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Sikhism was established by ten Gurus, teachers or masters, over the period 1469 to 1708. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ) (20 October 1469 – 7 May 1539), the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs, was born in the village of Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. ... Guru Angad Dev Ji (31 March 1504 - 29 March 1552) was the second of The Ten Gurus of Sikhism. ... Sri Guru Amar Das Ji (Gurmukhi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ ਜੀ, Devanagari: स्री गुरू अमर दास जी) (5 April 1479 – 1 September 1574) was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 26 March 1552 following in the footsteps of Guru Angad Dev ji, who died... Guru Ram Das Ji (24 September 1534 - 1 September 1581) was the fourth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 30 August 1574 following in the footsteps of Guru Amar Das ji. ... Guru Arjan Dev Ji (15 April 1563 - 30 May 1606) was the fifth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 1 September 1581 following in the footsteps of Guru Ram Das ji. ... Guru Har Gobind Ji (19 June 1595 - 03 March 1644) was the sixth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 25 May 1606 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Arjan Dev Ji. ... Sri Guru Har Rai Ji (Gurmukhi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਰਾਇ ਜੀ, Devanagari: स्री गुरु हरिराइ जी) (26 February 1630 - 6 October 1661) was the seventh of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 8 March 1644 following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Guru Har Gobind. ... Sri Guru Har Krishan (Gurmukhi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਜੀ, Devanagari: स्री गुरु हरि क्रिस़न जी) (7 July 1656 - 30 March 1664) was the eighth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 7 October 1661 following in the footsteps of his father, Guru Har Rai. ... Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji (Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ ਬਹਾਦਰ ਜੀ) (April 1, 1621 - November 11, 1675) was the ninth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on March 20, 1665 following in the footsteps of his grand-nephew, Guru Har Krishan . ... Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ) (Patna, Bihar, India, December 22, 1666 – October 7, 1708) was the tenth and last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on November 11, 1675 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Teg Bahadur. ... Illuminated Adi Granth folio with nisan (Mool Mantar) of Guru Gobind Singh. ... Sikh Bhagats refers to the Saints and holy men of various faiths whose teachings are included in the Sikh holy book the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. ... The Sikh religious philosophy is covered in great detail in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy text. ... Ek Onkaar - One God - There is only ONE God who has infinite qualities and names; S/He* is the same for all religions; God is Creator & Sustainer -All that you see around you is Gods Creation; S/He* is everywhere, and in everything; S/He is fearless and with... The Sikhs must believe in the following Values: Equality: All humans are equal before God – No discrimination is allowed on the basis of Caste, Race, Sex, Creed, Origin, colour, education, status, wealth, etc. ... Non-Logical Behaviour: Superstitions and rituals not meaningful to Sikhs; (pilgrimages, fasting and bathing in rivers; circumcision; worship of graves, idols, pictures; compulsory wearing of the veil for women; etc. ... Naam: Japo – Meditation & Prayer, Free Service Sewa, Simran, Sacred Music Kirtan Kirat Karni: - Honest, Earnings, labour, etc while remembering the Lord Wand kay Shako: - Share with Others who are deserving, Free Food langar, 10% Donation Daasvand, etc See also Sikhism and Sikh religious philosophy. ... The Golden Temple is the most important sacred shrine for Sikhs Sikhism comes from the word Sikh, which means a strong and able disciple. ... The Aardas are the Sikh prayers of the day. ... Jump to: navigation, search In general Hinduism, Amrit is an elixir that grants its drinker immortality. ... Chardi Kala is an important expression used in Sikhism for a mind frame that a Sikh has to accept and practise. ... Dasvand means to donate 10% percent of ones harvest to the Gurdwara. ... Sikhs are bound to wear five items, known as the Five Ks, on them at all times. ... Kirat Karni is one of three primary pillars of Sikhism. ... A bhajan or kirtan is a Hindu devotional song, often but not necessarily of ancient origin. ... Langar is the term used in the Sikh religion for the free, vegetarian-only food served in a Gurdwara and eaten by everyone sitting as equals. ... The term Naam refers to the act of worship of God by Sikhs. ... The term Simran refers to the vocal repetition or recital of the God Names - Naam or of the Holy Text from the Two Granths of the Sikhs - the Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the Dasam Granth. ... Jump to: navigation, search Guru Nanak elaborated the three pillars thus, [1] the practise Simran and Naam Japno – meditation on God and reciting and chanting of God’s name, Waheguru the practise of Kirat Karni – To honestly earn by ones physical and mental effort while accepting Gods gifts and... In Sikhism Wand Kay Shako is a technique and method which means share it as you consume it. ... Illuminated Adi Granth folio with nisan (Mool Mantar) of Guru Gobind Singh. ... Sikh Holy Texts Bani is the term used by Sikhs to refer to various sections of the Holy Text that appears in their several Holy Books The important Banis are listed below: Japji Sahib 1. ... Chaupai is the short name for the Sikh prayer or Gurbani whose full name is Kabiobach Bainti Chaupai. