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	Sikhism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sikhism's traditions and teachings are distinctly associated with the history, society and culture of the Punjab.
		Sikhism is also inspired by the emphasis on devotion to God in the traditions of Vaishnavism, especially through the Bhakti movement, as well as influences of Sufism.
		In Sikhism, the influences of ego, anger, greed, attachment and lust — known as the Five Evils — are to be particularly pernicious.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sikhism (5457 words)

	Sikhism,About Sikhism,History of Sikhism,Sikhism Guru,Religion Sikhism,Sikhism Religion In India
		Creator of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, influenced by Sufism (an Islamic mystical sect), saw what was hidden from the ordinary eye – that the essential teachings of both Hindu religion and Islam religion are the same.
		Sikhism is perhaps the second youngest world religion, about 531 years at the end of the millennium.
		Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born a Hindu and belonged to the Punjab where he lived between 1469-1539.
	www.indiasite.com /religion/sikhism.html (963 words)

	Wikinfo \| Sikhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sikhism should not, however, be regarded simply as two older religions blended into one, but rather as a genuinely new religion.
		Sikhism's coherence is attributable to its single central concept - the sovereignty of the One God, the Creator.
		Singh was supposed to be the common surnames of all Sikhs as a symbol of shattering all caste distinctions.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Sikhism (1757 words)

	History Sikhism Religion and Spirituality Society
		Sanatana is the universal principle not limited by history, geography or culture...
		Sikhism is a completely different religion and community to the perpetrators of 9...
		Brown is an author and professor of history at Oxford...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Sikhism/History (320 words)

	Sikhism - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Sikhism was somewhat influenced by reform movements in Hinduism (e.g.
		Sikhism's coherence is attributable to its single central concept – the sovereignty of the One God, the Creator.
		Sikhism was established by ten Gurus, teachers or masters, over the period 1469 to 1708.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Sikhism (3793 words)

	Sikhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sikhism should not however be regarded as two older religions blended into one rather as a genuinely new religion.
		Sikhism's is attributable to its single central concept the sovereignty of the One God the Creator.
		Sikhism was established by ten Gurus teachers or masters over the period to 1708.
	www.freeglossary.com /Sikhism (3511 words)

	Sikhism
		Sikhism was established by ten Gurus — teachers or masters — over the period 1469 to 1708.
		Sikhism recognises the concept of a multi-level approach to achieving your target as a disciple of the faith.
		Since Sikhism originated in the region of Punjab, most Sikhs trace their roots to that region (though in recent times, with the spread both of Sikhism and Sikhs, one might encounter Sikhs belonging to other geographical locations across the world).
	www.sikhiwiki.org /index.php?title=Sikhism (3877 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Sikhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sikhism is a religion that developed in an environment heavily influenced by conflict between the Hindu and Muslim religions.
		Sikhism was influenced by reform movements in Hinduism (e.g.
		The founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, was born in 1469 to a Hindu family in northeast India.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Sikhism (2741 words)

	Sikhism
		Sikhism was born in the Punjab area of South Asia, which now falls into the present day states of India and Pakistan.
		Sikhism is a relatively new religion compared to other belief systems of the world.
		Sikhism, which was created by Guru Nanak, was passed down to nine more Gurus after Nanak died, all who helped develop Sikhism in some manner.
	www.pujas.com /SikhismHistory.html (1080 words)

	History of Sikhism, India Travelog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		History of Sikhism - Sikhism,a fascinating and provocative religion, with a great past to look out for.
		The history of Sikhism holded a magnificent past that I unveiled by lifting the curtain that covered it.
		Sikhism preachers share messages of devotion and remembrance of God at all times and truthful living.
	www.indiatravelog.com /pilgrimage-in-india/history-of-sikhism.html (258 words)

	Sikhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sikhism is a religion all but unknown to western civilization.
		Sikhism is the third major branch of Hinduism and was founded by a man named Nanak.
		The teachings of Sikhism are a syncretism of the doctrines of Islam and Hinduism.
	www.greatcom.org /resources/handbook_of_todays_religions/03chap10/default.htm (1478 words)

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		Sikhism Religion, Sikh Religion, History of Sikhism, Sikh Origin Belief Symbol, Guru Nanak.
		Guru Nanak (1469-1539) was the founder of Sikhism in India, the religion that draws its elements from both Hinduism and Islam.
		The followers of the religion came to be known as Sikhs and their worship places as Gurudwaras (abodes of the gurus).
	religions.iloveindia.com /sikhism.html (328 words)

