Rehat Maryada
The Code of Sikh Conduct and Conventions
Dharam Prachar Committee
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar
Section One
Chapter I Sikh Defined
Section Two
Chapter II Aspects of Sikh Living
Chapter III Individual Spirituality
Section Three
Chapter IV Gurduwaras, Congregational Etiquette, Rites
Article V Joining the Congregation for understanding of and reflection on Gurbani
Chapter V Kirtan
Article VI Kirtan (Devotional Hymn Singing by a Group or an Individual)
Chapter VI Taking Hukam – Other Items of Service
Chapter VII Reading of Guru Granth Sahib
- Article VIII Sadharan Path (completion of Normal, Intermittent Reading of the Guru Granth Sahib)
- Article IX Akhand Path: Uninterrupted – Non-Stop Completion of the Reading of the Guru Granth Sahib
- Article X Commencing the Non-stop Reading
- Article XI Concluding the Reading
Chapter VIII Karhah Prashad – Making, Offering, Consecration and Distribution
Article XII Karah Prasad (Sacred Pudding)
Chapter IX Components of Gurudwara Service
- Article XIII Exposition of Gurbani (Sikh Holy Scriptures)
- Article XIV Expository Discourse
- Article XV Gurduwara Service
Section Four
Chapter X Beliefs, Observances, Duties, Taboos and Ceremonies
Article XVI Living in Consonance with Guru’s Tenets
Chapter XI Ceremonies pertaining to Social Occasions
- Article XVII Ceremonies pertaining to Birth and Naming of Child
- Article XVIII Anand Sanskar (Lit. joyful ceremonial: Sikh Matrimonial Conventions and Ceremony)
- Article XIX Funeral Ceremonies
- Article XX Other Rites and Conventions
Section Five
Chapter XII Altruistic Work
Section Six
Chapter XIII Panthic (Corporate Sikh) Life