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When Someone We Love Dies: A Sikh Understanding of Grief and Bereavement

The death of someone we love can be one of the most painful experiences of human life. Bereavement may bring sadness, shock, loneliness, anger, guilt, anxiety, numbness or a profound sense that someone is missing. It can affect sleep, appetite, concentration and everyday functioning, and there

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What Happens After Death? A Sikh Perspective

Death presents a question that no human being can ultimately avoid. We can observe what happens to the physical body: breathing stops, the heart ceases to function, the senses no longer respond and, in time, the body returns to the material elements from which it was

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What Is the Sikh Attitude to Contraception and Family Planning?

Modern society generally treats sexual activity and having children as two separate choices. A married couple may continue having sexual relations while deliberately preventing conception, and this is usually regarded as morally neutral. Traditional Gurmat — the Guru’s way of thinking and living — begins from

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Miracle at Harmandar Sahib: He Said, “I Am Blind” – And Then He Became Blind

This is a recent miracle that occurred at Harmandar Sahib about a month ago. An eye witness personally told me this account.There were about 4 guys in their early 20s who made a bet that whoever was able to walk through the women’s bathing place would

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Does sikhi promote the use of colors in hola mohalla?

1975 footage of Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib. No, Sikhi does not give any instruction to use colors during Hola Mohalla. Hola Mohalla was started by Guru Gobind Singh Ji at Anandpur Sahib. Its purpose is very different from Holi. Hola Mohalla is primarily about martial

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Does Sikhi Believe the Earth Is Flat?

https://sikhiseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Earth-moon-sun-stars-galaxies-everything-is-moving-in-the-universe-1-1.mp4 Some Sikhs, unfortunately influenced by misunderstandings and pseudo-scientific ideas, have started believing that the Earth is flat and stationary, that the Sun moves in a circle above it, or that the Moon produces its own light. A few have even tried to use Gurbani to

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Does Baba Farid Ji say eating chopri roti leads to dukh?

There is a well-known Gurbani Shabad by Baba Farid Ji that is often misunderstood because it is read without considering its deeper message. The pankiti says: ਫਰੀਦਾ ਰੋਟੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਾਠ ਕੀ ਲਾਵਣੁ ਮੇਰੀ ਭੁਖ ॥Fareedhaa rottee maeree kaat(h) kee laavan maeree bhukh ||ਜਿਨਾ ਖਾਧੀ ਚੋਪੜੀ ਘਣੇ

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How Ganika the Prostitute Attained Salvation Through Naam

Ganika literally means a prostitute or such woman who sells her body for money. There are several references in Gurbani regarding Ganika and how she obtained salvation. I will narrate a brief story of one of the Ganikas (there is a reference to two Ganikas in

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The Story of Ajaamal: A Lesson on the Power of God’s Naam

When we do paath of Sri Guru Granth Sahib jee, we read about Ajaamal Paapi at quite a few places. Here is a brief story of his life. Hopefully, this will help us understand Baani better. Ajaamal was born to a Raaj Purohit (head priest) and

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Who laid the foundation of Sri Harmandir Sahib ji?

Guru Arjan Dev Ji laying the first brick as part of the foundation ceremony for the construction of Sri Darbar Sahib in Amritsar. Whenever we think about Sri Harmandir Sahib, the values of shared belonging and equality naturally come to mind. This sacred place reflects Guru

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