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Sikh Sanagat of Colorado is proud to announce the opening of their new Gurudwara Sahib
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Sikhism
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Sikhism, the youngest of the world religions, is barely five hundred years old.
Its founder, Guru Nanak, was born in 1469. Guru Nanak spread a simple message of
"Ek Ong Kar": we are all one, created by the One Creator of all Creation.
This was at a time when India was being torn apart by castes, sectarianism, religious
factions, and fanaticism. He aligned with no religion, and respected all religions.
He expressed the reality that there is one God and many paths, and the Name of God
is Truth, "Sat Nam". Guru Nanak's followers were Sikhs (seekers of
truth). He taught them to bow only before God, and to link themselves to the Guru,
the Light of Truth, who lives always in direct consciousness of God, experiencing
no separation. Through words and example, the Guru demonstrates to followers how
to experience God within themselves, bringing them from darkness into light. Guru
Nanak was a humble bearer of this Light of Truth. He opposed superstition, injustice,
and hypocrisy and inspired seekers by singing divine songs which touched the hearts
of the most callous listeners. These songs were recorded, and formed the beginnings
of the Sikhs' sacred writings, later to become the "Siri Guru Granth Sahib".
What our Great Gurus Preached, Practiced and Lived is our Sikh Religion. The purpose
of the incarnation of the Gurus, their Life Samples and cause for which they Died
is our Glorious Religion - Sikhism. The Divinity which flowed like Nectar from their
Holy Lips is our Most Luminous and Eternal Sikh Scripture called Sri Guru Granth
Sahib. Sikhism is nothing else but the Glowing Purest of the Pure Lives lived by
our Great Gurus in this Darkest of the Dark Age of Kalyug. When the God almighty
desires to establish a new Dharma in the deteriorating scenario in Humanity, descent
of the Almighty and All-Compassionate Lord becomes inevitable. His Most Beloved
Ones thus incarnated in Human garb then establish the Kingdom of God in the midst
of the perishable and sinking Humanity. Those Incarnations set the highest examples
of Truth, Purity and Sacrifice, thereby opening new frontiers of reaching the Almighty
and chart out hitherto unexplored Tracks and Paths reaching out to the Ultimate
Reality. What was thus established by our Great Gurus is our Sikh Religion and what
was so Gloriously followed in their Sacred Footsteps is our Sikh way of Life - Sikhism
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