SGGS CONFERENCE 2015

Sikhia – redefining Sikh Education S. Sarbpreet Singh Abstract There is a revolution under way in the world of education. Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen predicts that online education will gain increasing acceptance in the next few years, supplanting more traditional ways of learning. Organizations like Khan Academy, Udacity, EdX , Coursera are at the…

Sikhi in the 21st Century – A Discussion with Young & New Sikhs.   Abstract A panel that looks at Sikhi 500 hundred years from now. Supreet takes you on a journey through the eyes of his panel of young Sikhs by asking what, why and how to uphold Sikhi. Video of Presentation Body of Paper About…

A Little Ego May Be a Good Thing By Dr. I.J. Singh Abstract : It is not possible to engage Sikhi without crashing into concepts of Haumae universally rendered into English as Ego. Even though popular Sikh teaching admonishes us to extirpate ego, root and branch, from our lives and awareness or else we cannot…

Understanding True Love – Guru Arjan’s Shabad Hazaaray Sn. Ek Ong Kaar Kaur Khalsa Abstract Love. Is something that we all seek. But love gets confused with desire and attachment. When desire and attachment overcome the mind, this takes us in the direction opposite of love. Yet, desire, ego, attachment are so strong. How can…

Japji Stanza 38: A Manual For Sikh Mysticism Sn. Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh Abstract Guru Nanak’s revelation of the Infinite is the foundation of the Sikh Religion. In Rag Majh, the Guru makes autobiographical comments, and in Japji he delineates a passage across five spheres (khands) – dharam, gyan, saram, karam, and sach. Scholars and exegetes…

The Mool Mantar – A Unifying Vision By S. Ravinder Singh Taneja Abstract The Guru Granth Sahib opens with a preamble, a creedal statement, known to Sikhs as the Mool Mantar. Its placement and frequency in the Guru Granth – hundreds of times in full or abbreviated form – attests to its doctrinal centrality. The…

Guru Granth Universals: Challenges & Opportunities to Operationalize in North America By Dr. Harbans Lal Abstract Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) text prophesied that Sikhi, the Wisdom of Guru, would enlighten all corners of the world. Since that prophesy the Sikh diaspora have taken roots outside Punjab, especially in the West, but Sikhi has not…

Blueprint For A Dignified World – Interpreting Guru Granth Sahib in 2015 By S. Harinder Singh Abstract Modern world has come a long way since the advent of Guru Nanak Sahib on the Earth, yet the message of Guru Granth Sahib has increasingly become inaccessible. The capitalist society is steeply moving past the industrial world…

The Empowerment of Women Sn. Jessi Kaur Abstract “From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married.Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come.When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound. So why call her bad? From her, kings are…