#sikhism

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In Sikh temples (gurdwaras), anyone—of any background—can share the free communal meal called langar. It’s a core Sikh practice symbolizing equality and service; many gurdwaras serve it after worship, and some offer it throughout the day. There’s no payment or expectation—just sit, eat, and be welcomed.

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[karinyosa]

id:

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the national lawyers guild has a national hotline: [phone]"

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[emberphoenixisgoingtolivee]

i'm an atheist but i LOVE God and i LOVE Jesus and i LOVE Allah and i LOVE Ganesha and Shiva and Rama and i LOVE devas and i LOVE Waheguru and i LOVE all religious figures and deities because they make so many people feel happy and comforted and bring so many people so much peace. thank you all Gods, Goddesses, prophets (peace be upon them), deities, and religious figures. i love religion 🫶

[starfallsystemblog2]

April 14 – Sikh, Hindu: Vaisakhi

Marks the Sikh New Year and celebrates the spring harvest.

[arconinternet]

The I Am A... Series (Books, multiple authors, 1985/1986)

You can digitally borrow them here.

[ankahikoibaat]

did not expect to ever come back to write more parallels about Sikhism and the Jedi Order and yet here we are.

I talked about the concept of 'moh', or attachment as it translates to more generally in my first Sikhism & The Jedi Order post, but expanding on that a little bit - Anakin embodies all five of the negative aspects of human nature as described in Sikhism. These are traits we, as humans and Sikhs, are meant to overcome when faced with them.

These five "thieves" as they are sometimes referred to are kaam, krodh, lobh, moh, ahankar or lust, rage or uncontrollable anger, greed, attachment and pride. All of them are characteristics we see in Anakin. In many cases, he doesn't just embody them, but ultimately, he embraces them. (Padme's death just turns his lust into that for power, if we really look at it.)

While in the movies, we see the Jedi mostly talk about attachment, the subtext does suggest that they are meant to overcome these other negative traits as well. Anakin's anger is met with caution, his desire for more status and power is also met with caution - and understanding that he either does not recognise or simply ignores.

I'm not going to go too indepth here, this is honestly just Sikhism and the Jedi Order 1 point 5 thoughts I had in the shower today. These are things that you don't have to be a Jedi to work on, and try to work past. Not impossible to achieve, or at least attempt to achieve, since people do it everyday.

So why couldn't Anakin?

[gayyyboykissrr]

Before I get into this rant let me put a disclaimer that I respect all religions and although I align myself more with Christianity I don't identify with any specific religion. I respect agnostic and atheist people.

You know what I don't respect? People who say no religions are real and that all religions are opressive cults. To say all religions are opressive you'd have to include Wicca, all branches of Paganism, Buddhism, Taoism, ancient religions and spiritual beliefs etc. To deny religion is to deny anthropology and history, people have been believing in higher powers since the beginning of society. Without the tenets of helping the poor and healing the sick in Christianity a lot of hospitals and orphanages wouldn't be founded in the west. The Islamic Golden Age advanced science and math (if anyone knows more about this please fact check me). It also tells me you know very little about cults because not all cults are based in religion. And accusing every single religious person of being in a cult is very tone deaf to actual cult survivors.

Is it terrible that people have been forcibly converted to different religions historically and currently? Yes. Have people used their religion to inflict violence on others? Yes. Has organized religion done harm? Yes. But it's also done a lot of good.

I also hate the idea that if someone suddenly turns to religion they either did something bad or are in religious psychosis. For one, religious psychosis is a very specific and dangerous thing. Second, if following a religion is what makes someone more forgiving, compassionate and guides their morals, that's a good thing!

People aren't going to stop being religious anytime soon, it costs nothing to respect others