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SIKH REHAT MARYADA
(SIKH LAWS)

Sections

Section One

Chapter I Sikh Defined
Article I Definition of Sikh

Section Two

Chapter II Aspects of Sikh Living
Article II Sikh Living

 

Chapter III Individual Spirituality
Article III Sikh’s Personal Life
Article IV Meditation on Nam (Divine Substance) and Scriptures

Section Three

Chapter IV Gurduwaras, Congregational Etiquette, Rites
Article V Joining the Congregation for understanding of and reflection on Gurbani

 

Chapter V Kirtan
Article VI Kirtan (Devotional Hymn Singing by a Group or an Individual)

 

Chapter VI Taking Hukam - Other Items of Service
Article VII Taking Hukam

 

Chapter VII Reading of Guru Granth Sahib
Article VIII Sadharan Path (completion of Normal, Intermittent Reading of the Guru Granth Sahib)
Article IX Akhand Path: Uninterrupted - Non-Stop Completion of the Reading of the Guru Granth Sahib
Article X Commencing the Non-stop Reading
Article XI Concluding the Reading

 

Chapter VIII Karhah Prashad - Making, Offering, Consecration and Distribution
Article XII Karah Prasad (Sacred Pudding)

 

Chapter IX Components of Gurduwara Service
Article XIII Exposition of Gurbani (Sikh Holy Scriptures)
Article XIV Expository Discourse
Article XV Gurduwara Service

Section Four

Chapter X Beliefs, Observances, Duties, Taboos and Ceremonies
Article XVI Living in Consonance with Guru’s Tenets

 

Chapter XI Ceremonies pertaining to Social Occasions
Article XVII Ceremonies pertaining to Birth and Naming of Child
Article XVIII Anand Sanskar (Lit. joyful ceremonial: Sikh Matrimonial Conventions and Ceremony)
Article XIX Funeral Ceremonies
Article XX Other Rites and Conventions

Section Five

Chapter XII Altruistic Work
Article XXI Voluntary Service

Section Six

Chapter XIII Panthic (Corporate Sikh) Life
Article XXII Facets of Corporate Sikh Life
Article XXIII Panth’s Status of Guru-hood
Article XXIV Ceremonies of Baptism or Initiation
Article XXV Method of Imposing Chastisement
Article XXVI Method of Adopting Gurmatta
Article XXVII Appeals against Local Decisions

 

Harpreet Singh
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