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All Dharmic (Monotheistic)

Traditions of Indian origin that keep the dharmic framework of karma, rebirth and liberation but hold that there is one God, formless and without rival, and that reject the worship of images and the authority of a priestly caste.

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Standing as a Comparative Category
Contested: both halves of the compound are comparative terms supplied from outside. Sikh tradition states its own theology in its own words - Ik Onkar, the one being, without form - rather than by placing itself in a family. 2
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Traditions of Indian origin that keep the framework of karma, rebirth and liberation while holding that there is one God, formless and without rival, and that reject image-worship and the authority of a priestly caste. 2
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Dharmic traditions of one God

This group holds Dharmic religions of a monotheistic character, Indian-origin traditions that share the karma-and-rebirth framework while affirming a single God. The best-known is Sikhism, which teaches devotion to one formless creator.

The browser will find the tradition or traditions the atlas classes here. The entries describe each within the Dharmic family, noting how it combines the Indian religious inheritance with a strict monotheism.

All Dharmic (Monotheistic)
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Sant Mat

Dharmic (Monotheistic)

Sikhism

Dharmic (Monotheistic)
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Sikhism
W. H. McLeod, Penguin Books, 1997View the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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