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What’s “Love” got to do with it? Love is indeed a four-letter word, heavily used, very interpretive, and often taken out of context in our personal lives. How do we understand love in the Sikh context?
Follow along as Jasleen Kaur and Pritpal Singh unpack the understanding of love through a Sikh lens; the relationship between the Sikh and the Guru — the relationship between the lover and the Beloved and love in its earthly reality.
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Jasleen Kaur is a Research Associate at the Sikh Research Institute. She has received a Religious Studies B.A./M.A. from the University of Virginia, focusing on South Asian Religions through the lens of literature and poetry.
View profile ⟶Manvinder Kaur is the webinar coordinator at SikhRI. She holds a Master of Arts in Religious Studies from McMaster University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto.
View profile ⟶Pritpal Singh is a poet, podcaster, and inclusion advocate as well as a dad to two daughters.
View profile ⟶The Sikh Research Institute recognizes its ethical responsibility to promptly correct any factual small or large errors. Please get in touch with us via email to request a correction if you have identified a mistake.
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