Browsing Tag: Guru Gobind Singh

One day in a village in the Punjab a boy named Kanhaiya was born to a wealthy family. As he grew up, Kanhaiya was always searching and learning about new things. He learnt about life and God from many different holy men. He loved the spiritual path, and so in his life he chose a different path from the wealth of his family. He became a deeply spiritual young man who loved listening to divine poetry. He grew up to be known as Bhai Kanhaiya.

The Guru's two younger sons are lost and alone with their grandmother. The children who were 6 and 8 years old, were arrested and brought to Governor Wazir Khan. Their grandmother, Mata Gujri, was left alone in a freezing cold tower while the children were interrogated by the government. They were given a choice: Change their religion.... or die. Will these young ones follow the example of Guru Teg Bahadur and sacrifice their lives... or will they give up?

Whoever opens the gate to Sikh history and walks down the alley leading into the past of the Sikh community will meet a specter, and this specter is called freedom. But the specter is not that of the Sikhs, but of the tyrants.

The point is that the significance of Vaisakhi did not start with 1699 nor did it end that day. The revolution of Vaisakhi continues apace and undiminished today. We need to move our heads into the 21st century to see it.

This is the story of Vasakhi day! During the time of Guru Gobind Rai, the rulers of the land were very cruel to people. They wanted everyone to join the same religion as them. A feeling of darkness and unhappiness spread through the land. The time had come for the Guru to show how to bring ......THE LIGHT!!!

Someone who abandons his duty will do so again and again. Is life really that simple? Do we not sometimes have to do things in life that appear to be disastrous, but later turn out to be blessings in disguise?

Guru Gobind Singh Ji was not only a great teacher but he was also the greatest of warriors. He taught his Sikhs to meditate on the One in everyone and he also taught them to train their bodies.

Our intention is: 1: Clear any blocks that hold us Sikhs back as a group. 2: Bring increased unity to the panth. 3: Create a healing vibration in the Sikh community that can expand to the entire world.

The Kaur’s anger rose to a high level and she responded by fearlessly taking on 3 men. The Kaur with tremendous courage started to beat up all 3 men at the same time causing 2 of them to run away.

Against the cruel rule, he stood first to fight, the warrior of humanity fought for their right, even sacrifice his whole family for the sake of the country, no one is seen like his heart upto present history.

In faith histories, folklore, and legends - recorded, verbally transferred, or popularized by succeeding generations, we come across no greater example, nor a testimony of humility such as exemplified by Guru Gobind Singh.

~ An Enlightened Soul, Light of the Universe, a Lion: My mind cannot fully fathom, nor can my words possibly describe, The rare Light that graced our world that was Guru Gobind Singh ~

The three-day festivities concluded on Sunday with thousands of Sikh Devotees and other community faiths celebrating it with religious fervour, gaiety and devotion by offering prayers at Gurdwaras.

When Guru Arjan and Guru Tegh Bahadur were martyred, did they feel the pain? Did Guru Gobind Singh suffer the loneliness of war and desertion, and the anguish of every parent when he lost his sons in battle?

"Every single time I stand before the mirror, I see my Guru. The very form I have as a Sikh is a testimony of his Khalsa and of his form. As I tie my dastaar, I feel as though my Guru is dressing me..."

It had not ever happened in human history that a disciple made a master. But when the Panj Piare gave Amrit to Guru Gobind Rai and made him Guru Gobind Singh it was the first time that the disciple and the master switched places.

But the kesh was not gifted by the guru for that time only, but it is given to the Sikhs for the eternity, it is the indicator of uncompromising courage at every situation. It is the indicator of rigidity that Sikhs are really inflexible towards wrong things and any sort of corruption.

[POEM] This is a simple and heartfelt ode to the tenth Guru. 'Fortunate to be the son of the Great, Great guru Dashmesh' is a charming worthy read. This is how a child praises their father...

Mata Sahib Devan Kaur and Guru Gobind Singh shared the highest form of love. It is the true potential of love between a man and a woman. The joining of the subtle energies to open a dimension of Light that can BRING HEAVEN ON EARTH!

Three hundred and some years ago, the finite being known as Guru Gobind Singh, the father of the Khalsa, could see the unseen times to come. He said not a word from himself because he was not himself. He was the very Self of God!

Most Sikhs have heard of the Āratī of Guru Nanak and the Bhagats, but few have heard the full version that includes many inspiring verses by Guru Gobind Singh.

Most Sikhs have heard of the Āratī of Guru Nanak and the Bhagats, but few have heard the full version that includes many inspiring verses by Guru Gobind Singh.

The Guru, knowing he will never see his sons again, and knowing one has suffered an empowered misery, allows himself to look one last time upon his child and consents to let him leave...

Guru Gobind Singh did not just bring a light to the world, he emanated the most bright and pure light. This year, in remembrance of Guru ji's birthday, let us go deeper.

An iconic figure in Sikh history, ideology and tradition, Bhai Nand Lal, was a contemporary of Guru Gobind Singh and personally witnessed the life altering events of Vaisakhi 1699 that gave us the institution of the Khalsa.

[Guru Gobind Singh]opened the Sacred Granth, placed five paise and a coconut before it, bowed before it, then went round the Granth five times...

If the great contribution of Khalsa towards the independence of the people of the Indian subcontinent is to be made known to the Indian people and the world, then the true story of Rawalsar must be memorialised and told.

In the court of the Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, ushered in a new approach to literature, not only with regard to the understanding of the Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib, but the idea of comparative religion.

But what are we now? What does it mean to be Khalsa now?

I will now consider the scribe/compiler of Pothis (breviaries) and Granths known as Bhai Shia(n) Singh. In my research on the Granth of Guru Gobind Singh (Sri Dasam Granth Sahib)[2] his name appears several times but in fact little is known about him. Using a few anecdotes I will piece together a short history of Bhai Shia Singh.