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Today we are honoured to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the guru gaddi (300 saal). Here is some information taken from www.sikhnet.com/300saal :



300 years ago, something unprecedented, unique and wonderful occurred. After thousands of years, the tradition of living Gurus and disciples took a turn towards the dawning Aquarian Age, in which every person is soverign and honored in his or her own innate wisdom and consciousness.
It had always been the tradition for the title of Guru to be passed along a clearly defined line of human lineage. In many cases, bloodlines could be traced all the way back to pre-vedic times. In 1708, Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, having consciously witnessed the sacrifice of the lives of all his four sons, handed over the legacy to the Guruship of the Shabad Guru, embodied in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. He understood that the age of lineage was over, and so he consciously left no heirs. The unique beauty of this is that the Siri Guru Granth Granth, our present Guru, can neither be altered nor it can be changed in any way. It is a touchstone for all humanity that exists beyond the limitations of time and space, now and in the future.

This year St. Georges id privileged as it has been given the chance to start off a special London sikhi month in honour of 300 saal. Look out for posters

Jaujar Singh Sidhu

Hey our samosa lunch is this Wednesday! All food is free so bring your friends and come and meet all the other members of our society. From 1pm - 3pm in the OCL (next to the games room).
See you there.
Jaujar

May i begin by wishing a warm welcome to all the freshers.
We have excellent events planned this term:

Wednesday 22nd October 2008
Sikh Soc Samosa Introduction:
come to the OCL to meet all of us and eat free samosas. All are welcome 1p.m - 3p.m

Wednesday 5th November 2008
St Georges is kicking off the London Sikh Month.
There is going to be one talk each Wednesday of November for all universities in London to attend, and the first one is at St. Georges!!
I will keep you updated and look out for posters

There are lots of other events in the pipeline so I will keep you posted

See on the 22nd
Jaujar Sidhu
President SGUL Sikh Soc

A great thanks to all who attended the ' Reflections on Gurbani: Mool Mantar' presentation. All who attended gave positive feedback and we look forward to presenting similar events in the future.

The evening was also the venue for the Sikh Society awards-giving ceremony where Menaka Jegatheesan was awarded a prize for here invaluable contribution to the Sikh Society Tutoring scheme, in which the Society hosts revision sessions and a mentoring scheme for members and non-members. She served as a example for many of us to do as much as we can, for the betterment of others.



In other news, the applications for next years committee are taking place. Watch this space for updates!

Finally some pictures from Freshers stall are available!!! If you have any photos relating to any past SikhSOC events and would like to share them, please feel free to email them in to sgulsikhsoc@gmail.com

A great thanks to all who helped make the freshers stall such a success!!! It was truely remarkable! a great Well done.

Also, a special thanks to Sunny, Priya, Jaujar, Hassmit, Thaviya, Jagdeep and Daz for making the SikhSOC social, the first SikhSOC event of this year a stunning and astounding success. The atmosphere was electric! Ahearty well done is in order for all of the hardwork. We look forward to similar more events in the future!!!

A massive welcome to all first years to St. Georges, University of London from the Sikh Society!!! We're positive you'll find your time here a great one! Some of you will meet few of us around the uni during the Freshers fortnight or so but if not, get yourself and your friends up and attend one of the many SikhSOC events this year! You'll meet loads of like-minded people and make loads of friends! No need to be shy we don't bite!..not after breakfast anyway!!!! haha, just kiddin, Sat Sri Akaal!

A great thanks to all who emailed in expressing their interest in taking on a more active role in the Sikh Society this year. You should have all been emailed back. Just a quick reminder that the initial meeting before the year begins for those of you who emailed will be in Board Room 2 at 5:30pm on Wednesday 26th September. This is designed to be a very informal meeting where the exact details of each role will be mentioned in addition to discussing the programme for this year. See you there!

The tenth Guru of the Sikhs ( Siri Guru Gobind Singh Ji) gave up his four sons, however, when questioned as to how he felt about that loss, he explained that he has thousands of sons, in the form of the khalsa. Here is a short video describing some of the virtues of a Khalsa.

Pretty inspiring isn't it? Something we can perhaps all learn from. Sorry if the image is too small to read, just click on it to expand it!!!

Taken from www.sikhtoons.com
The story of the young Canadian Sikh and what he is referring to can be found at www.waheguroo.com

Last year SGUL Sikh Society showed a video about Vaisakhi. The event was such a sucess that we thought it would be appropriate to put it up here in the wake of another approaching Vaisakhi. If you've ever wondered why Sikh's celebrate Vaisakhi, then here is an excellent video describing the miracle of Vaisakhi. It would be great if people can email in their photos snaps of their respective Vaisakhi celebrations or email in any short articles regarding their Nagar Kirtain experiences which they would like to share.

Despite the range of literature available, it is still quite tricky to find media which appropriately and successfully portray the basics and foundations of Sikhism. Here is quite a good video describing many areas of Sikhism and makes for a good watch if you have some time. It describes much of the basics of Sikhism, and is portrayed in a non-biased format, however it is quite a long video, enjoy!

One of the main questions the Sikh Society is asked is why do Sikhs keep their hair. Perhaps the real question why DON'T all people keep thir hair. However if Sikhs don't keep their hair...are they really Sikhs by definition?





Taken from www.sikhtoons.com

Let us ensure that we don't fall into this trap. Let us ensure that we are fully aware of our Guru and Religion. Below are details of essential information regarding the Ten Gurus of Sikhism.


Name/ Date of Birth/ Guruship on/ Departure to Heaven/ Age
1 Nanak Dev/ 15 April 1469 / 20 August 1507 / 22 September 1539/ 69
2 Angad Dev / 31 March 1504/ 7 September 1539/ 29 March 1552 / 48
3 Amar Das / 5 May 1479 / 26 March 1552/ 1 September 1574 / 95
4 Ram Das / 24 September 1534 / 1 September 1574/ 1 September 1581/ 46
5 Arjan Dev / 15 April 1563 / 1 September 1581/ 30 May 1606 / 43
6 Har Gobind/ 19 June 1595 / 25 May 1606 / 28 February 1644 / 48
7 Har Rai/ 16 January 1630 / 3 March 1644 / 6 October 1661 / 31
8 Har Krishan/ 7 July 1656 / 6 October 1661 / 30 March 1664 / 7
9 Teg Bahadur / 1 April 1621 / 20 March 1665/ 11 November 1675/ 54
10 Gobind Singh/ 22 December 1666/ 11 November 1675 / 7 October 1708 / 41

In addition to the Ten Gurus of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib was given the guruship in 1708. and is the current and forever immortal Guru of the Sikhs. It is the only Guru of the Sikhs.

A funny picture I found on the internet. lol, it shows a mortal (manmukh) made friends with sins (lust, anger, greed, etc) and has blocked God (Vaheguru). Enjoy!



Taken from www.mkhalsa.com/art