Singh is King
2004-06-23, 11:19
waheguruji the Khalsa waheguruji di Fateh, this is how a sikh greet other sikhs, and this means sikhs were made by god to enforce the rule of god.
The word “Sikh” means a disciple. A Sikh is a person who believes in One God and teachings of the Ten Gurus, enshrined in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holly book. Additionally, he or she must take Amrit, the Sikh Baptism
The Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak, who was born in 1469 AD in the village Talwandi, now called ‘Nankana Sahib’ near Lahore (Pakistan). Right from his childhood his keen mind would not accept all the groundless rituals, superstitious and dogmas, which passed for religion in those days.
Guru Nanak and the nine Gurus, who succeeded him, set a wonderful example of living spiritually, while yet taking an active and secular part in the world.
he tenth and the last Guru, Guru Go bind Singh (1666-1708Ad) initiated the Sikh Baptism ceremony in 1699 AD; and thus gave a distinctive identity to the Sikhs. Shortly before passing away the Guru ordained that Guru Grant Sahib, the Sikh Holy Scripture would be the ultimate spiritual authority for the Sikh and the temporal authority would vest in the Khalsa Panth – The Sikh Commonwealth. Guru Grant Sahib, the Sikh Holy scripture was compiled was compiled and edited by the fifth Guru, Guru Arjun Dev I 1604 AD.
Guru Arjun also built the world famous Gurudwara-Darbar Sahib (popularly know as Golden Temple) at Amritsar which is nucleus os sikhsim.
During the eighteenth century the Sikhs were subjected to various suppressions and persecutions by authorities of the time motivated by communal fanaticism. They had to make supreme sacrifices to protect and preserve their faith and separate entity .the mughal empire was on the verge of disintegration .the afgans had strsted invading the country underahmed shah abdali. The Sikhs availed of this opportunity to establish their own kingdom which they ultimately.
During the freedom struggle of India a large number of Sikhs kissed the hangman’s noose, faced all the brutalities and braved the bullets and suffered long term imprisonments in order to liberate the country.
Although the Sikhs constitute only 1.8 % of India ‘s population yet they made a name of themselves in almost all walks of life such as armed forces, agriculture, sports, industries, education, medicine and engineering etc. Through sheer dint or hard work and with missionary dedication. Their adventurist and enterprising nature has taken them to almost all countries of the world.
Today there are about 30,000,000 sikhs mostly in India but sikh brotherhood is as wide as this world a sikh can be seen in almost any country of the world.
i would be posting a brief history of sikhs in my next post. it will be very brief beacuse posting the just 500 year old history of sikhs will take more than a 100 of such websites. Anyone who needs more information about sikhism feel free to contact me at daljit_s123@yahoo.com
The word “Sikh” means a disciple. A Sikh is a person who believes in One God and teachings of the Ten Gurus, enshrined in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holly book. Additionally, he or she must take Amrit, the Sikh Baptism
The Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak, who was born in 1469 AD in the village Talwandi, now called ‘Nankana Sahib’ near Lahore (Pakistan). Right from his childhood his keen mind would not accept all the groundless rituals, superstitious and dogmas, which passed for religion in those days.
Guru Nanak and the nine Gurus, who succeeded him, set a wonderful example of living spiritually, while yet taking an active and secular part in the world.
he tenth and the last Guru, Guru Go bind Singh (1666-1708Ad) initiated the Sikh Baptism ceremony in 1699 AD; and thus gave a distinctive identity to the Sikhs. Shortly before passing away the Guru ordained that Guru Grant Sahib, the Sikh Holy Scripture would be the ultimate spiritual authority for the Sikh and the temporal authority would vest in the Khalsa Panth – The Sikh Commonwealth. Guru Grant Sahib, the Sikh Holy scripture was compiled was compiled and edited by the fifth Guru, Guru Arjun Dev I 1604 AD.
Guru Arjun also built the world famous Gurudwara-Darbar Sahib (popularly know as Golden Temple) at Amritsar which is nucleus os sikhsim.
During the eighteenth century the Sikhs were subjected to various suppressions and persecutions by authorities of the time motivated by communal fanaticism. They had to make supreme sacrifices to protect and preserve their faith and separate entity .the mughal empire was on the verge of disintegration .the afgans had strsted invading the country underahmed shah abdali. The Sikhs availed of this opportunity to establish their own kingdom which they ultimately.
During the freedom struggle of India a large number of Sikhs kissed the hangman’s noose, faced all the brutalities and braved the bullets and suffered long term imprisonments in order to liberate the country.
Although the Sikhs constitute only 1.8 % of India ‘s population yet they made a name of themselves in almost all walks of life such as armed forces, agriculture, sports, industries, education, medicine and engineering etc. Through sheer dint or hard work and with missionary dedication. Their adventurist and enterprising nature has taken them to almost all countries of the world.
Today there are about 30,000,000 sikhs mostly in India but sikh brotherhood is as wide as this world a sikh can be seen in almost any country of the world.
i would be posting a brief history of sikhs in my next post. it will be very brief beacuse posting the just 500 year old history of sikhs will take more than a 100 of such websites. Anyone who needs more information about sikhism feel free to contact me at daljit_s123@yahoo.com