Here is cool news report by CNN about Inmates at prisons in Mexico (the country Mexico, not "New Mexico", USA) being taught Kundalini Yoga as a form of rehabilitation. These teachers as you might recognize in the video stand out with the white turban and clothing and are a product of the teachings of SSS [...]

My mataji (Satkirin Kaur – pictured on the right) has been on tour in England the past few days (Aug 22-31) along with Pritpal Singh and others, playing kirtan and teaching. Dr. Savi who runs the SikhWithin podcast did a short interview with her and recorded some of the kirtan. Have a listen below.
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In this video Shanti Kaur Khalsa discusses the topic on "Why One Should Even Bother living the Sikh Lifestyle?" She explains that even though it is difficult, Sikh history is full of success stories, of those sikhs who kept the lifestyle, regardless of the pressures of the times.

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It seems that one of the side-effects of having my family out of town is that I have a little bit more time to write on MrSikhNet.com. Recently I was talking to an older friend of mine who is a very servicefull "Khalsa Auntie". Over the years she has spent countless hours answering questions to [...]

Every evening these days someone different in our community hosts kirtan/simran/meditation in their home, and lots of people from the sangat come together. It’s so cozy and nice to get together with people and meditate together. This evening as I sat in someone’s home meditating and singing with everyone else, it was such a clear [...]

Shanti Kaur talks about what Guru is, and when we pray to Guru we are actually praying to our universal consciousness, and not some external God. 

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Along with the MANY beautiful and loving emails that I receive all of you at SikhNet, there are always those people who have a lot of ignorance, hate and anger in their life, and seem to try to suck energy from others by spreading their hate and negativity. I’m a very sensitive person, so when [...]

One of the main goals of SikhNet (since it’s inception on the web in 1995) was to provide resources for our youth/children. So that they have the tools and resources to become more spiritual individuals; able to cope with life in these modern times, yet being strong in their identity as a Sikh.
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I got the following email today from family with the below picture and text:

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but starting Jan 1, 2008 you will no longer be able use a cell phone ANYWHERE while driving unless you have a "hands free" adapter. I went to Circuit City and Good Guys, they wanted $50 [...]

The weeks seem to fly by….but then again….where did all the years go?? Before I know it I’ll be a grandfather. Life does zip by.
Well, today is a special day for us since it is Narayan’s 7th Birthday. Because it is a weekday we had a birthday party celebration this past weekend at the [...]

Last week I wrote about my chance encounters of the filming of one of the upcoming bollywood movies called "Kites", which was being filmed here in New Mexico (USA). Tonight I got a taste of the star craziness that seems to be common when it comes to film stars like Hrithik Roshan.
A Sikh friend [...]