Giani Sant Singh Maskeen (1934-2005) was among the most beloved Sikh katha-vachaks, known for clear, profound discourses on Gurbani and Gurmat.
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Courses
Gurmat Katha
This course studies the art of ਕਥਾ (oral discourse) and the core Gurmat themes that shaped the teaching of Giani Sant Singh Maskeen, one of the best-known Sikh expositors of the twentieth century. Rather than reproducing his words, the course examines his method: how he opened a line of Gurbani, built a moral…
Haumai, the Self, and Liberation
An upper-division study of one of the central problems in Sikh philosophy: Haumai, the deep-rooted sense of a separate, self-asserting 'I' that the Gurus identify as the root of human bondage. Drawing on the reverent expository tradition of katha exemplified by Giani Sant Singh Maskeen (1934-2005), a renowned…