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Sikhism Location
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Northwest India
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Sikhism Date of emergence
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15th-16th century CE
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Nam
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True name of God
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Guru Nanak
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Founder of Sikhism
Believed: - in the One, the formless and transcendent God - to God one owes absolute submission in love - this love is expressed in community singing rather than through temple ritual and asceticism - rejected caste divisions and hierarchy - rejected shrines, asceticism, prophets, incarnations - rejected competing religious identities of Hindu and Muslim |
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Langar
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the custom of a communal feast for disciples
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Guru Granth Sahib
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The fifth Guru, Arjan (1563-1606)
- compiled the Guru Granth Sahib (“Book of the Lord’) also called the Adi Granth, “original collection” ) |
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Khalsa
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this fraternity is called khalsa (the “pure ones”). Its members become singhs (“lions”) through initiation. This initiation is called the Baptism of the sword (this involved sprinkling initiates with water that had been stirred with a sword).
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