	Fast Facts on Sikhism - ReligionFacts
		Sikhism emerged in 16th-century India in an environment heavily permeated with conflicts between the Hindu and Muslim religions.
		Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak Dev, who was born in 1469 to a Hindu family.
		Sikhism rejects the Hindu notion of the four stages of life, teaching instead that the householder is the ideal for all people.
	www.religionfacts.com /sikhism/fastfacts.htm (551 words)

	Sikhism - Sikh Religon Khalsa Panth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sikhism is the youngest of the World Religions, barely 500 years old.
		All the fundamentals of Sikhism emanate from the concept of love for God which follows the love of man. God is the Supreme being, Universal and all powerful.
		The simple ideals of Sikhism and the history of fearless courage of the Sikhs has made the Khalsa proud and fearless even today.
	www.sikh.net /SIKHISM/Sikhism.htm (538 words)

	Spirituality, Sikhism, History of Sikhism
		The guiding principle of Sikhism is a belief in one, transcendent, inexpressible and formless divinity, who is manifest everywhere in the world he has created.
		In fact, this concept of equality is so much stressed in Sikhism that a number of Sikh saints were born untouchables and rose in rank in Sikh faith to become the saint.
		In Sikhism the term 'Guru' is not used for a teacher or a guide or an expert or even a human body.
	1stholistic.com /Prayer/hol_sikh-history.htm (819 words)

	Sikhism - The Khalsa Panth of Punjab
		For the Mughals, Sikhism represented a panic reaction from within the Hindu community to salvage its status as non-muslim by accepting the positive ideals of Islam like rejection of idol worship, casteism and ritualism of its Hindu parent religion and infusing militancy into the new Hindu converts to Sikhism.
		Hence the Keshadharis do not and cannot look to the history or traditions of another country or religion as their own and at the same time they do not want to be identified with the Hindus from whose ranks all of them have emerged at one time or the other, over the last 500 years.
		Sikhism was originally born as a movement to unify humanity and overcome the fragmentation which different religions had brought about.
	www.hindubooks.org /sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/sikhism.html (10739 words)

	Sikhism Early History and Tenets - Hiduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, India, Zoroastrianism
		Sikhism began with Guru Nanak (1469-1539), a member of a trading caste in Punjab who seems to have been employed for some time as a government servant, was married and had two sons, and at age forty-five became a religious teacher.
		Hargobind also established at Amritsar, in front of the Golden Temple, the central shrine devoted to Sikhism, the Throne of the Eternal God (Akal Takht) from which the guru dispensed justice and administered the secular affairs of the community, clearly establishing the tradition of a religious state that remains a major issue.
		From its beginnings, then, Sikhism was an inclusive faith that attempted to encompass and enrich other Indian religious traditions.
	www.photius.com /religion/india_sikhism_early_history_and_tenets.html (1299 words)

	Sikhism - Gurinder Singh Mann - Prentice Hall
		Sikhism is a concise and readable survey of the history of Sikhism, from its founding in the Punjab in the sixteenth century to its spread across the globe today.
		Sikhism looks at the ways in which this regional religious tradition has become a global religion and how it continues to adapt and meet the challenges of the modern world." />
		"Sikhism" looks at the ways in which this regional religious tradition has become a global religion and how it continues to adapt and meet the challenges of the modern world.
	www.englishbooks.it /BUS/0130409774/Sikhism.htm (264 words)

	Sikhism
		Sikhism is the youngest of the world religions.
		It was founded by Nanak in the sixteenth century and has approximately 6,000,000 adherents located chiefly in the Punjab region of India.
		In a sense Sikhism may be regarded as yet another reform movement in Hinduism.
	www.indialife.com /Religions/sikhism1.htm (386 words)

	History page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sikhism opposes all forms of oppression and advocates the concept of Sewa (selfless voluntary service with no personal gain expected).
		Sikhism has no ordained priesthood or official priestly hierarchy and hence, any member of the community (man, woman or child) may lead a religious ceremony.
		During the period of the last six Sikh gurus, the expanding Sikh community was increasingly persecuted and harassed by the Mughal emperors who ruled northern India at the time.
	www.newman.ac.uk /Students_Websites/~j.chohan/History.htm (553 words)

