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Sikhism Flashcards

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What caste was Guru Nanak born in and when?

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He was born in a Hindu Kshatriya (high caste) family in 1469

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Rank the caste system

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  1. Brahmin (priestly caste)
  2. Kshatriya (kings,army,ruling caste)
  3. Vaishya (merchant,businesses)
  4. Shudra (servant)
  5. Dalit (Outcaste)
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How was India during Guru Nanak’s time and what did the Mughals and Hindu leaders do?

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  • 2 main religions - Islam and Hinduism
  • Mughals forced Hindus to convert to Islam
  • Hindu leaders were corrupt and charged lots of money to perform religious ceremonies
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What did Guru Nanak do as a child?

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  • He refused to follow the traditional ritual ceremony (sacred thread ceremony - Brahmins believed boys can reach heaven) because being kind and content will make you closer to God
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Story of Duni Chand

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Rich man Duni was asked to take a needle and give it back to him in the after life by Nanak. He taught him that you should share your wealth and not be greedy as wealth cannt help you when you die

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River Experience

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Guru Nanak went to bathe in the river and he didn’t return. People thought he was dead and after 3 days he reappeared. He said “there is neither Hindu nor Muslim”, and he went to spread his message

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Guru Nanak: Hardwar

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  • Hindus were throwing water towards the sun because they believed that their ancestors were in the sun (old tradition)
  • Nanak taught that you shouldn’t follow these rituals blindly
  • Nanak started to throw the water away from the sun to water the field of Punjab
  • He did this to prove that the Hindu’s water cant reach their ancestors because Nanak’s water can’t reach the field of Punjab
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Guru Nanak: Tibet

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  • Monks meditated all day long
  • Nanak taught thatr you must meditate on God’s name but also [play an active role to help others - action is needed, you can’t improve the world through thoughts alone
  • Miri-Piri - balance between worldy and spirtitual duties
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Guru Nanak: Baghdad

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  • Music had been banned because Muslims believed it was sinful
  • Nanak said that music itself is neutral - it depends on how you use it
  • Music can be used to praise God
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Guru Nanak: Mecca

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  • Nanak fell asleep with his feet towards the Kaa’ba
  • Muslims became angry towards his disrespect to God
  • Nanak said that God is everywhere (“in which direction is Allah not present”)
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What is the Mool Mantar?
What is Ang?

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  • Opening verse of the GGS describing beliefs about God
  • Term used to refer to a verse in the GGS
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Gives examples of the Mool Mantar

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  • There is only one God
  • Truth is His name
  • He is the Creator
  • He is without fear
  • He is without hate
  • He is beyond time (transcendent)
  • He is beyond birth and death
  • He is self-existent
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What are Sikh views on God? Include quotes

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  • “He created the Sun and the Moon; night and day, they move according to His Will” - He controls everything. He is all powerful and can do anything he wants
  • We are manifestations of 1 being. We are all God’s energy. 1 experiencing different forms
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What is Samsara? What is it fueled by? What can humans do?

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Cycle of birth, death and rebirth. This is fueled by karma and our soulds pass through a series of numerous incarnations (gives you a chance to escape mukhti). Only humans can make moral decisions therefore being incarnated as a human is a huge oppurtunity.

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What is Karma? Include the quote.

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Law of action and consequence -not God’s reward or punishment
Quote: “This body is a field of karma whatever you plant, you shall harvest”

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What is haumai?

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Selfishness (leads you away from God), ego, spiritual disease

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What is maya?

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Illusion of the temporary world

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What are the 5 thieves?

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  • Greed
  • Vanity (obsessed with how you look)
  • Attachment
  • Anger
  • Lust
    All these lead you further away from God
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What are the 5 stages of mukhti?

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  1. Khand 1 - acknowledging God’s existance
  2. Khand 2 - Increased knowledge in understanding God and His power
  3. Khand 3 - Knowledge must be accompanied with discipline to remove haumai
  4. Khand 4 - Overcoming 5 Thieves (lesser mukti - person is freed from haumai but still in human form)
  5. Khand 5 - Reached mukti - you merge with God
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Explain the 2 sides of Mukhti

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  • Negative (lesser mukhti) - refers to a person being freed from wordly temptations but still in their human form
  • Positive mukhti - fullest and truest realisation of the self merging with God when you die
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What are Sikh virtues?

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  • Justice
  • Temperance
  • Patience
  • Courage
  • Humility
  • Contentment
  • Wisdom
  • Truthful living
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What is the 3 fold path?

