Throughout 2017, we explore the example of the Tenth Master and the Radiant Body through the Four Pillars of Bana, Bani, Seva, and Simran. For the Fall issue, we invited Sikh Dharma Ministers to reflect on the concept of Simran—the constant remembrance of God. We asked our Ministers to share about how the practice of Simran supports and uplifts. How does the frequency of Guru Gobind Singh inspire one in the practice of Simran? “You are just scared. That is why you need to practice meditation, Naam Simran, and jappa—to cleanse the fear out of the mind. You can tune up
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#65 Fall 2017 Newsletter
Ministry News and Notes (Summer 2017)
SDI Academy Tent Sunday, June 18 from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. This gathering is for ordained Sikh Dharma International Ministers only. The global environment is reactive in this time and space and requires our awareness, preparedness, and responsiveness to ensure our safety and well-being. Join us for the 2017 Minister Gathering at 3HO Summer Solstice. This will be an experiential workshop format with helpful tools to take back to your communities. Please join us in this important and timely event. Hosted by the Office of the Secretary of Religion. For more information, contact [email protected]. 2017 Summer Solstice Minister Gathering Flyer (PDF) The Office of the
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#63 Spring 2017 Newsletter
Throughout 2017, we will explore the example of the Tenth Master and the Radiant Body through the Four Pillars of Bana, Bani, Seva, and Simran. For the Spring 2017 issue, we asked Sikh Dharma Ministers to reflect on the concept of Bana as exemplified by Guru Gobind Singh. How does Bana support our projection and radiance as Ministers of Sikh Dharma? Please enjoy these uplifting articles written by our Sikh Dharma Ministers. “What is this Sikh Dharma? Bana, Bani, Seva, Simran. Four things. Bana—identify yourself. Bani—speak the words elevating, doesn’t matter what, whether you are talking to enemy or a friend. Seva—do service, it gives you friendship and territory forever. Simran—purify yourself;
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In Memoriam
Singh Sahib Dr. Narayan Singh Khalsa (Michael J. Lincoln) December 2, 1933 – October 15, 2016 by SS Dr. Sat Kaur Khalsa, Secretary of Religion A dear, heart-centered brilliant soul has left his physical body. Dr. Michael J. Lincoln (Ebner), better known to many of us as Narayan Singh, passed from this earth plane on October 15, 2016 in Redmond, Washington. He was a uniquely gifted diagnostician, psychologist, and an extraordinary human being who gave selflessly from his heart to countless people. He was a beloved member of our Sikh Dharma/3HO family. Singh Sahib Dr. Narayan Singh Khalsa
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Me and Hari Simran Singh—Attuned to the Infinite
by SS GuruSurya Kaur Khalsa, Brooklyn NY When our son Hari Simran Singh was 10 years old, a few weeks before he was to leave for his first year at school in India, I told him that I intended to pray for him every day he was away. We were walking together along the park. I hadn’t settled on the form the prayer would take—perhaps one of the banis or a shabd, a mantra. He answered right away, “Har Har Har Har Gobinday, Har Har Har Har Mukanday.” Of course! The Guru Gaitri Mantra with Four Hars* was a perfect choice.
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The Divine Presence
by SS Jai Hari Kaur Khalsa, Santa Fe NM Winter 2016 “True realization of the actual nature of the material world, its perishable, transitory and illusory aspects, best dawns on a person in suffering.”—Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, Ninth Sikh Guru In January of this year I learned that I had ovarian cancer. The news was shocking and at the same time it took me inward. During this whole journey—through the treatments and the consequences of the disease—my Subtle Body has been a strong ally. I never asked “Why me?” I just asked God to guide and show me the
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Waking Up with Japji Sahib
by SS Har Simran Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles CA Winter 2016 For some, it was love at first sight. Or rather, first sound. The first time they heard Japji, some devotees were enraptured. I was not one of those. With my strong intellectual background, I was too perturbed by the seeming non-sequiturs to relate to the exquisitely told truths as they unfolded. From line to line, as the speaker and the subject shifted, my experience was more irritation than upliftment. In fact, from the first words, the Mul Mantra left me puzzling, is that really the list of all virtues, or
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Patience Pays
by SS Meher Kaur Khalsa, Phoenix AZ Winter 2016 “When I say patience pays, that’s what it is. In absolute patience you always shall believe, you always shall see, you always shall realize the Word of the Guru comes handy to you. Man cannot live with you. Guru Nanak is not living with us in physical body, but in Subtle Body, in the Shabad Guru, Nanak is always with us. When we obey the commands, when we live in the Rehit, when we live in the Maryada, when we live in the Akal Moorat, that is our homage to the
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In Subtlety We Dwell
by SS Sarb Nam Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Winter 2016 When you think about Sikh Dharma, subtlety may not be the first thing that comes to mind. Our royal lineage inspires us to dress regally in our bana and turbans, crowned with jeweled pins, carrying swords of steel. We decorate our Gurdwaras with beautiful silks, flowers, and raiments fit for a king. However, in the sound current we can experience the subtle essence of the Guru’s presence. It is the Naad, found in the Shabad Guru, where we can bathe our souls and spirits in this divinely subtle vibration. The technology
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The Capacity of the Shabad Guru
by SS GuruKirin Kaur Khalsa, Espanola NM Winter 2016 “If in subtlety you become very refined and in activity you become very subtle, you are very near to your soul because there is a direct relationship between the Subtle Body and the spiritual body. The spirit and the Subtle Body are very much related; they never leave each other. So anything which is refined—refined art, refined acts, refined speech which is not gross—will put you nearer to the soul. That is a rather simple way of reaching your God consciousness.” —The Siri Singh Sahib (May 27, 1981) The Shabad Guru (an infinite universal sound current)
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