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Sikhism: Movements, Change and Contemporary Issues

The Rahit Maryada and the Rahit Namas

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  • A2 Unit 3

Overview

Rahit Maryada, rahit Namas and four cardinal prohibitions binding on an initiated Sikh.

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Key term

What is the Rahit Maryada?

Key term

How does the code produce uniformity of Sikh practice worldwide?

Key term

Describe the origins of the Rahit Maryada.

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  1. 1

    What is the Rahit Maryada?

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    The Rahit Maryada is the agreed Sikh code of conduct, which sets out what a Sikh believes, how a Sikh should live and how ceremonies and worship in the gurdwara are to be conducted.

  2. 2

    Describe the origins of the Rahit Maryada.

    Model answer

    It grew out of the reform movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which found that Sikh practice varied widely and that the older codes disagreed; a representative committee worked on a single text through the 1930s and it was approved and published in the 1940s.

  3. 3

    What are the Rahit Namas?

    Model answer

    The Rahit Namas are the earlier codes of discipline attributed to companions of Guru Gobind Singh and to writers of the eighteenth century, which record what the Khalsa was required to do.

  4. 4

    How does the Rahit Maryada differ from the Rahit Namas?

    Model answer

    The Namas are several, are attributed to individuals, come from different periods and sometimes contradict one another; the Maryada is one text, agreed by a representative body and accepted across the Panth, so it can settle disputes that the older codes could not.

  5. 5

    How does the code define a Sikh?

    Model answer

    A Sikh is defined as anyone who believes in one immortal God, in the ten Gurus and their teaching, in the Guru Granth Sahib and in the amrit given by the tenth Guru, and who owes allegiance to no other religion.

  6. 6

    Name the four cardinal prohibitions binding on an initiated Sikh.

    Model answer

    An initiated Sikh may not cut the hair, may not eat meat killed by ritual slaughter, may not commit adultery, and may not use tobacco.

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