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  • Nam Japna - meditating on God’s name
  • Kirit Karni - honest livelihood
  • Vand Chakna - Sharing with others
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What is the quote about virtues from Nanak?

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Nanak - “Turth is higher than everything; but higher still is truthful living”

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Quote about manmurkh

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The self-willed manmurkh is lured by another man’s wife

24
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Quote about reincarnation

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“This human body has been given to you. This is your chance to meet God”

25
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Quote about gurmukh

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“The God-conscious being looks upon all alike”

26
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What is a gurmukh?

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Those who keep God in their mind (God-centred)

27
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What is a manmukh?

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Someone who is self-centred, ego-centred and possessed by the 5 thieves

28
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List some difficulties in being gurmukh in the modern world

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  • Discrimination in multi-ethnic societies leads to anger (thief)
  • Vanity and appearance obsessed society
  • Difficulties in practicing religion to fullest e.g kara, kirpan, kesh
  • Diluting of religious expression in a secular society e.g interfaith marriages
  • Distractions in modern world e.g technology
29
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What does:
1. Omnipotent
2. Omniscient
3. Omnibenevolent
mean?

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  1. All powerful
  2. All knowing
  3. All loving
30
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What is a Khand?

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Stages to mukhti (there are 5 Khands)

31
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What is Sewa?

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Selfless service (for others)

32
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Who is Guru Harkrishan?

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8th Guru of the Sikhs

33
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What is Deswandh?

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10% of earnings given towards a noble cause

34
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Examples of selfless service

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  • Volunteering at hospitals/care homes
  • Helping others
  • Teaching someone to read Gurmukhi
  • Donating
35
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3 types of Sewa

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  • Man (mind)
  • Tan (body)
  • Dhan (financial)
36
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What is Man?

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Service from the mind eg studying the GGS and teaching it to others

37
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Tan

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Physical service eg working in langar, voluntary work at Gurdwara

38
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Dhan

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Matertial service to other people eg Daswandh

39
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2 Quotes about Sewa

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  • “Serving others is serving God”
  • “A place in God’s court can only be attained if we do service to others in this world”
40
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What is Sangat?

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Congregation - refers to a gathering of God-oriented (Sikh) people who are worshipping together

41
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What is Sat Sangat?

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True congregation

42
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What happend in Kartapur?

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  • Guru Nank purchased Kartapur
  • This was were the 1st Sikg Sangat happend
  • Relates to the 3 fold path which is expressed through the community
43
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How does Kartapur express the 3 fold path as a community?

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  • Dharamsala - Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims would pray together and praise God (Naam Japna and equality)
  • Everyone contributing and Guru Nanak himself working in the fields (Kirit Karni, Miri-Piri, Equality)
  • Langar Hall open to all - vegetarian (Vand Chakna, Sewa, Equality)
44
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Give 3 quotes on Sangat from the GGS

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  • “Without the Sat Sangat, no one finds peace” (refers to mukti)
  • “How does one recognise Sangat? Sangat is where the Lord’s name is recited” (Naam Japna)
  • “Sangat is the school of the soul”
  • “the Glorious Virtues of the Lord are studied”
  • ” merge with their Lord and Master”
45
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Examples of gender inequality in India

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  • Practice of Sati
  • Purdah
  • Dowry System
  • Female Infanticide
46
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What is Sati?

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When husband dies, Hindu woman (wife) must leap into funeral pyre

47
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What is the dowry system?

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Bride’s family pay the groom’s fam with money/goods to take their daughter to ensure the marriage stays (done before marriage)

48
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What is purdah?

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Women obliged to cover faces in front of men, even at home, they cant enter house of pray during their monthly cycles

49
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What is female infanticide?

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  • Deliberate killing of female babies/toddlers
  • Seen as a burden/curse
50
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Quotes for GGS about women

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  • From the woman is the man, without woman there is none
  • Why call women evil who gives birth to kings and all
51
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Stories about women

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  • Guru Amar Das (3rd Guru) trained and appointed a large no of women as religious leaders
  • Guru Nanak had a bodygaurd - Mai Bhago (warrior princess) and led men
  • Mata Khivi - The soup kitchen Master - made langar, GGS describes her as a good person, affectionate mother
52
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Quote about mukti

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Mukti is the jewel of life

53
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Quote about Sewa

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A place in God’s court can only be attained if we do service to others

54
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Haumai quote

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“spiritual disease”

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