RE103 Lecture 7: RE103 lesson 7
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Arose within the transition of power when muslims arrived in the subcontinent which is now called india. The sikh tradition incorporates worldviews found in islamic and hindu traditions. Responding to a time of upheaval, suffering, and struggles between hindu and muslim communities. Bhakti and sufi movements present in india. Experienced god and realizes there is only one. God is love and union with god is main goal. Family life is valued and above all else. They believe god is transcendent and immanent. However hindu tradition elevates life (four stages: brahmacharya (student, grihastha (householder, vanaprastha (retired/forest dweller) 4) sannyasa (renunciation) Within society rather than withdrawing from society - Wedding ceremony is union of two people but also spiritual union of couple and god. Sikhs seek to engage with their immediate world, through family and society, in order to transcend the limits of the world and fully realize the immanence of god within this world.
