SIKH DHARAM

                                    SIKH DHARAM

Sikhism is the world’s fifth-largest religion. Founded in the Punjab region of India about 500 years ago. Most of the world’s 25 million Sikhs live in India, but more than 500,000 make the U.S. their home.

The founder of sikh dharam(Religion) was Guru nanak dev ji.Guru nanak dev ji was born on 15 April 1469 and died on 22 september 1539.

The sikh dharam is based on the three basic principles given by the first Guru,Guiru nanak dev ji.

The first word is Vaṇḍ Chhakō (Punjabi: ਵੰਡ ਛਕੋ) .IT is one of the three main pillars of the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji the founder of the Sikh Dharam The other two pillars are Naam Japo and Kirat Kara It is a technique and method which means share what you have and to consume it together as a community. This could be wealth, food. etc. The term is also used to mean to share ones wealth with others in the community, to give to charity, to distribute in Langer and to generally help others in the community who need help. A Sikh is expected to contribute at least 10% of their wealth/income to the needy people of the world or to a worthy cause.

                               Teachings of Sikh Dharam(Religion).

Sikh Dharam teachings can be found in the Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib as a vast collection of revelatory verses recorded in Gurumukhi

From these some common principles seem discernible. Firstly a supreme Godhead who although incomprehensible, manifests in all major religions, the Singular "Doer" and formless. It is described as the indestructible (undying) form.

                     AN EXAMPLE OF VAND KE CHHAKO

                                       AN EXAMPLE OF KIRAT KARNA

               AN EXAMPLE OF SEWA  AT GURU DWARA

Nanak describes the dangers of egotism (haumai- "I am") and calls upon devotees to engage in worship through the word of God. Naam, implies God, the Reality, mystical word or formula to recite or meditate upon (shabad in Gurbani), divine order (hukam) and at places divine teacher (guru) and guru’s instructions and singing of God’s qualities, discarding doubt in the process. However, such worship must be selfless (sewa). The word of God, cleanses the individual to make such worship possible. This is related to the revelation that God is the Doer and without God there is no other. Nanak warned against hypocrisy and falsehood saying that these are pervasive in humanity and that religious actions can also be in vain. It may also be said that ascetic practices are disfavoured by Nanak, who suggests remaining inwardly detached whilst living as a householder.

                    ELEVEN GURU OF SIKH DHARAM:-

1.Guru nanak dev ji.

2.Guru angad de ji

3.Guru amar das ji

4.Guru ram das ji

5.Guru arjan dev ji

6.Guru har gobind dev ji

7.Guru har rai ji

8.Guru har krishan dev ji

9.Guru tegh bahadur dev ji

10.Guru gobind singh ji

11.Guru granth sahib

 CLASHES BETWEEN MUGHAL EMPIRE AND SIKH                                                                  DHARAM:-

1st Sikh guru arjan dev ji killed by Muslims Mughal Emperor Jahangir ordered him to be tortured and sentenced to death.

Guru Arjan dev ji:- In 1581,  — Guru Arjan the youngest son of the fourth guru — became the Fifth Guru of the Sikhs. In addition to being responsible for building the Golden Temple, he prepared the Sikh Sacred book and his personal addition of some 2,000 plus hymns in the Guru Granth Sahib

In 1604 he installed the Adi Granth for the first time as the Holy Book of the Sikhs. In 1606, for refusing to make changes to the Gurū Granth Sāhib, he was tortured and killed by the Mughal rulers of the time.

Guru Tegh Bahadur :-The site in the Chandini Chowk area of Old Delhi, is where the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded on the orders of the Mughal emperor in 1675 AD. Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam .

                                             SIS GANJ SAHIB GURUDUWARA DELHI

Guru Gobind Singh ji:- Guru Gobind Singh  was the last of the ten Sikh Gurus. He was a warriaor,poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at the young age of nine. He contributed much to Sikkhisim notable was his contribution to the continual formalisation of the faith which the first Guru Guru Nanak had founded, as a religion, in the 15th century; and his promotion of the covering of one's hair with a turban. Guru Gobind Singh, the last of the living Sikh Gurus, initiated the Sikh kahalsa  in 1699 passing the Guruship of the Sikhs to the Eleventh and Eternal Sikh Guru, the Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred Book of the Sikhs.

1.    Creation of khalsa(30 March 1699):- The creation of the Khalsa; initiated by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru. Although the early Mughal emperors had peaceful relations with the Sikh Gurus, the Sikhs started facing religious persecution during the reign of Jahangir.

                                           AN EXAMPLE IMAGE OF KHALSA:-

                                           5 K IN SIKH RELEGION

                                 GOLDEN TEMPLE OF AMRITSAR

   

                 A SMALL SIKH GIRL DOING SEWA IN GURUDUWARA.
                     A beautiful line by GURU GOBIND SINGH JI
                      chidiya naal je baaj ladawan taan Gobind Singh naam dharavan.

                                          INFORMATION TAKEN FROM MY DEAR MOM
                                        wikipedia,www.sikhdharma.org,www.fatehsikh.net
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