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<blockquote data-quote="Randip Singh" data-source="post: 85626" data-attributes="member: 1323"><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">People who eat food per se do it for taste…..why should meat eaters be singled out?</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I just denied it. For you to make your point stick you would have to prove vegetable dishes are not tasty.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Have you seen the number of unfit fatso at your local Gurudwara, or those that look yellow and like garden rakes? I bet you 99% of those guys are vegetarian.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">According to Guru Nanak, Higher than Truth is Truthful Living.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Sikhs do not Halal, they jhatka. Same method is used when killing a plant by a farmer.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Please define cruelty?</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Ok lets take what you say to be true then why did Guruji state the following?</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Page 143 of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji </strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>mehlaa 1.</strong></span></span></em> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>vaykh je mithaa kati-aa kat kut baDhaa paa-ay.</strong></span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>khundhaa andar rakh kai dayn so mal sajaa-ay.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>ras kas tatar paa-ee-ai tapai tai villaa-ay.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>bhee so fog samaalee-ai dichai ag jaalaa-ay.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>naanak mithai patree-ai vaykhhu lokaa aa-ay.</em></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>First Mehl:</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles,</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as <strong>it is heated, it groans and cries out.</strong></em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated!</em></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Guruji says it groans and cries out? Why would he say this if he did not think plants had life?</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">So because we cannot se an emotional reponse from a plant in a way we understand, it is OK? You realise to kill a living plant is seen as barbaric by Jains? A vegetarian is seen by Jains as Barbaric?</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">No you have missed the point. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Guruji is describing an emotional responcse of a living entity dieing, in this case a plant, in this case a sugar cane.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">So why are you judging people on what they can and cannot eat?</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Prove it!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Where does Guru Nanak say this?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Guru Nanak only talks about meat once in Bani:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Page 1289 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji </strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>mehlaa 1.</strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>maas maas kar moorakh jhagrhay gi-aan Dhi-aan nahee jaanai.</strong></span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>ka-un maas ka-un saag kahaavai kis meh paap samaanay.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>gaiNdaa maar hom jag kee-ay dayviti-aa kee baanay.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>maas chhod bais nak pakrheh raatee maanas khaanay.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>farh kar lokaaN no dikhlaavahi gi-aan Dhi-aan nahee soojhai.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>naanak anDhay si-o ki-aa kahee-ai kahai na kahi-aa boojhai.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>anDhaa so-ay je anDh kamaavai tis ridai se lochan naahee.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>maat pitaa kee rakat nipannay machhee maas na khaaNhee.</em></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>First Mehl:</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>The fools argue about flesh and meat, but they know nothing about meditation and spiritual wisdom.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>What is called meat, and what is called green vegetables? What leads to sin?</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>It was the habit of the gods to kill the rhinoceros, and make a feast of the burnt offering.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>Those who renounce meat, and hold their noses when sitting near it, devour men at night.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>They practice hypocrisy, and make a show before other people, but they do not understand anything about meditation or spiritual wisdom.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>O Nanak, what can be said to the blind people? They cannot answer, or even understand what is said.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>They alone are blind, who act blindly. They have no eyes in their hearts.</em> </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><em>They are produced from the blood of their mothers and fathers, but they do not eat fish or meat.</em></strong></span></span></p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">What context?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Enlighten us with quotes from Bani?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Prove to us your point?</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Opinions are like heads, everyone has one. The proof behind the opinion is where it matter. Please prove your points.