PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Guru Nanak, Akal Purakh, Guru Granth Sahib
15 Mar 2014
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Approx 25 million sikhs worldwide. most know very little about sikhs. most think of them as muslim or hindu. often treated as an afterthought in indian religious. Sikhs constantly have to define and redefine who they are because of their religious geography, emerging in an area that is muslim, hindu, jainist; persian, arabic, sanskrit. There are differences between studying more modern groups and. Studying more ancient traditions. when it is more modern, you can be sure about a lot more things. it is easier to trace development of modern traditions. more is written down and preserved. easier to pin point specific events. There were 10 gurus instated in a chain from guru nanakh. Not part of any type of brahmin class. he was in merchant class. Received hindu upbringing but had considerable exposure to muslim traditions and law. the area he was born (punjab) was controlled by muslims.
