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Sikh practices and discipline
Foundations of Practice Simran Sewa Three pillars Naam Japo Kirat Karo Vand Chhako Discipline Five Virtues Five Thieves Five Ks Rehat Prohibitions in Sikhism Daily Prayers and Hymns Nitnem Amrit Velā Communal Practices Daswandh Langar Kirtan Liturgical Practices Akhand Pāth Sadharan Pāth Ardās Hukam Sanskars Naam Karan Amrit Sanskar Anand Karaj Antam Sanskar
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Foundations of Practice

Discipline

Daily Prayers and Hymns

Communal Practices

Liturgical Practices

Sanskars

Sikh beliefs
1a. Simran (spiritual contemplation) 1b. Sewa (selfless service) 2. Three Pillars 2a. Naam Japo (contemplating God's names) Meditating on God's name to control the five evils and living a satisfying life. 2b. Kirat Karo (work diligently) Earning/making a living honestly, without exploitation or fraud 2c. Vand Chhako Sharing with others, helping those with less or those who are in need 3. Five Thieves 3a. Kaam (lust) 3b. Krodh (anger) 3c. Lobh (greed) 3d. Moh (attachment, e.g. to material things or people) 3e. Hankaar (ego, pride) 4. Five Virtues 4a. Sat (truth) 4b. Santokh (contentment) 4c. Daya (compassion) 4d. Nimrata (humility) 4e. Pyaar (love) 5. Four Treasures
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1a. Simran (spiritual contemplation)
1b. Sewa (selfless service)
2. Three Pillars
- 2a. Naam Japo (contemplating God's names) Meditating on God's name to control the five evils and living a satisfying life.
- 2b. Kirat Karo (work diligently) Earning/making a living honestly, without exploitation or fraud
- 2c. Vand Chhako Sharing with others, helping those with less or those who are in need
3. Five Thieves
- 3a. Kaam (lust)
- 3b. Krodh (anger)
- 3c. Lobh (greed)
- 3d. Moh (attachment, e.g. to material things or people)
- 3e. Hankaar (ego, pride)
4. Five Virtues
- 4a. Sat (truth)
- 4b. Santokh (contentment)
- 4c. Daya (compassion)
- 4d. Nimrata (humility)
- 4e. Pyaar (love)
5. Four Treasures

In Sikhism, the Five virtues are fundamental qualities which one should develop in order to reach Mukti, or to reunite or merge with God.^[1] The Sikh Gurus taught that these positive human qualities were Sat (truth), Daya (compassion), Santokh (contentment), Nimrata (humility), and Pyaar (love).

^ Cole, W. Owen; Sambhi, Piara Singh (2005). A Popular Dictionary of Sikhism: Sikh Religion and Philosophy. Routledge. p. 85. ISBN 9781135797607. Virtues - Virtues as well as vices are part of the human potential but unlike the latter which are usually spoken of as being five, there is no limit upon the number of virtues. The most important in the teaching of the Gurus are the practice of truth ('The highest virtue of all is truth, but higher still is truthful living' AG 62), purity of body and mind, temperance, contentment, forgiveness, justice, and patience. All these are acquired only through meditation upon the Name (of God) for these are characteristics of God from whom the devotee derives them.