Research Paper On Sikhism

Attack on the heart of Sikhism, the militaristic and political values over the lives of the innocent shook the entire Sikh religion to its knees. In June 1984, rising tension between the Damdami Taksal led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwal and Indian Army, lead to an assault on the Golden Temple located in Amritsar, where the nationalist group was headquartered. Lasting ten days, the Operation and overall fighting left the death toll to an estimated of 490. The damage to the Golden Temple complex and Sikh community was catastrophic. Battles in the surrounding areas, in the streets where innocents where kept and the involvement of tanks made for the operation to be very chaotic and horrific. In the months following the operation, Indira Gandhi,

The Sikhs are devotees to Sikhism, Sikhism is the youngest of the world’s religion with 25 million followers. Sikhism is only five hundred years old. The founder of Sikhism is Guru Nank, he was born in 1469. Guru Nank spoke a message of “Ek Ong Kar”: we are all one, created by the One Creator of all Creation. Guru Nank was the first of the ten Gurus in Sikhism. Throughout my research I have discovered what each Guru represents to the Sikh community and where Sikhism originated from. The appearance of Sikh devotees is a very important part of the Punjabi Sikh culture. Sikhs are very misunderstood in America and when people see images of Sikhs they are often mistaken for Muslims or terrorists, which often times leads to hate crimes. I’ll be focusing on the history of the Sikhism, Sikhs appearance, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism. In the end I would like my audience to have an understanding of the Sikh religion, ethnocentrism, and cultural relativism.

Hinduism is the major religion of India and is monism. It is defined as “uniting the worship of many Gods with a belief in a single divine reality.” (Molloy, 2015, p.75). “Hinduism is not a single, undefined religion; it is more like a family or beliefs” (Molloy, 2015, p.75). Hinduism is a religion where it is not as structured or has a lot of rules as catholic or baptist. I like it because it is most based off of a way of living your life to reach the ultimate destination. Which is the “path of desire” pleasure and success to achieve them you must maintain the fundamental rules of life they are the 5 principles; 1. God Exists: One Absolute OM. One Trinity: Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwara (Shiva) Several divine forms, 2. All human beings are divine, 3. Unity of existence through love, 4. Religious harmony, and 5. Knowledge of 3 Gs: Ganga (sacred river), Gita (sacred script), Gayatri (sacred mantra). And the 10 disciplines 1. Satya (Truth), 2. Ahimsa (Non-violence), 3. Brahmacharya (Celibacy, non-adultery), 4. Asteya (No desire to possess or steal), 5. Aparighara (Non-corrupt), 6. Shaucha (Cleanliness), 7. Santosh (Contentment), 8. Swadhyaya (Reading of scriptures), 9. Tapas (Austerity, perseverance, penance) 10. Ishwarpranidhan (Regular prayers). (#######) “Hinduism has no identifiable founder, no strong organizational structure to defend it and spread its influence.” (Molloy, 2015, p.75). It originates from 1,0000 B.C. and the scripture that is mostly used is the Vedas, it

Hinduism, Buddhism Jainism, and Sikhism are all Eastern religions with similar philosophical beliefs. In Hinduism you embrace a great diversity of different beliefs, a fact that can be easy confusing to western religions which are accustomed to creeds, confessions, and carefully-worded beliefs of statements. In Hinduism you can believe a wide variety of things about God, and the universe. There are some beliefs common to nearly all forms of Hinduism that can be shown, and these common beliefs are generally regarded as boundaries outside which they are considered to be heresy or non-Hindu religion. The

5. Sikhs believe in reincarnation and karma. This is one of the few fundamental areas that Sikhs adopted from Hinduism.

My purpose to write this essay on Hinduism and sikhism is because the two religions Sikhism and Hinduism is believed to be very similar if not same and the temples is told be almost identical this is ignorance of some people. The two religion have different gods and they represent their gods differently in the place of worship so my question is “how do hinduism and Sikhism represent gods in their places of worship” Which allows me to talk about that they are similar and different and there's individuality in the religion and aren't the same and representing gods in temple is always very important for every religion not just these two.

There are many religion in the world and according to heir religious beliefs, different people have different spiritual beliefs and some of those beliefs are similar and some are completely different, such as , Christian and muslims belief that there is only one god. By contrast, Hindus belief that there are thousands of god and goddesses and each god has unique values and way of worshiping . Siilarly, budhist and hinhus belief on ahimsa( do no harm) while muslims practice slaughtering of animals and they only consume slaughtered meat.

