They asked, “Sir, to honor Guru Ram Das on his birthday, we always do langar, a meditation for 11 days, and host a special Gurdwara; but how can we actually honor him, since he lived in the 1500’s?” To this Siri Singh Sahib replied: “If you really want to honor Guru Ram Das, plant a tree.”
Tens of thousands of people attended Sunday's 36th annual Sikh Festival and Parade, according to organizers. With that large of a crowd, there was plenty to clean up.
With the advent of the internet and smart phones, Sikh jokes have become a veritable industry, with joke factories around India writing and selling them on phones.
But where are you? The one who witnesses, then enlarges the world What happened to you ‘the dominant one’? What happened to melodies of the original Asad?
The composition was so spiritually elevating that Guru Arjan declared that it would be included in the Adi Granth – the huge compilation he was creating to embody the best of all spiritual expression at that time from all traditions.
With the election of 20 Punjabi-speaking MPs on Oct. 19, the Punjabi language is now the third most common in the House of Commons after English and French.
On behalf of local Sikh Community, Dr. Jaswant Singh Sachdev, M.D.* was recently provided an opportunity to deliver Sikh Invocation (prayer) at the beginning of the Legislative Session of Phoenix City Council, in Arizona.
Sikhs around the world have reached an effective roundabout, where the decisions we make now are fundamental to ensure the cohesion and vision of the future of our community. I say roundabout to highlight the complexity of what we are facing.