Vivekanand says,”Onkar is the most holy word of the Vedas. A symbolic word meaning the Supreme Being, the Ocean of Knowledge and Bliss Absolute.
In the symbol the sword to the left represents truth, and the sword to the right represents the willingness to fight for what is right- dharma religion. The
circle in the middle denotes the one God, never beginning and never ending. The Khanda represents knowledge of God, the Chakkar represents the
eternal nature of God and oneness of humanity, the two swords represent Miri political sovereignty and Piri spiritual sover
2.6 Sikh Scriptures
Definition scripture is a sacred, solemn, or authoritative book or piece of writing. Any book or body of writing, especially when regarded as sacred by a
particular religious texts. Religious texts, also known as scripture, scriptures, holy write or holly book, are the texts which various religius tradition consider to be
sacred, or of cental importance to their religious tradition. Many religions and spritual movements
believe that their sacred texts are divinely or supernaturally revealed or inspired.
The Guru Granth Sahib Adi Granth is the Sikh Holy Scripture. The fifth Guru, Guru Arjen Dev compiled Adi Granth is
famous for, the holy book of the Sikh religion. Scripture is then declared to be the Guru Granth Sahib by Guru Gobind Singh. The holy book contains the teachings
of the sacred in the original form written by the Sikh Guru himself. The Guru Granth sahib is written in poetic form and contains the philosophy of Sikhism.
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The basic Sikh principles contained in the Guru Granth Sahib are love of God and mankind, community service, gender equality, honest living and
tolerance of other religions. Honest living is the best form of worship in Sikhism. Whatever advice or religious instructions Sikhs need, they can find it in
this sacred scripture. It is traditionally seated on a Palki decorated seat, which is kept on a Takhat raised palform at a prominent place in the Gurdwara Sikh
house of worship. It is covered with richly embroidered cloth called romalas. Above it is a colorful Chaandani canopy
2.7 Marriage
Marriage is a social institution that can demonstrate that the civilized society, it means that there are rules that have become the customs in regulating
human behavior in relation to marriage. Soerojo 1987:122says,“marriage is a very important event in the association in the community because its not just
about marriage and binds women and men who became the bride of course, but their respective families. Marriage is a fundamental principal of human life
because marriage is a matter that justifies the agency relationship between the opposite sex and marriage is a law in public life”.
Irawati 2004:17 says that a marriage is a bond between the inner and outer man with a woman as husband and wife in order to establish a family or
household of the blessed and eternal. G. Singh 1969: 67 says that marriage is not only to augment the family members and not merely for the pleasure but marriage
is as an opportunity to receive training in the encounter to God Almighty.
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2.8Ceremony
The ceremony is an act carried out by customs or religious sanctity or reverence that marks an event. Koentjaraningrat 1977: 241 says that the
ceremony is a system of activity or course of action is styled by custom or law in the community associated with a variety of events that remain are typically occurs
in the community concerned.Koentjaraningrat 1977:243 says that The religious ceremony is a ceremony that is sacred, in a series of events related to a religious
system which is based on the teachings of the belief systems that exist within the religion. This ceremony is also to intensify the spirit of solidarity and lead to life
in a society that takes place repeatedly and at any given time. Suyono 1991:369 says that ceremony as system activity or series of
actions organized by custom or law society concerned while traditional ceremonies associated with the interests of indigenous communities. Based on
expert opinions above it can be concluded that the ceremony is universally serve as an activity to reawaken the spirit of social life that takes place between
members of the community repeatedly and occur only at certain times only.
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