The way, in which Sarvan served his parents and took care of them, he is revered as the most obedient and dutiful son every parent desires. In his Kabit, Bhai Gurdas Ji likens the unconditional service and devotion of Sarvan Kumar to his parents to the devotion a Sikh has for the Guru.
Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) is announcing the launch of Sikhia, a powerful platform offering online courses on everything related to Sikhi, from the study of Punjabi and Gurbani to Sikh history and Gurmat Sangit.
The next in the series of Bhagat Maalaa are the stories of Kubija Maalan and Oudhar.
When a senior teacher came from Washington, I asked him, "Why is God's Name identified with truth? Why don't we say God's Name is love?" The man had a nice beard and turban.
Once the research is done, the question becomes: how to translate in a way that has beauty and depth in English, while still staying true to the meaning of the original.
Nasīhatanāmā was said in a conversation between the King of Misar or Rum (regions around Egypt and Turkey), who was a cruel tyrant, and Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is a letter of advice from the Guru to the Emperor or King named as Hamid Karun.
This vast expanse of creation came into being from a single command – something like the Big Bang Theory. And from this One Sound, millions of streams of consciousness came into existence.
Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharaj states within his Gurbaani that the elephant remembered the Lord and in an instance the Lord saved the elephant. Guru Ji explains that this...