 Knocked on. Who is there? Batman. Batman who? Where's Rachel? So bad. 🎵 Da-ding-ding-da-ding-da-ding-da 🎵 🎵 Ding-ding-da-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D 🎵 🎵 Na-ding-da-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D 🎵 🎵 Na-da-da-da-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D 🎵 🎵 Da-ding-da-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D 🎵 My left toe bit. Hey, welcome back to our student reaction video. I'm Corbett, I'm Ricky Paulson. In the back, it's called Juicy Contest. It's so juicy. It's so juicy. I'm going to explain. They are wrapping filming on Batman in March. At least that's what Variety said. That's been going on for years. Well, he got COVID. No, I'm saying that film. Oh, I know. It has been going on for you. It's got picked up, delayed, and no, canned. I know, because for a while when I worked at a bakery, I knew the costume designer. He was a costume designer from the Revenant. She was working on the Batman at that time. This Robert Pattinson one. No, at that time, it was Ben Affleck. Oh, that's before he left. Before he left. God, and then they picked it up and now it's Robert Pattinson. Yeah. And then Robert Pattinson got COVID. Yeah, so they had to close up shop, but they're going to wrap in March. And James Bond was pushed again to October. We're not getting anything. We're getting not Christmas. No, we're just depressing, but it's our life right now. Whatever. Anyways, today we're reacting to a video. It's a little long, it's about 20 minutes, but it's, what is Sikhism? Oh, great. Sikhism? I don't know if it's Sikhism. I know that the religion is a sick. Why do you know that? Because they've told us. I've been told Sikh. No, you're remembering it wrong. I've already- I just recently watched a video. I just recently watched a video. No, it's sick. It could be Sikhism, but I know the religion is a sick. Like when you go to Pittsburgh, if you are talking to someone from Pittsburgh, they call that Pittsburgh. Well, my brothers looked like a week ago and I was confirmed that I was correct. Regardless. By who? By who, Punjabi? Yes. Yeah. Patreon Punjabis. The Patreon Punjabis. That's a great name for a cricket team. It is, the Patreon Punjabis. Yeah. Call them Peepee for short. So we've reacted to like, what is Hinduism? Remember that one? A while back. Hinduism, didn't we do Jainism? I don't think so. I thought we did, early, early on. One of the first ones we did. But this says, now you can learn how the Singh and Singh Kaur names came to be. So, because every Punjabi has either a Singh or a Kaur. Kaur, or I think some of the, kind of some of the Bengalis, right? Right. G's. Yeah. Chakaborty, Mukherjee. So, let's check this out. Let me make sure my sound is on the right speaker because sometimes technology likes to have a mind of its own and kill us. Yeah. Here we go. This video is made possible thanks to Audible. Thank you, Audible. This is Audible.com slash Kogido. Audible, sponsor us. Thanks to Kogido. I use you. 5500 to start your 30 day free trial. Do you like Audible? Sure. This is the Hari Mandir. The world's largest free kitchen. It serves a free vegetarian food to about 100,000 people every day. It's also the holiest site in Sikhism, the fifth largest and youngest of the world religions. I don't know that I trust this, but I'm not serious. And the equality of humankind, but also asks its followers to carry swords. So, it's a good idea. What do they believe and why does everyone confuse them from Muslims? Not everyone does. Let's find out. Americans are gonna have ignorant people. Sikhism originated in the Punjab area of India and Pakistan. 500 years ago. The Punjab, the land of five rivers, is one of the most historically and culturally dense areas on earth. This was the home of one of the world's earliest civilizations, the Inness Valley civilization. Persians, Greeks, Central Asians, Muggles, the British, all invaded here. I meant Mughals, Mughal, Mughals invaded here. Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Jainism and a handful of other faiths have all left their mark on the region. The diverse culture of the Punjab has heavily influenced the Sikhs. Today, there are about 25 million Sikhs. They make up about 2% of India's population, but about 60% of the Punjabs. The Sikh diaspora is spread across the world with concentrations in the UK, Canada, the US, East Africa, Australia and Malaysia. Six, interestingly enough, make up about 1.5% of Canada's population, which is second only to India. Wow. The word Sikh means learner. Sikhs call their religion Sikhi, Gursikhi and Gurmat. You can't really understand the Sikhs without understanding their relationship with Gurus. The word Guru means a teacher or spiritual guide. The Guru teaches and the Sikh learns. The Sikhs follow the teachings of 10 succeeding Gurus that have shaped Sikhism. The first and most important Guru is Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Born in 1469 CE, near one is today Lahore, Pakistan. Nanak was seen as special even as a child. As a baby, he was said to have had the laugh of an adult man. Here comes the bird. Ha ha ha ha. As a teenager, he preferred to listen to Hindu saints and speak to more Sikh preachers rather than his own parents. As an adult, Nanak was settled in Sultanpur where he worked for the government. The actions of his fellow government officials and the rich and powerful disgusted him as they exploited the government and people. And he hated the caste divisions they saw all around him. One day while