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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...

Sikhism & the Status of Women By Harjit Kaur Arora, Professor of Economics, Le Moyne College, University of Syracuse, USA We as human beings belong to a social group at birth and our development and growth is influenced largely by that groups' philosophy. Being a Sikh woman by birth and part...

Gaining A Better Understanding of Sikhism Educational Video Gaining A Better Understanding of Sikhism Educational Video. Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Assistance. Diversity Series: Religions, Cultures and Communities (NCJ 212664). YouTube - Gaining A...

The aim of all religions, in its true form, is to bring mystic ascendancy as the positive waves and, thus transforming the negative waves of de-ascendancy as from the flow of desire and emotions in the direction of vagueness of urge. The desires have the two aspects, which we may learn to...

It is the Art of Ascendancy that always helps us to transcend our self to the metaphysical world, the ideal world, which we happen to know as the schizoid world, as Sir William James and other philosophers in natural philosophy and psychologists in humanistic psychology express. The Divine...

WHAT SIKHISM SAYS ABOUT GENDER AND SEX by I.J. Singh This century has discovered the evils of sexism, and gender politics is such that the subject will not go away, nor should it. Gender issues remain minefields that continue to impact all human societies, including Sikh teaching and...

In the status of the deceased, the best answer is to tell the people who lost someone what they want to hear. No one would say "sorry to tell you but your grandma is in hell looking up at you".

Liberation is awakening from the deep sleep of ignorance. This process could take a millisecond or a lifetime. It requires conquering our own mind. Guru is the only one who is awake and Guru awakens us if we can accept Guru’s poking. “Just like an intoxicated elephant, our mind is drunk with the...

Here's a video which is self-explanatory. Would you agree that Josh and Hosh are similar to Miri and Piri ? If no, give your valid comments. YouTube - Cute Child - Excellent Parents - Proud Kaum

There has been recent discrimination against turban and a Sikh was discriminated against wearing a turban in police in Ireland. Sat Hari Singh Khalsa. from NYC, a converted Irish Sikh wrote a letter to Minister Lenihan who he accused of “a throwback and re-expression of sectarianism, a violation...

Admin note: Forum member ji - The thread starter has proffered many distortions of Gurbani and Sikh history on this thread. Read with caution. Hi Brethren, I am a retired lecturer in Metallurgy and I preach Sikhism and Christianity. I believe that Sikhism is continuation of Christianity and...

Randip ji You began this sub-forum asking posters to provide serious scholarship on the subject of sects, cults and groups within Sikhism. Given the requirement of serious scholarship, the task becomes quite difficult, if seeking this information on the world wide web. Here are some...

Blend of Sikhism and Vedanta Tarlochan Singh Mahant Ram Singh and Sant Jodh Singh from the Nirmala Ashram at Rishikesh NIRMALA ASHRAMS all over India are carrying on their mission to serve the people irrespective of caste and creed and remain away from any...

Critique of Louis Fenech’s thesis on Concept of Martyrdom in Sikhism | The Sikh Tradition of Martyrdom Reviewed by Tharam Singh by Louis Emanuel Fenech Subject of a thesis submitted for a PhD degree at the University of Ontario [Reproduced from...

Sat sri akal, I've got major problems that I could use some advice on... I am a gora (no religion) and my girlfriend is Sikh, she is ready for marriage but thinks marrying me would tear her family apart and leave us alienated. I have met the parents (but was not introduced as a boyfriend) and...

Integration of out-castes in Sikhism. As we are aware that there is no caste in Sikhism, yet a person from outcastes converted into Sikhism could later on be the front runner to convert more outcastes into Sikhism.. By our own folly in past we have missed the chance when we did not let Dr...

A Discourse on the Future of Sikhism Harbans Singh Bhola* * Dr. Harbans Singh Bhola is Professor of Education, Indiana University,Bloomington, USA, 47405. E-mail: bhola@indiana.edu The conventional wisdom is that the future is unknown and unknowable. It is also believed by many that both...

Gurfateh ji, well, just found this interesting piece of writing whilte surfing the internet, thought it makes an interesting reading and some food of thought... should help us in dealing with such kind of questions... Hello everyone, Some facts about the Sikhism, Sikh history, and the Sikh...

Admin note: This thread was created from posts located in another thread Dominance of Rituals in the Sikh Religion. The conversation began to look at reincarnation more than ritual. Thus this thread was created to accommodate the new focus of discussion. Thank you On my very First visit to...

i need information on converting to sikh as i already have done much research on sikh and the gurus and their teachings