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Sikhism Flashcards

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Quote about Sangat:

‘Join Sat Sangat….’

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‘….the true congregation, and find the lord. The Gurmukh embraces love for the lord’

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‘Sitting in the Sangat, the True Cong., ..’

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‘…the mind is comforted and consoled by the true name’

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’..in establishing the Gurdwara,.. ‘

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‘…Guru Nanak brought heaven on earth.’

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What do Sikhs do in a Sangat:

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-sing hymns
-listen to musicians praising God
-listen to a Sikh who is trained in religion give a lecture
-discuss local social and community issues

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Quote about equality and castes:

‘Recognise the Lord’s light within all, …’

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‘,and do not consider caste or color, there are no castes in the world hereafter.’

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Teaching of equality of women:

‘Without women there …’

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‘would be no one at all’

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‘He possesses all qualities..’

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‘…and transcends all qualities’

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‘Your body is a field of karma..

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‘…-what you plant is what you will harvest.’

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The Karah Prashad..

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-distributed in Sat Sangat
-symbolises equality because everyone is given it
-prepared during prayer, given out after

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The five K’s

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-karah (bangle)
-kirpan (knife)
-kesh (uncut hair)
-kachera (underwear)
-kanga (comb)

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Karta Purakh

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eternal creator

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Par-Brahm

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beyond human though, ineffable nature of God

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the five sikh virtues

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truthful living
compassion
contentment
humility
love

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give a quote about truth

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‘truth is higher than everything, but higher still is truthful living’

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abortion in sikhism

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most disagree, as it goes against the creative work of god
- who created everything and is present in every being. most Sikhs accept that life begins at conception

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what is the Sikh just war theory

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Dharam Yudh: (‘war in defense of righteousness’)
-no thought of personal reward
-focused totally on what they believe God wants them to do
-only those selflessly committed to fighting allowed to take part,
-NO MERCENARIES (fight for money)

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‘when matters pass all other means…

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it is allowed to take up arms’

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sikh attitudes to war:
one reason why the tenth guru (Gobind Singh) created the Khalsa was to…

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…get a group of devotees who were prepared to fight and die for God

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Quotes for nature of God

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‘One Universal creator God. Name is truth.. image of undying and beyond’
‘My lord is great, unfathomable…invisible and infinite’

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Quotes for God as creator:

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‘Forever and ever, he is one, the universal creator’
‘He abides in every heart’

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Quote for Sewa:

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‘One who performs selfless service, without thought of reward shall attain his lord and master’

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Quote for equality

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‘He belongs to all’
‘In each heart the divine light is contained’

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‘all creatures and beings are his,

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he belongs to us all’

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‘without women

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there would be no one at all’

25
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‘Haumai is opposed to the

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name of the world’

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The 5 stages of liberation

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-Piety
-Knowledge
-Effort
-Grace
-Truth

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‘Those who are committed to the Nam,

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see the world as a mere temporary pleasure’

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‘he is the perfect transcendent lord,

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throughout the ages’

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‘Those who do not serve the true guru…

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go though the circle of 8.4 million reincarnations’

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‘Those committed to the Nam,

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see the world as a temporary pleasure’

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‘where there is pleasure,

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there is no desire for God’

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what does the Khanda symbolise

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-double edged sword
-one God
-one edge: divine justice
other, freedom and authority

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Rumallas and Chauris

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Rumalla- the cloth
Chauri- the fan

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hukam

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a reading at random of the GGS

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who is Matha Khivi

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-the only woman mentioned in GGS
-wife of Guru Angad (2nd)
-prepared Langar

36
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‘the lord resolves

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their affairs’

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Akl Takht

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throne of religious authority in Harimandir Sahib
-morning Prakash ceremony of GGS
-evening Sukhasan ceremony of GGS

38
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‘For a moment of sexual pleasure,

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you shall suffer in pain for millions of days’

39
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wonderful is the earth,

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wonderful is the sources of creation

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show kindness

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and mercy to all beings

41
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as one thread holds

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hundreds of beads, he is woven into his creation

42
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ending a life causes

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future karmic consequences

43
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angels that record the deeds Sikhs

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chitra and gupta

44
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‘where there is forgiveness

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there is god himself’

45
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it is sinful to submit

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to the opressor

46
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sikh organisations

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Sikh International Aid
Khalsa/Langar Aid

47
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Duni Chand

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story of the needle

48
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There is neither Jew nor Gentile

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for you are all one in Christ Jesus

49
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Let there be light

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and there was Light

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