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Personally, I thought The Da Vinci Code made for a heckuva good murder tale. I bought the book to take with me on a plane trip once, and I found it very hard to put down. I don't personally look to fiction for facts about history...but now that NSButtar ji has mentioned Holy Blood, Holy...

I support it for several reasons. I believe that gay couples should live by the same mores as straight couples, in terms of living a committed, monogamous relationship that is solemnized by the Almighty. I also believe that two individuals should be willing to give all of themselves to each...

Namaste Satyaban Ji Your thoughts echo others. When my sister and I were growing up, our parents would never talk about religion as a superlative, simply as a belief. My mother in particular was very strict about never referring to another faith as something superior or inferior. When we...

If HE chooses to take a non-Amritdhari as HIS Khalsa, that is HIS choice. It does not negate the value of Amrit or the need to live a disciplined life, or the Sikh roop.

Khalistani - one who has a desire for something earthly and temporary. Countries come and go. Borders rise and fall. Just like the lifecycle of our bodies, they can be born, grow, wither, and fall. The more attached we are to worldly things, the more separated we are from Waheguru. Gurbani...

Hi Highway1980, That is a doozy of a question. I don't know the real answer - or answers. I do have a couple of ideas. This is a beast that I did battle with not long back, so I hope you also don't mine my own story. One is strictly syllogistic. A negative statement is logically...

Those who do not use intoxicants are true; they dwell in the Court of the Lord. (ang 15)

When I went through divorce, my counselor told me something very interesting. When a person has an affair...it usually is not one person lusting after another and ending up in bed, although this can happen occasionally. It is more often for a person to cheat because there have been deeper...

In my martial arts class, a recent lesson was Honesty. As in: being honest with yourself. Some folks may have more of a problem than others listening to Bhangra and leading a gurmat life. Others may find that television turns them in to a couch potato. Others may watch a movie and think...

Surinder ji, We use some onions and some garlic in our langar, but we don't go crazy with it because some people have experience gastric distress when eating too much of one or the other. The problem is that Langar isn't done by the gurdwara, it is done by individual families that volunteer...

Welcome, Halida! Peace to you too my friend. Looking forward to seeing more from you...I bet you have a very interesting perspective on Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Sikhi.

Now that Hurricaine Rita has become the second category 5 storm in as many months, I'm bracing myself for the suffering that may occur from the impact. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience working with other faith organizations...churches, mandirs, mosques, synagogues, interfaith...

Ahhh...Sikhi can be humbling in many different ways :8-): I deeply, totally, apologize ...

I've seen some gay couples in my own town adopt some very hard to place children and have done wonders to turn their lives around. Gay couples can have very fruitful marriages and do very very precious seva by adopting children, especially the children that "no one wants" : special-needs...

Wow, Khoji...that is really moving. I dug up this poem from my e-mail, it is from a friend's daughter. Somehow your poem reminded me of this one. Yesterday I saw God. I made a mistake. A stupid mistake. A bad mistake. God was in the form of my best friend, listening to my crying...