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Beliefs

Sikhs think that a person's body on Earth is just a temporary place for the soul to live. So, the death of the physical body is a normal part of life, but the soul lives on. Sikhs believe in reincarnation, which means that death is not the end but just another step on the soul's way to God.

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God
  • Only one God exists.
  • God has no shape or size.
  • Everyone can talk to God right away.
  • God treats everyone the same.
  • A good life is lived as part of a community, by being honest and caring for others.
  • Rituals and beliefs that don't make sense have no value.

Living in God and with Other People

The Sikh community and their relationship with God are the most important things in their lives. Action and belief are both important to Sikhs. To live a good life, a person should think about God and do good things.

God and the Way Life Goes Around

Sikhs think that life is a cycle of being born, living, and being born again. They believe the same thing as people who follow other Indian religions, like Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

The law of Karma says that each life has its own quality. Karma decides how good or bad a person's next life will be based on how they lived in their last life. All religions agree that the only way out of this painful cycle is to fully know and be united with God.

The Gracious God

Sikh spirituality is based on the need to understand and experience God and eventually become one with God.

To do this, a person must stop thinking about themselves and start thinking about God. They reach this state, which is called Mukti (which means freedom), by God's grace. This means that it is something that God does to people, not something that people can earn. But God shows people how to get closer to him through holy books and the lives of saints.

Truth is the Highest of all Virtues, but Higher Still is Truthful Living.

Sikhs believe that humans can't fully understand God, but that they can experience him through love, worship, and thought. Sikhs look for God both inside of themselves and in the world around them. They do this to help themselves become free and get closer to God.

How to Get Closer to God.

When Sikhs want to see God, they look at the world around them and inside themselves.

Their goal is to see how God has put everything in order, and through that, to understand who God is.

Most people can't see the true reality of God because they are too focused on themselves and the world around them. Sikhs call this "human."

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God Outside of Us

Sikhs think that God's message can be found in more than one way outside of us.

  • The message is written in all of God's creation. Look at it with open eyes to see the truth of God.
  • Sikhs think that most people don't understand how the world works. We think it's there on its own, but it's really there because God wants it to be there, and it shows us what God is like.
  • The Gurus have shown us the message through how they lived and what they said.
  • The message is written down in what the Bible says.

How to live well in this world?

Sikhs don't think that God is happy when people don't care about other people and just focus on religion.

Sikhism does not ask people to give up their everyday lives in order to get closer to God. In fact, it tells them that they need to use everyday life to get closer to God.

Every day, a Sikh serves other people as a way to serve God. By giving their lives to helping other people, they get rid of their own pride and ego.

As a way to help the community, many Sikhs do chores in the Gurdwara. These include everything from cooking to cleaning the floor. The Langar, which means "free food kitchen," is a way for people to help each other.

Care for the poor or sick is also an important duty of service for Sikhs.

The three duties

Pray, Work, and Give are the three duties that every Sikh must do, without any fail-

  • Nam Japna: Keeping God in mind at all times.
  • Kirt Karna: Making a living the right way. A Sikh tries to live honestly because God is truth. This doesn't just mean that Sikhs don't commit crimes; it also means that they don't gamble, beg, or work in the alcohol or tobacco industries.
  • Vand Chhakna: Sharing one's money with other people. Giving to charity and caring about other people.

The five vices

Sikhs try to stay away from the five vices that make people focus on themselves and put up walls between them and God.

  • Lust
  • Covetousness and greed
  • Attachment to things of this world
  • Anger
  • Pride

Sikh Believe that if any human beings can overcome these vices they are on the path to freedom.