Exam 8: Sikh Traditions

What is the nature of God, according to Sikh tradition? How does this differ from ideas of God in other religious traditions? Compare to at least one other tradition.

Sikhs celebrate the autumn festival of lights (Divali) to commemorate which event?

The Adri Granth condemns homosexuality as one of the unnatural acts of desire.

In the Sikh tradition, which Guru was the last of the succession of human Gurus, passing authority instead to the Adi Granth?

How is a Sikh child named, according to tradition?

Who are known as "White Sikhs"?

There is no central source or authority in Sikhism for questions of religious discipline.

What is God, as "Timeless Being (or Person)," referred to as in Sikhism?

What group played a leadership role in the Sing Sabha reform movement?

According to Sikh tradition, when did Nanak have his foundational mystical experience?

What is the second sacred collection in Sikhism, after the Adi Granth?

The Adi Granth includes a compilation of divinely inspired hymns by six Gurus.

The langar is served by volunteers from the Sikh community.

In 1952, the independent republics of India and Pakistan came into being.

Sikhism emerged in the sixteenth century.

In what region of India did Sikhism emerge?

Sikh women who are members of Akhand Kirtani Jatha wear turbans.

Women cannot be full members of the Khalsa.

Discuss the Khalsa in Sikhism. Why was it created? What did it symbolize?

The Mul Mantar is the fundamental statement of Sikh belief.