RE212 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Guru Nanak, Kartarpur, Pakistan, Historical Criticism
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What is sikhism: it is a monist religion, monism: belief that there is one supreme being but that being constitutes or encompasses absolutely everything that lives. A belief in one god that is essentially everything. Meditate on oneness of god: find salvation through recognizing the sanity in all life around you, if all things are sacred around you then you will worship everything that is around you. Historical context: punjab, 1450: land of 5 rivers, alexander the great reached punjab in 300 b. c, political masters in punjab at that time are mughal empire (1526- Sant tradition said that they are bhakti follower but you can not draw a picture of a god because he is too great to be reduced in a picture. Vishnu when he was taking a bath in the river and god vishnu shared something with him which he wanted to share with the rest of the people. 16: there is one god that comprises all life.