	Sikhism
		Gateway to Sikhism - Based on the belief in One God, the Sikh religion recognizes the equality of all human beings, and is marked by the rejection of idolatry, ritualism, caste, and asceticism.
		Sikhism originated over 500 years ago in northwestern India with a simple message of truthful living.
		Sikhism - thy name is Love and Sacrifice - True essence of Sikhism in flashes of Light, Divine Wisdom, Holy Utterances, Quotations, Selective Sacred Life Samples of Sikh Gurus, Eternal Relevance of its values.
	www.reasoned.org /dir/sikh.htm (307 words)

	Sikh Religion,Sikhism in India,Sikh Religion in India,Sikhism Religion
		Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in the beginning of the sixteenth century.
		The tenth Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708 CE) evolved the Sikh initiation ceremony in 1699 CE; and thus gave a distinctive identity to the Sikhs.
		Shortly before passing away the Guru ordained that Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Scripture, would be the ultimate spiritual authority for the Sikhs and the temporal authority would vest in the Khalsa Panth - the Sikh Commonwealth.
	www.pilgrimage-india.com /indian-religion/sikh-religion.html (1464 words)

	Perversion of History Text Books:
		The glorious edifice of Sikhism, which the Sikh Gurus had raised with their sweat and blood, is being dismantled brick by brick.
		The Petitioners pleaded that the objectionable remarks cannot be allowed to be made part of the school history textbook, and the government machinery cannot be allowed to denigrate the personalities of the Sikh Gurus, and violate the fundamental rights of the Sikhs.
		The history of these cases reveals how serious matters pertaining to the honour and dignity of the Sikh Gurus are being taken casually by the concerned authorities.
	www.sikhreview.org /july2001/pers1.htm (2930 words)

	Hindutva Series : Hindu History - Sikhism The Khalsa Panth of Punjab
		The history of the Hindus is the history of a civilization which has developed in its natural state, without interruption, since antiquity.
		Hence Hindu History is a prototype of how human civilization would have looked, if civilization all across the globe had been allowed to develop in its natural state.
		As my aim is to spread awareness about history and culture, you may freely download this non-profit educational page, print it, link it up from your site, or mirror it at any server.
	hindutva.org /sikhism.html (11748 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Sikhism
		Over its life, Sikhism has factioned off into many sects, but they are tied together by their belief in the one True God.
		Sikhism is strictly monotheistic, and reveres its god so formally that they will avoid calling it "God" and instead call the being "True Name" since they believe all other names to be limiting.
		Sikhism and Hinduism do, however, share the belief of reincarnation and the upward (or downward) spiral of consecutive human lives hopefully leading to a union with God and a breaking from the cycles of the world.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/sikhs.html (2742 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - History of Sikhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		BBC - Religion and Ethics - History of Sikhism
		Sikhism was well established by the time of Guru Arjan, the fifth Guru.
		However, during Arjan's time Sikhism was seen as a threat by the state and Guru Arjan was eventually executed for his faith in 1606.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/sikhism/history/history.shtml (292 words)

	Fundamentals of Sikhism - Sikhism
		Thus in Sikhism the higher classes are not governed by any separate code of ethics, but all men, rich or poor, are entitled to equal judgement, value and social equality.
		In Sikhism it is considered preposterous to regard woman a 'temptress' or 'seductress' or 'unclean'.
		Sikhism is not a dogma but a way of life lived according to Guru Rahit Maryada (code of conduct).
	www.sikhphilosophy.net /sikh-gurus/4552-fundamentals-of-sikhism.html#post24219 (10713 words)

	Community - " Distortion of Sikh History in School Textbooks "
		The authors of Medieval India may be historians of standing in their fields of specialization, but so far as Sikh history and Sikhism is concerned they have shown themselves to be ignorant and biased, unfit to write a textbook for students.
		It was from 1709 that that couplet began to be recited regularly in Sikh congregations as part of their religious litany, and inspired them to perform acts of heroism with a view to establish their rule in Punjab.
		They have either not studied Sikh history or have applied their minds selectively to scan only those references which, they thought, would distort and damage Sikhism, and spread disinformation and misinformation about the Sikhs.
	www.sikhnet.com /sikhnet/discussion.nsf/SearchView/950C6B19C86BEF47872568E1004D3AD6?OpenDocument (1236 words)

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