3 Sikhism

Question 1

Amrit Sanskar

Answer 1

The name given to ceremony that initiates a person into the Khalsa

Question 2

Gurdwara

Answer 2

Is the name given to a Sikh place of worship; it’s means ‘gateway to the Guru’

Question 3

Gurpurbs

Answer 3

The celebrations of the anniversary of the birth or death of a Guru; the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib in 1604 is also celebrated as a gurpurb

Question 4

Mool Mantra

Answer 4

‘Basic teaching’ - the first statements of each section of the Guru Granth Sahib. These underpin the seek religion and all the basic beliefs about the nature of God

Question 5

Mukti

Answer 5

Spiritual liberation from the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth

Question 6

Sangat

Answer 6

The holy congregation gathered in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib

Question 7

Sewa

Answer 7

Service to fellow human beings; acts of kindness or charity

Question 8

Vaisakhi

Answer 8

The Sikh harvest festival that also marks the day in which Guru Gobind Singh formed the first Khalsa in 1699