Every Sunday the kids in Espanola, New Mexico have a short program near the end of Gurdwara where they sing a few songs in front of the sangat. Here is one of the regular songs… "We are the Khalsa!" It starts out with…. "Strong as Steel, Steady as Stone…." and then goes into the words […]

On of SikhNet’s focus this year has been projects related to kids. It’s great to see that others have the same thing on their mind. Jorawar Singh Thak (UK) and others have put together some fun little video singh along shabads with kids and animation. I’ll have to give them a test run with my […]

It occurred to me that there must be people who stand for the recitation of Ardas in Gurdwara, but who do not understand what is being said. Do you understand the meaning of the Ardas that is recited during Gurdwaras? I know there are many like myself who have grown up in Western culture where […]

These young beautiful children are so full of light, happiness, love, joy, excitement, innocence and beauty. Those of you who have children in your life know how important they are and how they make us feel. As adults our job is to train them, teach them, learn from them, yet set a foundation and structure […]

From the book Ancient Art of Self Healing which is a collection of excerpts from lectures, notes and classes by SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (Yogi Bhajan)   "The mother, is the only one who can teach her child tenderness and compassion.  It is this exposure to gentleness in the lap of the mother for the first […]