The caravans of the Sikhs coming from different climes, and different directions and belonging to different castes are on their way to the ‘Pond of Immortality’ where they shall bathe in the sunshine of the Guru. Their eyes are tearing the distances of time to have a glimpse of Him. Guru Arjan Dev goes clad […]

The Song Of The Sikh “Ah ! Well, let my hair grow long; I cannot forget the knot He tied on my head; It is sacred, it is his mark of remembrance. The Master has bathed me In the light of suns not yet seen; There is eternity bound in this tender fragile knot. I […]

Man is weak.  He is, when sincere, but a pilgrim to the Golden Temple.  And the path of the pilgrim is full of difficulties.  Sometimes hunger, theirst and nakedness and at other impertinent desires dim his faith and bend it beyond the limits of elasticity.  Faith breaks, the vision is lost, the nectar of naming […]

Bhai Buddha

July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

 You remember how Bhai Buddha — The Brother Ancient — got the title. He saw his mother kindling a fire. And he saw that the smaller twigs caught fire first and the longer ones, a little later. And unlike us, the young men of to-day, who choose to live dull lives, mostly uninterested and unconcerned, […]

Painde Khan

July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

 We see the very pang seeking to cool itself in a stream of burning lead, the disciples baring their breasts to bullets, to swords, and to bayonets.  No snow can cool it down, nor can rivers wash it away.  Death in His Name offers the cup of sweet companionship with Him through an intense ecstasy. […]

Introduction

July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Our life is much influenced by the material attractions and we are least inclined to spiritual progress–the real motive of our life. If one is absorbed in spiritual trance, the worldly attachments vanish away and spiritual pleasures provide solace to the mind and soul. Though the spiritual experiences cannot be described in day-to-day human language, […]