Five K's
Kesh
What is uncut hair?
Haumai
What is the human inclination toward being self-centered rather than God centered, an inclination that increases the distance between the individual and God?
Union with God and liberation (moksha) from samsara
What is Experiential?
The Panth, the Khalsa
What is Social?
Ik Onkar
What is one God?
Kangha
What is a wooden comb?
Hukam
What is the divine order of the universe?
The theology of the Mool Mantra, haumai and hukam
What is Doctrinal?
Gurdwara
What is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs, a special building that is reserved for Sikh worship and houses a copy of the Adi Granth; the central structure of any Sikh community?
Population of Sikhs in northwestern India
What is 23 million Sikhs?
Kara
What is an iron bracelet?
Khalsa
What is an order within Sikjimsm to which most Sikhs belong, founded by Guru Gobing Singh in 1699?
The ceremony of initiation into the Khalsa, meditation on the divine Name, worship practices in the gurdwara
What is Ritual?
The Five Ks, food served in ceremonial meals, the gurdwara
What is Material?
Guru Nanak
Who is the founder of Sikhism?
Kachera
What are cotton underpants?
Panth
What is the Sikh community?
Accounts of the life of Guru Nanak and of the founding of the Khalsa
What is Mythic?
Adi Granth
What is Sikhism’s most sacred text, every gurdwara contains a copy of the Adi Granth?
Something that all male Sikhs wear
What is long turban?
Kirpan
What is an iron dagger?
Guru
What is a spiritual leader, an influential teacher or popular expert?
The four prohibitions for members of the Khalsa
What is Ethical?
Khanda
What is a prominent symbol that symbolizes balance between spiritual and worldly aspects?
The two religions that Sikhs reject
What are Hinduism and Islam?