bathing in a river near Sultanpur, Nanak had a miraculous experience. He was swept up into God's court where God spoke to him. Nanak reappeared three days later, declaring there is no Hindu and there is no Muslim. There was only God. This was a message inspired by his experience with God, one that spoke in favor of the equality of humankind and against caste, ethnic and religious divisions. Nanak would later say, except all humans as your equals and let them be your only sect. It's a great adage to live by. Nine human gurus followed Nanak, all preaching the same message of one God and the equality of humankind. Two fundamental events that shaped Sikh history was the martyrdom of two gurus. The first was the fifth guru, Guru Arjan, who was roasted alive by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. The next martyr would be the ninth guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur. He was beheaded by the Mughals while attempting to defend the religious rights of Hindus. His son, Guru Gobind Rai, the 10th and final human guru, started a new Sikh community called the Kalsa and ended the line of human gurus by making the guru Grand Sahil, the Sikh holy book, The Last Living Guru. We'll take a closer look at both of these in a bit. So, with that brief history out of the way, let's take a look at the core beliefs of Sikhism. One, one God. The Sikh holy book, The Guru Grand Sahil, opening sentence is just two words, ik, onkar. There is only one God. Nanak made sure it was clear that the focus was on one. Ik doesn't just mean one, it is literally the numeral one. One God is by far the most important belief in Sikhism. This may not be the kind of God you're used to though. Sixth believe in a formless, genderless, universal God beyond description. This God is all of reality and is within everything. They believe no idol or image could ever represent this being. So, they use the sacred symbol of ik, onkar to represent it instead. Many Sikhs refer to this one God by the name Way Guru, Wondrous Lord. Guru Nanak and his followers constantly emphasised that this one could be understood in many different ways. No religion had a monopoly on the truth. Nanak's one could be known as Vishnu, Allah, Atau, Yahweh, the algorithm or any other name or belief. There was no need to fight over whose God was the true God as they were all the same one. Recognise all mankind whether Muslim or Hindu as one. The same God is the creator and nourisher of all. Recognise no distinctions among them. The temple and the mosque are the same. So are Hindu worship and Muslim prayer. Human beings are all one, Guru Gobind Singh. The lack of a gender for this one God means that there is no difference between men and women in Sikhism. Sikhism was among the first major world religions to make the radical suggestion that maybe, just maybe, women are people too. Religion and Sikhism have fought battles, led religious services and even acted as some of the longest brain leaders of the entire community. Sikhism's biggest thing from doing things to give it to some kind of hell. Hell is just life on earth, which your soul is constantly reborn into after you die, which is a pretty jerk. You see, Sikhs believe in reincarnation of karma similar to Buddhists, Hindus and Jains. But Sikhs believe that karma is modified by God as in karma might decide what life you're born into, but God makes sure that anyone can become a good person in their lifetime if they try. The goal of Sikh life is to break free from the cycle of rebirth by merging your soul back into God's soul. One of those is by realising that you are already a part of God. You just need to let go of your ego. When your soul re-merges back into God's, this is called mukti, which is similar to Hinduism's moksha and means liberation. When you re-merge, your soul is released from the cycle of rebirth and death and becomes infinite, timeless and blissful. This is the closest thing Sikhs have to heaven. Two, maya. Sikhs believe that God is and created reality, but we forget this because humans are distracted by illusion or maya, which is anything that takes your mind off God. Maya is trapped in the cycle of rebirth and death. Guru Nanak thought that maya built a wall between people and God. The wall of maya is built with the five thieves, love, anger, greed, attachment, and pride. It is the duty of all Sikhs to avoid these thieves. The five thieves are caused by how-mine. Literally, I, myself. How-mine makes people say I am this, I am that, and it separates you from others, which blocks you from realising your oneness with God. This ego causes people to live only for themselves, the few negativity and the crave, power, and wealth. Such a person is called Manmukh, facing towards desires. Guru Nanak saw the world's problems at the negative effects of ego. Hindu versus Muslim, Israeli versus Palestinian, sitting down wipers versus sandals. All of these conflicts are caused by ego and maya. The Guru Granth Sahib said it is not religion or race, but it is wealth that divides brothers. But Guru Nanak taught that there was no other direction people could face. By being a spiritual person, practicing compassion, truth, contentment, humility, and love, and meditating on God, you could instead become Granth Mukh facing towards the Guru. How does one become Granth Mukh and ego-less? Well, Sikhism offers a path to follow that can help, called the Three Pillars. Three, Three Pillars. The Three Pillars are One Naam Jaapau, which is meditation on God and reciting and chanting of God's name, Way