The theme for our 2012 quarterly Sikh Dharma Ministry newsletters is Guru Arjan: Teacher, Leader, Healer and Bringer of Prosperity. Using Tantric Numerology, the year 2012 embodies the vibration of the Fifth Guru, whose poetry and life inspire us to reach out and teach through our presence as Sikh Dharma Ministers. The topic for the Fall issue is Guru Arjan as Healer. The questions we posed for this issue were: “As a Minister of Sikh Dharma, how are you healing in your community? How have the life and teachings of Guru Arjan influenced and inspired you as a healer and leader in your community? What
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Archives for Gurus
#45 Fall 2012 Newsletter
Constant Remembrance
by SS Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, Kansas City MO Summer 2012 Guru Arjan was a leader, a teacher and an example to his followers of an authentic holy man. He showed them, by his intellectual prowess and later martyrdom, that faith can be found in many places, people and ways of worshipping. He honored the work of Guru Nanak, who traveled to many places in India as well as China and the Middle East. The Holy Scripture of the Sikhs that begins with Nanak’s JapJi is housed in the Gurdwara at Sat Tirath Ashram and is at the center of
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An Offering of Service
by MSS Kirtan Singh Khalsa, Los Angeles CA Summer 2012 As the youngest son of Guru Ram Das and after a long trial of deceit and jealous ambition by his older brother, on September 6th, 1581, at the age of 18, Guru Arjan became the Guru. e was born in Goindwal in April of 1563, and under the special care of his grandfather Guru Amar Das he acquired knowledge in philosophy, poetry and language arts as well becoming proficient in music, equestrian sports and archery. We know that before he became Guru, Arjan was sent to Lahore by Guru Ram
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Aquarian Leadership
Interview with SS Karta Singh Khalsa, LeMartinet, France Summer 2012 Guru Arjan as an archetype is very much a leader. He is always very present as a part of my self-expansion and personal vision. Guru Arjan represents for me the archetype of the lover, because true love encompasses the fire of passion that is subjective and self-consuming. It is this fire that is the merger of Aad and Naad and that creates the ability to transform frustration and anger into the essence of the teaching. Guru Arjan proved that he has transformed any sort of attachment through the expression of
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The Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
by SS Shanti Kaur Khalsa, Espanola, NM Summer 2012 Guru Arjan Dev ji was the fifth Guru of the Sikhs. He built the Harimandir Sahib, complied the Adi Granth and composed heavenly Gurbani that opens our hearts. Gurdas ji wrote that whatever you say about Guru Arjan Dev ji, it would not be enough. Words will never describe the majesty and magnificence of the whole man. For me, Guru Arjan Dev stands as a link between my world and the real reality of the realm of Akal Purkh. He was a father and a husband, living life fully every day. At the same time he
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Leading Through Example
by SS Panch Nishan Kaur Khalsa, Goettingen, Germany Summer 2012 To be a leader, one must go beyond the comfort zone into the unknown in order to trust and lean on the One within. Guru Arjan inspires me above all to walk my talk and to lead through example. When the challenges of life come, I think of Guru Arjan sitting on the hot plate and it gives me the sense of equilibrium in the midst of extremity and remembrance that the challenges “are too Thy Gifts, O Lord.” Thinking of Guru Arjan’s burning body and striving to look through
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A Sacred Incarnation
by MSS Guru Raj Kaur Khalsa, Vancouver BC Canada Spring 2012 By the Grace of the Guru, somehow this incarnation has been made sacred. Through the miracle of Love, we have been made servants of the Word, servants of the times, servants of the souls of the Aquarian Age. We have been made to serve as Ministers of Sikh Dharma. We answered the call of the times, the call coming from the Subtle Body of the Guru, and the dramatic call coming from our beloved Siri Singh Sahib ji—leading the way, with a great sweep of his metaphoric hand saying:
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Teaching by Example
by SS Gurujodha Singh Khalsa, Bakersfield CA Spring 2012 Sikh Dharma is the path of the householder. If you are going to “hold” that house you have to earn righteously and pay for it, work for it, feed the people inside, be the neighbors of other householders and therefore live in a community, which becomes a nation. As a family, as a community and as a nation you develop an identity, values, and beliefs. You take actions which are consistent with and which support your identity, values and beliefs. At some point you must be challenged, tested to see if
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Master Teacher of Ragis
by SS Sangeet Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Spring 2012 Our beloved teacher, the Siri Singh Sahib ji, was a Saturn teacher, unstoppable in his quest for us to fulfill our destinies. He said, “I am your teacher. I will always want more. I have a bottomless hunger for your excellence.” We all have stories of how he chiseled us in his quest for our excellence. I once heard him say that the only siddhi he didn’t possess was the gift of music.Yet there were times when he would give our musicians a master class in how to sing a shabad
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#43 Spring 2012 Newsletter
The theme for our 2012 quarterly Sikh Dharma Ministry newsletters is Guru Arjan: Teacher, Leader, Healer and Bringer of Prosperity. Using Tantric Numerology, the year 2012 embodies the vibration of the Fifth Guru, whose poetry and life inspire us to reach out and teach through our presence as Sikh Dharma Ministers. For the Spring 2012 newsletter, we asked some of our Sikh Dharma Ministers to address the topic of how they are inspired to serve in the example of Guru Arjan as Teacher. As teachers we need balance and sacrifice. How do you find the balance to care for your needs and serve others? What aspect
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