Reflection on Visiting an Uncomfortable Place I used to feel uncomfortable in any place of worship other than mosques for two main reasons. First, I grew up in an Islamic country where building houses of worship other than mosques is not allowed for religious reasons. Second, I chose to go to a Sikh temple because in my community, there is a common stereotype that Sikhs do not get along with Muslims. Growing up with this idea, made me presume that there are barriers between us, so I can not get closer to that culture. Culture description: India is one of the most religiously and ethnically diverse countries in the world; therefore, I strongly believe that its inefficient to ignore any of these various cultures and generalize one culture
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Before I went there, I searched and read about the Indian culture, specifically, the Punjabi culture, where majority of the Sikh people come from. In order for me to interact with Sikhs, observe and analyze their culture closely, I went to their temple on a Sunday morning when most of the Sikhs go to the temple. However, I discovered that the culture of Indian and the religion of Sikhism contradict each other at some points, which led the Sikhism to be a religious group that forms their own culture. Thus, in this paper, I will mainly analyze the Sikhs culture, and I will explain the differences between Sikhs and the Indian culture. From interacting with the Sikhs at their house of worship, I found out that their culture …show more content…
While they were talking about their God, I have realized how much they were feeling sorry for other people who are not aware of this truth. The rules of the Sikhism which prevent smoking, drinking, and eating meat, should not be changed because those rules were in their Holy Guru book. Forgiveness is one of the main virtues of Sikhism, whomever commit sins, can be forgiven by God if he/she analyzed being mistaken, and ask for forgiveness from God while praying. Sikhs focus on the future rather than the past, they believe that the nature of mankind is good and not evil, but human should remain good by believing in God. On the other hand, Sikhs have a low uncertainty avoidance in their social lives and relationships with others. There are few and general rules for their relationships with
Before I went there, I searched and read about the Indian culture, specifically, the Punjabi culture, where majority of the Sikh people come from. In order for me to interact with Sikhs, observe and analyze their culture closely, I went to their temple on a Sunday morning when most of the Sikhs go to the temple. However, I discovered that the culture of Indian and the religion of Sikhism contradict each other at some points, which led the Sikhism to be a religious group that forms their own culture. Thus, in this paper, I will mainly analyze the Sikhs culture, and I will explain the differences between Sikhs and the Indian culture. From interacting with the Sikhs at their house of worship, I found out that their culture …show more content…
While they were talking about their God, I have realized how much they were feeling sorry for other people who are not aware of this truth. The rules of the Sikhism which prevent smoking, drinking, and eating meat, should not be changed because those rules were in their Holy Guru book. Forgiveness is one of the main virtues of Sikhism, whomever commit sins, can be forgiven by God if he/she analyzed being mistaken, and ask for forgiveness from God while praying. Sikhs focus on the future rather than the past, they believe that the nature of mankind is good and not evil, but human should remain good by believing in God. On the other hand, Sikhs have a low uncertainty avoidance in their social lives and relationships with others. There are few and general rules for their relationships with