Bibi Harsimrat Kaur Khalsa, a white American lady gets a taste of the Amrit of Guru Granth Sahib 9 years ago. She is founder and President of Guru Granth Parchar Mission of USA, Inc. to promote the teachings of Guru Nanak and to help humanity. Harsimrat is frequently featured on Sikh Chanel TV in Europe and served 2 years hosting her own radio program on Radio Apna Punjab singing kirtan and teaching the English meanings of the banis in Guru Granth Sahib. Bibi Harsimrat translated Jap Ji Sahib into the Hebrew Language. She received a Masters Degree in Biblical Literature from Baltimore Hebrew University, and recently completed her nine month education and certification in Massage Therapy from Everest College in Hayward California, graduating with high honors. She has received national awards for athletic achievements. Much of her life was devoted to traveling the world and singing and lecturing on spiritualism and inner healing. She lived in Jerusalem, then traveled to Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, the Philippines, Italy, and UK.
One day while she was working for the Fairfax County government in Virginia, one fellow employee invited her to a gurdwara. There her curiosity started a major change in her life. She began to study the Guru Granth Sahib, as very few Sikhs understand Gurbani deeply. The head granthi, Giani Kuldeep Singh encouraged her to learn Gurbani. Later on, she met up with Giani Sant Singh Maskeen Ji who devoted his time while visiting USA to teach her shudh (grammatically correct pronunciation) of reading Gurmukhi, especially the Farsi, Sanskrit and Seheskritee Shloks. As she traveled with Giani Sant Maskeen, she composed music and sang kirtan with her guitar her unique melodies of Guru Shabad. After spending months traveling, she studied Gurmukhi grammar intensively and learned how to read Akhanda Paath Sahib in Punjabi script remarkably in just 4 months. She volunteered to read Akhanda Paath for 2 years in gurdwara sahib in Virginia. Giani Jaktar Singh Jachak, former head granthi of Harmandar Sahib also taught her.
Bibi Harsimrat resumed her traveling coming to the Fremont Gurdwara in California, where you can see her reading Akhanda Paath. There she accidentally met her husband, Giani Avtar Singh Missionary, born in Amritsar and rare scholar and famous preacher, first graduate of the great Sahibzaha Jujhar Singh Gurmat Missionary College in Ropar Punjab. She was introduced to him by the Principal, Jasbir Singh.
Bibi Harsimrat Kaur has established her non-profit spiritual establishment, Guru Granth Parchar Mission of USA, Inc. to bring door to door parchar (teaching) of Guru Granth Sahib for all occasions, including funerals and even weddings. She is accepting contributions without asking, to cover the costs of purchasing property to open a spiritual center and spreading Guru Granth Sahib's teachings and to promote natural healing through the massage therapy, the most ancient and diversified mode of compassionate healthcare.
She is available for prayer, and spiritual healing religious services at
(510) 432-5827
email .
singhstudent@yahoo.com
Guru Granth Parchar Mission of USA, Inc.
PO Box 65
Hayward, California 94543
Courtesy
Punjab Spectrum.........
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