Article by Karan from: http://www.spiritvoyage.net
Karan: I wanted to talk to you about the 4 aspects of a Sikh lifestyle: Bana (outward projection/clothing), Bani (recitation), Simran(meditation) and Seva (selfless service). I know that as a musician and devoted Sikh, these play a major role [...]
To celebrate my birthday I woke up extra early this morning, did my banis, meditation and yoga. I then helped Arjan get the kids off to school and then sat down at the computer at home. I’m on the computer a lot, but this time my task wasn’t the normal one. I setup the SikhNet [...]
Today during my "lunch break" I was searching around for some iPhone related stuff and happened upon an article about mobile phone ring tones and thought I would give my phone an upgrade from the plain old iPhone ringers which are pretty lame. I have been meaning to change the ringer for ages, but never [...]
I am starting to go through some of the saved recordings from Gurdwara over the past many months and will try to post them in the coming days/weeks.
A week or so ago Snatam Kaur was back in action singing in Gurdwara with her little beautiful baby girl. She played Kirtan for about an hour in [...]
A little over a year ago I wrote a blog post about my interest in making a handwritten computer font style of Gurmukhi Calligraphy. While my excitement was there and I received emails from a few people who could hand write Gurbani Calligraphy, I didn’t have the time to make it happen.
A few days ago [...]
Over the past years my practice of reciting the nitnem banis has been sporadic. It’s like any spiritual practice, it takes commitment and discipline to continue day in and day out. Sometimes I am on solid, and sometimes not. My challenge is to be stable all the time. In the past I had my [...]
by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa * ekongkaar.blogspot.com
Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh.
Almost two years ago (oh my goodness – has it really been that long??), I posted a draft translation of Guru Amar Das’s Anand Sahib on my blog. Since that time, the translation has gone [...]
Been "treading water" these days trying to keep up with everything going on, but after a few emails from people wanting some more audio and lectures I managed to sort through some of the raw recordings that have been piling up. Here are a few recent ones to listen to….
Someone forwarded this audio track of Chardikala Jatha from their last visit to Singapore. Have a listen and download :)
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Chardikala Jatha is heading out to england very soon so if you are going to be in the england area, check them out.
Continuing on the theme of the Shabad Guru, Guruka Singh speaks about how Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is a living guru, and not a ‘holy book’.
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Every year during the 3HO Summer Solstice Event in the mountains of Espanola, New Mexico many of us enjoy hearing beatiful kirtan by so many talented musicians from many different backgrounds. I was able to record some of it to share with you all. It has taken me some time to go through [...]