At the end of the year I want to focus on the light of hope in these troubled times. Let us ignite the light within, and let the...

Launching this shabad as part of Guru Nanak's 555th birth centenary celebrations. I also wrote a poem inspired by this shabad while I was visiting New Jersey last...

I released a 13 Shabad Album launched to celebrate 555th Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Dev. I have been working on some of these shabads for several years. Hope...

After composing Bhai Santokh Singh ji's Raam So Daas, I have been doing some research on this amazing poet. He has been a revered figure in Punjabi and...

Raam So DaasHappy Gurpurab everyone! Raam So Daas. Guru Ramdas!  If you ask Bhai Santokh Singh who Guru Ramdas is, this is his answer. The daas is just...

Celebrating Guru Ramdas' Gurpurab this year with his beautiful words. He says of all the good deeds, one of the great good deeds is to bow before a...

Baba Farid Lecture Series: Magic Mantra of SweetnessThis video was recorded recently with Dr. Asma Qadri, professor of classic punjabi poetry from Punjabi University, Lahore, as part of...

Yeh Waqt Kya Hai - Read by Dr. Manpreet KhemkaLyrics and Translation - yeh waqt kya hai?yeh kya hain aakhir ki johmusalsal guzar raha hainyeh jab na gujara thaa,...

Today I re-read a poem by Walt Whitman and was reminded of Guru Arjan's Rakha Ek.  I exist as I am-Walt WhitmanI exist as I am, that is enough,If...

Sukhmani Sahib - Walk Slowly, Bow OftenIn the quiet of the morning, a hummingbird visits my window, seeking nectar from the flowers outside. It flits rapidly, here and...

In August/September 2024 I plan to do an introductory contemplation on a few verses from Sukhmani Sahib every Saturday.  I will add notes and links to this document...

This is the first shabad a seeker sings when he finds his place. The Birth of a Sacred City Guru Ram Dass, the fourth Sikh Guru, envisioned a city that...

I was noticing how the bees have left my front yard. I was reminded of Emily Dickinson's poem "I taste a liquor never brewed." Perhaps the bees overdrank...

Note from September 30, 2020Yesterday I composed this Mirza Ghalib ghazal in Raag Nand.  Listening to this Rageshri Bandish today. Interesting that he stops at each sher.  Perhaps...

Dilwalon kya dekh rahe hoLovers, what do you seek in these streets?Here loneliness reigns till the end of vision.Stillness is again licking the lamp's tearsThis ravaged city will...

The following is my attempt at translating a Polish poem by Tomasz Rozycki into English. And before I do this, let me just describe my process which might...

Tu Sun Harna KaleyaLyrics and Traditional Translationsੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ikOankaar satigur prasaadh ||One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਛੰਤ ਘਰੁ ੩...