Sikhism is monotheistic worship of God, the term Sikh comes from the word "disciple". Sikhs are adherents who are followers of disciples to the Guru. Sikhism borrowed beliefs of Hinduism and Islamic Sufism to develop into a religion that is known as Sikhism today (Ellwood & McGraw; “Many People, Many Faith pg. 104). Sikhism is a religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, by Guru Nanak and continued to progress through the ten successive Sikh gurus.
Sikhism religion was founded by Guru Nanak, was born on April 15, 1469 in the Western Punjab village of Talwandi (The First Master Guru Nanak). From an early age Nanak was very spiritual and would spend long hours meditating. He always questioned meaningless
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God makes no distinctions between men and women on the bases of castle of creed, but he only looks into their hearts (Ellwood & McGraw: “Many People, Many Faith pg. 104). Nanak believed simple worship of God, or keeping God in your mind all the time is sufficient; no pilgrimage, ritual, or ascetic practices add nothing to it (Ellwood & McGraw: “Many People, Many Faith pg. 104). Main beliefs of Sikhism is the meaning of the word God. Nanak’s three main teaching are the following: Vand Chhakna, Kirat Karni, and Naam …show more content…
Ego is person’s self-esteem, self-importance; people with self-esteem tend to think they are in control and that they have the power to do whatever they wish to do. People with ego tend to forget about God. A person that remains in their ego cannot be with God (Five Vices We Should Overcome). " Acting in egotism, selfishness and conceit, the foolish, ignorant, faithless cynic wastes his life. He dies in agony, like one dying of thirst; O Nanak, this is because of the deeds he has done. " (Guru Granth Sahib 260).
Nanak centered his teaching around "Equality of Humans" without any difference of caste or creed. Nanak believed in equality of both men and women. "From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married. Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come. When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound. So why call her bad? From her, kings are born. From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all. O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman (Life and Teachings of Guru Nanak Dev
Sikhism is the world's fifth largest religion. Sikhism is one of the younger faiths of the world, as compared with religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity or Islam. It is a monotheistic faith, preaching the existence of only one God, and teaching ideals that may be universally accepted today and in the future: honesty, compassion, humility, piety, social commitment, and most of all tolerance for other religions.
Sikhism and Christianity are two very popular religions in the world today that are practiced by millions. They each have their own origins, beliefs and practices that are custom to their own religions, and some that are shared by other religions. Each religion founded by different people, Guru Nanak for Sikhism, and Jesus for Christianity, had their own upbringings, beliefs, and legacies that they left behind. Though the lives and teachings of Jesus and Guru Nanak may seem different at first though when the early lives, teachings & late lives and religions today are looked at closer, they start to resemble each other.
Sikhism is a religion that was founded in India by Guru Nanak around 1500 B.C. Since then, it has grown in numbers and has become a widely known world religion. In fact, the main place of worship and the holiest shrine in the Sikhism faith, the Golden Temple was just visited by the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, in early November, 2009.
When discussing religion, it is important to note there are many different religions throughout the world. Each religion has its own name, form of worship, practices, and beliefs. Some religions even require their followers to wear certain clothing, eat certain things, and pray several times a day. As you study different religions, you learn there are usually similarities among them. You also learn there are several key differences that set each religion apart. Sikhism and Hinduism are two religions that share similar beliefs and practices, but there are several things within each of these religions that show their differences.
Sikhism was founded in 1450 CE in the Punjab region of India. “Sikh” is actually means Disciple in their language (“Sikhism Religion of the Sikh People”, 1). This seems very fitting being that the religion is carried on by 10 gurus to whom follow the word of god. Unlike the origin of Hinduism where there is no one founder, there is a founder of Sikhism named Guru Nanek Deb Ji. He spread his word of peace and love and chastised rituals of Muslims and Hindus. Guru Nanek never forced his views on those of other religions (“History of Sikhism”, 1). Guru Granth Sahib is how people today can learn the teaching of Sikhism. Sikhism rejects the caste system and practice equality of life. There are no religious laws unlike Hinduism, just three rules to which a Sikh should live their lives. There are no priests in Sikhism, followers were to be househol...
Islam and Sikhism are two major monotheistic religions of the world. While Islam emerged in the seventh century CE –more precisely the year 622 CE marks the beginning of the Muslim Era, Sikhism appeared later, during the fifteenth century CE. Comparing the number of believers, Islam is the second-largest and fastest growing major religion in the world with over 1.7 billon followers, while Sikhism is ranked fifth with only about 20 million followers.
