The COOP de LOVE – or Love Cooperative

It was Halloween 2006 and the Irish witch rose up in me. I was bored with reading and participating in all male Sikh egroups, when suddenly my friend and forum moderated Harjinder Singh (husband of Satnam Kaur – the UK politician) up and asked me how to get more Sikh women to participate! Or at [...]

SEEK THE BELOVED ONE

Guru Argan
page 848 SGGS
Seek the Beloved, O fortunate ones,
and join the Saadh Sangat,
the company of honest, humble and holy people.
Sing the Glorious Praises of the Source of the Universe,
forever, imbued with Love.
Serve only the Beloved One, forever,
and you shall obtain the rewards you desire.
O Nanak, seek the Sanctuary of the Supreme One,
meditate and thus ride [...]

Weddings!

Sikh weddings are very beautiful. The couple sits before the Sikh scripture/Guru and takes four levels of vows. Here is a peek, the Sikh scripture in on the altar (throne), draped in red:

The world over, religious wedding ceremonies are joyous and sacred. And wedding receptions are fun. YouTube [...]

Butchart Gardens – Vancouver Island, BC

Walking with Guru Arjan

By Kamalla Rose Kaur
April 05, 2003
A few days ago, I asked the Siri Guru Granth what I should write about and I got an absolutely wonderful poem on page 520, sung by Guru Arjan. I copied it, edited the sexist English language out and improved the word flow a bit. Then I saved the interpretation [...]

The Sikh Hair Debates – zzzzzzzzz!

Kamalla Rose Kaur

I have observed closely for several years now and I have found that Sikh men love to debate on 2 topics, the Dasam Granth and hair. The Dasam Granth is a non-canonical text written by Guru Gobind Singh, which Guru Gobind Singh absolutely did NOT wish to be made part of the Sikh/Guru/Scripture. [...]

Running The Numbers – Political Art

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What Happened To Sumas?

by Kamalla Rose Kaur
Winter 2005

A close friend of mine died of cancer recently, after such a long, long struggle, and my husband and I had a silly fight one morning soon after that. It was raining, stormy, gray and dark that day, and when I sought out my friend, Willow, for comfort and counseling, I [...]

Bole so nihal! Sat Siri Akal! Thank You Bill Sinkford!

About Bill Sinkford
Bole so nihal! Sat Siri Akal! – A shout of joy, popularized by Guru Gobind Singh which means, “Anyone who hears this news will be blessed! Truth (The Truthful One) is undying!”
Within three days of 9-11 Bill Sinkford, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association mobilized USA UUs into activism on behalf of [...]

What A Weird Life! by Kamalla Rose Kaur

Kamalla Rose Kaur
Fall 2000

My son, Harpal, age 11, tells me that I am weird several times a day. I get a little sensitive, “Am I weird or did I simply end up with an unusually weird life? It could happen to you too, you know!”

I was raised on a university campus, the only [...]