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Here are a few images that I made along with two that I found online, of quotes by Guru Nanak Dev Ji and SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (aka: Yogi Bhajan) about women.
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Sadh Sangat Ji, the SikhNet team has been hard at work creating the all new Gurbani Media Center Mobile App that tens of thousands use every day to listen to Gurbani Kirtan. Today is a call volunteers. I’m looking for a few committed sevadhars who love to listen to Gurbani Kirtan and are willing to spend some […]
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Ok, I’m 40 now and my body definitely isn’t the same as it was 20 years ago. It’s been 20 years since I started the SikhNet website. That’s a lot of hours sitting at a desk on the computer. I have to make a point to make sure I get out and move my body. […]
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Kids comic book featuring Super Sikh aka Secret Agent Deep Singh. A story where justice wins, bullies lose. Fuel for the imagination.
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My personal experience as an American-born Sikh with parents from Christian and Jewish backgrounds; the changing world of Sikhi, and how people from different cultures and continents are connecting with this lifestyle, along with some lessons I have learned, and how I personally apply the teachings of Gurbani and Sikhi in my life and through SikhNet
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For those tuning into the news in the United States, a Senator in the Texas Legislature launched a 13 hour filibuster blocking the passage of a drastic anti-abortion bill a couple weeks ago. The Senator’s name is Wendy Davis. Despite her heroic efforts to protect women’s health issues, the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, has […]
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“I tell you today and I’ll tell you tomorrow and I’ll tell you every day: You have only one friend – your discipline which will give you all that you need. The rest are all promises. After studying every scripture of every religion and through my own experience, I have found that there are three […]
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Aaraadhana araadhan neeka Har Har naam araadhana. Meditating and remembering. It is so beautiful to remember the Divine Identity. -Guru Arjan Dev ji. Ang 1081, Siri Guru Granth Sahib This line comes from one of my favorite shabads in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. I am not sure what it is about this particular shabad, but […]
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One of these days, it is my sincerest hope to compile a list of all the passages in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib that discuss the importance of the Amrit Veyla. Guru Naanak established the concept of meditating in the Amrit Veyla, in the 4th Pauree of Japji Sahib, when he said Amrit Veylaa Sach Naao, Vadiaaee Veechaar […]
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I moved to Espanola, New Mexico when I was 30 years old. The Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan, was still alive then. I consider it an extraordinary blessing that I had a chance to work for him in the last years of his life. As a teacher, Yogi Bhajan would sometimes put his students in […]
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Love and Shadow Boxing: Part 2 (Note: Part 1 of this article is here) Looking into history, one thing is clear. It has been a very, very long time since women have been respected on the earth. Sometime in the ancient past, matriarchal societies honored the creative power of woman. But unfortunately, for the last […]
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Love. We all long for it. We spend our lives in a conscious (or subconscious) search for it. Yet, many of us do not understand love. We do not understand what it is, how it works or what to do with it when we find it. The Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan, once described love […]
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As a senior in high school, the question of “Where are you applying for college” became a hot topic of conversation. I had no clue where to apply for college, much less how to choose one. But I was grateful and lucky to be in the top five of my class, so some colleges decided […]
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One of the things I love about Guru Arjan’s Sukhmani Sahib is how sophisticated his spiritual vision is. A few words can cause me to rethink and reframe basic assumptions that I have held for years. Recently, I have been meditating on a couple of lines from the 12th Ashtapdai, 4th verse of Sukhmani. Here is a poetic interpretation of […]
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I’m excited to announce SikhNet’s release of a new printed 5 volume set of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib with English Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa. Having the Siri Guru Granth Sahib available in translation allows many seekers around the world to connect to Gurbani in a personal way to experience and understand the […]
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I've always wondered when/if someone was going to make a professional level Punjabi Learning program. I was really exited when I found out that the Pimsleur program just launched it.
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I would like to introduce you to a hot new SIKH ROCK BAND all the way from MALAYSIA called "ANHAD." Unless you live in Malaysia, you have probably never heard of them,well, NOW'S THE TIME!
