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Originally Posted by satwant  I find this argument that "where in sri guru granth sahib ji it said that we cannot cut hair" is absolutely stupid. this is a talk of a 3 or 4 yr old child. |
This is an insult to anyone who wishes to talk about this topic. Lucky for you, I will not lower myself to your insults.
But since you have taken the time to reply to the topic, I will answer your post with utmost respect.
"where in sri guru granth sahib ji it said that we cannot cut hair"
You forgot to add a question mark, because in fact, this is a question, not an argument, and no question is stupid. In reality, this question is asked very often, so it must be very important to answer. I appreciate the effort Singh has put in to try and answer it.
For me the the answer remains: No, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji does not tell us to keep our hair uncut. It's a personal choice.
In fact, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is not a Do's and Don't's list.
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as soon as you question as to where it is written and need proof, it is so obvious you are a person trying to justify your action by questioning the beliefs of the religion.
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Satwant ji, the sky is green. Don't ask any questions and believe that! If you question then you are trying to justify your belief of a blue sky by questioning the beliefs of the religion, Green Skyism.
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you want to cut hair or you already have but you question the fundamentals of the religion.
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Are you talking about me in that quote? If so, its big assumption, not a good thing on your part.
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the 5 k's were introduced by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Then, you are just questioning the jusrtification of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
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I am questioning Guru Gobind Singh ji's introduction of kesh as one of the five k's, not his justification. I am actually looking for his justification on this topic.
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You cut nails beacuse they carry germs in your finger nails.
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That's not why I cut my nails. Please read the very first post on this topic to see my reasoning for cutting nails. When nails get dirty, we can easily clean them. Many women are into this fashion, keeping long nails.
For your convenience, I present you with my response to why we cut nails:
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Our nails grow since they are meant to be used quite a lot. If they didn't continue to grow continuously during our lifetimes, they would eventually erode away, leaving nothing behind. Which sucks though, because we need them. (If you have a hard time grasping this concept then look at beaver's teeth, claws of lion, tiger, etc)
In our society, we would need to cut our nails because we don't use our hands alot (we use tools, which protect out hands and nails). So to keep our nails short and manegeable, we simply cut them instead of scraping them along harder/rougher surfaces.
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we eat with our hands. we wash our *** with our hands. science will tell you that it is hygienice to cut nails.
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I believe you missed my side note in an earlier post, so I suggest you go back and read the posts.
Here is my side note:
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on a side note: for people who do not bathe, it is often more hygienic for them to shave their heads, faces, armpit hair and pubic hair, and that's because of the large surface area of hair, it accumulates a lot of dust, dirt, sweat, etc, and one can be infected with lice and diseases.
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Same thing can be said for nails. IF you don't keep them clean, then it's hygeinic to cut them.
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Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji did not made it compulsory not to cut nails becasue he knows of the benefits of cutting nails. Just like his horse that refuse to cross the filed that was growing tobacco. today we have doctors and everyone telling us that smoking is bad.
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Yes, and if Singhs didn't cut their nails back then, they would have lost all battles as they would have trouble doing their daily chores, with a metre long, curled up nails.
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it tells us that our Gurus had foresight.
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I don't know about that but it sure tells us Guru ji wasn't backwards.
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Yet, today, I have my sikh brothers and sisters questioning why must we cut hair, why cant we smoke.
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Today, you have a another brother asking, " Why can't we question anything?"
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Truly, a shame!
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Bhagat Singh