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  1. Harry Haller

    What Is Prayer? Should Sikhs Pray?

    Gurfatehji The dictionary definition of prayer is a. A reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of worship. b. The act of making a reverent petition to God, a god, or another object of worship. 2. An act of communion with God, a god, or another object of worship, such as in...
  2. Archived_Member16

    India Making Helmets Mandatory For Sikhs Driving Two Wheelers And Bikes For Safety Aspect?

    Making helmets mandatory for Sikhs driving two wheelers and bikes for safety aspect? Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 18:15 By Tajinder Singh- Punjabnewsline.com CHANDIGARH: The issue of making helmets mandatory for Sikhs while driving and riding on two-wheelers and super bikes has been...
  3. J

    The True Sikhism

    Quite recently i was reading/watching videos/articles online on why people converted out of Sikhism(just because i wanted to know), and i found that 100%(no exaggeration) had sikhism wrong....... not to say i know about Sikhism in and out, but enough to say that what they were saying is...
  4. O

    India How Has Manmohan Singh Treated Sikhs?

    My questions is not to cause spark! He himself has said during the Punjab elections that Punjab has declined in many areas. Surely he as the Prime minister of India can do something about that? How has he helped Sikhs?
  5. H

    Is Sikhism A Religion?

    OK for days now there is a question that's been bothering me. Is Sikhism a religion? here is my reasoning for that. In Sikh faith it is said to believe that there is no caste, creeds, "religion". All are equal correct,? So than why is it that Sikhism is considers a religion". Some may...
  6. BaljinderS

    Well Regarded Peoples Views On Sikhism

    “Sri Guru Granth Sahib is the common religious scripture of all…. Sikhs have been unsuccessful in making the world know about their religious scripture. Today, humanity is in dire need of Guru Granth Sahib’s peaceful and loving message”. English writer Archer, author of book Sikh Faith Sir...
  7. Ambarsaria

    One Infinite Creator In Sikhism, What Does It Mean?

    Infinity is a very large and larger than large limit indefinable concept. It can be given a symbol ∞ but from non-mathematical descriptions, it can require tremendously large resources even for a specific real number, concept and dimension. Creator is infinite in dimensions (virtues...
  8. A

    The Martyrdom Of Guru Arjan Dev - First Contemporary Account Of His Death (and Of Sikhism By A Weste

    "...The earliest reference to the Sikhs by any European has come to us in a letter of Sep.25, 1606 of Father Jerome Xavier [a Catholic priest] written from Lahore to the Jesuits Provincial Supervisor of Goa. In this letter he talks about Guru Arjan's holy and saintly personality who enjoyed...
  9. BlazinSikh

    Cannibis And Sikhism

    waheguru ji da khalsa waheguru ji fateh to all of my brother and sister. Under this topic, i have many question to ask, so i am going to ask them clearly and non-offensive as i can. And i hope i get a good discussion and awnser aswell. 1)I have rencently being doing my research on Sikhism and...
  10. Archived_Member16

    India Sikhs' Conversion To Christianity At Peak In Punjab!

  11. J

    Pubs, Clubs And Sikhs

    waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh all, Just wanted to know if a sikh and even a amritdhari sikh can go in to pubs and clubs. I have spoken to a few people, and the same debate happens all the time; -No you should not because Guru Ji would not allow it. -but on the other hand, if...
  12. Kamala

    Post From A Different Forum On Tat Khalsa/Sanatan Sikhism

    I came eupon a post from a different forum and want to know what you guys think.. by no means am I trying to get the origonal poster in trouble and if you have a small mind please do not read the following:
  13. Randip Singh

    Sikhs Living In Shanty Towns And Streets In UK

    Absolutely terrible conditions of these people: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17183171 The illegal immigrants desperate to escape squalor of Britain By Chris Rogers BBC News Many...
  14. Harry Haller

    The 8 Steps To Dying In Sikhism

    Step 1 Embracing the lies At step 1, you take in current popular thinking of Sikhi, the caste system, the different stereotypes of the caste system, you make judgements and observations based on this system, you allow yourself to have a Abrahamic and Vedic view of Sikhism, you are heavy on...
  15. Satyaban

    Hinduism Sikhs And Me

    I joined this website years ago when it was much simpler and pages were not cluttered as they are today. I also made a couple of friends but also encountered some who were caustic to me and dealing with them was quite impossible. I could not be agreeable to them no matter how hard I tried. I...
  16. BaljinderS

    1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom Sikhs Were Massacred In 1984 Even In Indian President Pratibha Patil’s Consistency

    New York (November 27, 2011): While India’s President Pratibha Devisingh Patil is scheduled to present “The Standards” to 6 Lancer, a regiment of Armoured Corp which took part in Operation Blue Star, infamous and notorious Army attack on Darbar Sahib Amritsar in June 1984, Sikhs For Justice...
  17. Taranjeet singh

    Zafarnama

    Zafarnama means the "Declaration of Victory" and is the name given to the letter sent by the tenth in 1705 to the Emperor Aurengjeb.. Guru Ji reminds the emperor how he and his henchmen had broken their oaths taken on the holy Koran. The second letter called "Zafarnama" - the Epistle of...
  18. Ambarsaria

    In Sikhism, What Most You Love?

    It is for too common in lot of Kathas while Parchariks are doing so to be very somber and almost to the point of sorrow. It is kind of softly suffocative and bewildered expression and ambiance all around. The flip side is the “Charrh-di-Kala/Uplifted State” of being in Sikhism. One can...
  19. amarjit singh bamrah

    Hinduism Do Animals Have A Soul? Why Do Many Sikhs Eat Meat?

    Do animals have a soul? What is your opinion? Why do many sikhs eat meat? I have read a lovely book by Sardar Joginder Singh Talwara which states extract from Gurbani where eating Meat is prohibited. If you want a copy of this in English or Punjabi I have this in PDF form and I can e mail...
  20. Gyani Jarnail Singh

    What Type Of Sucham Guru Nanak Ji Taught Us Sikhs To Keep?

    http://rozanaspokesman.com/fullpage.aspx?view=main&mview=Jan&dview=15&pview=6 This is the type of Sucham Guur Nank Ji taught us Sikhs to keep...the Sucham of HONEST LABOUR..not to even TOUCH something not earned honestly....BUT Sikhs ran after the Pandits and the Bippar Brahmins..and adopted...
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