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khalsa1469 ji How I value that short statement. Sometimes we miss the Tat. So share your understanding here more often in the days to come, and at least this one will have the benefit. This "piece" that you refer to in your post is the blog, Vismad. Here is the link, to the essay "Dasam"...

This article was the inspiration for one of my albums at SPN. Also for one of my blogs on Universal Mind social network.

gurbanicd ji I do not understanding the connection you are making. Do you think Sikhs are celebrating New Year's Eve? I don't think so. It is practiced more as a way to bring friends and families together in their home and sangats to remember they are Sikhs with a common heritage in amrit...

The Sikh Rehat Maryada is a a "rehat." So it would be very interesting to find out how forum members define the word "rehat" when they give answers. I myself do not interpret "rehat" to mean a toolbook. Because of the way that SRM is structured, I think of it as a set of "bylaws," or...

caspian Just some reactions that call for more research on the facts. 1. There is no clear argument that Sikhi or Guru Nanak advocate "intelligent design." True, one reads it on the Internet. How much validity is there in drawing any conclusion based on conversations in forums where fact...

This is a clarification of the identity of Akaal Takht, the history of its connection with SGPC and the role of the Jathedar, and probably off-topic. read on for the early history and events that followed http://www.sikhmarg.com/english/akal.html

Hardip ji There is a section for mp3 downloads -- but Aman ji is the one who has uploaded the files. The vyakhya of Asa De Vaar all 13 hours would definitely fit in that section. It would be this section of the forum: Links and Downloads Manager - Sikh Philosophy Network My recommendation is...

Admin note: The conversation is moving away from its original focus on rituals, initially in relation to 84 joons, and now is focusing on an entirely different aspect of Sikhi, namely, reincarnation. A new thread has been created to accommodate the discussion of sikdaree, coming and going...

You can go to the Raj Academy of Asian Music, to their web site. All of the cd's are for sale there. There is a 10 box set which is expensive. However there is another cd for sale that is much less costly. All the instruments used are classical instruments. This performer is a member of the...

findingmyway ji Indeed, you are right when you say that this shabad is relevant to several threads this week. It makes clear that moral choices are open to us, and the consequences can be "dire." I am struck that this shabad clearly lays out the ethical philosophy of Guru Nanak. It takes us...

July 21 celebrates Miri Piri Diwas. Here is an article that explores the deeper meanings of miri-piri and the importance of miri-piri to unity within the panth. MIRI-PIRI CONCEPT Prof. Devinder Singh Chahal, PhD ABSTRACT Serious struggle of supremacy...

Komagata Maru tragedy remembered This article is part of community-wide centennial celebrations honouring the building of the National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple (est. 1911). These centenary celebrations bring to the forefront the efforts of those first Sikh pioneers who helped to build our...

I pray with folded hands that we do not revisit Gur and GurU and Guru because of this observatiohn.

admin note: The role and authority of Akaal Takht has always been of historical interest to me, as a question of spiritual and temporal authority in Sikhism. We have no clergy, no intermediaries. The Sikh Rehat Maryada charges every Sikh to take Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji as spiritual authority...

Ekjot Sodhi (rank 1), Pooja Goyal (rank 39) and Ranjana Bhandari (rank 89) in a jubilant mood at the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Vinay Malik Ekjot Kaur outshines 40,000 others Link to news...