The Sikh Faith

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The Sikh Faith
.the beginning
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Introduction

• Today we will try to understand a little bit
  about the Sikh faith and who Sikhs are and why
  Sikhi is so important
• Understand Sikh beliefs and practices Know not
  just religion but a way of life

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What you will learn from today

• Who are the Sikhs?
• Some of the teachings
• How one lives and should live as a Sikh
• What our Gurus have taught Sikhs
• What Sikhs believe and how
• Messages from the Sikh Gurus
• Who is God?
• Who is the Sikhs Guru?
• Sikhs today

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Who are Sikhs????

• Word SIKH means disciple, to learn. Pupil in
  the school of God
• Follow teachings of the ten masters and eternal
  Guru (Guru Granth Sahib Ji)
• Began 1469 with Guru Nanak Dev Ji
• Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji 1708 to date

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the beginning

• So what was it like around 1469?
• Mugals in rule (Babar)
• High Hindu population.
• High in tyranny , segregation, social conflicts.
  Life wasnt easy.
• Mugal expoliting the population by forced
  religious conversions.
• Meanwhile Hindu population was strongly
  influenced by people labelled as Superior from
  birth or High Cast (Brahmans).
• Class based society based on superstitions and
  ritualism
• Sati
• The low caste shadow.
• We cant prayer togethersorry

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Teachings

• ONLY 1 GOD!!!
• Everyone is equal
• Reap what we sow
• truth is high but higher still is truthful
  living
• Believe that all the teachings from Guru Nanak
  Dev Ji to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji are true

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Purpose of Sikhs life.

• sqguru syiv sdw suKu pwieAw joqI joiq imlweI 2
• Serving the True Guru, eternal peace is obtained,
  and one's light merges into the Light. 2

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Who is god?...

• ltgt siq nwmu krqw purKu inrBau inrvYru Akwl mUriq
  AjUnI sYBM gur pRswid
• One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth.
  Creative Being. No Fear. No Hatred. Timeless
  without form, Beyond Birth and death,
  Self-Existent.
• Realised by Guru's Grace .

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• jpu
• Chant And Meditate
• Awid scu jugwid scu
• True In The Primal Beginning. True Throughout The
  Ages.
• hY BI scu nwnk hosI BI scu 1
• True Here And Now. O Nanak, Forever And Ever
  True. 1

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Messages from the Sikh Gurus

• Naam Jap remember the name
• vwihgurU vwihgurU vwihgurU vwih jIau
• Waahay Guru, Waahay Guru, Waahay Guru, Waahay
  Jee-o Wonderous enlightner
• Kirt Karni Work Hard
• Vand ke Shakna Share
• (Malik Bhago Bhai Lalo)
• The Gurudwara gives one ability to do all above..

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How does a Sikh show belief?

• Devotion- How do we show we are devoted to
  something??
• Football??
• Pop Group??
• So just like these - people who believe in
  something will show a way of devotion for their
  faith also
• Sikhs will keep the Khalsa Image, Uniform, try
  to live in Gods Will, stay true to the Gurus
  teachings and live according to the Eternal Guru
  Granth Sahib Ji.. Stay in the company of the holy

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How a Sikh should live

• Be strong and speak up against injustice
• Be humble
• Live in GODS Will
• Stay away from Tobacco and Alcohol
• Be honest and stay faithful
• help others, not just Sikhs!!
• (Bhai Khanaya Ji)
• Live as a Warrior Saint Aim to accept AMRIT
  (A without MRIT end/death).
• Strength to live in GODS WILL comes from
• AMimRq vylw scu nwau vifAweI vIcwru
• In the Amrit Vaylaa, the ambrosial hours before
  dawn, chant the True Name, and contemplate His
  Glorious Greatness

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Keep and live by the image of Khalsa

• Kes, Kanga, Kachhera, Kara, Kirpan
• Outward symbols of how a Sikh should feel on the
  inside
• Kes-Will of God
• Kanga-To keep oneself clean (mind)
• Kirpan- To show mercy and stand up to injustice
• Kara-to perform good deeds with hands
• Kachhera To practice control of vices and
  desires, commitment

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True Saint Soldier

• The state of warrior can only be achieved if you
• inq jpIAY swis igrwis nwau prvidgwr dw
• With every breath and morsel of food, chant the
  Name of the Lord, the Cherisher

Baba Deep Singh-Warrior Saint
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Why Saint Soldier?...
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What Sikhs believe and how it is seen and felt?...

• ijn gur kI kIqI cwkrI iqn sd bilhwrI 3
• I am forever a sacrifice to those who perform
  service for the Guru. 3
• SEVA, SIMRAN
• and
• SACRIFICE

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What The Guru says about other faiths.

• koeI bolY rwm rwm koeI Kudwie
• Some call Him, 'Raam, Raam', and some call Him,
  'Khudaa-i'.
• koeI syvY guseIAw koeI Alwih 1
• Some serve Him as 'Gusain', others as 'Allaah'.
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• kwrx krx krIm
• He is the Cause of causes, the Generous Lord .
• khu nwnk ijin hukmu pCwqw
• Says Nanak, one who realizes the Hukam of God's
  Will,
• pRB swihb kw iqin Bydu jwqw 59
• knows the secrets of his Lord and Master.
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Who is the Sikhs Guru now?

• gurbwxI qy hir mMin vswey
• Through the Word of Gurbani, the Lord comes to
  dwell in the mind.
• SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI

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Sikhs today
Regardless of age Sikhs are respected all around
the world for being peaceful and powerful people
that make valuable contributions in society
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Sikhs recognised working with UK and America
The Queen Visits Sikhs in Leicester
Sikh leaders at the White House
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Women in Sikhi
BMif jMmIAY BMif inMmIAY BMif mMgxu vIAwhu
From woman, man is born within woman, man is
conceived to woman he is engaged and married
BMfhu hI BMfu aUpjY BMfY bwJu n koie
From woman, woman is born without woman, there
would be no one at all.
nwnk BMfY bwhrw eyko scw soie
O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman.
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Ability to do almost anything with will power and
GODS GRACE
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Recite the name and be guided daily by the one
true lord.
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Conlude

• So what did Guru Nanak Dev Ji do???
• Started a revolution that would inject FAITH
  TRUTH to all, and to create a strong moral Sikh
  Society to recognise all as one!

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The Eternal Guru - Guru Granth Sahib Ji with a
display of armour as bestowed by Guru Gobind
Singh 1699