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Category: Comparisons
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Sikhism
and Other Religions. |
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"Of all the
religions, the best religion is to repeat God's Name and
to do pious deeds. Of all the religious rites, the best
rite is to remove the filth of evil intellect by association
with the saints." (Guru Arjan Dev, Ashtpadi, pg. 266)
Sikhism was founded by Guru Nanak who shaped a new, unique
and distinct religion during his lifetime. Under the stewardship
of the Ten Gurus Sikhism was able to gather many followers
from other religions. Although the Gurus were critical
of other religions they very strongly believed in religious
freedom. They also emphasized that the most important
thing was not which faith one followed but the remembrance
of God at all time and the leading of a decent and honourable
life. Due to it's relatively young nature Sikhism is sometimes
misunderstood to be only a reform movement or branch of
older existing religions. This is certainly not the case,
like all religions there are some similarities as well
as differences. |
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