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When the Saints Go Marching In Tuesday, 26 August 2014: I have to say. This thing they call meditation? Pretty freaking cool. Before the Siri Singh Sahib’s teachings and I found each other, I’d been fed all sorts of hogwash by all sorts of well-meaning people. “When you meditate, you will be at peace”. “You will…

  Two veteran media gurus who are helping with the campaign, Geoff Garin and Isaac Baker, made presentations outlining how the Sikh image can be reshaped. Garin, who works with Hart Research, is a former political strategist to Hillary Clinton. Baker’s firm AKPD Message and Media worked for President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns. “The…

This is a 28 video comprehensive playlist that teaches you to learn Gurmukhi from start to finish. This is one of many Basics of Sikhi playlists. Thank you to the Basics of Sikhi team for creating this free online tutorial. This is a comprehensive series that will be very good for learning Gurbani from the start….

Sikhism is the 5th largest organized religion of the world. “About 40 miles north of California’s capital is a small agricultural community spanning about 14 square miles. It’s name is Yuba City. Population: about 65 thousand and for the first weekend of every November this rural area farmland becomes home to one of the largest…

Yogi Tea is health promoting, delicious, soothing and a great coffee substitute. Wherever a 3HO community is gathered, you will notice the heavenly aroma of Yogi Tea. The benefits of Yogi Tea would fill pages. In the science of yogic foods the spices used are said to have the following properties.   • Black pepper: blood purifier…

“The trees are God’s great alphabet:  With them He writes in shining greenAcross the world His thoughts serene” ~Leonora Speyer Ludhiana has set a world records for planting One Lakh Trees in one hour on July 20th.   Ludhiana, one of the world’s most polluted cities, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) – is attempting to break…

A nice effort to introduce the rejected Princesses of Sikh history. Introducing the eleventh Rejected Princess: Mai Bhago, 18th century Sikh warrior-saint and only survivor of the Battle of Khidrana. Editor’s Note: SikhNet chanced upon a website dedicated to female figures in history and folk lore throughout the world. We were surprised to find that Mai…

The institution of the Sikh langar started by the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak was designed to uphold the principle of equality between all people regardless of religion, caste, colour, creed, age, gender or social status.   Here is what Medhavi Arora writes in her article: The Times of India as also the Center for Global…

  “We are no more unique than the leaves on a tree. We emerge from the branch which emerges from the trunk which emerges from the root which emerges from the Earth. We live a short while, fall to the ground, and begin the journey again. ” what beautiful lines of an anonymous writer means exactly…

Sikhs and other members of the Boston community participate in a prayer vigil and shared a meal at Trinity Church last month following a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. (Maria Cristina Vlassidis) Sikhs and other members of the Boston community participate in a prayer vigil and shared a meal at Trinity Church last…

The world’s second-biggest restaurant chain after Subway already tailors its menus to suit local tastes — which in India means no beef to avoid offending Hindus and no pork to cater for Muslim requirements. It will open its first vegetarian outlet in the middle of next year near the Golden Temple in the Sikh holy…

Wahe Kaur urges women to recognize the grace within you.  We are mothers of this earth. “Without women nothing would have existed”. Our world is shifting and humanity needs–now more than ever–the healing presence of the universal mother.   Never before have we as a global group of women been holding so much potential, so…