The Sikhs said peace prayers in the Punjabi language. They sang songs of peace as women accompanied them on the harmonium, an accordion-like instrument.
Sikh Nation salute Sardar Mohinder Singh Pujji and May Waheguru grant peace to the departed soul and give strength to his family members.
Sikhs have a historic military culture and have long kept their articles of faith in the armed forces of Britain, Canada and India. In the 1980s, (the US) military moved to increase conformity and banned displays of religious identity for new recruits.
So what exactly is meditation? How do you do it? Well, actually meditation is like a mental "oil filter." Just as the oil filter in a car catches the dirt as the oil is circulating, so meditation catches your mental dirt so the subconscious mind is cleaned. This is how you become clear, neutral and joyful.
At least 200 people are expected to attend the funeral of Kartar Singh, described as a man who invested his own time and money to always help others.
At the swearing-in ceremony Tuesday night on Capitol Hill, he was among the 17 new commissioners charged with finding ways for these communities to have increased access to and participation in federal programs, where they remain under served...and given a mandate to work on civil rights issues.
"No other world leader is more capable to understand the plight of Sikhs in India than President Obama who himself comes from a minority community which has suffered a lot of discrimination and injustice in America," said Pannun,
The book is a jarring reminder that beyond the prism of quotidian life there lies something more profound.
It is my appeal to the Khalsa Satsangat, that this ritual should stop... Our Guru has never instructed us to use any form of these impure products other than having a clean bathed body and "Succhai Hath" (clean and pure hands) before we recite Bani.
For more than 100 days Indian security officers have killed more than 100 Kashmiri civilians. The Indian government has seemed paralyzed, or even indifferent, as this disputed Himalayan region has plunged into one of the gravest crises of its tortured history.