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== '''Khalsa''': Literally "belonging only to the divine;" == | == '''Khalsa''': Literally "belonging only to the divine;" == | ||
[[category:Glossary of Sikh Terms]] | [[category:Glossary of Sikh Terms]]The term is derived from the land specially reserved for the family of Mughal emprors of India. It was the most fertile land and looked after personally by the empror.it appears therefore to mean"close or beloved to God". Khalsa mero roop hai khas, khalsa maen haon kroh niwas. The idea of purity and pollution is foreign to sikhism and does not apply to an army(akalpurukh ki fauj.) | ||
The | The collective body of all initiated Sikhs, who drink the amrit instituted by 10th Guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, and agree to live by the highest ideals of [[Sikh]] principles. Committed to one's own purity of consciousness and actions | ||
The Blue Print of Khalsa was envisioned by Nanak as 'Conggregation of [[IDOLs of TRUTH]] ' ,and formally documented in the begning of holy 'Shiri Guru Granth Sahib' in the Theology of [[Sikhism]] encapsulated in [[Mool Mantar]]. | |||
It was about 200 Years later,when Guru Gobind Singh formally declared Khalsa as ONE Nation.The Nation encompassing the entire Humanity as reflection of one univeral all prevasive & All-in-One one 'TRUTH' alias GOD irrespective of any cast/creed/racial discrimination. | |||
Revision as of 11:00, 17 September 2005
Khalsa: Literally "belonging only to the divine;"
The term is derived from the land specially reserved for the family of Mughal emprors of India. It was the most fertile land and looked after personally by the empror.it appears therefore to mean"close or beloved to God". Khalsa mero roop hai khas, khalsa maen haon kroh niwas. The idea of purity and pollution is foreign to sikhism and does not apply to an army(akalpurukh ki fauj.)
The collective body of all initiated Sikhs, who drink the amrit instituted by 10th Guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, and agree to live by the highest ideals of Sikh principles. Committed to one's own purity of consciousness and actions
The Blue Print of Khalsa was envisioned by Nanak as 'Conggregation of IDOLs of TRUTH ' ,and formally documented in the begning of holy 'Shiri Guru Granth Sahib' in the Theology of Sikhism encapsulated in Mool Mantar.
It was about 200 Years later,when Guru Gobind Singh formally declared Khalsa as ONE Nation.The Nation encompassing the entire Humanity as reflection of one univeral all prevasive & All-in-One one 'TRUTH' alias GOD irrespective of any cast/creed/racial discrimination.