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Every year close to 2,000 people come from all over the world to little Espanola, New Mexico to participate in the annual Summer Solstice Sadhana event. This is a beautiful event where people from all backgrounds and religions come together to meditate and work on themselves. I have participated in this event since I was […]
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The past few days I have been adding lots of new music to the SikhNet Gurbani Media Center, and it’s always exciting for me to hear new musicians explore their creativity using Gurbani and Mantras. The past year I have seen quite a few new musicians from all over the world produce beautiful albums of […]
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Today I watched a video that some students made from quick impromptu interview sessions with students on the Campus of Sul Ross State University (Texas, USA). They made the video in preparation for a Sikh Awareness Day project that their organization (the College Democrats of Sul Ross) are hosting April 18th 2012. Watching the video […]
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A few years ago I blogged about a cool audio affirmation that SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (Yogi Bhajan) made a recording of many years ago. It is about being patient in life, not worrying and letting God take care of your affairs. The 3HO foundation just released a beautiful video version with this […]
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Last night I was trying to go to sleep early so I could wake up refreshed in Amritvela to Meditate, and just kept sitting watching/reading the flood of twitter posts (particularly #Rajoana #IPledgeOrange ) finding it hard to put away my iPhone and go to sleep. There was (still is) a constant stream from Sikhs […]
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This past fall my friend Dr. Soram Khalsa made me aware of a new documentary & book called “Forks Over Knives” that he urged everyone to watch. The feature film Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, […]
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I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to go to spend about 10 years as a kid in boarding school in India, which helped shape who I am today. I’m also grateful that there is a school like Miri Piri Academy that my ten year old son has been loving since he started a few […]
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by SS Guru Amrit Singh Khalsa, Herndon, VA About 10 years ago I was at the fall Khalsa Council meeting in Espanola, New Mexico. The Siri Singh Sahib was talking about the role of the Council and how it is our responsibility to deliver the Dharma to the future. Then he said (and I am sure […]
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by SS Gurujodha Singh Khalsa, Bakersfield, CA Sikh Dharma is the path of the householder. If you are going to “hold” that house you have to earn righteously and pay for it, work for it, feed the people inside, be the neighbors of other householders and therefore live in a community, which becomes a nation. […]
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By MSS Krishna Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles, CA The Siri Singh Sahib, my beloved teacher, inspired my ministry but not in the way I used to think of inspiration. From his example, I long to serve God as he served Him. When I met the Siri Singh Sahib I was coming out of a very […]
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Most people from India are used to the many spices added to their food; but many might not realize the health benefits of one of them called Turmeric (also known as “Haldi” in India). Turmeric is great in food, but also has many health benefits. It can be used as an anti-inflammatory for people suffering […]
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A long time ago… in a galaxy far, far away… I made computer games… I discovered the magic of computers in the 1970’s, working on a DEC PDP-11 at Ohio State University where I was working as a research associate in high energy physics. That’s the branch of physics that studies sub-atomic […]
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November 1, 2011 Coming out of the subway station at Courtland, just a block away from Zuccotti Park, the first thing I notice is the towering presence of two skyscrapers still under construction. This is the defiant Freedom Tower – the phoenix rising from the tragic ashes of the 9/11 attacks. Shimmering and reflective against […]
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Every fall, we have the blessing of celebrating Guru Ram Das Ji’s birthday. Guru Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru, and was known for his humility, service and deep devotion. He founded the city of Amritsar and designed the Golden Temple. There are 688 shabads of Guru Ram Das included in the Siri Guru […]
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Last week I posted the first part (junior group) of this series of small video reviews from the SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival. Today I would like to share a few videos in the Intermediate Group which is of youth aged 18-25. This category is always the most competitive since it is the prime age […]
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This morning I was eating my breakfast as usual sitting with my daughter before she left for school, reading the latest happenings through twitter, and saw a tweet by @humblethepoet of a new music video that was posted online. This wasn’t a "Humble the Poet" video, but a music video by a young American guy […]
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This fall marks the 6th annual SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival which started in 2006 with a simple goal to engage the Sikh Youth to get creative with communicating through media. By giving the Sikh youth a "stage" and some prizes as encouragement, we have seen so many personal and creative stories. If we want […]
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This morning while I was meditating I was thinking about Death because a lot of different things related to death have been coming up during the past week. First off….today (Sept 22) in 1539 Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Founder of Sikhism) left his physical body and joined the creator. Wow…. Guru Nanak is someone definitely […]
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By Deva Kaur Khalsa “Our hair fashions might be just a trend, but if we investigate, we may find that we have been depriving ourselves of one of the most valuable sources of energy for human vitality.” Yogi Bhajan Consider the possibility that the hair on your head is there to do more than just […]
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This past 3 day weekend I have been hard at work in my back yard doing some major gardening in a race before the fall/winter frost. I love this hard physical labor which is like therapy for my wrists/arms/body which is normally sitting in front of a computer every day. I spent all day digging […]
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Understand through compassion; otherwise you might misunderstand the times. Recognize that the other person is you. When the time is on you, start and the pressure will be off. There is a way through every block. Vibrate the cosmos; the cosmos shall clear the path. It is the touch of the hand, a spoken word […]
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The week before Summer Solstice, I took a walk on my property doing what I like to do this time of year. Seeing what native grasses and wild flowers have decided to take up residence; seeing what pesky plants were being greedy for territory. Since I live by the side of a main road in […]
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Okay, I have to admit I love having a daughter, and like probably most fathers, I adore my beautiful Khalsa princess Charanjeet Kaur. Today she turned five years old (with my son turning 10 in a couple of months). It’s such a blessing to have children. They teach us so much. On one side it […]
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What is the difference between stuff you learn in books and school? Experiences with your friend and spiritual knowledge? Discussion with myself and Guruka Singh on the topic….
