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SIKHISM

SIKHISM. Amritsar is the holy city for Sikhs and is home of the Golden Temple. Golden Temple, Amritsar. Sikhs went from pacifism to being very militant. .

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SIKHISM

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  1. SIKHISM

  2. Amritsar is the holy city for Sikhs and is home of the Golden Temple

  3. Golden Temple, Amritsar

  4. Sikhs went from pacifism to beingvery militant.

  5. Sword that smites in a flash, That scatters the armies of the wickedIn the great battle-field, 0 symbol of the brave. Your arm is irresistible, your brightness shines forth The splendour of the black dazzles like the sun. Sword, you are the scourge of saints, You are the scourge of the wicked ; Scatterer of sinners, I take refuge with you. Hail to the Creator. Saviour and sustainer, Hail to you : Sword supreme !--Guru Gobind Singh Sahib

  6. Sikhs have been caught in the middle of ethnic fighting since their beginning. The is some of the destruction due to Operation Blue Star in June ‘84

  7. “There is no Muslim and there is no Hindu.” Nanak

  8. NANAK’S LIFE and WORK • Muslim push East brought them into Northwest India beginning of the second millennium (see map on next slide) • Hinduism and Islam convict on many points of theology • Kabir in late 15th and early 16th tried to bring peace • Nanak (1469-1538) founder of Sikhism • At 30, Nanak received a calling from God: “There is no Muslim and there is no Hindu.” • Mixed theology and mixed clothing but it really never mixed • Parable of Nanak’s death

  9. ISAM Monotheism Rejected ahimsa Eat and/or sacrifice animals HINDUISM Reincarnation Karma NANAK’S TEACHINGS Nanak wanted a KIS-religionPacifism over violenceMixing of clothing as symbolic

  10. MORPHING OF NANAK’S TEACHINGS • Nanak’s death started a series of 10 Gurus (leaders) • Arjan Dev (1581-1606) changed Nanak’s direction • Adi Granth created (3384 hymns) • Took on militancy (Muslim persecution then later Hindu) • Arjan killed • Gobind Singh (1675-1708) sealed the changed to militancy • Baptism with sword • Singhs (Loins) and 5-Ks • Gobind assassinated

  11. Arjan Dev

  12. Gobind Singh

  13. Torture device

  14. Bachittar Singh fights an intoxicated elephant.

  15. SIKH SECTS • Udasis—holy men, ascetics (yellow robes or naked) • Sahajdharis—conservatives • Singhs—warrior class

  16. http://www.info-sikh.com/CCpage1.html http://160.114.99.91/astrojan/puzgld.htm http://www.wolverton-mountain.com/travel/gallery/GoldenTemple/index.htm

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