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Guru Arjun has a verse in Maru Rag as follows: ਫੂਟੋ ਆਂਡਾ ਭਰਮ ਕਾ ਮਨਿਹ ਭਇਓ ਪਰਗਾਸੁ ॥ Fūto Āʼndā Bẖaram Kā Manėh Bẖaio Pargās. (SGGS, Page. 1002). Now That the Eggshell Has Been Broken, My Mind Is Engulfed in Enlightenment! Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841 – 1913) was fascinated with Sikhi. His...

Admin Singh submitted a new resource: Guru Nanal's Religious Pluralism and Sri Guru Granth Sahib - How the wisdom-seeking Sikhs derive their guidance and inspiration from their only Guru, SSGS Read more about this resource...

SS Ek Ong Kaar Khalsa Michaud and Dr. Bhai Harbans Lal, Ph.D.; D.Litt. (Hons) Hatred. Anger. Urge to Revenge. Despair. Pain. All of these emotions surface when something deeply traumatic is done to us or to those with whom we share a connection. Yet the Sikh Ardaas (prayer) is always for...

It was the beginning of 2016 when my son Ravi suggested that I undertake a new project to save my sanity – cajoling my ageing brain to keep it alive and kicking. Several possibilities immediately flashed in my mind. I searched for something that would permit continual reading and discerning...

Guru Nanak (1469-1539 CE) travelled nearly 38,000 Km in pursuit of dialogue with people of many shades, belief systems, and geographical orientations. Mind you that in the Nanak’s time all of the world’s religions that we know today were in existence. Among Hinduism, the Siddha denomination...

For centuries, we have been made to believe that God created man in His image. However, when Nanak took over to tell us the truth, he began to tell me that it was the other way around. In fact man created God in his image, an anthropomorphic god. I am using this term, anthropomorphism, to...

Book Review by Bhai Harbans Lal Science and Sikhism: Conflict or Coherence (Anthology of Essays on Various Concepts in Sri Guru Granth Sahib) 334 pages – By Dr. D.P. Singh Singh Brothers Publishers, Amritsar, India Contact – drdpsn@hotmail.com When I received the newly published book my...

Taajudin’s Diary - Account of a Muslim author who accompanied Guru Nanak from Makkah to Baghdad Read more about this resource...

Introduction The light of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) is sought by over 300 million spiritual seekers worldwide. With this rapidly expanding urge and need, there is a concern that haunts us. It is about providing easy access to the Guru’s wisdom to a rapidly evolving global village. Many...

Guru Nanak never spelled his doctrine as : "the principles of 'Kirat Karo, naam japo and vand Chhako.' He always wrote as: Naam, Daan, Isnaan. Please never change the wordings that Guru Nanak suggested. You may translate but your translation is very inadequate.

Can to quote one verse in Gurbani where Guru Nanak asked us to :Guru Nanak has blessed the Sikhs with the principles of 'Kirat Karo, naam japo and vand Chhako.'

It’s not just what we say, but what we do that counts. Over ten thousand registrants at the past Parliament of the World’s Religions were invited as guests of the Sikh volunteers to share a meal in The Salt Lake City, Utah, throughout the five-day event. The guests came from every religion of...

What is Reincarnation Sikh theology differs in defining reincarnation. The ideas of reincarnation are many and as old as human civilization. Their descriptions are found from the last centuries of the 1st millennium BCE. However, the ideas remain ideas only, and have never reached any logical or...

...Simaro simar simar sukh paavao... If you follow rules of grammar as indicated by vowels used in this verse, you will find the verse is in first tense to mean. I practice simran and receive comfort. More important is the point that gurbani is almost all metaphors that should not be translated...

Why were all needed arteries not stented first time including ballooning. It would have saved cost and stress on heart.