Kara

HannahBanana · #1 (**permalink**) 07-Feb-2007, 03:24 AM

Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh.

I have not posted here in a while, but I've been around, reading and thinking.
Anyway, I just got a kara and wondered if you are supposed to wear it all the time. I don't know about metals really, is it safe to wear in the shower without it turning brown or getting rusted?
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-youth/14960-kara.html

Thank you!
Hannah

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Dimitri · #2 (**permalink**) 07-Feb-2007, 03:46 AM

Welcome back.
It should be OK. I doesn't go rusty atleast for ages.

HannahBanana · #3 (**permalink**) 07-Feb-2007, 04:06 AM

Oh, okay. Thanks a lot.

Lionchild · #4 (**permalink**) 07-Feb-2007, 13:43 PM

Take it off during shower, just like yuor kirpan and head covering. Th 5 k's and head covering are practical objects, we should also be practical ourselved when wearing them.

MKAUR1981 · #5 (**permalink**) 07-Feb-2007, 17:50 PM

WJKK WJKF

Hey Hannah

Nice to see you back.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=14960

I keep my kara on when showering or having a bath. And whilst washing dishes!!!! As Demitiri said it will not go rusty for a long time.

HannahBanana · #6 (**permalink**) 08-Feb-2007, 03:17 AM

I've heard some different opinions here. Well, if I should be practical while wearing it, shouldn't I leave it on when I shower? Cleaning is practical, right?

kaur-1 · #7 (**permalink**) 08-Feb-2007, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by HannahBanana

I've heard some different opinions here. Well, if I should be practical while wearing it, shouldn't I leave it on when I shower? Cleaning is practical, right?

Every Sikh I know (family, friends and other) do not remove their Kara. If one outgrows their kara (baby kara), they replace it with a larger kara.

The only time I removed my kara was during self defense classes in Uni.

HannahBanana · #8 (**permalink**) 08-Feb-2007, 05:39 AM

Oh, that's what I thought.

Actually mine is a tiny bit too big and it fell off today (during P.E. class when I took off my jacket), of course I noticed because of the clang it made when it fell, I dusted it off and put it back on. I felt kind of bad, but I'm trying to be more careful.

Huck_Finn · #9 (**permalink**) 19-Feb-2007, 21:08 PM

Hannah

though its good to be respectful, please do realize that it is symbolic. hence undue reverence to the materilistic "object" is misplaced

I think removing the Kara whenever situation demands ( eg. sports, karate etc) is correct and practical.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=14960
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=14960

if you are not offended, may i ask you a question?

why are you wearing a Kara?