Who is a Sikh? ....and what does being Sikh mean to you?

[TammyRanay]

I am working on a documentary, and I am looking to get direct and individually unique commentations from other Sikhs.

Please present your own definition of who is a Sikh? .... and what does being Sikh mean to you?

(Thank You) 

[Guest Jacfsing2]

18 minutes ago, TammyRanay said:

Please present your own definition of who is a Sikh? .... and what does being Sikh mean to you?

Don't know why you're doing this, but a Sikh is someone who follows the Guru's order to the best of their ability regardless of whether they are new or old to Sikhi. Love for Guru Sahib is the greatest thing being Sikh means to me.

[Not2Cool2Argue]

A sikh tries to learn about and live an ideal life. Worldly and spiritually, a sikh will try to live the most honorably, kindly, and highest life. A sikh should aim for the pinnacle of spirituality, but not forget his duty to family and society: To uplift those that have it the worst.

Like sukha singh uk says, A Sikh is a person through whose actions, we can see the Guru ( the Gurus ideal teachings shining forth) and the Guru is the one we can see God through ( see the attributes of God personified, see the ultimate kindness and care for humanity)

[harsharan000]

Sikh means a learner, a disciple. 

Who implicitly follows Guru Sahiban, through Gurmat, for only one purpose, which is, of his/her union with the primal eternal unchangeable Truth, namely Wahiguru Akal Purukh.

The sikh derives his/her strength from the Jot of the graceful Guru, who infuses love and devotion in the sikh for Wahiguru, and constantly accompanies that sikh until it reaches its destiny.

With the power of the Guru, the soul jeeva conquers the mind, and leaves behind the realms of maya, of brahm, to proceed towards its True Home, the source of true bliss and Light, and become forever one, with the Owner of that  Home, named Sach Khand.

This is in a gist, the nature of the sikh, the Guru, and the Origin of everything else, Akal Purukh.

Gurmat gyan, in just a few and simple words, is beautifully described in the following verse:

Ik Oankar Satgur Parsad.

 

Sat Sree Akal.

[jkvlondon]

Also in Pali (the language of early buddhism) a sikh is one who have started the journey , which makes sense when we think of how Panth translates to the path...so those who talk of the Sikh Panth are talking of the active travelling through life on the sikh pathway , following the guidance of Guru Granth Sahib ji the revealed dictated word of our One, True Creator.