On September 11, 2021, new Sikh Dharma Minister SS Sukhdev Kaur Khalsa was ordained in a virtual/in-person vow ceremony. The vows were administered via Zoom by Secretary of Religion SS Dr. Sat Kaur Khalsa (assisted by Executive Assistant SS Sarb Nam Kaur). The ceremony was held in a beautiful countryside gurdwara at the Rajaama Ashram in Harjumaa, Estonia. The gurdwara space beautifully reflected the sacred and solemn vow ceremony, attended by students of Sukhdev Kaur at her ashram retreat, as well as family and friends who attended virtually via Zoom. Following the administration of the Sikh Dharma Minister’s vow and
Read More
Monthly Archives November 2021
Minister News & Notes (2021 Fourth Quarter)
Secretary of Religion Column (2021 Fourth Qtr.)
“From a solid and conscious foundation, expansion takes place.” This line is from one of the affirmations I do daily as part of my morning practice. It refers to the Ministry of Sikh Dharma. 2021 marks the 50th year of our Ministry. We do have a solid base and history to grow from. Yet for many of us, this is also a painful time. There is tremendous polarization within our Ministry as well as our community—and, for that matter, the world. In seeking a more in-depth understanding of this, I turned to some of Patanjali’s concepts as described in The Aquarian
Read More
#82 – 2021 Newsletter (Fourth Quarter)
With this fourth and final issue of our 2021 newsletter, we begin to move from honoring our past. Throughout this year, we explored the past 50 years of service as Sikh Dharma Ministers (from 1971 through 2021) in our first three quarterly newsletters. In this fourth issue, we present essays written as part of the New Minister Candidate process in answer to the question: “What does it mean to be a Sikh Dharma Minister?” We share these essays with permission from the authors, who are some of the individuals ordained as Sikh Dharma Ministers within the past five years. Their
Read More