One of the main goals of SikhNet is to provide inspiration and resources for our children. Did you know that SikhNet not only has the largest collection of Gurbani audio online, but we also have the largest online collection of audio Sikh Stories for Children? And we’re adding a new story just about every week! [...]

 
Many of our SikhNet visitors have discussed with us and asked us, how can we give our values our virtues and our valor to our children? Why must we raise our children on Mickey Mouse and television cartoons? Soul Spirit and Reality – that’s what our children really want from us as parents. As Sikhs [...]

Well, it’s been almost three years since I last was rambling about this idea of making audio stories for kids. I had originally wanted to do something more involved with sound effects, so this was going to be a bigger project than I was prepared to take on, so it never happened.
I keep getting [...]

by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa – www.ekongkaar.blogspot.com
Plays of Light. Earth. Metals of earth. What we bond with through our mind. Through the plays of space and time. What we miss. What we forget…
 

The beach at Surfside, Texas Saturday before last was picturesque and perfect. October skies – the color of blue that only comes [...]

Here is another one of the stories by Shanti Kaur Khalsa from the Jaap Sahib Course about Guru Gobind Singh ji’s wife Mata Jito Ji.

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In our Ardas every day, we remember the brave women who stood their ground against tyranny – "Those women who sacrificed for truth, suffering through hunger and pain at the hand of the enemy, but never gave up their faith and determination to live according to Sikh Dharma with all their hair to their last [...]

by Shanti Kaur Khalsa 
In 1685, the young Guru Gobind Rai sat on the banks of the river Jamuna at Paonta and contemplated the glory of the One God in an ecstasy that could not be contained.  Having left the city of Anandpur Sahib a few months earlier, his exalted mind found the gentle peace of [...]

I remember the many nights when I was a kid that my mother played the "Guru Ram Das Lullabye" with her guitar as I drifted off to sleep. This is a beautiful lullabye which is from the 1970s…and is one that I now sing to my children. The following recording is by Gurushabd Singh and [...]

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Today someone forwarded me a link to a cool video which appears to be clay animation. This is the first animated video I have seen telling stories related to Guru Nanak (or any Guru for that matter). I am familiar with all the stories, but there was something nice about seeing it visually in the [...]

Tonight I would like to share with you a video telling various stories from the Life of Guru Gobind Singh ji. This audio/slideshow was put together by Shanti Kaur here in Espanola, NM. for the Jaap Sahib Camp. There are quite a few interesting stories so set aside some time and watch or listen to [...]

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by Snatam Kaur
When I pulled into the parking lot of the Relief Nursery in Eugene, Oregon, I took a deep breath. After being on tour for two weeks already my legs ached just stepping out of the car. We had traveled from Edmonton, Canada all the way down the Northwest, dipping into cities [...]