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What is the purpose of this thread? To use Guru Granth Darpan by Professor Sahib Singh to resolve contradictory translations of tuks in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. There are times when a difference in the translation of even a single word can take the meaning of a tuk into a radically different...

Sat Sri Akal ji, Yesterday morning, I had a vivid dream. I dreamt there had been a war with a lot of destruction and Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji was in front of my house, in the Palki Sahib. The moment I saw this vision, I felt very soothed and calmed and the gory scenes of death and destruction...

Are you familiar with a philosophical argument known as Pascal's Wager. Pascal suggested that one should adopt the christian faith (and the christian god) based on a simple cost/benefit analysis. I would go on to say that he mistakenly comes to the conclusion that belief in God is more...

Guru Ram Daas had three sons, Prithia, Mahadev, and Baba Arjan Jee. Guru Ram Das's cousin visited him and said, "My son is getting married, will you come and bless the wedding?" Guru Ram Daas couldn't go so he decided to send one of his sons. He asked Prithia, his oldest son. Prithia complained...

Highlights: Sikh Community of East Africa joins hands with UNITED SIKHS to establish "Sri Guru Nanak Food Bank" in Nairobi UNITED SIKHS enters into agreement with Red Cross Society of Kenya to work on local relief work NAIROBI, KENYA: On January 22, 2011, UNITED SIKHS set up...

Here is a 76 page PRIMER for Punjabi Learners and is useful for Gurbani learning as well.. From the Sikh Khalsa Mission of Australia run by our esteemed member sardar Gurmit Singh...

The SRM is very very clear that... NO POTHI/Granth..no matter what it contains..may be .."treated on par with the SGGS parkash in Darbar Sahib...".... However GURIQBAL of Mata kaulan has parkashed a GRANTH containing 51 continous Sukhmani Sahibs, under a Chandoa, with Chaur sahib and on Palki...

Satnam cyber sangat ji, I go to my local library often to have some quiet time to read a book and enjoy the atmosphere. One time I was taking a stroll through the religious section to get a book on Sikhi and learn more about our beautiful history in depth. As I was scoping out a variety of...

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Guru Tegh Bahadur: The Shield of Nation by Col. Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal Group Director & Principal, GTBK Institute of Engg. & Technology Malout, Muktsar Punjab The period of later Mughals in India was of great turmoil and turbulence. The religious fanaticism of Aurangzeb had .started a...

I am not asking for an argument, but it concerns me when our Sikh tv channel presenters use the word 'Guru-ghar' instead of Gurdwara. How inappropriate the word Ghar is, apparently the word Gurughar doesn't exist in punjabi dictionary. I can't understand why and where did this word come...

I've noticed this, in those pictures/paintings i see (not sure if they are old or new) but nearly always everyone has really light skin. examples There are many more of course, in India there are a lot of dark skinned people so why is it that IN GENERAL the artwork does not represent...

Why Covering Heads is menedatory in Gurudwaras ?What is reason behind it .

I was replying to this thread: http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-youth/34110-the-importance-of-kesh-for-sikh.html when I realised my reply had turned into a thread of it's own. One criticism I have of that article is that it personifies God, which I don't think fits with the Sikh concept of...

This is the first of many questions I'll be asking...but I'm starting at the beginning... The death of Guru Nanak...he was covered in a shroud, and the next day the Muslims and Hindus pulled back the shroud and all they found were the flowers they each placed there....so what happened to his...

The study of myth is of great importance in the study of individual societies and human culture. The myths of a people reflect and explore the image of that people. Generally speaking, a myth is a kind of communication, but in religion it is the symbolic narration. Such a narrative is believed...

First of all, Guru Gobind Singh Sahibji de gurpurab di bahut bahut wadhai howe. Secondly, Please help me on this: What is the correct pronunciation of the word: Waheguru. In Gurmukhi, there is sihari(i) to the letter h in the word waheguru. Do we pronounce it as WAAH-E-GURU or WAAH-GURU...

Courtesy of the Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/nationworld2010707882/9.html

The Chief Khalsa Diwan’s museum boasts of 75 weapons mentioned in the ‘Shastar Naam Mala’ penned by Guru Gobind Singh. Weapons on display at the Chief Khalsa Diwan museum located on the Central Khalsa Orphanage premises in Amritsar. You may have seen museums preserving articles of historic...

New Year 2011 — Guru Granth Sahib Ji's Hukam Written by Sanmukh Kaur on 01. Jan, 2011 in Column, Today in Sikh History Every year Sikhs around the global gather at the local Gurudwara Sahibs to welcome the New Year with the true Guru, Guru Granth Sahib Ji. In His presence we beg for His...