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Kabir |
(c1440 - 1515 CE) A wandering Hindu
holy man who promoted monotheism and was sympathetic to Islam
and other religions; some of his compositions are to be found
within the Guru Granth Sahib. |
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karah prashad (or
parsad) |
In Sikhism, specially cooked sweet pudding
which having been blessed through prayer in the presence of
Guru Granth Sahib is then distributed to worshippers. |
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karma |
In Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism the word
can mean 'action' or 'deed' (especially a religious observance),
but generally it refers to the idea that all actions bring
about future effects and that these effects influence one's
spiritual progress. |
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Khalsa |
The company of Sikhs who have undergone the
amrit ceremony and are fully observant of the code of conduct
laid down in the Rahit Maryada. |
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Khalsa Aid |
Sikh charitable organisation. |
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khums |
A tax paid by Shi'a Muslims to their Mujtahid
who collects it on behalf of the hidden Imam. |
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kipa [kapel / yamulke
/ kippur] |
Skull-cap warn by Jewish men (also known as
a yarmulke or a kapel). |
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kirat karni |
In Sikhism, honest hard work. |
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kirtan |
In Hinduism and Sikhism the singing of the
words of scripture (the Guru Granth Sahib in the case of Sikhs
and the Ramayana, Gita or other holy book for Hindus). |
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Korzcak (Janusz
born Henryk Goldszmit) |
A Polish Jewish doctor, writer, founder of
orphanages, and pioneer of humane and liberal upbringing of
children. When, on August 6, 1942, during the early stages
of the Nazi liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto the Germans ordered
his famous orphanage evacuated, Korczak was forced to gather
together the two hundred children in his care. Despite being
offered a chance to save himself Korzcak led them with quiet
dignity on that final march through the ghetto streets to
the train that would take them to "resettlement in the East"
- the Nazi euphemism for the death camp Treblinka. |
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(Lord) Krishna |
To most Hindus an incarnation (avatar) of the
god Vishnu, but to members of a sectarian movement (International
Society for Krishna Consciousness) Lord Krishna is the supreme
God. |
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