The past few days I have been adding lots of new music to the SikhNet Gurbani Media Center, and it’s always exciting for me to hear new musicians explore their creativity using Gurbani and Mantras. The past year I have seen quite a...
A few years ago I blogged about a cool audio affirmation that SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (Yogi Bhajan) made a recording of many years ago. It is about being patient in life, not worrying and letting God take care of your affairs. The...
Last night I was trying to go to sleep early so I could wake up refreshed in Amritvela to Meditate, and just kept sitting watching/reading the flood of twitter posts (particularly #Rajoana #IPledgeOrange ) finding it hard to put away my...
Most people from India are used to the many spices added to their food; but many might not realize the health benefits of one of them called Turmeric (also known as “Haldi” in India). Turmeric is great in food, but also has...
A long time ago…
in a galaxy far, far away…
I made computer games…
I discovered the magic of computers in the 1970’s, working on a DEC PDP-11 at Ohio State University where I was working as a...
For a while I have been wanting to update the blog layout because it was too narrow and the page ended up being really long. Now there is lots more room and some other nice features. You might have noticed the...
Every morning Charanjeet wakes up around 6:30am and one of the first things she always wants (aside from oatmeal) is to see her brother Narayan. She just says it over and...
Here is a lecture by SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, from Gurdwara on June 18th 1989, on the topic of God and Religion.
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In India at the time of Guru Nanak, there were many yogis. They lived alone, they did not marry, nor did they work for their living. They lived in meditation caves, wore coats made from many rags patched...
by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa
In my meditation this morning, I had a chance to see something about karma. One could say that after experimenting with a lot of different types of spiritual practices over the...
This morning I realized that the rest of the world was going to be celebrating valentines day. This holiday (like most) is not really religious (for most people at least) but a day when the guys are expected...
Here are a few pictures from yesterday in the morning before Narayan went off to school. Arjan wanted to send out some cards to family with a picture of the kids so I took a quick picture as best I could....
I was born and raised during my early years in Los Angeles, and spent the first many years of my life there. I don’t really think Los Angeles is all that special, however the Sangat/Community that I...
The Sikh Dharma International website has just been launched (Read the official press release). I just checked it out and there is lots of information about the organization and great educational content about...
by Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa
http://ekongkaar.blogspot.com/
Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh. We had a wonderful time at YogaYoga in Austin this last weekend. There was a great...
I just got a beautiful new audio track from Balvinder Singh (Australia wale) which is titled "The Sweet Song". The actual words are from the shabad by Guru Arjan Dev Ji: "Jo Mangeh Thakur Apne...
by Snatam Kaur
The sun was beautiful, shining warmly on the Los Angeles neighborhood nestled between the two busy streets of Fairfax and Beverly. I was using some free time between recording sessions...
"We all Walk in Different Shoes"
A few days ago, Kenneth Cole unveiled one of his new ads on a wall of Rockefeller Center in New York City. The model is, surprisingly, a sardar.
The campaign...
This article was originally written in 1981 when I was working as a Research Associate in High Energy Physics at Ohio State University. Reading Rawel Singh’s recent article that he submitted to the...
[photopress:IMG_0387_1.JPG,full,centered] Messy Face Charanjeet Kaur after having a snack of jam and cashew button on a rice cracker.
[photopress:IMG_0412.JPG,full,centered] She didn’t bother...
My mother (Satkirin Kaur) just came out with a beautiful new CD titled "Ignite Your Light". I have been listening to it often since I got it in December. The CD was made to use for meditation and...