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Jaap Sahib is the morning prayer of the Sikhs. ... Japji Sahib consists of the Mool Mantra, a set of 38 hymns and a final Salok which appear at the very beginning of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book of the Sikhs. ... Jump to: navigation, search Illuminated Adi Granth folio with nisan (Mool Mantar) of Guru Gobind Singh. ... Evening prayer of the Sikhs. ... Sukhmani Sahib is the name given to the set of hymns divided into 24 sections which appear in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Holy Scriptures on page 262. ... This is a short hymn of 10 stanzas. ... Stylised Ek Onkar Simple Ek Onkar Ek Onkar (also à©´, Ek Omkar, Ik Omkar and other variants) meaning one God is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Southall, UK. A Gurdwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ or ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ, often incorrectly called a Gurudwara), meaning the doorway to God, is the Sikh place of worship and may be referred to as a Sikh Temple. ... Jump to: navigation, search Khalsa which means Pure is the name given by Guru Gobind Singh to all Sikhs who have been baptised or initiated by taking Amrit in ceremony called Amrit Sanchar. ... This is the Khanda. ... A Sikh man almost always bears the surname of Singh, which means lion, and a Sikh woman can be identified with a second name of Kaur, which means princess (Kaur being an exclusively Sikh name). ... Waheguru (Punjabi: ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ) means The Wonderful Lord in the Punjabi language. ... ... ... This is a list of topics that may be of interest to a person who is researching subjects related to spirituality, esotericism, mysticism, or parapsychology. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of graphical signs, icons, and symbols. ... Jump to: navigation, search The afterlife (or life after death) is a generic term referring to a continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, beyond this world, or after death. ... Jump to: navigation, search An anomalous phenomenon is an observed phenomenon for which there is no suitable explanation in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge (e. ... This is a disambiguation page for the term atman (or atma). ... Jump to: navigation, search In biological psychology, awareness describes an animals perception and cognitive reaction to a condition or event. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Bodhi (Pali and Sanskrit. ... Jump to: navigation, search In Hinduism and its spiritual systems of yoga and in some related eastern cultures, as well as in some segments of the New Age movement -- and to some degree the distinctly different New Thought movement -- a chakra is thought to be an energy node in the... Jump to: navigation, search Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and ones environment. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cosmology, from the Greek: κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος (cosmos) world + λογια (logia) discourse) is the study of the universe in its totality and by extension mans place in it. ... This is the term used in Akilattirattu Ammanai the holy book of Ayyavazhi to represent The Ultimate Oneness, and in Thiruvasakam - 2 it was stated that it was from this Ekam all this objects including the separate Godheads, Devas, Asuras etc of the Universe formed. ... Emanationism is a component in the cosmology of certain religious or philosophical systems that argue a Supreme Being did not directly create the physical universe, but instead emanated into different spiritual powers that created the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Epigenesis is the philosophical/theological/esoteric idea that since the mind was given to the human being, it is this original creative impulse, epigenesis, which has been the cause of all our development. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Eternal return or sometimes eternal recurrence is a concept originating from ancient Egypt and developed in the teachings of Pythagoras. ... While in the popular mind, eternity often simply means existing for an infinite, i. ... Jump to: navigation, search There is no universally accepted theory of what the word existence means. ... Jump to: navigation, search The term God is capitalized in the English language as a proper noun when used to refer to a specific monotheistic concept of a supernatural Supreme Being in accordance with Christianity. ... Jump to: navigation, search A guru (गुरू Sanskrit) is a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism. ... Jump to: navigation, search Inner peace or peace of mind is a colloquialism that refers to a state of being mentally or spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep onself strong in the face of discord or stress. ... According to Sri Aurobindo and other integral theorists, the process by which the Divine manifests the cosmos is called involution. ... Jump to: navigation, search Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म from the root kri, to do, meaning deed) or Kamma (Pali: meaning action, effect, destiny) is a term in several Indian religions that comprises the entire cycle of cause and effect. ... Jump to: navigation, search Drawing from Quranic verses, virtually all Sufis distinguish Lataif-e-Sitta (The six subtleties), Nafs, Qalb, Sirr, Ruh, Khafi & Akhfa. ... Jump to: navigation, search The question “What is the meaning of life?” means different things to different people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Metaphysics (Greek words meta = after/beyond and physics = nature) is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of first principles and being (ontology). ... Jump to: navigation, search Moksha (Sanskrit: मोक्ष, liberation) or Mukti (Sanskrit: विमुक्ति, release) refers, in general, to liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth. ... Jump to: navigation, search The deepest visible-light image of the universe, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the Indian religions Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, nirvāna (from the Sanskrit निर्वाण, Pali: Nibbāna -- Chinese: 涅槃; Pinyin: niè pán), literally extinction and/or extinguishing, is the culmination of the yogis pursuit of liberation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Oneness is a spiritual term referring to the experience of the absence of egoic identity boundaries, and, according to some traditions, the realization of the awareness of the absolute interconnectedness of all matter and thought in space-time, or ones ultimate identity with God (see... Jump to: navigation, search The term origin belief refers to stories and explanations which describe the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe (cosmogony). ... Jump to: navigation, search Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or to gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. ... In metaphysics and esoteric cosmology, a plane of existence (sometimes called simply a plane, dimension, vibrating plane, or an inner, invisible, spiritual, or supraphysical world) is a theoretical region of space and/or consciousness beyond the known physical universe, or the region containing the universe itself. ... Jump to: navigation, search Prophecy, in a broad sense, is the prediction of future events. ... Jump to: navigation, search QI, standing for Quite Interesting, is a comedy panel game shown on BBC Two and BBC Four and hosted by Stephen Fry. ... Jump to: navigation, search Reality in everyday usage means everything that exists. ... Jump to: navigation, search Past Lives redirects here. ... For information on the last book of the New Testament see the Book of Revelation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Salvation refers to deliverance from undesirable state or condition. ... This article contains nonstandard pronunciation information which should be rewritten using the International Phonetic Alphabet. ... Satori (æ‚Ÿ Japanese satori; Chinese: wù - from the verb, Satoru) is a Zen Buddhist term for enlightenment. ... Shabd (Hindi:शब्द) is a movie released in 2005, produced by Pritish Nandy Communications, and directed by Leela Bajaj. ... Jump to: navigation, search Śūnyatā, शून्यता (Sanskrit, Pali: suññatā), or Emptiness, is a term for an aspect of the Buddhist metaphysical critique as well as Buddhist epistemology and phenomenology. ... Jump to: navigation, search The soul according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. ... Jump to: navigation, search The English word spirit comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath. ... Spiritual evolution is the philosophical/theological/esoteric idea that nature and human beings and/or human culture evolve along a predetermined cosmological pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre-determined potentials. ... Tatvas are the 96 qualities or properties of human body according to Akilattirattu Ammanai , the religious book of Ayyavazhi. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

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Akilattirattu Ammanai | Bible | The Cloud of Unknowing | Dhammapada | Hindu scripture | Guru Granth Sahib | I Ching | Qur'an | Sufi texts | Tao Te Ching | Torah | Zhuangzi Akilathirattu Ammanai அகிலத்திரட்டு அம்மானை (Tamil: akilam (world) + thirattu (collection) + ammanai (ballad)), also called Thiru Edu (venerable book), is the main religious book of the Southern Indian Ayyavazhi faith, officially an offshoot of Hinduism. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, plural of βιβλιον, biblion, book, originally a diminutive of βιβλος, biblos, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos, meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this... The Cloud of Unknowing, anonymous book assumed written in the 14th century by a monk. ... The Dhammapada (Pali, translates as Path of the Dharma. ... Hindu scripture is overwhelmingly written in Sanskrit. ... Illuminated Adi Granth folio with nisan (Mool Mantar) of Guru Gobind Singh. ... Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Quran (Arabic: al-qurān literally the recitation; also called Al Qurān Al KarÄ«m or The Noble Quran; or transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ... Jump to: navigation, search Following are Sufi texts written by well known Sufis // Abdul Qadir Jilani Sirr al-asrar (The secret of secrets) Futuh al-ghayb (Revelations of the Unseen) Ghunyat al-talibeen (Wealth for Seekers) Al-Fathu Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace) Ibn Arabi Futuhat al-Makkiyya... The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Pinyin: D Jīng, thus sometimes rendered in recent works as Dao De Jing; archaic pre-Wade-Giles rendering: Tao Teh Ching; roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue (see dedicated chapter below on translating the title)) is an ancient Chinese scripture... Jump to: navigation, search Torah (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or law. ... Zhuāngzǐ (pinyin), Chuang Tzu (W-G), or Chuang Tse (Chinese 庄子/莊子, literally meaning Master Zhuang) was a famous philosopher in ancient China who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought. ...