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Hello everybody I'm mainly interested in the concept of total liberation and the question about the recitation of the Name of God..how do we know the Name of God? Did He/She said it to us..all religions and phlisophies came up with different names....could someone explain that to me..with words...

Hello, I'm a Northern European practicing Hinduism (Saiva Siddhanta from Natha lineage) while I have a great respect for Sikhism. I have several questions concerning Sikhism & to make sure that I would really get a proper answer, I decided to join this forum instead of just asking in a random...

Birmingham Sikh leader overwhelmed by OBE Dec 31, 2014 14:46 By Neil Elkes http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/birmingham-sikh-leader-overwhelmed-obe-8367075 A Sikh community leader, who has worked to bring city faiths closer together, spoken of his pride at being handed an OBE in the New...

Naam Ras 2014: Spiritual Sikh Event Draws More Non-Sikhs tabla! Friday, Jan 02, 2015 http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/naam-ras-2014-spiritual-sikh-event-draws-more-non-sikhs Held at the Singapore Expo Hall from Dec 25 to 28, Naam Ras Kirtan Darbar 2014 brought thousands of people from...

'Dera' followers, Sikhs clash in Moga Tuesday, 30 December 2014 - 9:35pm IST | Place: Moga | Agency: PTI http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dera-followers-sikhs-clash-in-moga-sec-144-clamped-2048229 Prohibitory orders were clamped on Tuesday and police fired in the air to disperse...

Confused vandals target Sikh temple GRACE MILLIMACI October 29, 2014, 1:22 pm https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/25379132/confused-vandals-target-sikh-temple/ Video available at above website. Confused vandals have sprayed anti-Muslim graffiti at a Sikh temple in Perth's northern...

Every year on New Year's Day the Pasadena Rose Parade hits the streets to showcase the history and culture of Southern California and the country at large. This year, for the first time ever, the parade hosted a float that celebrated the important and little-known history of Sikhs in America --...

There were many nomination for the ‘Sikh of the Year 2014′ award but the one who stood out the most is Ravinder Singh, CEO of Khalsa Aid. A message from Ravi Singh, CEO/ Founder of Khalsa Aid: Ravinder Singh has been honored with ‘The Sikh of the Year 2014′ Award in Amritsar. It is a...

A documentary portraying the lives of the Sikligar Sikhs, the blacksmiths/ironsmiths and weapon makers of the Khalsa Army of the Sikhs. Very little is known about the Sikligars in and outside of India, as they have been displaced through years of colonization and government oppression...

A statue of the longest surviving fighter pilot from a group of 24 Indians who arrived in Britain in 1940 has been unveiled in Kent. Sqn Ldr Mahinder Singh Pujji arrived in Britain in 1940 and died at the age of 92 in Gravesend in 2010. The statue is intended to represent all the service...

A newly released BBC documentary. It details the history behind some of the artifacts surviving from the Sikh Raj. It's worth a watch for anyone who is interested in Sikh history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbgX34cggqg

Kartar Lalvani, the Indian-origin founder of Vitabiotics, the largest vitamins company by sales in the UK, has been conferred an honorary professorship of University of Franche-Comte, one of the oldest universities in Europe, for his work in the field of dermatology. The post, only the second...

http://worldsikh.ca/news-release/first-turbaned-sikh-woman-canadian-navy-milestone-wso NOTE: I feel a little odd posting this, since it's about me! Humbled is more like it...I'm not the type to look for the spotlight haha. p.s. the photo was taken at Khardung La - World's highest motor able...

Kindly share your views on the above question. If possible we should try to keep compact answers with Bani as support for your answers. I will start: I think Aim of Sikh should be to find God and be one with it and From God I don't mean Mythical Gods/Goddesses like Brahma, Zeus, Vishnu etc...

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh, I am really intrigued by an idea that is forming from reading Gurbani, that Guru Nanak describes an epistemology that is actually somewhere in between rationalism and empiricism but more like a unique kind of empiricism. I realize this may not be...

Descendants of British Indian Army soldiers, including a Brighton student, arrived in full military uniform at the Royal Pavilion and discovered its role as a hospital during the First World War. From December 1914 – February 1916, the Royal Pavilion was converted from a palace into a...

Since the past 10 years, Sajjan Singh, an engineer in Hyderabad, has been chasing the stories of his people, the Deccani Sikhs, and seen them disappear like rabbits down a hole — old reports commissioned by central or state minority commissions would cancel their own oral histories or only...

Hundreds of flood-victims in Jammu and Kashmir who found shelter at various gurdwaras across the the state are grateful to the Sikh community for their contribution in the rescue efforts. Abdul Rasheed has been staying in Gurudwara Shaheed Bunga for past 17 days ever since he along with his...

Washington: Ahead of the Sep 23 UN Climate Summit in New York, Washington-based environmental organisation, EcoSikh has asked Sikhs to strengthen their connection to the Sikh faith through environmentalism and expand their political voice. "We want to inspire the Sikh community to take...

Firstly, hats off to the contributors to date for this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_philosophy It exists, and neatly collects main points of Sikhi in a western-friendly way (even though that can lead to some misunderstanding). My question for you all here, is "How would...