Ek Onkar
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Ek Onkar meaning one God is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy. It is also a symbol of the unity of God in Sikhism commonly found on Gurudwaras. Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion used the Hindu Vedantic idea of Om the most sacred syllable in Hinduism. He qualified this with the qualifications of singleness ek (one) onkar (creator) or God is one which was later changed into the symbol above. The phrase has also been translated as ek omkar or ik omkar.
Ek Onkar is the start of the Sikh Mool Mantra and the first phrase of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib. There is but one God. Truth by name, the creator, all-pervading spirit, without fear, without enmity. Whose existence is unaffected by time, who does not take birth, self-existent, who is to be realised through his grace.
References
. See Sikhism.
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