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A SikhNet visitor asked the question of why bad stuff happens to them even though they are a ‘Good Sikh’. "My parents won’t let me do this….so and so died…has illness…not doing well.. I’m good…do my banis…get up in the morning…and yet all this stuff happens to me? Does the Guru/God not like me?". In […]
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“We must understand, our life is for expansion. And it will keep expanding until death, whether we use it or not. If we use our life, it will expand beautifully. It will benefit us beautifully. It will make us comfortable beautifully. But you can’t stop expansion. You were born like this and you keep on […]
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Last week was an unexpected long and tedious week at SikhNet. You can blame or thank my wife whichever you prefer! It all started with a new electronic device in our office (The Amazon Kindle). My wife loves reading books, particularly before going to sleep. With her birthday coming up this weekend I was trying […]
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We often hear people say things like “Well, I’m not into religion, but I’m a very spiritual person” or, “he’s really very spiritual.” But what does it actually mean to “be spiritual?” It’s very simple actually, spirituality is our true nature. That’s because we are spirit. Our bodies fall away, our material possessions fall away, […]
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"Shave your beard or lose your job!" – Ms. Kelly and Ms. Romero to Sahaj Singh… I remember many years ago posting on MrSikhNet about some of my friends who are Sikhs and are EMS (Emergency Medical Service) and how Sikhs are being able to work in the mainstream in full form. However, it appears […]
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Short film by Angad Bhai and Russel Brothers Company about Two Sikh friends reunite after years of being apart. One has cut his hair after a brutal hate crime. The other has not.
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A Question was asked by someone about him having spiritual experiences and why he doesn’t have this kind of experience more often since he can’t get back to having that same experience again. Guruka Singh talks about this and also about the pitfalls of expectations. The question was asked: I’m not amritdhari, but the first […]
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from Success and the Spirit – An Aquarian path to Abundance by Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji A student asked Yogi Bhajan the following question: "Is giving an act of God?" Yogi Bhajan replied, "No, no, no, no. Not at all. It is a perfectly selfish act. Have you heard about […]
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There is a great tragedy going on today. People who have never done simran, who have not experienced simran, who have not reached an acknowledged state of simran, they talk about simran. Simran is not japa...
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“Between man and God there are two paths: The path of fate and the path of destiny. Those who will give distance to their destiny shall fall into the path of fate. When you walk on the path of fate, you may feel very happy and be an egomaniac, but when the fatal moment comes […]
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"This is the Information Age – everybody can be informed about anything and everything. There is no secret, therefore there is no sacredness. Life is going to become an open book. When your computer is more loyal, truthful, informed and excellent than you, you will be challenged. You do not have to compete with anybody. […]
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"Prosperity doesn’t mean that you will have wealth, health and happiness. The best way to explain prosperity is to say it is like when a rosebud flowers and opens up, and it shares its fragrance. That’s the moment, which lasts a few days, when a rose flower is prosperous. When a man or woman is […]
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I have to admit that I don’t listen to Rock music that often these days, but have to say I like what I hear when I listen to the music by young Sikh Rock Musician "Hargo" (Hargobind Hari Singh). It’s always cool to see friends and Sikhs pursue careers and interests that are off the […]
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Well, I’m posting a little bit early, but it’s kind of hard to catch Gurumustuk Singh by surprise. March 24th is his 36th birthday and it’s a milestone birthday. That’s because age 36 marks the beginning of a new 18-year Cycle of Life Energy. That means… well, it means lifestyle changes. Every 18 years we […]
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