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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. M

    Christianity Can Sikhs Respect Jesus As A Good Teacher As Some Jews Do ?

    Can Sikhs respect Jesus as a good teacher like some Jews do ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/people/jesus.shtml
  8. M

    General Can A Person Of Any Race Or Skin Color Convert To Sikhism ?

    Can a person of any race or skin color convert to Sikhism and become a Sikh ? Or is Sikhism only for one race or skln color ? Can a White Person or a Black Person or a Chinese Person convert and become a Sikh ? Is Sikhism a universal religion for all of humanity or humans ...
  9. S

    Do Sikhs Believe In Heaven Or Hell Or Not?

    Hi, Cutting to the chase do sikhs believe in heaven and hell like if you do bad you go hell, if you do good you go heaven because some sikhs say 'no heaven and hell is on earth and we only believe in reincarnation and your deeds in this life will dertimine how good or bad your next life will be'...
  10. Harry Haller

    3 Pillars Of Sikhism-name Them

    Gurfatehji Wikki states that the three pillars of Sikhism are as follows:- The Three Pillars of Sikhism were formalised by Guru Nanak as: 1 The Guru led the Sikhs directly to practise Simran and Naam Japna—meditation on God and reciting and chanting of God’s Name—Waheguru. The Sikh...
  11. Taranjeet singh

    Basics Of Sikhism Revisited

    Three pillars of Sikhism The Three Pillars of Sikhism were formalised by Guru Nanak as: The Guru led the Sikhs directly to practise Simran and Naam Japna—meditation on God and reciting and chanting of God’s Name—Waheguru. The Sikh is to recite the Nitnem banis...
  12. Kellysingh

    Considering Leaving Sikhism Due To Kirpan

    i believe in the gurus,Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji,and 5k and try to live my life as peaceful as can be. i rise in morn,shower, meditate ect... but alas, where i live i get threatend or arrest for ccw because of our article of faith, the kirpan. i ive in fear everyday of getting arrested over...
  13. Taranjeet singh

    52 Hukums Of Guru Gobind Singh Ji

    <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width:99.32%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="99%"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td style="width:4.98%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt" valign="top" width="4%"> 1) </td> <td...
  14. Harry Haller

    Does Sikhism Embrace Mysticism?

    Gurfatehji I quite like the idea that our Gurus left us all their knowledge and experience by way of a living Guru, the SGGS. However, other than being a written record that gives us the tools to deal with life and live it as a good sikh should, is there any further than that? Does the SGGS...
  15. lionsingh

    UK London 2012: Sikhs Allowed To Carry Daggers At Olympics

    A lot of misunderstaning on a national newspaper site...I would appreciate anyone to join in the debate as I alone cant help the right of the Kirpan. Some comments that I am faced with "Sikhs should not be allowed to carry daggers,and if they do not like it,get back to their own country" "The...
  16. bhaibandi

    Sikhs In Uruguay, South America

    SIKH DHARMA BHAIBANDI - YouTube
  17. J

    Sikhism New Video Of Sikhs In Argentina

    Nicest people in the world, well what Sikh isn't xD Sikhs in Argentina - YouTube Sikhs in Argentina - YouTube Sikhs in Argentina - YouTube
  18. lionsingh

    World War 1 For The Brave Sikhs Who Fought For The Freedom

    for the brave Sikhs that fought for freedom. On this day in the UK when we remember the brave who died for our freedom, we remember the Sikhs who fought side by side to defeat evil. sikh WW - YouTube
  19. lionsingh

    World War 2 To All The Brave Sikhs, All 88,000 Of The Fallen

    for the brave Sikhs that fought for freedom. On this day in the UK when we remember the brave who died for our freedom, we remember the Sikhs who fought side by side to defeat evil. sikh WW - YouTube
  20. D

    UK Comic Book On Guru Nanak To Be Released In December 2011

    April 15, 1469, three hours before dawn, the village of Talwandi, about forty miles south-west of Lahore witnessed the birth of one of the greatest spiritual leaders of all times. When the child was born, a flash of light filled the home of Mehta Kalu Bedi and wife Tripta. And when he took his...
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