identity

Mark Eckhardt Since 1998, Mark Eckhardt has studied Zen Buddhism under the auspices of Bill Yoshin Jordan So who are "you" anyway? By "you" I am referring to your identity, or the thoughts, beliefs, ideas and positions that are the basis of your sense of yourself. These are the things...

TRANSLATION OF GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI Religion, in the words of Rudolf otto, is based on the experience of the Numinous. The same experience is enshrined in the scriptures. Since the experience of the numinous is primarily non-rational the nature of the scriptural language most of the time is...

With the population of Sikhs in America approaching one million, Sikh children of school age number in the hundreds of thousands. Statistics show that nearly 50% of Sikh children experience harassment in the classroom. The majority of these are boys wearing turbans who do not cut their hair. The...

"United Sikhs" partners with law enforcement agency to talk about Sikhs and Sikh identity Punjab Newsline Network Saturday, 10 July 2010 CALIFORNIA: Thirty police officers of the City of Livingston police department attended an information session on Sikhism and Sikh...

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When people ask me about my long hair, I tell them that I have never cut it because of my religion. That is true about the hair on my head, but not about the hair elsewhere on my body. That is - I have shaved, waxed, and threaded. Does this make me a bad person? I am not sure. Clearly, 98% of...

RSS (BADALS' COHORTS) article on Sikh identity highly derogatory and objectionable: HARIMANDIR SAHIB, GOLDEN TEMPLE & THE HOLY CITY OF AMRITSAR MY RECENT VISIT TO HARIMANDIR SAHIB AT THE GOLDEN TEMPLE, AMRITSAR TURNED OUT TO BE A UNIQUE AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE. THE TEMPLE IS A UNIQUE...

CELEBRATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN AMERICA TITLE: "MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Sikhs in America" WLWD 2000 Inc. announced the US and worldwide release of the TV program: "MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Sikhs in America" which took nine months to complete, involving extensive travel and filming on locations across...

Politics of Sikh Identity by Gurmukh Singh UK Any mention of “Sikh identity” in the diaspora to promote acceptance of Sikhs as a distict entity sets off alarm bells in certain quarters. The spectre of “separatism” is raised in the collective mind of the Indian establishment. It is important...

Why, philosophically speaking, is our mind so attracted to symbolism and a need for some form of self identity? This attraction (perhaps it is a desire) is very strong and we can read stories daily where a person lived and died in respect to their self identity and symbolism despite having...

Yuba City Police Chief Reaffirms Acceptance of Sikh Identity June 15th, 2009 June 15, 2009 (Washington, DC) – Late last week, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) received...

Hi , I'm doing Art GCSE and the project at hand is about Self image, and after numerous ideas and limited time, I have chosen to approach the idea of culture. To be honest I dont know what the term is now , but I was born in England and am of Indian heritage, born in a Sikh family. Personally I...

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Take Action Now. Click Here to Sign the Petition! (Washington, DC) April 7, 2009 - This Vaisakhi, the Sikh Coalition will stand alongside two Sikh military recruits to call on the U.S. Army to end its ban on turbans. The men, both medical professionals in the Army, are being told that they must...

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OUTLOOK INDIA Magazine| Feb 16, 2009 sikhism: tradition Shorn Of Identity SGPC says a Sikh is one with untrimmed hair. And so makes half the community apostate. CHANDER SUTA DOGRA This legal hair-splitting may strip Sikhs in Punjab and elsewhere of their religious identity. On...

Both Gurpreet S. Gosal and Amandeep S. Dhami symbolize a lost first generation of Punjabi youth turning to a life strife with crime and hooliganism. The majority of Sikh youth growing up as the first generation of immigrants come from homes where both parents have to work extreme hours to make...

Literally the "Naam" means "God's Name" or "God's Identity". Here are some viewpoints about God's identity AND you can add your views as well. God is Imaginary - 50 simple proofs

Before Realization of the TRUTH all say: 'THIS IS BUT A BODY AFTERALL'. Doesn't matter what one reads, what one writes, what one thinks- sense of 'I am body' stays, untill actual realization happens. So they think of others the same as well, without knowing their state of mind. They cant know...

School students should not be allowed to carry the kirpan , says the Sikh Council of Australia, about the dagger worn as an article of faith by baptised Sikhs. More...