Spirituality – Religion

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 […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 30 || 4 || 9 || SORAT’H, FIRST MEHL, PANCH-PADAS: You cannot save your own home from being plundered; why do you spy on the houses of others? That Gurmukh […]

contined from vol 8 issue 30 And as VISHNU with his consort dwells in skies, alone, apart, Rama in a sweet communion lived in Sita’s loving heart! THE COUNCIL CONVENED Thus the young and brave […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 29 ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. TRUTH IS THE NAME. CREATIVE BEING PERSONIFIED. NO FEAR. NO HATRED. IMAGE OF THE UNDYING. BEYOND BIRTH. SELF-EXISTENT. BY GURU’S GRACE: SORAT’H, FIRST MEHL, FIRST […]

contined from vol 8 issue 29 Rama in his manly beauty came to take the sacred vow, Janak placed his beauteous daughter facing Dasa-ratha’s soil, Spake with father’s fond emotion and the holy rite was […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 28 The Lord blesses the Gurmukh with devotion. || 13 || SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: One who has no faith in the True Guru, and who does not love the Word […]

contined from vol 8 issue 28 contined from vol 8 issue 28 Kasyapa and good Jabali sprung from holy saints of yore, Markandeya in his glory, Katyayana in his pride, Let each priest and proud […]

CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 27 This friendship is broken in an instant; this friendship leads to corruption. They do not fear the True Lord within their hearts, and they do not love the Naam. […]

contined from vol 8 issue 27 “Be it shewn to royal Rama, Dasa-ratha’s righteous son,” “This the bow,” then spake the monarch to the risha famed of old, To the true and righteous Rama and […]

|| 1 || God, my Lord and Master, is the highest of all; how can I meet my Dear Beloved? When the True Guru united me, then I was naturally united with my Husband Lord, […]

THE Epic relates to the ancient traditions of two powerful races, the Kosalas and the Videhas, who lived in Northern India between the twelfth and tenth centuries before Christ. The names Kosala and Videha in […]

Disciplines such as religious fasting etc. that entail merits are generally called Vrat. To accept some rules of discipline is in itself a Vrat. For any advancement in life we have to accept some restrictive […]