Talk:Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa

Birth date

It doesn't say in the article when she was born, as far as I can tell. --212.251.183.204 (talk) 15:15, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Improve article suggestions

Just read this page for the first time today, and found it confusing, and am wondering if there are any objections to my working on it to improve its clarity. The lead sentence should have the various names - birth name, Kaur Khalsa, Gurmukh, as well as date of birth. Then it would make sense to go into the meaning of the name Gurmukh. An info box could be created. I'll make a few bold changes for now, (since no one responded to the last comment on the talk page in 2011) - to open up discussion. Netherzone (talk) 21:04, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

A potential ref problem

I need someone to check page number in the book "Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth" by the subject of the article. I filled in and combined several duplicate refs to this book but now I see that we also reference a different edition of the same book. The page numbers I assigned to the London publication may actually belong to the New York version. Probably best if someone with access to either of the versions just combines all 4 refs and gives the page numbers for that version. Meters (talk) 01:14, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

"Gurmukh"

"Gurumukh" (which in the vernacular gets pronounced as "gur-mukh") does not mean to possess true knowledge or, more so, "yoga teacher." The word "gurumukh" is composed of the words "guru" (spiritual master) and "mukh" (face, from Sanskrit "mukha"). A gurumukh is a sikh (pupil) whose face is always facing the guru – in other words, a faithful disciple. "Possessing true knowledge" may be a very extended elaboration, but in Indian language, "gurmukh" is never used to mean "yoga teacher." Historically, the Panjabi word "gurmukh" is mostly used in the Sikh faith, and mostly refers to the nine Nanaks who were faithful disciples of their predecessors.

Terms which could be used for yoga teacher include: guru, acarya, yoga guru, yogacarya, baba (father), guruji, gurudev, sri guru, yogiraj, maharaj, etc. – never "gurumukh".Oliver Puertogallera (talk) 00:02, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Link to Red Hot Chili Peppers (band) Album page?

I am a big fan of the alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. I am listening to old albums and today I discovered that the song "Falling into Grace" on their album One Hot Minute is all about Gurmukh, references her name a number of times during the song, and even cites her as providing "chants on "Falling into Grace"" under the "Additional musicians" section of the article. I read the Wikipedia:"In_popular_culture"_content article and I believe that this situation would warrant adding such a section to Gurmukh's Wiki page, but I am not sure (this would be my first time adding such a section/information to a Wikipedia article). Any advice? I don't believe it qualifies simply as "trivia" since it seems that she had a direct impact on the band's activities based on her citation and inclusion.

Thanks!

Seanahdi (talk) 00:42, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Seanahdi, I don't see any reason not to add something like this if you can find a reliable source to back it up. If there are sources, I'd suggest perhaps a new section called "In popular culture" or "Impact on popular culture." If there aren't available sources, you might want to think about it, as it might be removed. Netherzone (talk) 13:33, 26 February 2021 (UTC)