Those who are raised within one religious tradition may find it difficult to understand the traditions of another religion. It is not until one is educated in the basics of the other major world religions, that it is possible to see the many similarities between them. Just as there are many similarities between the countries culturally, the major religions share more things than they are different. In viewing Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism with an open mind, it is easy to see the differences, similarities and ideals that make these religions as widespread as they are.

Sikhs believe that you reap what you sew. If you do something bad then eventually that bad deed will catch up to you and you will pay for it. Such ideas are expressed through karma, much like the Hindu belief in karma, Sikhs belief in many lives after death as a result of the karma in the life you just lived. Sikhs disagree with Hinduism when it comes to karma in that they do not believe that people are defenseless beings. In Sikhism the cycle of life and death is regarded as the ultimate punishment and can only be overcome if they conduct themselves in line with the teachings of the Gurus by being Guru-oriented as opposed to being self-oriented (Kalsi,225). In Hinduism there are many gods that are worshiped and many pictures of these gods which is not accepted in Sikhism. The Gurus in Sikhism are considered to be disciples of god but not god himself therefore is not to be worshiped. They were not to be considered divine but enlightened teachers (“History of Sikhism”,

Gura Nanak born in the mid 15th century unlike Mahavira came to a belief in a single God. In addition, he developed the idea that the separation of Muslim and Hinduism into two religions was wrong. As a result of this experience, Nanak like Mahavira sought to spread his teachings by becoming homeless and wandering from place to place. Nanak’s creation was Sikhism, which is a melding of both Hindu and Muslim practices. One practice adopted from Islam, which is in opposition to Jainism is the practice of eating meat. According to Molloy, Nanak believed animals were created for the use of humans. Another emphasis particular to Sikhism is attention toward helping the poor. Nanak

"Muslims practice five pillars (fundamental beliefs) that you can extend to any of the other monotheistic religions. Of course, the belief in one G-d as the primary belief; (2) prayer, which we all do; (3) charity, which we all do; (4) fasting, which we all do - but nobody does it like the Muslims (evokes laughter from the audience) - and (5) pilgrimage to Mecca, if you are financially able. I know that other faith-traditions also have pilgrimages - to either shrines or other holy sites. So, we are all together," she said.

I was a raised as a Christian. In many respects, it was founded on the same premise as other major religions that are still practiced today. Over the last centuries, it evolved into different denominations. Despite this branching out within the religion, at their core, they maintained the same core values. As in most religious faiths, the goal is to provide a moral system that governs interpersonal relationships, and sometimes spiritual relationships.

3HO, for example, is described as having “a tightly structured Sikh core to what at first seems to be a more generally oriented collection of 3HO ashrams” (Tobey, 19), which implies that the root of the spirituality attained is still religious. In this sense, one cannot attain full liberalism through spirituality. Even though members aim to find a higher purpose through the collection of doctrines from multiple equal religions, they ultimately favor the doctrines of one religion. Since such doctrines of a specific are at the core of this spiritual organization, members can never fully separate themselves from traditional religious practices. With 3HO, this is shown through the fact that many members join the Sikh Dharma Brotherhood through a ceremony during Solstice. By doing so, the person “thereby becomes Sikh and accepts a whole culture and foster nationality as well as a new way of life” (Tobey, 19). So, even when one finds the path to liberalism through spirituality, the practice of such spirituality leads back to religion. People may start on the path seeking liberalism but end up drawn to the structure of institutions such as

Growing up, waking every sunday morning to go the sikh temple to go pray was not my intended sunday, but i was forced to. I used to hate going because i could never understand anything, until one summer I joined a religion camp that taught me about sikhism. To many people, Sikhism is similar to the religion islam, but they aren’t the same. Sikhism has different rituals than islam. We beleive in many gods where as islam belives in one. People get mistaken because they come from the same area of the world. Learning at a young age that many people think this was devestating to me, i wanted to make a change. Everyday i would feel guilty for not praying, i had in my head that god would hate me. As i grew up and learned more about islam and sikhism,

The religious belief system of Mithraism is not something that is heard and practiced by many in the modern world. Although there is not much light shed upon this religion, it is still a belief system with many interesting quality and depth. Mithraism s a religion that is similar to Christianity, as it follows similar principles and beliefs, but what they believe in and why they believe it is quite different as it originated in first century B.C. in Greece by Iranians. It stands independently as a religion with many practices that must gain more recognition. This is because their belief system can be dated back to ancient history, with faith that was rooted through different virtues. Not only that, but many rituals and