Khalsa Covenant Charter (KC‑01): A Gurmat‑anchored charter text on Khalsa identity, initiation, and inclusive Sarbat deliberation (Working draft, non‑Panth‑binding)

This record contains the Khalsa Covenant Charter (KC‑01): a short, principles‑level (non‑statutory) Gurmat‑anchored charter text on Khalsa identity, initiation, and inclusive Sarbat deliberation. It is a working draft for discussion and does not claim Panth‑binding authority by publication. The Charter is intended to function as a constitutional ‘spine text’ that is consistent with the author’s wider Gurmat‑based governance framework and as a companion to the longer discussion paper ‘Khalsa as Covenant’ (forthcoming / separate record). Terminology note: in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, panth overwhelmingly means ‘path/way’; modern ‘Panth/Panthic’ usage here is shorthand and not a claim about Gurbani’s organisational language.” This matches what the Charter already says about scope, authority, and the panth/path terminology note.