outcaste, she outshone all their prejudices as only a graceful woman, as a Draupadi who knows her God-given power can.
As I get older and more home-based, I have yearned for a ‘retreat-like’ gurdwara which is in a rural setting for a start, and on acreage. An environment-friendly, ‘green’ sanctuary where one can slow down, feel love, friendliness, and acceptance, and perhaps stay for a few days in tranquil surrounds.
He lived by the principle of ‘service before self’ and believed that one should employ all means necessary to help people. One’s last resort should be picking up the weapon but if that is required, one should not hesitate.
After she experienced a gurdwara she initiated a college program that teaches students how to serve langar.
Hailed as the first major work to follow the critically acclaimed 'A History of the Sikhs' by Khushwant Singh.
No one knows how long we will live and how long our life is yet we always wish for things to be better, if we knew that we might not be able to see the next day, maybe we will start appreciating what we have in the moment and give up the greed for more.
Sikhs are kind and thoughtful. Sikhs are helpful and considerate. Sikhs are those who are help people in need. Sikhs are those who treat all human race as one.
As questions are being raised in the West about the damage done by colonial attitudes and institutional racism, the Sikhs too need to take timely steps to record their own experience.
What are your favorite things about being Sikh? We posed this question to the Kaur Life community and y’all came up with some great “favorites”!