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divinum-pacis · 5 months
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October 27, 2023, Amritsar, India: A volunteer removes rose petals from the holy sarovar (lake) after a helicopter showered rose petals over the Golden Temple Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
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techniic0l0r · 10 months
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biting the bullet and reaching out for advice and/or commentary from trans and nonbinary sikhs. other queer sikhs are welcome to respond but would like to focus more from those who have experienced gender dysphoria and/or euphoria. ordeal is under the read more. i am not accepting any kind of hate on this post.
i feel very nervous about writing this but i am also tired of struggling to answer my questions by myself. so, here it goes - hi, i am a young transmasc nonbinary person who was raised as a sikh. i say raised as because while i do appreciate the values of sikhi, i am not religious. i never have been. i feel it is important to also mention that i am mixed (the other half is white european). my relationship with being culturally sikh has always been rocky, but it got more intense as i started to accommodate my needs of alleviating intense gender dysphoria. i’m pretty fair-skinned and generally pass as white. my hair is cut short because wearing it long triggered suicidal feelings from said dysphoria. to put it simply, i do not “look like a singh” anymore, and i have a sickening amount of guilt about it. there is so much pressure to hold strong to sikhi, especially with the history of oppression and scarce representation, that i feel like i’m doing something wrong when i cannot fully grasp the spirit of it. my existence feels wrong. i do not know if it is okay for me to even call myself a sikh anymore. i don’t feel at home with myself or my circumstances. i don’t even know if it’s okay for me to try and continue wearing a kara as someone with shorn hair. everything feels so wrong. i cannot talk to my punjabi parent about any of this. he’s very close-minded and i don’t know how he feels about queer folks. he’s already abrasive when i try asking simple questions about punjabi culture or religion. my chosen name is so different from my legal name, even the thought of trying to get my family to abide by it someday makes me cringe. strangers think it’s cool but i know they’re just going to laugh about it. i feel like i am abandoning everything i should be, just by trying to be more comfortable in my own skin. i don’t know where sikhi fits within my transition goals, and it feels like a heavy burden.
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schrodingers-fool · 4 months
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Hello and Sat Sri Akal! One may know I’m bi and genderqueer and also Sikh. This one is for other queer Sikhs: I made a discord! As you may know, sangat is very important to Sikhi, and sometimes it’s hard to build that connection to sangat when you’re queer, so I decided to build my own! If you’d like to be a part of our community, here’s the link!
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writingwithcolor · 2 years
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WWC wants to wish all followers who observe a wonderful Vaisakhi
(to find out more about the holiday, click here!)
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spukbhoot · 1 year
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ਵਿਸਾਖੀ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ
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theinwardlight · 2 years
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To be religious is to regard all people as equal.
Nanak, first Guru of the Sikh faith
Everyone is equal in the sight of God..., everybody has the capacity to be the vessel of God’s word. There is nothing that age, experience and status can do to prejudge where and how the Light will appear. This awareness – the religious equality of each and every one – is central to Friends. Early Friends understood this and at the same time they fully accepted the inseparable unity of life, and spoke against the setting apart of the secular and the sacred. It was thus inevitable that religious equality would be translated into the equality of everyday social behaviour.
Ursula Franklin, 1979, Quaker Faith & Practice 23.32
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Everyone has different ways they practice their religion
For instance, I think religion is a very personal thing. I pray in the privacy of my room or in the gurudwara. If I'm ever feeling anxious or if I need to calm and relax myself, I listen to a prayer on my headphones and it does calm me down. Meanwhile, my Nani practices religion by fucking blaring japji sahib on the highest volume her phone has throughout the house at five in the goddamn morning
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santmat · 1 year
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The Jewel of Happiness: Sikh Guru Arjan Dev's Mystic Verses With Commentary by Santji - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts
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"Of all the places. the best one is where the Name (Naam) of the Lord resides." (Guru Arjan Dev, Book of Sukhmani, Adi Granth, Sikh Scriptures)
The Sukhmani of Guru Arjan Dev explores Simran (the repetition of names of God and meditation that leads to merging with God), meditation on the Sound Current, the greatness of Saints and Satsang, bhakti: love and devotion, ethics, good deeds, the nature of the mind, knowledge of the Divine, oneness with the Formless Supreme Being, the afterlife, etc...
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In Divine Love (Bhakti), Light, and Sound, At the Feet of the Masters, Radhaswami,
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punjabiwebsite · 1 year
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ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ''ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ'' ਜ਼ਰੂਰ ਲਿਖੋ ਧੰਨ ਧੰਨ ਬਾਬਾ ਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਰਹਿਮਤਾ ਦੇ ਸਾਗਰ🌷🌷 Dhan Dhan Baba Deep Singh Ji 🙏🙏 #sikhi #waheguru #sikhism #gurbani #sikh #singh #punjab #waheguruji #punjabi #amritsar #goldentemple #gurugranthsahibji #darbarsahib #wmk #kaur #sardari #turban #gurunanakdevji #gurugobindsinghji #gurbaniquotes #guru #sikhs #sardar #satnamwaheguru #Punjabiwebsite #punjab (at Dhan Dhan Baba Deep Singh Shahida Gurudawara Sahib) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBTdaRh6I5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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gurs1 · 1 year
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ਅਬ ਕੀ ਬਾਰ ਬਖਸਿ ਬੰਦੇ ਕਉ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਭਉਜਲਿ ਫੇਰਾ ॥
Forgive Your slave now [in this life] so that he may not have to return again to this terrifying world-ocean.
Bhagat Kabir Ji; Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 1104
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litttigationllc · 2 years
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divinum-pacis · 4 months
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Sikh devotees light candles at the illuminated Golden Temple, Sikhs holiest shrine, to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism, in Amritsar, India, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
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"Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti is a time to reflect on the wisdom and guidance of the guru May his teachings bring you strength and inspiration as you navigate life’s challenges"
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aceofallrebellion · 1 year
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codeblendacademy · 1 year
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Honouring the person who gave his life to save humanity and mankind. Happy Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji's Martyrdom Day from CodeBlend Academy.
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codeblendlabs · 1 year
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Happy Martyrdom Day of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, from CodeBlend Labs to all. Let's keep him alive in our deeds and our prayers.
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