Browsing Tag: Gurmat

The fact is, everyone is born a Sikh, because everyone is born to learn and understand reality. Some become Christians, some become Jews, some become Buddhists, some pretend that they are Sikhs, and a very few remain true Sikhs.

There was a panj carrying swords, another panj carrying nishans (flags), chour seva and umbrellas over both Granths, a trumpet, a drum, a bell, flowers, sprinkled water. The minimum for the procession was 18 to 21 sevadars plus the sangat.

[VIDEO] In this short excerpt from a talk he gave in Gurdwara in September, 1987, Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji discusses the meaning of Gurmat. Includes a transcript in English and in Punjabi translation.

The teachers provided inspiring personal testimony of embracing and practicing their Sikh faith, the sanctity and respect we have for the diverse faiths and traditions that today form the rich global spiritual landscape. They addressed the spiritual ideals, outside pressures, and faith-mandated lifestyle.

Next week Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) will launch its flagship Sojhi Gurmat & Panjabi Education Resource for free online download on the Sikh Educators Network (SEN) site.

Love is a very interesting power. We talk about it all the time. But what is, love, exactly? In one sense, love is the ability to see what someone needs - for their security, for their development, for their coziness, or for their happiness and then to silently, selflessly give it to a person, or a child, or a tree, or an animal.

An experience was what we were promised. And an experience is what we got!

100 Gurmat Camps are being organised in 30 days starting from 20th April to 20th May 2013 in Alwar District of Rajasthan, India. Several organizations are part of this grand initiative”.

When the haumai is removed, then Waheguru Himself comes and resides in a seeker’s heart. Where there is a vacuum, mere air spontaneously enters and occupies that space. God wants to reside in our heart but we need to make space for Him.

Three important concepts in Sikhism lay great importance to women. Firstly a woman is equated with Nature or Kudrat. Nature or Praakriti is also a feminine gender “Balihaari kudrat vaseya” and secondly Dharti (Earth) is referred as a mother “Mata dharat mahatt”.

Why to go far then. You can start understanding yourself and you will understand Him. You are made of physical and the subtle. Physical consists of your physical structure. The inner consists of your energy, your mind and your soul.

When it comes to connecting youths, especially teens to our rich heritage, it is always seen as a challenge. Most initiatives focus on different facets of the youth engagement.

Article based on a presentation by the author to a mixed Sikh and non-Sikh audience, following the opening of Shaheed Bhai Amrik Singh Lecture Theatre

The sharing or selfless service we call Seva should be used to ease the lives of others who are experiencing difficulties. Society has a responsibility to ensure that their last days on this earth are as comfortable as possible, and their dignity is maintained when they are too weak or frail to look after themselves.

I had noted a secret aversion for Yoga in the minds of the Sikhs, scattered in different parts of the world. This aversion had been born because of the efforts of some teachers to present Sikhism in the light of traditional Yoga.

Love so much that it resonates with every single hair, every single breath, in every single moment, with every single action.

The position of the Nishan Sahib among the Sikhs is not only significant and important but unique and unparalleled when compared to the other flags in the the world.

So we added mystery. There was a part of God we couldn’t understand, so all of the un-understandables were thrown together into a huge basket called, for the lack of a better term, the Mystery.

Gurmat Sangeet Darbar 2012, an initiative by Gurmat Sangeet Project, is being planned in India for the first time at Baru Sahib.

Gurmat Crash Course- Dus Guru Sahibaan Part 1 mesmerized the Ottawa Sikh Sangat last weekend, when GGSSC- Canada team traveled to Ottawa and presented their winning potpourri of Sikh History blended with the video, interaction, games and topped with a prize of winning game systems like Xbox.

Personally, I don’t understand what part of being made in God’s image is unfashionable. In a world where Jews and Muslims are circumcised due to their religious obligations, and others due to claims of hygiene, Sikh males may feel disadvantaged mentally and physically.

Sikhs always pray for universal well being (sarbat da bhala) in our daily prayer; performed individually or in religious congregations. We consider all beings as the Creation of One God; hence all are brethren and equal in His eyes. God loves all the being equally and profoundly.

Miri Piri Academy is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year. Students will be accepted in 3rd to 11th grade.

This investigation into religious food charities in Delhi became a fascinating journey, not just into the survival strategies of Delhi's poorest, but the shrinking spaces in the hearts of India's middle class.

We are all connected. According to Guru Nanak the reality humans create around themselves is actually a reflection of their inner state.

These nagar keertans are a gross distortion of true depiction of Sikhi. Sikhi from beginning to end, is about social justice and social activism. It is about global justice and global good. Sarbat-da-bhalaa! The Sikhs today have failed the legacy of the Gurus, the shaheeds, the sacrifices of the pre-1984 and post-1984 freedom fighters. They have reduced themselves into the disgraceful, morbid rituals and dead living of brahmanised sikhi.

He lives in all in the form of souls. He is not far away; He is in each and every heart. Among all the women and the men, His Light is shining in the form of souls and He Himself enjoys every heart since He is contained within every woman and man.

Well I should warn you, if you have not been to any of the events or camps held by Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle-Canada, that’s exactly what the reaction is when new comer’s see how WE do things! Regardless, I cannot say enough to describe the “mohaal” of the prize ceremony.

Guruka Singh will be in London 20th August - 3rd September to be with the UK Sangat and he will be teaching at the 2011 Sikh Retreat as well.

“Shall we close the course for today” asked Amarpreet Singh at 7:00 pm after the students were sitting down and listening to the sikh history for 3 hours. “Noooo!!” the hall echoed with the voices of 450 attendees, almost 135 teenagers aged 13-21 yrs.