Learn To Lead based on Sikh values & principles (Discussion 1)

Описание: How do Sikh stories, symbols and values influence our leadership styles?
Some of the questions raised in this discussion:
1. How do we align with the ‘invisible hand’ in shaping our destiny?
2. How did Guru Amar Das Ji organise Sikh communities for cultural empowerment?
3. How can films such as “The four Sahibzade’ transform our lives?
4. What are the core values and messages in the story of the Four Sahibzade?
5. Why is it important to remember our ancestral stories?
6. What is the significance of the concept of ‘Miri Piri’?
7. What is the difference between repetition, recital and understanding of the Gurbani?
8. How deep is the impact of stories personally told to us by our parents and grandparents?
9. How closely are the principles of nam japo, kirat kamao and bandh shako, expressed in the ideology of humanism?
10. How did Maharaja Dilip Singh’s identity change when his mother convinced him that he was not a Prince (as his Christian foster parents had brought him up to believe) but in fact a Maharaja in exile?
11. What is more important, rituals or values?
12. How can we remain in chardi kalaa?
13. How can we mitigate the impact of our overly sweet diet in the Sikh community?
14. How have Sikh stories been distorted to serve political agendas, especially post 1947?
15. What has been the impact on the Sikh community of deep traumas, for example 1947 & 1984?
16. How can we avoid self-righteously judging others to be inferior to us in terms of their behaviour?
17. What are the three core principles that Guru Nanak Ji advocated?
18. How can we educate the Western communities in which we find ourselves located, to cultivate mutual respect?
19. When we are speaking of Sikhi in English, what kinds of concepts get lost in translation (due to lack of equivalent vocabulary)?
20. How do different cultures prioritise values such as ‘love your neighbour as yourself’?
21. Why are Sikh leaders mostly male even though the religion advocates gender equality?
22. What are the dangers of becoming too attached to roles, stories and archetypes?
23. How important is the outward appearance of Sikhs?
24. What is the impact of wearing symbols such as the kara, khanda and turbans?
25. What is the difference between the various JanamSakhis available to us?
26. How important is humour in our culture?
27. How can we attain mukti through our everyday practical activities?
28. How did British colonisation undermine the level of literacy in the Panjab?
29. How can we do sewa to nurture our souls as well as langar to nurture our bodies?

Dr Jesvir Kaur Mahil in discussion with Arvinda Lalli; Amardeep Singh; Ramneek Singh; Gurch Randhawa; Bali Kharay; Sukhchandan Kaur; Sackjinder Kaur Dhillon; Suki Randhawa;
Verpal Singh;