Spirituality – Religion

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 38 || 2 || 10 || 38 || SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL: The Perfect Guru has revealed His power, and compassion has welled up in every heart. Blending me with Himself, […]

Goddess Lakshmi means Good Luck to Hindus. The word ‘Lakshmi’ is derived from the Sanskrit word “Laksya”, meaning ‘aim’ or ‘goal’, and she is the goddess of wealth and prosperity, both material and spiritual. Lakshmi […]

Every year during the lunar month of Ashwin or Kartik (September-October), Hindus observe ten days of ceremonies, rituals, fasts and feasts in honor of the supreme mother goddess. It begins with the fast of “Navaratri”, […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 37 The Transcendent Lord is totally permeating and pervading everywhere; where would He come from, and where would He go? || 2 || One whose mind is filled with the […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 36 || 3 || My Lord and Master has heard my prayer, and all my affairs have been resolved. The glorious greatness of Guru Nanak is manifest, throughout all the […]

contined from vol 8 issue 36 Like a traveller in the jungle crossed by serpent in his path! Reft of sense appeared the monarch, crushed beneath a load of pain, Heaving oft a sigh of […]

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE How can one’s pre-ordained destiny be erased? It is written in accordance with the Lord’s Will. Without the Name of the Lord, no one can be saved. Through the Guru’s Teachings, […]

continued from previous issue Coldly spake the Queen Kaikeyi: “If thy royal heart repent, Break thy word and plighted promise, let thy royal faith be rent, Ever known for truth and virtue, speak to peers […]

continued from previous issue Through the chamber of confection, where each viand wooed the taste, Every object in profusion as in regions of the blest, Through Kaikeyi’s inner closet lighted with a softened sheen, Walked […]

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE || 7 || Go and ask the travellers, how to walk on the Path as His slave. They know the Lord to be their King, and at the Door to His […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 35 || 2 || O mind, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord; worship the Naam, night and day, and recite the Naam. Listen to the Teachings of the […]

contined from vol 8 issue 35 These are Queen Kaikeyi’s wishes, these are boons for which I pray, I would see my son anointed, Rama banished on this day!” THE KING’S LAMENT Is this torturing […]

contined from vol 8 issue 33 Queen Kausalya’s bosom rankles with a woman’s secret smart, Let her not with woman’s vengeance turn upon her prouder foe, And as crownéd Rama’s mother venge her in Kaikeyi’s […]

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE || 8 || 2 || SIREE RAAG, FIRST MEHL: O Lord, You are Your Own Glorious Praise. You Yourself speak it; You Yourself hear it and contemplate it. You Yourself are […]

continued from previous issue For a gladness stirs thy bosom when thy greatest woo is nigh! Who that hath a woman’s wisdom, who that is a prudent wife. Smiles in joy when prouder rival triumphs […]

Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the major festivals celebrated in India with great enthusiasm and devotion. The festival marks the birthday of Lord Ganesha; the Lord of knowledge, wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. The festival […]

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE He frees us from bondage, O Saints, and saves us from possessiveness. || 3 || Becoming Merciful, my Lord and Master has ended my comings and goings in reincarnation. Meeting with […]

continued from previous issue And they met in consultation, joyously with one accord, Freely and in measured accents, gave their answer to their lord: “Years of toil and watchful labour weigh upon thee, king of […]

THE events narrated in this Book occupy scarcely two days. The description of Rama’s princely virtues and the rejoicings at his proposed coronation, with which the Book begins, contrast with much dramatic force and effect […]

The Sikh Gurus never believed in the exclusivity of their teachings. The Gurus undertook travels to spread their message to peoples of different cultures in their own native languages. The Gurus did not believe in […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 32 || 4 || 1 || SORAT’H, FOURTH MEHL: He Himself is born of the egg, from the womb, from sweat and from the earth; He Himself is the continents […]

contined from vol 8 issue 32 And the men from distant hamlets poured within the city wall, From the confines of the empire, north and south and west and east, Came to see the consecration […]

contined from vol 8 issue 31 If some middle course were wiser, if some other way were clear! Gathered chieftains hailed the mandate with applauses long and loud, As the peafowls hail the thunder of […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 31 || 3 || The Lord makes the lives of His devotees fruitful; He Himself links them to the Guru’s service. Imbued with the Word of the Shabad, and intoxicated […]

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE || 1 || Pause || His Value cannot be estimated; He is the Vast Ocean of Excellence. O most fortunate ones, join the Sangat, the Blessed Congregation; purchase the True Word […]