Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

Halting The Robbery In Progress

It has become very difficult for me to convince many of my sisters and brothers that we are spiritually being robbed because of our over indulgence in the Maya pursuits, show off and blind faith in group mentality. Sometimes I face opposition just because I cannot accept the way they mould the Gurbani according to …

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A Reminder About The Forgotten Home

Weakened by so many attractions and desires, the mind becomes a child forgetting that the real bliss is not in pursuing its wishes, but in its own realm, which it has buried within without realizing that nothing is eternal here including the body it rules. In weakness, it gives in, but in strength, it conquers …

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In Love, Living And Dying

I am convinced beyond any doubt that whatever is expressed in the Gurbani is a divine experience hard to interpret without actually having it; in the Gurbani, it is already stated that if one experiences a union with the Creator, one cannot put it in words. With our bookish knowledge, we try to make a …

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A Slow Death-Trap

Last month, in my article “The Group Mentality and “Sikhi,” I pointed out how the group – mentality, according to the Guru, divides people and ruins their unbiased qualities; many Sikhs praised it save for one guy. My intent was not only to share with you what our Guru says about the group mentality, but …

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The Group Mentality And “Sikhi”

The Gurbani forbids the Sikhs to mortgage their sense of fairness to their group alliances; however, the group mentality commands many of the Sikhs’ general behavior; on many Sikh sites, it is not the fairness that is important but the importance of the group that runs the site. This very practice is seen in the …

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