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">All these scholars of Sikhi disagree with you:</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Throughout Sikh history, there have been movements or subsects of Sikhism which have espoused vegetarianism. I think there is no basis for such dogma or practice in Sikhism. Certainly Sikhs do not think that a vegetarian's achievements in spirituality are easier or higher. It is surprising to see that vegetarianism is such an important facet of Hindu practice in light of the fact that animal sacrifice was a significant and much valued Hindu Vedic ritual for ages. Guru Nanak in his writings clearly rejected both sides of the arguments - on the virtues of vegetarianism or meat eating - as banal and so much nonsense, nor did he accept the idea that a cow was somehow more sacred than a horse or a chicken. He also refused to be drawn into a contention on the differences between flesh and greens, for instance. History tells us that to impart this message, Nanak cooked meat at an important Hindu festival in Kurukshetra. Having cooked it he certainly did not waste it, but probably served it to his followers and ate himself. History is quite clear that Guru Hargobind and Guru Gobind Singh were accomplished and avid hunters. The game was cooked and put to good use, to throw it away would have been an awful waste. </strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Sikhs and Sikhism by I.J. Singh, Manohar, Delhi </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The ideas of devotion and service in Vaishnavism have been accepted by Adi Granth, but the insistence of Vaishnavas on vegetarian diet has been rejected.</strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Guru Granth Sahib, An Analytical Study by Surindar Singh Kohli, Singh Bros. Amritsar </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Commenting on meat being served in the langar during the time of Guru Angad: However, it is strange that now-a-days in the Community-Kitchen attached to the Sikh temples, and called the Guru's Kitchen (or, Guru-ka-langar) meat-dishes are not served at all. May be, it is on account of its being, perhaps, expensive, or not easy to keep for long. Or, perhaps the Vaishnava tradition is too strong to be shaken off.</strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>A History of the Sikh People by Dr. Gopal Singh, World Sikh University Press, Delhi </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>As a true Vaisnavite Kabir remained a strict vegetarian. Kabir far from defying Brahmanical tradition as to the eating of meat, would not permit so much, as the plucking of a flower (G.G.S. pg 479), whereas Nanak deemed all such scruples to be superstitions, Kabir held the doctrine of Ahinsa or the non-destruction of life, which extended even to that of flowers. The Sikh Gurus, on the contrary, allowed and even encouraged, the use of animal flesh as food. Nanak has exposed this Ahinsa superstition in Asa Ki War (G.G.S. pg 472) and Malar Ke War (G.G.S. pg. 1288). </strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Philosophy of Sikhism by Gyani Sher Singh (Ph.D), Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Amritsar </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The Gurus were loath to pronounce upon such matters as the eating of meat or ways of disposing of the dead because undue emphasis on them could detract from the main thrust of their message which had to do with spiritual liberation. However, Guru Nanak did reject by implication the practice of vegetarianism related to ideas of pollution when he said, 'All food is pure; for God has provided it for our sustenance' (AG 472). Many Sikhs are vegetarian and meat should never be served at langar. Those who do eat meat are unlikely to include beef in their diet, at least in India, because of their cultural proximity to Hindus. </strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>A Popular Dictionary of Sikhism, W.Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi, England </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>In general Sikhism has adopted an ambivalent attitude towards meat eating as against vegetarianism. But if meat is to be taken at all, Guru Gobind Singh enjoined on the Khalsa Panth not to take kosher meat ie. Halal meat slaughtered and prepared for eating according to the Islamic practice. In fact it is one of the kurahits for every amritdhari Sikh. One who infringes it becomes patit (apostate). </strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Sikhism, A Complete Introduction by Dr. H.S. Singha and Satwant Kaur, Hemkunt Press, Delhi </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>A close study of the above-mentioned hymns of Guru Nanak Dev clarifies the Sikh standpoint regarding meat-eating. The Guru has not fallen into the controversy of eating or not eating animal food. He has ridiculed the religious priests for raising their voice in favour of vegetarianism. He called them hypocrites and totally blind to the realities of life. They are unwise and thoughtless persons, who do not go into the root of the matter. According to him, the water is the source of all life whether vegetable or animal. Guru Nanak Dev said. "None of the grain of corn is without life. In the first place, there is life in water, by which all are made green" (Var Asa M.1, p. 472). Thus there is life in vegetation and life in all types of creatures.</strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Real Sikhism by Surinder Singh Kohli, Harman Publishing, New Delhi </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The Gurus neither advocate meat nor banned its use. They left it to the choice of the individual. There are passages against meat, in the Adi Granth. Guru Gobind Singh however prohibited for the Khalsa the use of Halal or Kutha meat prepared in the Muslim ritualistic way</strong></span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Introduction to Sikhism by Dr. Gobind Singh Mansukhani, Hemkunt Press, Delhi </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>There are no restrictions for the Sikhs regarding food, except that the Sikhs are forbidden to eat meat prepared as a ritual slaughter. The Sikhs are asked to abstain from intoxicants.</strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Introduction to Sikhism by G.S. Sidhu, Shromini Sikh Sangat, Toronto </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>According to the Maryada booklet 'Kutha', the meat prepared by the Muslim ritual, is prohibited for a Sikh. Regarding eating other meat, it is silent. From the prohibition of the Kutha meat, it is rightly presumed that non-Kutha meat is not prohibited for the Sikhs. Beef is prohibited to the Hindus and pork to the Muslims. Jews and Christians have their own taboos. They do not eat certain kinds of meat on certain days. Sikhs have no such instructions. If one thinks he needs to eat meat, it does not matter which meat it is, beef, poultry, fish, etc., or which day it is. One should, however, be careful not to eat any meat harmful for his health. Gurbani's instructions on this topic are very clear. "Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. Who can define what is meat and what is not meat? Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian?" (1289) The Brahmanical thought that a religious person should be a vegetarian is of recent origin. Earlier, Brahmans had been eating beef and horse meat. In conclusion, it is wrong to say that any person who eats meat (of course Kutha, because of the Muslim rituals is prohibited) loses his membership of the Khalsa and becomes an apostate</strong></span></span></em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The Sikh Faith by Gurbakhsh Singh, Canadian Sikh Study and Teaching Society,</strong></span></span> <span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Vancouver</strong></span></span> </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The above discussion leads us to the conclusion that the Sikh Gurus made people aware of the fact that it is very difficult to distinguish between a plant and an animal, therefore, it is difficult to distinguish between a vegetarian and a non-vegetarian diets and there is no sin of eating food originating from plants or animals.</strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Scientific Interpretation of Gurbani, Paper by Dr. Devinder Singh Chahal </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The practice of the Gurus is uncertain. Guru Nanak seems to have eaten venison or goat, depending upon different janamsakhi versions of a meal which he cooked at Kurukshetra which evoked the criticism of Brahmins. Guru Amardas ate only rice and lentils but this abstention cannot be regarded as evidence of vegetarianism, only of simple living. Guru Gobind Singh also permitted the eating of meat but he prescribed that it should be Jhatka meat and not Halal meat that is jagged in the Muslim fashion.</strong></span></span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Mini Encyclopaedia of Sikhism by H.S. Singha, Hemkunt Press, Delhi. </strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randip Singh, post: 85626, member: 1323"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]People who eat food per se do it for taste…..why should meat eaters be singled out?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]I just denied it. For you to make your point stick you would have to prove vegetable dishes are not tasty.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Have you seen the number of unfit fatso at your local Gurudwara, or those that look yellow and like garden rakes? I bet you 99% of those guys are vegetarian.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]According to Guru Nanak, Higher than Truth is Truthful Living.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Sikhs do not Halal, they jhatka. Same method is used when killing a plant by a farmer.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Please define cruelty?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Ok lets take what you say to be true then why did Guruji state the following?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]Page 143 of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]mehlaa 1.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]vaykh je mithaa kati-aa kat kut baDhaa paa-ay.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B] [I]khundhaa andar rakh kai dayn so mal sajaa-ay.[/I] [I]ras kas tatar paa-ee-ai tapai tai villaa-ay.[/I] [I]bhee so fog samaalee-ai dichai ag jaalaa-ay.[/I] [I]naanak mithai patree-ai vaykhhu lokaa aa-ay.[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B] [I]First Mehl:[/I] [I]Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles,[/I] [I]and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed.[/I] [I]What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as [B]it is heated, it groans and cries out.[/B][/I] [I]And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below.[/I] [I]Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated![/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Guruji says it groans and cries out? Why would he say this if he did not think plants had life?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]So because we cannot se an emotional reponse from a plant in a way we understand, it is OK? You realise to kill a living plant is seen as barbaric by Jains? A vegetarian is seen by Jains as Barbaric?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]No you have missed the point. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Guruji is describing an emotional responcse of a living entity dieing, in this case a plant, in this case a sugar cane.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]So why are you judging people on what they can and cannot eat?