One of the most beautiful ways to honor our great Guru is to share the spirit that he brought. This spirit is one of tolerance, and of not getting caught up in religious ritualism.
We are all mostly familiar with the current situation in the Punjab. There is great upset and upheaval. This is all because of Guru ji. This is all out of respect for Guru ji.
This is all for Guru ji. So it is important that we be with the Guru at this time. Especially at this time because this is when we need Guru ji's presence the most.
"The biggest way I am certain this has caught the attention of the Western world is through the amount of media coverage; articles on the BBC, Independent, Vice Magazine, Washington Post - these are major news outlets..."
There was a panj carrying swords, another panj carrying nishans (flags), chour seva and umbrellas over both Granths, a trumpet, a drum, a bell, flowers, sprinkled water. The minimum for the procession was 18 to 21 sevadars plus the sangat.
When my brother and sister were feeling down, I would take them up to my room and we would read some Banis together. Doing this would give us so much peace, and make us forget about what was going on. It gave us hope and a connection to something bigger than ourselves.
From Guru Arjun to modern times Sikhs show determination and optimism.
Our intention is: 1: Clear any blocks that hold us Sikhs back as a group. 2: Bring increased unity to the panth. 3: Create a healing vibration in the Sikh community that can expand to the entire world.
[VIDEO] "I thought he was kidding around with me calling me a 'nitwit'." Then later on she looked more into it. "Through connections and Snatam Kaur, I looked up the banis."
She addressed hate crimes against Sikhs and the recent breakthrough, after years of effort from herself and others, that the FBI and DoJ recently started tracking hate crimes against Sikhs as a specific group.