MysticMonist

Jesus I believe was a highly enlightened soul who was aware of jis existence when God created the universe. He preached for the least amount of time - 3 years and no one at that time actually understood his parables.  He did not relay the message in a straight forward manner. However the world later embraced Christianity and the missionaries worked hard to colonose the world and bring some sort of civilisation.  A big thankyou to Jesus. None of his disciples were near him at the time of crucifixion. 
Believers in him came years after. 
In sikhism however the message comes straight forward.  Practice naam simran, earn by the sweat of your brow and share your earni gs with others.  Our Gurus have worked to perfectify every little portion of spirituality there might be to practice on this earth.

""I bow to Him, I humbly bow.
The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same."

I found this article
http://www.realsikhism.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1248368191&ucat=7
I loved this "There are no religions beyond this world. Sikhism states that just because you belong to a religion does not mean anything. God is not limited to just one religion. Belonging to one religion will not help you attain salvation, you have to purify yourself by becoming a true moral person, help others, meditate on God, and love Him to be One with Him."
I really love the Sikh scripture as well.
 
 

Welcome MysticMonist,
the word religion comes from the Latin word religare, which means, that which reunites with its origin.
So, from worldly point of view, there maybe many religions, but if we all agree, there is only one Supreme everlasting changeless Truth, throughout the eras, naturally the path leading to that One reality, has to be one, it can be different for different people, or different races, civilizations....
If the Sun is One, the rays which come out, have to be same, in brightness, intensity, and warmth. Unless of course, some have different sunglasses, so they see different shades of lights. But even then, the light of each ray is the same.
At our worldly physical level, we may reach a particular place, by road, plane or ship, and by different means, such as walking, bicycle, car, helicopter, airplane, ship, etc.
But there where He exists, there is only one way, whosoever it may be. Because, races, creeds, nationalities, genders, may differ, but the essence of Truth in all of them, the soul, is the same undoubtedly.  Other thing is, we are limited, though we see the outer dresses(skin colors), but not that spark of essence of the Supreme Truth(Lord).
Thus, under thick dark  layers of ignorance. And under the deep engraved impressions of ignorance, the fools, the stupids, devilishly, fight and kill, in the name of religions, committing atrocities on other human beings.
Christianism, calls and knows that Supreme Truth as  the Word, and in Sikhee we know it as Nam or Shabad, muslims call it Kun, chinese call it Tao.
The Bible says: in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word is God.
So does Sree Guru Granth Sahib, tell us from its very beginning: Ik Oankar Sat Nam. There is only One creator Lord, which is Nam, and that Nam is Sat, means, changeless, eternal, everlasting Truth throughout the eras.
In the continuation of the above first verse, our beloved Guru Sahiban, have majestically described the nature,  the qualities and virtues of that Supreme Being, it is worth reading again and again.... such is the beauty, and  unparalleled greatness of that  Primal Being.
Well continuing  with the topic of this thread about religions, and as I explained what really religion means a few moments back,  Guru Jee, beautifully and in a very clear and precise language tells us : Nanak Nam jahaz hae, jin chareeya se utareeya paar.
Which means:  O Nanak, he whosoever boards the vessel of Nam, reaches the shore across( our True Home, beyond the perishable and transitory creation, including the planes of creation where gods, goddesses, fairies, angels, demigods, and other spiritual entities reside).
And when with the means of Nam, we reach  our true Home, we do not remain there as individual limited beings, for quite far behind, we already left our minds, thus as pure spirits, as pure souls, we merge in the Infinite unimaginable Ocean of, Truth, Consciousness,  Bliss.
Such is the unlimited grace of that Supreme Being, Sat Nam, by which the tiny little river merges in the Infinite Ocean, and becoming thus one, with that Mighty Infinite Ocean.
So as it is only by Nam, that one can reach Him, thus we can perfectly call that Nam, the universal path or religion, for any being, from any culture, caste, color or creed.
Once having understood the teachings of our Guru Sahiban, there is no place for hatred, jealousy or enmity, towards anyone,  for in all, the Light of that Supreme Being Sat Nam, shines in equal measure.
This is in essence Sikhee, but in reality far more beautiful, full of Truth, of purity, and excellence, which words can only poorly describe.
Stay blessed.
Sat Sree Akal.
 

I would say 7 million followers in the span of 130 years - mostly converting from Islam - is quite a huge succes in itself in such a short period of time.

""I bow to Him, I humbly bow.
The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same."

Hi!
I was looking for a Sikh forum and this seems like a nice community. I'm a 35 year old father of 2 boys and I live in Virginia in the USA. I've studied religions for sometime, spending some time as a Christain, then Zen Buddhist, the Hassidic Judaism and currently I am Baha'i and also a Platonist.
I'd love to discuss some of the aspects of Sikh theology particularly the unity of God and our union with the Divine.
On one of our Baha'i chats the Sikhs came up. We had nothing but good things to say and the group felt we should get to know one another. So I'm also here on behalf of my fellow online Bahais who send their greetings and prayers.
God is most glorious!
-MM

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