Sikhisme

duimnael|Verspreiding van Sikhisme in die wêreld
duimnael|Die goue tempel in Amritsar, Indië

Sikhisme (Pandjabi: ਸਿੱਖੀ, sikhī) is ’n godsdiens wat in die 15de eeu in die destydse Indië ontstaan het en vandag wêreldwyd 23 miljoen volgelinge het, veral in die huidige Indië. Die godsdiens is deur Nanak Dev gestig en het ontstaan uit Boeddhisme, Hindoeïsme en Islam. Sikhisme het nege ghoeroes gehad en die Heilige Skrifte is die Adi Granth, ook bekend as Guru Granth Sahib.

Die tien ghoeroes was:

 Ghoeroe LeweGhoeroe Nanak Dev  1469–1539Ghoeroe Angad Dev  1504–1552Ghoeroe Amar Das  1479–1574Ghoeroe Ram Das  1534–1581Ghoeroe Arjan Dev  1563–1606Ghoeroe Har Gobind  1595–1644Ghoeroe Har Rai  1630–1661Ghoeroe Har Krishan  1656–1664Ghoeroe Teg Bahadar  1621–1675Ghoeroe Gobind Singh  1666–1708

 Bronne 
 J.S. Grewal: The Sikhs of the Punjab. Cambridge University Press, Nieu-Delhi 1994
 Bhai Gurdas: Varaan Bhai Gurdas Ji. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak-komitee, Amritsar 1998 (15de eeu)
 Karam Singh Historian (Hrsg.): A probe into Sikh History. Singh Brothers, Amritsar 1935
 Nikky-Guninder Kaur: The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1993
 Max Arthur Macauliffe: The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Band 6; University Press, Oxford 1909
 Kahn Singh Nabha: Encyclopaedia of Sikh Literature. Bhasha Vibhag, Mahan Kosh 1930
 Christopher Shackle, Arvind-pal Singh Mandair (Hrsg.): Teachings of the Sikh Gurus. Selections from the Sikh Scriptures. New York, Routledge 2005
 Giani Gurdit Singh: Mudavni. Sahit Parkashan, Chandigarh 2003
 Inder Singh: Misrepresentations of Religion. Fateh Publications, Patiala 2006
 J. P. S. Uberoi: Religion, Civil Society and the State. A Study of Sikhism. Oxford University Press, Delhi 1996
 Sahib Singh: About Compilation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Lok Sahit Parkashan, Amritsar 1996
 Sahib Singh: Sri Guru Granth Sahib Darpan 1–10. Raj Publisher, Jalandar 1961

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