Category: Religion
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Dr Harbans Lal only Sehajdhari Sikh to serve as AISSF president
The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: You can’t imagine a Sehajdhari in important positions in Sikh institutions today, but once upon a time even the All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) had a sehajdhari as its president in the early 1950s. His name was Harbans Lal who is today known as Bhai Harbans Lal or Dr Harbans Lal.…
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How we fought racism in 1970s to start Toronto’s first Krishna temple
HAMILTON: I was adopted from a Roman Catholic orphanage when I was one and a half years old and named Bobby Hebert. I still remember learning to walk with the help of the nuns who lived full time in the orphanage back then. My adopted parents moved from St. Johns, New Brunswick, to Hamilton, Ontario,…
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Spiritual part of human brain found, claim scientists
Scientists at Yale University claim to have identified a part of the human brain associated with spiritual experiences. Activity in the parietal cortex, an area of the brain involved in awareness of self and others as well as attention processing, seems to be a common element among individuals who underwent spiritual experiences, says a study…
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Sikh heritage in Pakistan dying, says author as Sikh Foundation of Canada honours him
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: Singapore-based Amardeep Singh, who was honoured at the annual gala of the Sikh Foundation of Canada here in Toronto on April 21 for his landmark work on Sikh heritage in Pakistan, says historical Khalsa monuments in that country are on the verge of extinction. Everything must be done to preserve them…