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What is Sikhi? - Part II
The Talking Stick Colloquium # 30, July 26 - August 1
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
This week ... Exploring "What is Sikhi?", as opposed to "Who is a Sikh?"
What is Sikhi?
The Talking Stick Colloquium # 29, July 19 - 25
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
The daily practice, and the values aspired by a Sikh, as enunciated by the great bard and contemporary of the Gurus.
Bhai Gurdas - Sikh Practice
The Talking Stick Colloquium # 28, July 12 - 18
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
This week we try to piece together the image of a Sikh - and Sikh practice - as seen through the eyes of the great Sikh Bard.
Bhai Gurdas - The Mission of Guru Nanak
The Talking Stick Colloquium # 27, July 5 - 11
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
This week, we venture into Bhai Gurdas' Vaaran/ verses.
Bhai Gurdas
The Talking Stick Colloquium # 26, June 28 - July 4
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
If his writings are designated as the 'key' to understanding the Guru Granth, why isn't a single composition by him found in it?
Kirtan Sohila
The Talking Stick Colloquium # 25, Stanza Five, June 21 - 27
The final verse urges us to avail of this life as an "opportunity" and pleads with us to make most of the moment.
Kirtan Sohila
The Talking Stick Colloquium XXIV, Stanza Four, June 14-20
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
The body/mind, metaphorically referred to as a township, is described as overrun with teeming hordes of lust and anger ...
Kirtan Sohila
The Talking Stick Collquium XXIII, Stanza Three, June 7-13
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
"The sky is the salver,/ The sun and moon - the lamps in it/ The stars are the pearls strewn across ..."
Kirtan Sohila
The Talking Stick Colloquium XXII, Stanza Two,
May 31 - June 6
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
It is communing with the Creator, not merely reading scriptures, that is meaningful ...
Kirtan Sohela
The Talking Stick Collquium XXI, Stanza One, May 24 - 30
Convenor: RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA
The Sohela is a short prayer consisting of 5 stanzas, meant to be recited before retiring for the night.