Peace as Goal
While prepared to fight, peace remains the ultimate goal of Sikh action.
The Sikh warrior tradition aims not at conquest but at establishing peace and justice. War is never glorified; it is accepted as sometimes necessary to end greater violence.
First comes peace, then righteousness, then knowledge, then liberation.
Peace is the foundation upon which all other goods rest.
Guru Granth Sahib
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- What Sikhism says about doing no harm
The exception is not an appetite. War is never glorified in the library's account; it is accepted as sometimes the way to end greater violence, and peace stays the aim.