Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

In the Guru’s Own Words: Spiritual Progression

The Guru shabda, I am going to elaborate is by Third Nanak, who shares his personal experience with us through it.  It is very important to know how one gets enlightened through the Guru teachings. In the most of the shabdas in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the follower is advised to prefer Har Naam to …

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Elevating Toward The Utimate Freedom

Sikhi differs from all religions in context of guiding (not governing) the believers; it is limited to suggestions, because it has no forcible measures to be taken against the believers. In worse case, the followers are advised to avoid those individuals, who involve in slandering, practicing hypocrisy and involving in immorality and unethical acts.  Any …

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Thus Speaks Guru Nanak

First Nanak’s gift to his followers is how to attain spiritual heights through reason; if they remain blind in ignorance, the Guru states that their fate will remain mortgaged to old money making techniques established in the name of religions. The Guru credits the failure in obtaining spiritual heights and liberation to Maya slumber, which …

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Harmandar: Within

In India, it has been a tradition for a while to search the Creator outside in forests and mountains by leaving families behind; in the Gurbani, it is stressed that such efforts are not helpful in realizing the Creator. In First Nanak’s Bani Sidh Gost, the Yogis asked the Guru, thinking he too left the …

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Remember and pray!

For centuries, the month of December has been reminding us (the Sikhs) how Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji and his family along with his beloved khalsa sacrificed their lives without bending down before a powerful but brutal regime; today, we have become champions of freedom for all because of our ancestors’ unselfish bravery. I urge …

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