Sikhi

Sikhi is not a belief but a way of life and Gurbani gives us the tools to live and create the life of Miri-Piri by attaining sehaj- Gurmat fulcrum.

Beliefs are for the dogmatic religions based on subjective truths whereas Sikhi is all about relative/objective reality.

Baba Farid said

If you can enlight yourself, you can meet Me.

And meeting Me, will provide you eternal bliss.

If you can remain to be Mine, the World will be yours.

Presented about Sikhism at a public school.

At St. Gabriels Secondary School here in Singapore, i spoke for 20 minutes on the topic of Sikhs and Sikhism to the students during morning assembly. I covered general topics on the Sikh religion, Sikh culture and articles of the Sikh faith.



Thank you to Prof. Jaswant Singh Master Ji and Sikh Center for the opportunity.

Prof Jaswant Singh has been my guide to Sikhism for the past few months and we have become very close friends from the brotherhood of sangat that Prof Jaswant Singh leads here in Singapore.



It was the first time i did some community work directly for Sikhism to the general public.

I have spoke at many IT conferences about technology all over the world and i have been told many times i have the talent of public speaking. Often i did not have to prepare for presentations and could just start talking from nothing once on stage. Finally i have been given the opportunity to use this God given talent for propagating Sikhism.

I hope He blesses me with more opportunities such as this.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

we all humans after all oh yogis, sadhus and holy ones

A self-proclaimed master of yoga who performed miracles that the people of Ramnagar village in India seemed to believe in, the baba announced in front of thousands of his followers on July 11 that he would meditate underground for seven days for peace in the world and the good of all.

but.... clearly, Baba Shiv Dass made a mistake he would not be able to regret.

Read more about the story at http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080719/main6.htm

trying to find out how universe came into being?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7512586.stm

I copy a portion of the news report below:

At allotted points along the tunnel, the beams will cross paths, smashing into one another with cataclysmic force. Scientists hope to see new particles in the debris of these collisions, revealing fundamental new insights into the nature of the cosmos and how it came into being.

Re-incarnation revisited.

The topic about Sikhs believing in re-incarnation or not often shows up in Sikh religion based forums. Here is one written by Manmohan Singh (Baveja)Sydney - Australia, that i agree with. It is also how Prof Jaswant Singh from Sikh Center, Singapore desribed it.

As stated in Gurbani, the body is formed of elements and instilled with Jyot, which origniate from Ek-Onkar or Akal Purukh or Parmesar or Nirankar, as one may prefer to call. On end of any particular life of a human, the Jyot re-merges with the Source ( Akal Purukh or Ek-Onkar etc.) and the physical body made up of elements disintegrates to re-merge with the similar elements in environment. Whether on calls the Jyot, as stated in Gurmat, Soul or Atma, is another matter, but it MUST not be confused with commonly understood mythological form of Soul, which is believed to move from one life body to another and at times it is also believed to be without a body, when some believe it beomes a Ghost.

Thus, let us restrict this name to Jyot, as is stated in Gurbani and avoid use of Soul in relation to Sikh beliefs, as per Gurmat.

One has to first grasp the concept of Akal Purukh or Ek - Onkar or Nirankar or Parmatma or Parmesar. For this one has to stay focused on the defination of Ek - Onkar at the start of Gurbani in SGGS, which is Ominpresent and Formless. This clearly expresses Its existance in the immediate envronment of us all. Thus on end of one life form the Jyot merges back with the Ek -Onkar, present in its immediate vicinity and the body of course with the source elements in the earth and atmosphere.

World's best drummer?

Sikh soldiers in Africa

Undeterred by a warning cross where Hutu rebels recently attacked park rangers, UN forces advance up Nyiragongo volcano. The rebels cut trees and produce charcoal in the park, a lucrative trade that is destroying the forest. Their presence is also keeping out tourists. On this patrol, the blue-turbaned Sikh peacekeepers routed the rebels without firing a shot.

The Virunga National Park (formerly Albert National Park) lies from the Virunga Mountains, to the Rwenzori Mountains, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bordering Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda. Covering 7,800 square kilometres (3,000 sq mi) it was established in 1925 as Africa's first national park. It was classified as a World Heritage Site in 1979. In later years it has become known for its mountain gorillas, although poaching and the Congo Civil War have seriously damaged its wildlife population.

More stories and photos here:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/07/virunga/stirton-photography

Audrey says

"We are, each of us, angels with only one wing,
and we can only fly embracing each other."
– Luciano Decrescenzo