Guru. This is normally done in the morning and before bed. This isn't supposed to just be some mindless ritual either. Six, are supposed to genuinely reflect on the qualities of God as they do this. Two, correct Karni. Working hard and making it on this living. Guru Nanak said, only he who earns his living by the sweat of his brow and shares his earnings with others has discovered the path of righteousness. Three, One Chakna. This is sharing the fruits of your labor with others, bringing free food and donating to the community. The Sikh tradition of a communal meal or lunger at the Gurdwaras is a part of One Chakna. The lunger or communal free kitchen inside of the Sikh Gurdwara, which is their equivalent of a mosque or church, is open to all who visit, regardless of caste, faith, or gender. These serve vegetarian food to all, not because Sikhs have to be vegetarian, but simply because that means all people of all diets can partake. So if you want to taste typical Punjabi food, just go visit a Gurdwara. In Guru Nanak's time, the idea of different castes sitting together on the floor and eating side by side was a revolutionary act. Famously, the Mughal Emperor Akbar visited Guru Arjan and the Guru would not meet with him until he partook in a lunger, which the Emperor did, sitting side by side with peasants. Guru Nanak claim an enlightened person are those who view everyone equally, like the heir, touching the king, and beggar, and like. Another vital part of Sikhism that isn't one of the three pillars is Seva, which is selfless service. True service to their community, Sikhs can become more humble and overcome their ego. Sikhs can include peening up the Gurdwara, or cleaning dishes in the lunger, or it can include volunteering, building things for your community, or subscribing and ringing the notification bell. This is a really good video. With God's name, honest work, and sharing, along with selfless service and avoiding the five thieves, a person can rid themselves of egoism and be released from the cycle of rebirth and death. Four, the calsa. Guru Gobind Rai was the son of the ninth Guru, Tehg Bahadur, who was beheaded by the Mughals and his body was abandoned by his Sikh entourage. They fled easily because no one could recognise them. So Guru Gobind decided to give Sikhs a distinct look from now on so that they would always be compelled to uphold Sikh values. So in 1699, Guru Gobind brought his Sikhs together at Anandapur. After their morning prayer, he stood in front of a huge crowd and demanded a human sacrifice. The shot crowd was silent for a while before one Sikh rose up and entered the Guru's tent. The Guru followed him in and then the Guru comes out with blood on his sword. He demands another sacrifice. Another Sikh offers himself and enters the tent. Again, only the Guru comes back out of the tent, bloody sword in hand. Again, another sacrifice. And again, and finally, after the sixth sacrifice, the Guru re-emerges with the five Sikhs all wearing saffron-coloured robes. The Guru declares that these are the Panj Pairay, the five beloved ones. They would form the centre of a new Sikh community called the Calsa. He offered them amrit, a bowl of sweet water. And all five who belonged to different caste groups drank the amrit for the same bowl which would have been huge to them. This signified they joined a new caste-less family. The Calsa, each of these volunteers have to leave behind their old surname or caste names and adopt the same surname. Which comes from the Sanskrit word simba, meaning lion. I know, right? It has no relation to the Bantu word simba, which also means lion. It's just a weird coincidence, which is great. The Guru then begged the five beloved ones to let him join their Calsa. They offered him the amrit and the Guru became Guru Gobind Singh. Women were admitted to the Calsa the same way as men. After drinking the amrit, they received the surname Kaur, meaning princess. The Calsa gave the Sikhs a new unified identity, tied together as one family with one name, without caste, with the goal of defending the weak and promoting justice. Today, many Sikhs still undergo the amrit ceremony and take the surnames Singh and Kaur. The Calsa were also given new rules to follow, which included the wearing of the panchakkar, or the five caves. The first was kes, which is uncut hair to represent discipline. The second was kargal, a small comb in the hair. The third was a carpan, a sword to uphold justice and protect the weak, which is nowadays usually a small sword. It is importantly not an offensive weapon and the Sikh code of conduct claims it can only be used to destroy tyrants and oppressors. It must not be used for anything else. The fourth is kakahira, kind of loose-fitting boxer shorts to represent the sexual restraint. And the fifth is kara, a steel bracelet in circular shape, represents the infinity of God. Interestingly, the turban is not one of the five caves. Instead, it's worn to cover the Sikhs' long uncut hair, the kes. Turbans have become essential to Sikh identity and hold very special significance to them. Chances are, if you see someone wearing a turban, that vast majority of the time, that person will be a Sikh, not a Muslim. Five, the guru grants a heave. The guru grants a heave is the holy book of the Sikhs. It contains the teachings of the gurus and acts as a spiritual guide for Sikhs around the world. It is probably one of the only holy books that contains not only the writings of their religious founders, written by themselves, rather than after