Despite being one of the world's largest world religions, Sikhism remains one of the most unknowledgeable and misunderstood traditions in America now. It is overseen and viewed in a lens based off assumptions of events that have occurred over the years. The lack of understanding has brought up too many serious consequences for their community including discriminatory policies, prejudiced stereotypes, shocking school bullying and violent hate crimes. To begin, Sikhism is a religion originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent about the end of the 15th century. It is known as one of the youngest of the major world religions! The vital beliefs of
The differences would be that Jainism is the oldies religion while Sikhism is the youngest. However, the most important would be their diet, and salvation, separates the two religions. Jainism is allow to eat meat, Sikhism are strict vegetarians. Jainism do not believe in a singular God or multiple Gods, their belief is determined by the human beings personal struggles and accomplishments. Sikhism believes that in a sole creator, salvation is gained by serving that creator and announcing ones’ self to the higher being.
Seva is also an important part of the religion as it involved the undertaking of manual jobs, voluntarily, for the good of others. Kirat Karna (honest work) is also a significant part of Sikhism as it involves honestly - a hugely important part of the religion. "A Sikh should live only on his honest earnings. " (Rehat Maryada) "No Sikh should gamble of commit theft. " (Rehat Maryada)
Sikhism is a monotheistic organized religion founded in the 15th century in the Punjab region of India by Guru Nanak the first of 10 Gurus. Sikhism’s philosophy has evolved through the added teachings of each Guru over time. Each Guru would appoint a successor and this process continued until the 10th Guru, Goband Singh, declared he would be the last Guru of Sikh ism and the teachings of each Guru was recorded by the sixth Guru in scripture titled the Guru Granth Sahib. This is the central religious text of Sikhism and is considered by many Sikhs to be the final sovereign guru of the religion. The main teaching of Sikhism is the idea of the oneness of God. Sikhs believe that the spiritual and secular worlds are intertwined rather than separate. Sikhism teaches its followers that all religious traditions can help to enli...
They have many beliefs based on their religion. One is that they believe in deity, which is their god. They also believe in more than one deity. Another thing that they believe is in reincarnation that once you die you come back in a different life form. Something else they believe in is karma that what you do, say, and think comes back at you. They also believe that we all have a guide in life during different stages and they are called guru, which are our teachers. In addition, our mothers are our very first guru. In addition, we should all try to build our own Mandir inside of
Sikhs emphasize two primary aspects of daily life: service and devotion to God. Service means honest work and service to the community - Sewa, in which all are equal regardless of caste, creed, race or gender. Devotion is cultivated by singing devotional hymns and by meditation on the holy name of God - Simran and Naam Japna
Being a Sikh adds a very important and unique element to my identity. What makes me a Sikh: is clearly defined in the article of 'The man in Blue' quoted that 'I am not a gora (white) Sikh or a kala (black) Sikh - I am a Sikh' (Cornelis Harjinder Singh, 2012), which gives a Sikh a very important identity because being a Sikh is not only defined by wearing the five Ks, which are Kesh: uncut hair, Kangha: a wooden comb , Kara: a metal bracelet ,Kachera: a specific style of cotton undergarments and Kirpan: a strapped curved sword, but it defined by the fact and an idea that every Sikh is mediating on the name of God. I do not wear all the five Ks, but I proudly have always worn a Kara ( metal bracelet), which naturally does draw a lot of
Sikhism is the youngest religion out of all the major world religions, it is actually only about five hundered years old. Sikhism like most religions was “born out of an shaped by exisiting faiths, and like offspirng bears a likeness to them.” (Singh 2004 p-16). Sikhism was created out of two reigions those being Islam and Hinduism. The time that when Sikhism was created was a time when India was being torn apart by different religious factions.The founder of Sikhism was Guru Nanak Dev Ji and he was born in 1469. According to Singh (2004) Guru Nanak spread the message of “Ek Omkar” which basically means that we are all one, created by the One Creater of all Creation. Guru Nanak did not aligne himself with a religion he actually respected all religions but he did express the reality that there is only one God and that the Name of God is Truth. Basically Singh (2004) tells us that the followers of Guru Nanak were Sikhs which literealy means student or disciple. Sikhs have many beliefs but their main belief stated by Robinson (2009) is that Sikhs believe in one God that has many names and has no s...
1.1 Background to the Study Globally, decentralization has shaped the contours of development thinking, administration and governance. Academics, international development agencies, bilateral and multilateral donors have place much emphasis on decentralization. Hence its potential to reduce poverty particularly in developing countries. Decentralization is defined broadly as the transfer of authority on a geographic basis location or authority powers, people or things away from a central process of redistributing or dispersing functions whether by decongestion (i.e. delegation) of authority to field units of the same department or level of government units or special statutory bodies.