Exam 6: Sikhism

Discuss the Rahit, or the Sikh code of conduct, and how this is practiced in everyday life.

Sikhism gives men and women equal standing in religious and social matters, which means there is no gender inequality in daily life.

When the gurdwara is present, Sikhs maintain, the Guru is present.

In Sikhism God is said to be both ________ (existing beyond the world) and ________ (existing and acting within the world).

What does the following Key Term mean: -Adi Granth

The Adi Granth is kept out of sight excepor a few holy days per year.

Prakaash is the ________, the process of opening the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Guru, for the day.

What is the langar, and from what Sikh principle did the practice arise? Explain your answer using the text above and your own research.

Sikhism was initially a purely pacifist tradition preoccupied with interior devotion.

Members of the Khalsa agree to a code of conduct called the Rahit.

Sikhs calls God's immanence in the world _________, meaning the "divine order of things."

Panth is another name for the Sikh community.

Sikhism is the world's fifth-largest religion.

The ________ is another authoritative collection of writings, traditionally thought to have been written mostly by Guru Gobind Singh.

Which of these is not one of the four cardinal prohibitions of the Khalsa?

The term Sikh translates to "guru."

Which traditional Hindu practice did Guru Nanak reject?

What does the following Key Term mean: -Khalsa

In the Sikh code of conduct, it is recommended that one should live and work in accordance with the principles of ________.