SIKHISM

SIKHISM

This is one of the old religion in India. The word ‘Sikh’ in Punjabi language means ‘Disciple”, Sikhs are the disciples of God, who follow the writing and teachings of the Ten Sikh Guru. In India Sikhism is about only 2%. This religion was oriented in 1469 with the birth of Guru Nanak Dev. He was the First Guru in Sikh religion. He is the creator of the Sikh religion. He was born in 1469 in Hindu family in Punjab. In Sikhism religion, traditionally, the men keep their hair and do not shave their beard. They gather their head hair in the turban.

A Sikh place for worship is called “Gurudwara.” According to Sikhism God is everywhere. But in a Sikhism there are some few important places like Golden Temple in Amritsar in Punjab.

The final living Guru of Sikhism was Guru Gobind Singh died in 1708 and after him the guru of the Sikhism is the holly book, “Guru Granth Sahib.” Before his death in 1708 Guru Gobind Singh declared that the Sikhs no longer needed a living and appointed his spiritual successor as Sri Guru Granth Sahib, his physical successor as the Khalsa and any Sikh is free to read the Guru Granth Sahib in the Gurdwara. Guru Gobind Singh established the Khalsa order (meaning ‘The Pure’), soldier saints.

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Philosophy and Beliefs:

1.      There is only one God. He is the same God for all people of all religions.

2.      Sikhism condemns blind rituals such as fasting, visiting places of pilgrimage, superstitions, worship of the dead, idol worship etc.

3.      Sikhism preaches that people of different races, religions, or sex are all equal in the eyes of God. It teaches the full equality of men and women.

4.      Sikhs have rejected the caste system of the Hindu religion. They believe that everyone has equal status in the eyes of God. This is a very important principle that permeates all Sikh beliefs, behaviors, and rituals.

5.     In sikhism all men and women are equal. Both have equal rights. Women have equal status as men.