Sikh Beliefs

Mool Mantra

• morning prayer

• prayer describing God‘s nature

God shown in and through the universe

• imminent

• Sargun

God as separate from the universe

• transcendent

• Nirgun

Sikh virtues

• Positive sikh behaviours

• Gurmukh traits

Wisdom (virtue)

• having experience knowledge and good judgement

• sikh virtue

truthful living

• Living an honest life

• living a life according to a sikh virtue

Justice

• working to make all things fair

• sikh virtue

Temperance/self control

• exercising self control

• abstaining from alcohol or drugs

Patience

• Being able to accept things with a calm mind

• Sikh virtue

Courage

• Showing bravery

• Sikh virtue

Humility

• Being humble

• Awareness of your own insignificance

contentment

• Being happy with what you have

• Sikh virtue

Karma

• Consequences for your own action

• Fair reward / punishment based on previous life

Rebirth

• Being born again after death

• Being born again within samsara cycle

Mukti

• Being with waheguru (eschatological union with God)

• Breaking out of the samsara cycle

Positive Aspect of Mukti

• Being with Waheguru

• Following the virtues so you can be with Waheguru

Negative aspects of mukti

• The difficultly of avoiding the vices

• having to work hard to break out of the samsara cycle

5 stages toward liberation

• The 5 Khands

• The journey towards mukti

Barriers to mukti

• Things that stop you from breaking out of the samsara cycle

• The vices

Illusion

• Mistaken belief about what is important

• Errors of thinking manmukh things are important

self-centredness

• Self importance

• Sikh vice

Lust

• Strong sexual desire

• Sikh vice

Anger

• Strong feeling of annoyance

• Sikh vice

Greed

• Wanting more than you need

• Sikh Vice

Wordly attachment

• Desire for material things

• Sikh vice

pride

• Ego

• Sikh vice

Gurmukh

• God centred

• positive sikh character

Manmukh

• Man centred

• Character trait that should be avoided

Humai

• Ego

• Pride

The oneness of humanity

• Equality

• Equal value for all

Guru Nanak

• First sikh guru

• Founder of sikhism

Guru gobind singh

• Last human guru

• founder of the khalsa

Equality

• Belief in the value of all people

• Oneness of humanity

Sewa

• selfless service

• Service to others

Tan sewa

Physical selfless service

Using your physical ability to help others

Man sewa

Mental selfless service

using your mind and knowledge to help others

Dhan sewa

• Material selfless service

• Using your material wealth to help others

The sangat

• Sikh community

• Group of sikhs