Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Social and Religious
Background of
Sikhism
- Youngest religion in world
- 500 years old
- 15th Century
- in North-West of India
- 20million followers
- Open to all through the teachings of its 10 Gurus and GGS
- Created during the time that
there was a lot of conflict
between the Hindu and Muslim
religions
- Found by Guru Nanak who
was born in 1469
- Started rebelling against ruling
- Age of 11
- Refused to wear
sacred threads to
distinguish him in the
caste system
- Inspired by a powerful
spiritual experience
- Gave him a vision
of true nature of
God
- Wanted harmony and equality
- Wanted everyone to believe that all
humans are equal and can realise the
divine within them through devotion to
God, truthful living and service to
humanity
- Hostile to Mughal empire
- Called the
leader Babur,
the "Messenger
of Death"
- Established a
village in Punjab
called Kartarpur
for his followers to
live
- Tried to create a more
humane direction for
country
- Passed leadership onto 9 other Gurus.
- Guru is a teacher
- Caste System
- A system of division
of labour and power
in human society
- Aryan priests divided society
- 4 Parts
- Brahmins
- Kshatriyas
- Sudras
- "Untouchables"
- Determined by
birth
- 11th century onwards, North India was
subject to invasions
- Afghans and Turks
- Punjab divided
- predominantly Hindu
- Ruled by Muslims
- Tried to
destroy
Indian
culture
and
religion
- Mughal Empire
- terror and conquest
- W Owen Cole
- Mughal Empire
- imposed jaxia tax
- on non-Muslims
- pay it in exchange of
being free from
recruitment
- anyone who refused to convert
- risk lives
- some converted so they didn't
have to pay
- In order to stop persecutions
- Guru
Gobind
decided to
make
followers
fighters
- Executed Gurus
- Women
- Degraded
- no
education/freedom
- "root of all evil, a snare, a temptress"
- Throw themselves of mans burning body
- Sati System
- Denounced by Guru Amar Das Ji