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Sikhism: Religious Concepts and Religious Life

Karma, rebirth, grace and mukti

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Overview

Transmigration in Sikh teaching, jīvan mukt and meaning and purpose of life in Sikh teaching.

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What is mukti, what keeps a person from it, and what is karma?

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What is mukti?

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What causes bondage in Sikh teaching?

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  1. 1

    What is mukti?

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    Mukti is liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Union with God rather than a place of reward is what the word describes.

  2. 2

    What causes bondage in Sikh teaching?

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    Ignorance of God, expressed as haumai, keeps a person bound. Actions done in self-will produce the karma that leads to rebirth.

  3. 3

    How does Sikhism understand karma?

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    Karma is the moral consequence carried by every action. Deeds shape the next birth and the soul's distance from God.

  4. 4

    How does Sikh teaching on karma differ from a purely mechanical view?

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    Karma operates within God's hukam and never outside it. God's grace can cancel the accumulated weight of past deeds.

  5. 5

    What is nadar?

    Model answer

    Nadar is the gracious glance of God, freely given and never earned. Mukti depends finally on nadar rather than on human achievement.

  6. 6

    Why is grace necessary if karma is real?

    Model answer

    Human effort alone cannot remove haumai, since the effort itself can feed pride. Only God's grace breaks the self-centredness at the root.

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