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AHANKAR
Tags: guru, ahankar, pride, singh, sikhism, thou, humility, nanak, vanity, arjan, patiala, 1970
AHANKAR (hankar as it is commonly pronounced in Punjabi) is a compound of Sanskrit aham (I) and kar ('maker') and means I-maker, i.e. what individuates the person as I. It stands for egotism, egoism, self conceit, self centredness, vanity or simply...
AHIMSA
Tags: ahimsa, compassion, values, guru, living, love, positive, himsa, word, killing, practice, principle
AHIMSA. The term ahimsa is formed by adding the negative prefix a to the word himsa which is derived from the Sanskrit root 'han', i.e. 'to kill', 'to harm', or 'to injure', and means not killing, not harming, not injuring. The commonly used English...
ASCETICISM
Tags: ascetic, asceticism, life, indian, religious, body, sikhism, guru, avadhuta, culture, practices, religion
ASCETICISM, derived from the Greek word askesis, connotes the `training` or `exercise` of the body and the mind. Asceticism or ascetic practices belong to the domain of religious culture, and fasts, pilgrimages, ablutions, purificatory rituals,...
ANHAD/ANHAT BANI or SHABD
Tags: music, guru, sound, divine, meditation, namsimran, primarily, blessed, grace, nanak, gurbani, symbolical
ANHAD/ANHAT BANI or SHABD :A sound that is unending and knows no limits. Audible life current originating from the Divine Will, endlessly carrying on the work of creating and sustaining the universe; interchangeably used with Anhat meaning...
BHAKTI AND SIKHISM.
Tags: bhakti, sikhism, guru, nanak, singh, spiritual, sikh, adoration, bhaktas, faith, important, life
BHAKTI AND SIKHISM. The word bhakti is derived from Skt. bhaj, meaning to serve, honour, revere, love and adore. In the religious idiom, it is attachment or fervent devotion to God and is defined as "that particular affection which is generated by...
BOLE SO NIHAL, SATI SRI ARAL
Tags: guru, sikh, khalsa, singh, akal, form, nanak, salutation, fateh, victory, kartar, gobind
BOLE SO NIHAL, SATI SRI ARAL is the Sikh slogan or jaikara (lit. shout of victory.triumph or exultation). It is divided in two parts or phrases. The first, bole so nihal orjo bole so nihal, is a statement meaning "whoever utters (the phrase...
BRAHMGIANI
Tags: brahmgiani, supreme, soul, universal, brahman, spirit, realization, spiritual, identity, singh, individual, nanak
BRAHMGIANI (Skt. brahmajnanin), lit. the knower of Brahman or one possessing the knowledge of Brahman. The knowledge (giana, jnana) of the Universal Spirit (Brahman) consists not in the mere recognition of His existence, but in a continuous...
BUDDHI or buddhi
Tags: buddhi, intellect, bibek, moral, singh, gurbani, called, merit, phanin, form, ethical, action
BUDDHI or buddhi (from Sanskrit budh to wake up, be awake, to perceive, learn) is the intellectual aspect of mind (antahkarana) whose other aspects man and haumai are intertwined with it in close interrelationship. Its nearest English equivalent may...
CHARHDI KALA,
Tags: kala, charhdi, spirit, faith, state, victory, game, cheerfulness, resolution, high, singh, mind
CHARHDI KALA, a subtly composite concept, commonly translated as "high morale" or "high spirit", signifies in the Sikh tradition, to which the usage is peculiar and native, a great deal more. It stands for a perennially blossoming, unwilling spirit,...
DEG TEGH FATEH,
Tags: tegh, singh, sikh, fateh, victory, guru, khalsa, tradition, sword, ideal, kettle, gobind
DEG TEGH FATEH, a Sikh saying which literally means victory (fateh) to kettle (deg) and sword (tegh). All the three words have been taken from Persian which was the State language in the formative period of Sikhism. The word deg, i.e. a large sized...

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