Welcome to the Gurudwara Sikh Sangat Sahib, Portugal

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Rua Jose Duarte Lexim Lote -6
2675-901 , Odivelas  , Portugal  
(near metro station  ODIVELAS  -yellow line)

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Sikhism in Portugal

Sikhs in Portugal are a small minority. They make a part of the 60,000 strong Indian community in Portugal. There are between 6,000 and 7,000 Sikhs in the country.

Indians, mostly Gujuratis, have been in Portugal since the early 1960s, but the most recent inflow of Indians in Portugal is that of youths from Punjab, mostly Sikhs. Portugal became a destination for the Punjabi youths beginning in 1996 when the EU funds started flowing in leading to a spurt in construction Industry. Most of the youths work on construction sites. A number of them have opened restaurants, introducing hitherto absent Indian food to the Portuguese, and work in stores and agricultural plantations. Some have shown greater entrepreneurial skills and have opened small firms for subcontract business-plumbing, electrical services, painting, repairs etc. Most of them hold Indian passports and are concentrated in Lisbon and its suburbs but are mobile and travel all over Portugal for work.

A small organized Sikh community has come up in Guarda, in north - central Portugal. These immigrants have acquired functional knowledge of Portuguese and are thus better integrated into the local society.

The fundamentals of Sikkhism

EkOnkar  - There is only one God. the Almighty

Sat naam - The True Name

Karta Purakh - The creator

Nirbhau - Without fear

Nirwair  - Without enmity

Akaal Murat  - Timeless entity

Ajooni  - Without birth, unborn

Sae'bhang  - selfrealized

Gurprasad - Discovers through the grace of the true teacher.

What is Sikhism?

Sikhism is a path that is open to everyone to experience. The love of God through Gurbani / Shabad (hymns / divine hymn) Guru Nanak founded this faith in the 15th century with its ideology of "all men are created equal, are part of the Divine light and to the highest (spiritual) is achieved by fusing together which is going in the one Almighty God."

Everyone was received by the Sikh Gurus with open arms, regardless of any form of discrimination by caste, color or creed. They were invited to self-discover the true path and also the apparent joy of the One to experience. The creator
 
This path was called Sikhism and his followers, the Sikhs - which means pupil or student (pupil of the ONE). A separate and progressive religion with the basic ideas one God, equality, justice and freedom for all. This religion calls on his followers to lead a life. Discipline, hard work, charity and meditation She accepts the existence of all faiths and does not tolerate with bias or oppression based on religion, caste, color, creed, race and / or sex.

 

The Sikh Faith


The Sikh religion is strictly monotheistic; There is only one God Almighty. 'Absolute' but 'pervasive'. The 'eternity', it has no beginning nor end. The "Creator," the "cause of causes." 'The Universe' without enmity, without hatred, omnipresent in his creation and outside. He is no longer the God of a nation, but GOD GRACE. He did not create man to punish him for his sins, but for the realization of his true purpose in the cosmos, namely, to become one with the Almighty himself.

"Oh my mind, thou art the embodiment of Light; recognize your essence
O my mind, God is always with you; by the word of the Guru one eniet his love.
 
Know your essence (of life) then you know the creator and ye know the mystery of life and death "
                                                                                          
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, (p. 441)