MEANING

KHALSA PANTH IS A SIKH TERM THAT REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY OF INITIATED SIKHS WHO DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THE TEACHINGS OF THEIR GURUS & FOLLOW ON THE PATH AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THEIR GURUS TEACHINGS AND ALWAYS PRACTICE EQUALITY, JUSTICE AND SERVICE TO HUMANITY.

                                                                                                                         KHALSA- MEANS PURE 

                                                                                                                     PANTH- MEANS PATH, THE WAY 

KHALSA+PANTH =SIKH COMMUNITY CREATED BY SRI GURU GOBIND SINGH JI ON VAISAKHI IN 1699 AT ANANDPUR SAHIB. A COMMUNITY WHERE A SINGLE SIKH IS EQUALS TO 1.5 LAKH SOLDIERS. 

                                                                                                                          “Chidiyan te main baaj tudaun, 

                                                                                                                             Gidran ko main sher banaun,

                                                                                                                                  Sava lakh se ek ladaun, 

                                                                                                                       tabae Guru Gobind Singh naam kahaun.”                                                                                                  

 PRINCIPLES OF KHALSA PANTH

1. EQUALITY:  TREATING ALL HUMANS BEING EQUAL, REGARDLESS OF ANY GENDER, CASTE ,COLOUR , SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC STATUS.

2. SEWA ( SELFLESS SERVICE):  SERVING ALL WITH GRACE, HUMILITY, KINDNESS AND WITH NO EXPECTATION IN RETURN.

3. COURAGE AND JUSTICE:  STANDING AGAINST THE WRONG AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE WEAKS. 

4.FAITH AND DISCIPLINE:  ALWAYS REMEMBUR YOUR WAHEGURU & FOLLOW THEIR TEACHINGS AND LIVE AN HONEST AND DISCIPLINED LIFE.

5. NAAM SIMRAN:  ALWAYS REMEMBER THE GOD’S NAME WHATEVER YOU DO AND WHEREVER YOU GO. 

 MESSAGE OF KHALSA PANTH

The message to all living in the  khalsa community  is to live with Naan Japna( remember god ), Kirat Karni( earning honestly), and Vand Chhakna( sharing with all).

HISTORY OF KHALSA PANTH

• ON THE DAY OF VAISAKHI IN 1699, THE GURU GOBIND SINGH JI DRAWN SWORD AND ASKED THE CROWD FOR THEIR FAITH & ANYONE WILLING TO SACRIFICE.THIS WAS REPETED UNTILL THE 5 MEN HAD STEPPED FORWARD . GURU JI ONLY WANTS TO CHECK THE FAITH AND THEIR DEVOTION AMONG THE SIKHS . THE 5 BRAVE MEN WHO COME FORWARD FROM DIFFERENT CASTES AND REGIONSEMERGED AS A DRESSED IN SAFFRON ROBES AND TURBANS. THEY BECOME KNOWN AS PANJ PYARE9 THE FIVE BELOVED ONES) THAT REPRESENTS EQUALITY AND UNITY.
•  PANJ PYARE WAS INITIATED BY GURU JI THROUGH KHANDE DI PAHUL. THAT IS WATER MIXED WITH SUGAR CRYSTALS IN A STEEL BOWL & STIRRING WITH DOUBLE EDGED SWORD (KIRPAN) WHILE RECITING SACRED HYMNS TO CREATE AMRIT. 
• THIS ACT ESTABLISHED KHALSA PANTH.
• THESE ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW 5 KS OF SIKHISM ( KESH, KANGHA, KACHHERA. KIRPAN , KADA)

 

ROLE OF KHALSA TODAY 

• SERVING HUMANITY THROUGH LANGARS AND SEWA
• PROTECTING THE WEAK AND VULNERABLE.
• PRESERVING SIKH TRADITIONS & IDENTITY
• PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE AND COMPASSION.

PROHIBITIONS

KHALSAS WERE FORBIDDEN FROM :

• CUTTING BODY HAIR 
• COMMINTING ADULTERY
• CONSUMING INTAXICANTS/TOBACCO
• EATING RITUALISTIC KUTHA MEAT

 IN SIMPLE WORDS – KHALSA PANTH IS A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE COMMITED TO TRUE GOD IN LIVING TRUTHFULLY, SERVING HUMANITY, DEFENDING JUSTICE,  AND ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR TRUE GOD AND LIVE IN HIS HUKUM.

                                                                                                     “WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH”