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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...

If not, what is the difference between these terms ?

I love Sikhism, Sikh culture, and Sikh values. Do many Sikhs take the it all literally or do some take it figuratively and use it more as a code of ethics/values and to share a common culture with their peers? I have a hard to being religious due tonot being able to take leaps of faith in...

Thread moved to Interfaith Dialogs/ Sufism. The OP is basically asking for a comparison between Divine Sound in Sufism and Divine Sound in Sikhi. The title was also changed because early sentences about listening to music in the Espanola NM Gurdwara was an introduction to a broader question...

Today I received a copy of Divine mystic reflections : talks and dialogues book 1 to borrow from the Gurdwara library. It was highly recommended to me. It is a collection of talks by Sant Naranjan Singh (compiled by Dr Harcharanjit Singh). I've found the spelling online is usually 'Niranjan'...

In the early stages of the Buddha’s spiritual research, he applied various methods to control his mind including austerities and fasting. But it was only when he adopted the right course of meditation that his eye of wisdom opened and light appeared. After this experience, says the Buddha, he...

JAPJI– A JOURNEY TO DIVINE GRACE from the blog, SaadSangat and authored by Rawel Singh. Japji is the first composition in the Sikh Holy Scripture, Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) whose contents are referred to as Gurbani meaning the Guru’s word. One theme that runs...

Rabbi Alan Lurie Author, 'Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected, Purpose, Peace and Fulfillment at Work' Writing blogs for the Huffington Post's Religion section -- in which I often attempt to present a nuanced, personal understanding of God, and a defense of the inherent goodness in...

Dance as a divine prayer Soyesh H. Rawther "Something … Some force… Someone that makes me dance." For Manjari Chaturvedi, the creation of Sufi Kathak as a medium of expression was not part of a conscious act. It came on its own as a quest, a search for the divine. “I see my dance as a prayer...

Namaste, I am aware that Sikhism is monotheistic and considers the Supreme Being beyond form. That being said, I have come across a few websites about Sikhs who consider the Divine their Mother and Father. Is there a way to be close to the Divine Maternal in Sikhism? I do not mean to worship...

Divine dispatches: a religion roundup When I worked in the Manchester office of the Guardian I often wrote the Northerner, a round-up of northern news. This feature is a bit like that, except it's about belief and will never mention Coleen McLoughlin, unless she becomes a nun. • As it...

FIRST IN A SERIES OF MONTHLY GUIDANCE MESSAGES BY SIKH GURUS In Sikhism and the Gurbani, Shri Guru Arjan says that we should pray to God that we have the darkness of separation because of our actions, and seek His Grace that He blesses us with His presence and thus causes our wandering to...

The Bridal Dressby LAURIE BOLGER To say I'm looking forward to my upcoming "wedding" would be a major understatement. With a hefty dose of God's Grace, and more than a little help from my friends, I'm preparing to take the plunge and become a...

Mark of Excellence "The Guru: Connecting With the Divine Light"A Sikh Research Institute Workshop Reviewed by MANJYOT KAUR Recently, I participated in a workshop presented by the Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI). This well-attended program...

DIVINE KNOWLEDGE/SPIRITUAL WISDOM/ਗਿਆਨੁ ABSTRACT Divine Knowledge is gained through learning honestly, truthfully by living in the message in thought, word, spirit, and deed in the hymns of AGGS. It imparts an understanding of facts and truths about the material world (Maya) and It’s...

At The Feet Of The Divine Laying Our Burdens Down We all know the feeling of walking through life as if we are carrying the huge burden of our worries and stresses on our backs and shoulders, struggling to keep moving forward. There is no real way to move freely and fluidly in such a situation...

Human Pride, Divine Pride " My human pride feels that I can do everything. My divine pride, the pride that has surrendered itself to the Will of God, knows that I can do everything only when I am inspired, guided, and helped by the Supreme. My human pride wants the world to understand...

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I shall be posting some material from a book published by Gita Press,INdia. The press publishes strictly hindu literature. You will find as to how close the lines are to that contained in Gurbani. As an exercise one may think of equivalent Gurbani Tuk and may post here. From Sl.1 ***QUOTE...

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Life As A Jewel One afternoon Guru Nanak and his company were resting on the banks of the Ganges at Patna. Mardana was idly inspecting a stone he had picked up along the road, thinking of the vast throngs who had come to hear the Guru. "Master," said Mardana, "you teach a...