CODE
OF CONDUCT
Sikh
Reht Maryada
Living
in Consonance with Guru's Tenets (Gurmat
Rehni)
A
Sikh's living, earning livelihood, thinking
and conduct should accord with the Guru's
tenets.
a.
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Worship
should be rendered only to the One
Timeless Being and to no god or
goddess.
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b. |
Regarding the ten Gurus, the Guru
Granth Sahib and the ten Gurus'
word alone as saviours and holy
objects of veneration.
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c.
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Regarding
ten Gurus as the effulgence of one
light and one single entity.
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d. |
Sikh
don't believe in caste system, untouchabililty
, Jantar Mantar Tantar (Magic spells)
omens, horoscopic dispositions,
Shradh, Ancestor worship, Pind,
Patal, Fasting, Tilak, Janju, Tulsi,
Malla, Gor, Math, Marhi, Idolatery.
Not owning up or regarding as hallowed
any place other than the Guru's
place- such, for instance, as sacred
sports or places of pilgrimage of
other faiths.
Not believing in or according any
authority to Muslim seers, Brahmins'
holiness, soothsayers, clairvoyants,
oracles, promise of an offering
on the fulfilment of a wish, offering
of sweet loaves or rice pudding
at graves on fulfillment of wishes,
the Vedas, the Shastras, the Gayatri,
the Gita, the Quaran, the Bible,
etc. However, the study of the books
of other faiths for general self-education
is admissible.
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| e. |
The Khalsa should maintain its distinctiveness
among the professors of different
religions of the world, but should
not hurt the sentiments of any person
professing another religion.
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| f. |
A Sikh should pray to God before
launching off any task.
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| g. |
Learning Gurmukhi (Punjabi in Gurmukhi
script) is essential for a Sikh.
He should pursue other studies also.
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| h. |
It is a Sikh's duty to get his children
educated in Sikhism.
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| i.
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A
Sikh should, in no way, harbour
any antipathy to the hair of the
head with which his child is born.
He should not temper with the hair
with which the child is horn. He
should add the suffix "Singh" to
the name of his son & "Kaur" to
the name of his daughter. A Sikh
should keep the hair of his sons
and daughters intact.
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| j.
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A
Sikh must not take hemp (cannabis),
opium, liquor, tobacco, in short,
any intoxicant. His only routine
intake should be food.
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| k. |
Piercing of nose or ears for wearing
ornaments in forbidden for Sikh
men and women.
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| l. |
A Sikh should not kill his daughter;
nor should he maintain any relationship
with "daughter-killer."
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| m. |
The true Sikh of the Guru shall
make an honest living by lawful
work.
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| n. |
A Sikh shall regard a poor person's
mouth as the Guru's cash offerings
box.
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| o. |
A Sikh shall not steal, form dubious
associations or engage in gambling.
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| p. |
He who regards another man's daughter
as his own daughter, regards another
man's wife as his mother, has coition
with his own wife alone, he alone
is a truly disciplined Sikh of the
Guru. A Sikh woman shall likewise
keep within the confines of conjugal
rectitude.
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| q.
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A
Sikh shall observe the Sikh rules
of conduct and conventions from
his birth right upto the end of
his life.
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| r. |
A Sikh, when he meets another Sikh,
should greet him with "Waheguru
ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh"
(Rendered into English:The Khalsa
is Waheguru's; victory tools His
!). This is ordained for Sikh men
and women both.
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| s. |
It is not proper for a Sikh woman
to wear veil or keep her face hidden
by veil or cover.
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| t. |
For a Sikh, there is no restriction
or requirement as to dress except
that he must wear Kachhehra (A drawer
type fastened by a fitted string
round the waist, very often worn
as an underwear.) and turban. A
Sikh woman may or may not tie turban.
It is not proper for a Sikh woman
to wear veil or keep her face hidden
by veil or cover.
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