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.....that the Sikhs believe that all life, including human life, comes from God. God is the Creator of the universe and the force that keeps it in existence.

.....that for the Sikhs, the final goal of life is to reunite or merge with God (Mukti). The Sikh Gurus taught that to achieve this goal it was important to work hard at developing positive human qualities which lead the soul closer to God.

..... that the Sikh concept of Sarbaht dah Phahla which means "Blessings for Everyone" or literally "May everyone Prosper" is a new concept for many people and is not common knowledge for most followers of the Sikh religion.

.....that Guru Ram Das ji was born at Chuna Mandi Bazaar, Lahore on 24th September 1534 and spent the first seven years of his life here and that his name before obtaining Guruship was Bhai Jetha which means the first born.

Sri Damdama Sahib

.....that Takhat Damdama Sahib is one of five takhats or Seat of Authority of the Sikhs. This takhat is situated at Batinda in Punjab, India and is the place where Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs prepared the full version of the Sikh Scriptures called Sri Guru Granth Sahib in 1705. What are the names of the other four Takhats?

....that Anandpur Sahib (City of Bliss) is one of the holiest places of the Sikhs, second only to Amritsar.

....that the Five Evils or five thieves referred to in Sikh Scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, are the five major weaknesses of the human personality at variance with its spiritual essence. The common evils far exceed this number, but a group of five of them came to be identified because of the obstruction they cause in the human's pursuit of the moral and spiritual path. These five evils are kam (Lust), krodh (Rage), lobh (Greed), moh (Attachment) and ahankar (ego).