Browsing Tag: Peace

Major Gurdwaras and their congregations around the world observed the UN Int'l Day of Peace on Sept 21, 2014. The Guru's message in the Sukhmani, or "Psalm of Peace" is particularly appropriate to add to the positive energy of this worldwide movement.

On July 23, 2013, the San Jose Interfaith Youth Council visited the Sikh community in Espanola, New Mexico. The teenagers on the Youth Council represented many different faiths. SikhNet.com hosted their visit and shared stories about the first Sikh Master, Guru Nanak, and his Interfaith beginnings.

Silence and focus can bring forth deeply hidden feelings with no warning. It was an intense feeling of love and belonging; a connection to life. Then I understood why this was not a temple: you do not come to this place to worship anything in the temple; the temple is you.

The mission of Peace Learning Circles is to promote a culture of peace through education to youth and communities.

The sharing or selfless service we call Seva should be used to ease the lives of others who are experiencing difficulties. Society has a responsibility to ensure that their last days on this earth are as comfortable as possible, and their dignity is maintained when they are too weak or frail to look after themselves.

Sikh communities need greater awareness about mental health and the connection with spirituality and seek their rights to spirituality. It is important that we stay in Chardhi Kala - healthy mental state and share the daswand - one tenth of sewa with the world.

Dhan Siri Guru Har Rai ji. May we see you in our mind's eye, may we feel you in our heart's heart!

During his first ever visit to a Sikh congregation, He stated, “If we are looking for a model, Guru Nanak gives us the best model in the 21st century. I feel a great sense of pride in figures like Guru Nanak from South Asia who brings us together and tell us to hold on to the concept of unity of God.”

Global Zero members believe that the only way to eliminate the nuclear threat — including proliferation and nuclear terrorism — is to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, secure all nuclear materials and eliminate all nuclear weapons.

Over 200 spiritual leaders, including Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists, will attend a multi-faith meeting being hosted by Pope Benedict XVI on October 27 in Vatican to promote world peace.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded Friday to three influential women from Africa and the Middle East, a decision intended to draw attention to the suppression of women’s rights around the world and spur their fight for greater equality in male-dominated societies.

Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in New Delhi in an engagement that saw no major breakthroughs over outstanding disputes but a commitment to pursue dialogue.

Liu Xiaobo, an impassioned literary critic, political essayist and democracy advocate repeatedly jailed by the Chinese government for his writings, won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of “his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.”

Our mission is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.

All eyes in the operating room were on me. All ears waited. What was I to do? I had exhausted all of my options… all but one! I never thought of praying before this day. Although I had been an acolyte in the Episcopal Church as a youth, I had no interest in religion.

The news of the sudden demise of Ram Narayan Kumar reached me just like a bolt from the blue

"We want to show the world that this is the way that we all can live. The world needs this kind of unity," said Darshan Singh Mundy

"It's an experience Snatam Kaur offers in her music” and embodies in her life...

KTVU's Diane Guerrazzi reports on Sikh Peace March in Berkeley California....