Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

The Group Mentality And “Sikhi”

The Gurbani forbids the Sikhs to mortgage their sense of fairness to their group alliances; however, the group mentality commands many of the Sikhs’ general behavior; on many Sikh sites, it is not the fairness that is important but the importance of the group that runs the site. This very practice is seen in the …

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The Spiritual Aspect Of Sikhi

Without spirituality and love for the Creator, life passes through many realms of momentarily ecstasy and unending agony as per First Nanak. He rejects all temporary pleasures for the sake of the Creator’s love; to him, accursed is that life in which the praises of the Creator are not done without any selfish agenda; life …

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Everlasting Bliss

First Nanak explains how to become worthy in the eyes of the Creator in Japji, on 1, SGGS: ਕਿਵ ਸਚਿਆਰਾ ਹੋਈਐ ਕਿਵ ਕੂੜੈ ਤੁਟੈ ਪਾਲਿ ॥ Kiv sachiaaraa hoeeai kiv koorrai thuttai paal || How can one be truthful and how can be the veil of falsehood torn away?             …

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SIKHI: Beyond Religions

The world moves with crowd mentality; the crowd mentality is bound by the physical, political, media force with an element of popularity. The world religions are popular because of this crowd mentality generated through different kinds of forces. In ancient Indian scriptures, truth about the Creator was introduced, but it failed to become a part …

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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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