If at times we are not cool enough for those around us, even fellow Sikhs, let us remind ourselves why we are truly here, why we were given this path and not another one.
Started by Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj, our tenth Sikh Guru, to gather Sikhs together for military exercises and mock battles on the day following the Hindu festival with colors - Holi - reminds people of valor and defense preparedness, concepts dear to Dasmesh Pita Ji...
During a recent meeting of five Takhats at Amritsar, the Singh Sahibans (the spiritual heads of the Sikh community) declared that Gurgaddi Diwas (coronation day ) of the 7th Sikh Guru, Guru Har Rai, should be celebrated as a Sikh Environment Day each year especially ‘in light of the rising global environmental crisis’.
For the past few years, many teens and sevadars have been going to the LA Marathon to volunteer and hand out water to the participating runners.
As part of the Hola Mohalla celebrated a day after the Holi, the Sikh community took out two colourful Nagar Keertans (holy processions) on Thursday...
Thousands of devotees thronged various historic Gurdwaras of birthplace of Khalsa Anandpur Sahib and Kiratpur Sahib including Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib to pay their obeisance on first day of the second phase of the Hola Mohalla festival that began today.
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.
All over the world, millions of people practice yoga to find spiritual insight or better health. But very few know of yoga’s goals and means of transforming body and consciousness and its profound philosophical underpinnings.
Recently, someone gifted me with a unique present – a 2013 calendar on the Sikhs of Africa.
A funny and touching lesson in what it takes to create real harmony.