Author: T Singh

A retired Engineer in the U.S.A., the author is just an ordinary being who is trying to see the world the way Gur-Shabad (SGGS) does! The author is neither a scholar, nor a philosopher, nor a writer, nor interested in being one. He does not claim to understand fully. If you know how to say the meanings of the Gurbani clearer, please share with us ("Vand Shako") in the comment section of each post. The author maintains this Gurbani.org since 1993.

Although the author was born in a Sikh family but — as the Gurbani — to be a True Sikh or Khalsaa is not a question of family of birth, heredity, ancestry, religion, race, social status, caste, education, titles, robes, region, etc., it is a question of mind abiding in its Mool through Shabad-Vichaar. Hence, "Sikh" and "Khalsa" words do not represent a physical state, but a unique Way of life based on the Wisdom or Bibek of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, SGGS!

• ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜਨ ਭਏ ਖਾਲਸੇ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਜਿਹ ਜਾਨੀ ॥: O Kabeer! Those persons become "Khaalsae" (ਖਾਲਸੇ) who have realized the Prem Bhagti (ਗੁਰਮਤ ਦਾ ਗਿਆਨ, Understanding of the Gur-Shabad, Gur-Giaan, or Divine Wisdom of the Gurbani…). (sggs 655).
• ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਉਲਟੀ ਭਈ ਭਾਈ ਜੀਵਤ ਮਰੈ ਤਾ ਬੂਝ ਪਾਇ ॥ ਸੋ ਗੁਰੂ ਸੋ ਸਿਖੁ ਹੈ ਭਾਈ ਜਿਸੁ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥: O brother! Meeting the Satgur (True Wisdom, ਸਚਾ ਗਿਆਨ), one understands (true Way of living - ਆਤਮਕ ਜੀਵਨ), and then turns away (from Bikaar, demerits, falsehood...), and remains living dead. O Brother! He is the Guroo and he is the Sikh, who has merged light (his individual consciousness) in the Universal Light (i.e.,  Universal Consciousness or Energy, Mool or Source, Brahm-Giaan or Knowledge,…). (sggs 602).