Sikhism’s core principles include equality, generosity, openness, and compassion. Sikh Heritage Month is an opportunity to reflect on the pivotal role that Sikh communities have played, and continue to play, in building a stronger and consciously more inclusive Canada.
This is authentic Sikh history delivered to you in simple English. It is a treasure.
This period is a special time to remember and celebrate our 7th Guru.
The special medicines were given to the Emperor’s messenger with the addition of a pearl that was to be ground up into powder and added to the remedy.
Ignorance is the result of absence of light of divine wisdom within.
(Remembering Nanakana Sahib Massacre (20 Feb 1921 AD) during Shatabadi Samaroh: While on Pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib and Other Gurdwaras in Pakistan)
A unique but relatively unknown heritage site that stands out not only for its depiction of women in fresco art but also because of what it can teach us about the evolution of religious identities in Punjab over the last century.
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.
Guru Gobind Singh’s great grandfather, Guru Arjan (Fifth Nanak) and his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur (Ninth Nanak) had given one type of response to the bigotry of the rulers through their martyrdoms. He was destined to give another through armed defence.