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...
On October 20th we celebrate the anniversary of the day when the Siri Guru Granth Sahib was declared the Guru of the Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh. The Siri Guru Granth Sahib is this living Guru, the Shabad Guru...
This past week we released a new feature on SikhNet (Shabad Printer) which allows you to beautifully customize, share or print any daily hukamnama or Gurbani Shabads. You can choose from many different...
Last month Sprit Voyage held a first of it’s kind Music festival called Spirit Fest in West Virginia (USA) in the Shenandoah Mountains. Participants spent three days chanting, singing and practicing...
Quite a few Sikhs use Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family, but you can also use facebook to stay connected and up to date with happenings in the Sikh community and SikhNet in general. If you are...
This week in honor of the Birthday Anniversary of Guru Ram Das Ji. (Oct 9th) you can listen to a selection of shabads in praise or by Guru Ram Das. If you are like me and work most of your day on the...
September 21st was the International Day of Peace. It is organized by the United Nations and celebrated all over the world. The International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”) provides an opportunity for...
This is a special time of year as we come close to the Birthday of Guru Ram Das Ji. One of the nice parts about this time of year in our community is the coming together as a Sangat in a personal way. Starting...
In the previous post I wrote about WHAT meditation is and how it works. In this article we’ll go more into detail on HOW to meditate and provide a list of different of meditations that you can start to...
"Meditation is one process through which you can resolve conflict and misfortune, rather than playing it through in real life."
So what exactly is meditation? How do you do it? Well, actually...
Many people have difficulty going to sleep even though they are tired. There are many reasons for insomnia. When the mind is too active, we have a hard time...
"You will get a good education and then you will become a successful medical doctor!" (or lawyer, or engineer, etc.)
How many have had such words spoken to us?
Why do parents want their children to...
Often times when I travel and talk to people about SikhNet I might get a question like, "So what do you do for a living?" They know I work on SikhNet but assume that this is just a seva, a hobby of...
A few days ago I was eating lunch outside of the SikhNet office and decided to catch up on listening to the latest SikhNet Audio Stories. I listened to the story "Secret to All Happiness &...
I’m back home after over two weeks in British Columbia, Canada. It was a whirlwind of events. Almost two weeks participating in two different Sikh Camps. We taught a bunch of workshops with the kids and...
Myself and Guruka Singh recently came back from over two weeks of participating and teaching at camps in Surrey/BC Canada. I actually hardly took any pictures till the last few days. However, here are some...
Here is a beautiful audio recording which is a short audio affirmation by SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (aka: Yogi Bhajan) which I used to listen to quite often. My wife Arjan has been leaving it playing...