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Sacred Ecology in Sikh Thought: Environmental Ethics in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dr. Devinder Pal Singh (Image: Courtesy Google & AI) Abstract The contemporary environmental crisis has prompted renewed scholarly interest in religious and ethical traditions that promote ecological...

396th Birth Anniversary Special Eco-Spirituality, Empathy, and Ethical Leadership: Lessons from Guru Har Rai Ji for Modern Life Dr. Devinder Pal Singh Guru Har Rai Ji, the seventh Sikh Guru, offers a profound model of ethical and spiritual leadership that remains deeply relevant to...

The Sikh Way of Living: What It Means to Me Dr. Devinder Pal Singh To ask “Why am I a Sikh?” is not merely to inquire about religious affiliation; it is to explore the deepest layers of identity, meaning, and purpose. For me, the question opens a window into history, culture, ethics, and the...

Sikh Insights into the Divine, Divinity, Soul, Liberation, and Cosmology Dr. Devinder Pal Singh and Dr. Parveen Jain [In May 2025, Dr. Parveen Jain, Ph.D., the founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Arihanta Institute, San Jose, California, USA, contacted Dr. Devinder...

CREATION OF UNIVERSE AS PER ADI GRANTH Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Professor Emeritus Desh Bhagat University Creation God created the universe on His own. (Adi Granth: 250) He created all the objects himself (A:ka:r) (Adi Granth 250) He Himself is subtle and menifest: He became particle...

Discussion on the book "Science and Sikhism- Conflict and Coherence" Chapter 5 "Creation of Universe - A Fabulous Tale"

Christians are very clear from their bible on how God created the world in 7 days (6000 yrs ago). I believe this to be bogus, and very flawed. I've yet to read up on how Islam or Hindu's explain this question. But was more interested in how Sikhi explains the creation of the world and...

Sound in the Process of Creation of Universe Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Philosophy of Creation Philosophy of Sikhism it based on Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) originally compiled by Sri Guru Arjan Dev and later given the status of Guru by Guru Gobind Singh after adding hymns of the Ninth Guru...

This is a line from another thread, but its a good question, my own feeling is that this Creator is the sum of Creation, although I would probably dispute the caring bit, slightly Abrahamic, slightly Vedic, Creator cared by giving us a brain, what else is there to do? I do not believe Creator is...

Guru Nanak's Methodology of Finding Truth Col Dalvinder Singh Grewal Concept of Ultimate Truth The ultimate truth is the one that is permanent and does not change. It is 'the Lord alone that is permanent and unchangeable'. Hence the Lord is the ultimate truth and nothing else[1]. …True is...

Beyond creating and bestowing Grace, does "God" (Guruji, Ik Onkar, Akaal Purakh, Waheguru) intervene in human affairs or natural events?

I am not big on love, its hard to be big on something that you do not understand, or when you have been told all your life that your 'doing it wrong', I have been told all my life, in probably a dozen relationships that I have a strange and uncommon view of love. Well thats ok, if there is...

It's been a while since I have posted something on this site so I thought I would incite some debate using the teachings of wise men from other regions. Mos Egaardpeder Sen tells us that "Imagination, life is your creation" is the key to spiritual enlightenment. I want to know what your...

THE CREATION OF GURMUKHI ALPHABETS--PART ONE The Gurmukhi alphabets are one of the more common alphabets [letters, script] that originated in the Punjab. The Gurmukhi alphabets fall into the semi-alphabetic group of letterings.They contain the three components necessary in a phonetic...

Sat Nam _/|\_ Everything in creation glorifies God. God appears to believe this is worth repeating (there are several ayat on this in Quran and it begins several chapters of Quran). Are there similar verses in Sri Guru Granth Sahib? I wonder how these verses are understood from a Sikh...

_/|\_ Sat Nam There are several profound verses in Quran that I think are worth reflecting on. I know there are a couple Muslims participating on this board so I hope they will take the time to read and respond. But I hope Sikhs will share their experiences and understanding as they read...

Forwarded by Gyani Jarnail Singh Arshi The entire story at this link http://rozanaspokesman.com/fullpage.aspx?view=main&mview=Dec&dview=14&pview=20

Life will be just fine with or withour saviors for most life forms. Why do humans thinks they are somehow special and need third parties to keep them going? Isn't eat, sleep and be merry not enough just like most other forms of life. I believe it may be in large part true. Any comments.

Gurfatehji Ambersariaji kindly wrote this on a thread, I liked its content hugely, and thinking it worthy of discussion have posted it with my questions, Creator/creation really does not care if you are Khalsa or not does creation care about anything? Creator just creates and does not watch...

There are things to remember when we view creation and hence the creator (known as God, waheguru, kartar purakh, etc.). Now as human beings we get myopic in how we see. A phrase that I paraphrase below comes to mind, Fundamentally it all points to the fact that eye of the beholder...