Sikh beliefs

Sikh beliefs

1. GOD

   • Beyond human description
   • No gender
   • AKA satnam or Waheguru
   • God was not created so cannot be destroyed
   • All religious peoples worship the same god.
   • Transcendent and immanent
   • Skihs should be Gurmukh - or god centered.

2. The five virtues

   • Live a truthful life
   • Look upon everything and everyone with compassion
   • Be content with what you have
   • Be humble and do not boast
   • Love and serve others.

3. Karma, Mukti and rebirth

   • Sikhs believe in re-incarnation
   • Eventually, they believe that if the soul has enough good karma, it reaches mukti (heaven) and leaves the life/death cycle
   • Humans gain good and bad throughout their lives, and this affects future rebirths

4. Barriers to Mukti

   • Illusion
   • Self centeredness
   • Greed
   • Lust
   • Pride
   • Anger
   • Worldy attachment
   • Manmukh - or being man centred

5. Stages of liberation

   • Piety
   • Knowledge
   • Effort
   • Grace
   • truth

6. Equality and sewa

   • Man - mental sewa
   • Tan - physical sewa
   • Dahn - material sewa
   • Equality is a core part of sikhism - see the langar and sewa.