Anand means bliss and is the blessed evenness which one experiences inside one's own heart. It may be when relaxing in the shade on a summer's day, or smiling with delight in the company of great friends, the irrepressible bliss of life is revealed. Bliss may be outward smiling and laughter, but is also a quiet sense of calm...
The rising population, increasing traffic volume, haphazard growth of cities, development of slum areas, rural to urban migration, perpetual shortage of funds, discharge of untreated solid wastes into the rivers and nullahs etc., are accentuating the pollution problem in Ludhiana.
In Sikh beliefs a concern for the environment is part of an integrated approach to life and nature. As all creation has the same origin and end, humans must have consciousness of their place in creation
I would not have dreamt of going to this obscure village even before 21 June 1994, but for my colleague, Capt. Hardev Singh’s insistence. He appeared excited.
I have also forgotten that I am part of the grand soul and I am required to perform according to the wishes of the Supreme Soul. I am a part of the grand design.
What was in store for future was not known. Their lands, animals and other valuables all were left behind. They had lost number of near and dear ones en-route..... Those who were sick were treated. However a new name 'Refugee' was attached by the volunteers from new India.
From this comparative study it is found that science is coming to the conclusions very close or almost the same as the ones which the Gurus and saints have already described in the scripture. Science has lot to take from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib for future guidance.
Bhai Takhat Singh of Ferozepur was a rare missionary and a pioneer of women education in nineteenth century. He started school for boys in 1890 and the first school for girls later known as Sikh Kanya Mahavidalya, Ferozepur in 1892. Those were the days when education for girls was a taboo.
Why to go far then. You can start understanding yourself and you will understand Him. You are made of physical and the subtle. Physical consists of your physical structure. The inner consists of your energy, your mind and your soul.
While reading Shakespeare's poem "All the world's a stage", I was surprised to find that its conceptual framework already existed in Guru Nanak's hymn and the poem content is very similar to the hymns of Guru Nanak recorded at Ang 137-138.