Recent content by Adi Nanaki

Women in America have always enjoyed equality in this realm. There many skilled women keertanian and devout Granthis. Even I first learned to read Gurmukhi in 1971 and began doing all Banis in Gurmukhi in 1976 as an Amritdhari Sikh. Every day I call on all the Gurus in prayers for the world to...

It is okay, dear one. I need not visualize Gurus before me. I breathe them and merge with them, as they want us to. It is how one Sikh was empowered to face 1000 of the enemy, which is what I must do when 1000 people contest my book on the deeper, yogic meaning of SGGS. There are many ways to...

Rather than translate the Guru's words for God, which are many, often with subtle differences, translators should best trust Gurus' choice and use Guru's exact word rather than attempting to translate, which is always a distortion. The words in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji are written in Naadh--they...

Guru Nanak's light imbued each Guru for the time they served as Guru. This is what I feel was passed on to distinguish the Guru who carried the present Guruship. Now we have 36 Gurus and saints guiding us through Siri Guru Granth Sahib, more when you consider all ten Gurus are embodied in its...

Also, how do you perceive Guruship when at times there were up to five Gurus past present and future alive at the same time?

I agree with you for the most part, except in our ways to relate to the Gurus. I also experience them as separate entities, as well as all being contained in SGGS, by breathing their names, or by thinking of one Guru, or all of the Gurus at once, and breathing, "You are me, I am you. I am you...

Guru Arjan is often referred to as Partuk Har--God incarnate, at the Golden Temple and elsewhere. Yet the translation of this shabad is not always correct. For instance, in the last line, where it claims God and Guru Arjan have no difference, I believe it is saying that there are no secrets...

It is okay. We all love Guruka Singh dearly. He is very wise. Yet, he told me not to expect other people to be able to have my sublime experiences, which are universal. I will be sharing one such revelation, the Golden Temple meditation, at the upcoming International Summer Solstice celebration...

Guruka Singh is a fine Sikh gentleman sevadar in the New Mexico community, but he is not Yogi Bhajan's successor. Yogii Bhajan encouraged everyone to be ten times greater than him. He portrayed greatness as being at the base of an upside down triangle, uncomplainingly supporting everyone. This...

Yogi Bhajan was given titles by the SGPC over the years for selfless service to the Dharma worldwide. These titles made his name the way it is, rather than his choice. In its entirety: Siri Singh Sahib, Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji. He is most remembered as simply Yogiji or SSS to...

Punjab looks like the most anti woman state, given the corrupt example of the SGPC, which does not allow women to play kirtan in the Golden Temple, nor wash its floors with milk that comes from the blood of a mother. It is to their credit that they are giving women an exclusive sitting area in...

Its funny, you read Guru's words and find disagreement with me. I read Guru's words and find he concurs with what I wrote--that YOU, a human soul, also incarnate as animals.

What he said is, it is okay to kill them, but unlike other creatures, if you do, not to chant Akal, for this will give them a human birth. It may be helpful to consider that all creatures have human souls. We work out karmas, and give blessings through many roles of our souls.

Yes, Yogi Bhajan, also known as the Siri Singh Sahib, referred to {censored}roaches this way many times over the years.

Beneficent bugs, like spiders and beetles, I cover in a little cup and place outside. Flies, I make the room dark and leave open a door to the light outside. If I feel compelled to kill a bug, like a black widow, I chant the mantra "Akal" a few times, which liberates its soul to a higher...