their death, but also the writing of people from other religions. Writings of Muslims and Hindus can be found throughout, along with references to Judaism, Buddhism and Christianity. Before his death in 1708, the 10th guru, Guru Gobind Singh, ended the line of human gurus by bestowing guruship on the Adi Granth, turning it into the Guru Granth Sahib, making it similar to both the Bible and Koran and the living prophet at the same time. To break down the name, the word guru means guru. Granth means book and sahib means lord. Since that moment, the guru grants a heave has been revered as the current living guru. It is treated with extreme respect and care. Ugly enough, the grant is not only read, but sung. It's made up of thousands of hymns. Sikhs don't have mass or service, but a kirtan, meaning communal singing. Normally, these are said to classical Indian music. Six, the Gurdwara. Six gather at Gurdwaras, a word meaning doorway to the guru. A Gurdwara is only a Gurdwara because it has a copy of the guru grants a heave in it. Men and women of all castes and social standing gather there to join in prayer, singing and eating. This is where you'll find the lumber. Anyone can visit a Gurdwara and partake in the service and meal. You only need to follow basic etiquette. Cover your head, remove your shoes, wash your hands as you enter, and do your best not to bring any drugs or drugs inside. The most important Gurdwara in the world is the Hari Mandir or Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. In 1604, Guru Arjan completed work on the Golden Temple and had the Guru Granth Sahib installed in site. As a gesture of religious tolerance, Guru Arjan invited a Muslim, Mian Mir, to lay the foundation stone of the Golden Temple. The temple has four doors opening on all four sides. To show the openness to all cultures and peoples. But on the inside, only one door leads to the inner cycle, indicating that all paths and beliefs eventually lead to the one God. The Golden Temple is the most visited place in the world with around six million visitors each year. The longer at the Golden Temple serves a free meal to about 100,000 people each day, making it the world's largest free-serving kitchen, all run and staffed by volunteers. And the waiting list to volunteer in the Golden Temple has hundreds of thousands of names on it. The people on that list will be waiting for a long time. A good way for them to pass the time productively will be to listen to audiobooks following their time. While researching to be able to listen to Sigism, a very short introduction by Eleanor Nezvit, which is an excellent bite-sized introduction to Sigism, stated in very clear language for people that are completely new to the topic. And if you want to go right to the source, Audible even has the complete 90-plus hour Guru Granth Sahib also available. Audible makes it easier than ever to fit audiobooks into your schedule. I think what's that? Yeah, the rest of it is... I was double-checking to make sure there was nothing left in that one. Good video. Really informative and really entertaining. Yeah, one, it's great when you have a long video that you not only obviously gives you good information that you need to, but kind of put in some humor. And the visuals were great, and it just kept me engaged. And I learned a whole lot of stuff I had not previously known. And we went to the Golden Tower, which were all our favorite days, even though we had only literally one day in Amritsar. But that is a standout memory that they... That place is insane. Like there's... It has as many people as Disneyland. There's a certain peace in the place. Absolutely. You can't describe the wall unless you've been there. It's really incredible. But yeah, that's one thing that I've definitely learned about Six is their willingness to not only help people, and that's a core belief of theirs. And that should I think should be a core belief of I think anybody, but especially a religion, is to help others. But the fact that they also have gone to war with other religion, not in contention, but for the religions to defend their rights to their religion, or they've I think done it with, I think both Muslims and Hindus, and I don't know if they've done it with Christians as well, but I'm sure they have. But their whole thing, I'm guessing, is just to everybody's equal, which is a great foundation to have because everyone is equal. But it's kind of crazy that it was one of the first religions to actually incorporate that into their core beliefs. Yeah, I would like, I would really love to talk to somebody either privately or in an interview, but I would love to see where they reconcile the differences between the world religions and see what it is in their writings that do that and how they do that. It's very intriguing. And it's, we talked about this when we were reviewing the Great Indian Kitchen that what I found, the only unified belief system religion that I know of that hasn't had at one point or currently still has an ostracizing and a pushing away of women in menstruation are them. They don't consider that to be an unclean thing that is a sign of the life, the getting power of a woman. They just never cease to impress and be awesome. And they're some of the best people we all love to meet as well. So yeah, very informative video. Really, really enjoyed that so let us know all the videos like this we should react to in the decision information that that was wrong or they missed, obviously let us know, let us know down below. Thank You for Watching!