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Although we as Sikhs are supposed to respect all religions. However in todays world many Sikhs have a friends that are Muslim, Hindu etc. I do myself. But do we keep history in mind while having these people as friends. For example Muslims killed and betrayed many Sikhs, which is why we're told...

Can a person be both Sikh and Muslim at the same time...? Is this possible?

by Dmitri Hamlim Is that all there is? Recently I found myself in New York at The Huffington Post office, talking to Arianna herself about the questions my generation is asking of a world that seems increasingly meaningless despite our outward progress and technological development...

Who is a 'sehajdhari'? CHANDIGARH: For the past several years, the Sikh community has been besieged by confusion and legal conflicts in the absence of clarity on the term 'Sehajdhari'. The present development arising out of withdrawal of a notification by the central government is all set...

I am an agnostic who enoys life, is very comfortable with his surroundings and inner being, is not spiritual, drinks, smokes, looks at other women without guilt ( sometimes points out the nicer ones to the wife!) and generally indulges in whatever makes me (and my wife happy). I have no guilt...

We often try to look on the bright side of things but its undeniable, why is the world in such a horrid state? Not only with physical acts, wars, abuse, disasters, hunger, poverty etc., but emotionally? Especially in the west, why is selfishness rampant? Why is humanity disappearing??? Why is...

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Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman Recently, blogger Andrew Sullivan put up a post called "The Scientific View of Man." He ended it with an aside, saying, "If I could disbelieve in God, I would," and two days later, one of his readers wrote back: "Funny, I'm the exact opposite; if I could believe in...

WJKK WGJKF, My question is above. I did this when i was 13 years old, but not to make it look better, only because it itched very much. Are there any consequences for me, that Ive did that big sin. My parents weren´t much orthodox that they can enlight me, about it and it was very embarrassing...

Okay so this might be a really weird question but I am new to Sikhism, I was trying to explain Sikhism to my Muslim friend, she asked me how is it possible for the guru to be a guru when two are alive at the same time? if their lives overlapped how does that work, were their two gurus at one...

I am a college student seeking answers for a psychology assignment regarding how Sikhs (sp?) deal with regret, what causes it, what it does to your person, and how to live without it. Lastly, how important it is in Sikh faith. Below is the actual question given by my instructor: Choose a...

Ssa ji to all, I have a burning question regarding the script of guru Granth sahib and early gurbani. As far as I am aware guru angad ji created/standardised the Gurmukhi script and therefore any writings of gurbani before this would not have been in this script. If this is the correct then...

Organ Donor Question for Driving Licence Applicants Would-be drivers will be asked if they want to join NHS organ donor register as part of a pilot scheme. A special box for transporting human organs. Only 27% of people in the UK are...

hi, i have a question Ive read in many religious articles and heard in many Kathas that Sikhs and Waheguru Ji rejects the cast and creed system yet still many people believe that one should marry someone of their own cast, even if they are both sikh. Is this a tradional concept or a religious...

Dhan Nirankar, Dear all, I recently started learning some bandishes from books on gurmat sangeet. My question: In the GuruGranthSahib, there is gurbani with the heading "sri raag" which means the following bani is to be sung in the sri raag. In order to fulfill/understand this, how does one...

forwarded by SPN member Tejwant Singh ji Malik Several months ago, as I was riding on the New York City subway, I glanced up at the usual band of advertising that ran over the windows and noticed something unusual: a small square poster that contained the logo of the New York Public...

What do you think of this interesting statement on our Sikh Gurus ? I am a Sikh who is proud of his Hindu heritage. I allways knew this fact, but someone put it very beautifully. Read this - The Sikh Gurus had Hindu names.. Nanak Dev - Dev is found in Sanskrit Angad Dev - Angad is the name of...

I noticed that people who wear a kirpan always have it hanging on the left side. When i asked my family, they didn't have an answer and just said thats the right side to have it and it had never been questioned. So i'm just wondering if there is a specific reason for this? and if it would be...

Nikki Haley provokes question: What's Sikhism? By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN While researching my prior post about Nikki Haley coming under attack by her fellow South Carolina Republicans for her Sikh heritage, I came across a local activist, Oran Smith of the Palmetto Family...

Taboo or Not Taboo ... That is the Question ...<small>by I.J. SINGH</small> With apologies to Will Shakespeare ... The first response to the title of this essay is predictable: certainly there are no food taboos in Sikhism. This is after...