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Prove it![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Where does Guru Nanak say this?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Guru Nanak only talks about meat once in Bani:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]Page 1289 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][CENTER][CENTER][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]mehlaa 1.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]maas maas kar moorakh jhagrhay gi-aan Dhi-aan nahee jaanai.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B] [I]ka-un maas ka-un saag kahaavai kis meh paap samaanay.[/I] [I]gaiNdaa maar hom jag kee-ay dayviti-aa kee baanay.[/I] [I]maas chhod bais nak pakrheh raatee maanas khaanay.[/I] [I]farh kar lokaaN no dikhlaavahi gi-aan Dhi-aan nahee soojhai.[/I] [I]naanak anDhay si-o ki-aa kahee-ai kahai na kahi-aa boojhai.[/I] [I]anDhaa so-ay je anDh kamaavai tis ridai se lochan naahee.[/I] [I]maat pitaa kee rakat nipannay machhee maas na khaaNhee.[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B] [I]First Mehl:[/I] [I]The fools argue about flesh and meat, but they know nothing about meditation and spiritual wisdom.[/I] [I]What is called meat, and what is called green vegetables? What leads to sin?[/I] [I]It was the habit of the gods to kill the rhinoceros, and make a feast of the burnt offering.[/I] [I]Those who renounce meat, and hold their noses when sitting near it, devour men at night.[/I] [I]They practice hypocrisy, and make a show before other people, but they do not understand anything about meditation or spiritual wisdom.[/I] [I]O Nanak, what can be said to the blind people? They cannot answer, or even understand what is said.[/I] [I]They alone are blind, who act blindly. They have no eyes in their hearts.[/I] [I]They are produced from the blood of their mothers and fathers, but they do not eat fish or meat.[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER][/CENTER] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]What context?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Enlighten us with quotes from Bani?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Prove to us your point?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Opinions are like heads, everyone has one. The proof behind the opinion is where it matter. Please prove your points.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]All these scholars of Sikhi disagree with you:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]Throughout Sikh history, there have been movements or subsects of Sikhism which have espoused vegetarianism. I think there is no basis for such dogma or practice in Sikhism. Certainly Sikhs do not think that a vegetarian's achievements in spirituality are easier or higher. It is surprising to see that vegetarianism is such an important facet of Hindu practice in light of the fact that animal sacrifice was a significant and much valued Hindu Vedic ritual for ages. Guru Nanak in his writings clearly rejected both sides of the arguments - on the virtues of vegetarianism or meat eating - as banal and so much nonsense, nor did he accept the idea that a cow was somehow more sacred than a horse or a chicken. He also refused to be drawn into a contention on the differences between flesh and greens, for instance. History tells us that to impart this message, Nanak cooked meat at an important Hindu festival in Kurukshetra. Having cooked it he certainly did not waste it, but probably served it to his followers and ate himself. History is quite clear that Guru Hargobind and Guru Gobind Singh were accomplished and avid hunters. The game was cooked and put to good use, to throw it away would have been an awful waste. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Sikhs and Sikhism by I.J. Singh, Manohar, Delhi [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]The ideas of devotion and service in Vaishnavism have been accepted by Adi Granth, but the insistence of Vaishnavas on vegetarian diet has been rejected.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Guru Granth Sahib, An Analytical Study by Surindar Singh Kohli, Singh Bros. Amritsar [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]Commenting on meat being served in the langar during the time of Guru Angad: However, it is strange that now-a-days in the Community-Kitchen attached to the Sikh temples, and called the Guru's Kitchen (or, Guru-ka-langar) meat-dishes are not served at all. May be, it is on account of its being, perhaps, expensive, or not easy to keep for long. Or, perhaps the Vaishnava tradition is too strong to be shaken off.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]A History of the Sikh People by Dr. Gopal Singh, World Sikh University Press, Delhi [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]As a true Vaisnavite Kabir remained a strict vegetarian. Kabir far from defying Brahmanical tradition as to the eating of meat, would not permit so much, as the plucking of a flower (G.G.S. pg 479), whereas Nanak deemed all such scruples to be superstitions, Kabir held the doctrine of Ahinsa or the non-destruction of life, which extended even to that of flowers. The Sikh Gurus, on the contrary, allowed and even encouraged, the use of animal flesh as food. Nanak has exposed this Ahinsa superstition in Asa Ki War (G.G.S. pg 472) and Malar Ke War (G.G.S. pg. 1288). [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Philosophy of Sikhism by Gyani Sher Singh (Ph.D), Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Amritsar [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]The Gurus were loath to pronounce upon such matters as the eating of meat or ways of disposing of the dead because undue emphasis on them could detract from the main thrust of their message which had to do with spiritual liberation. However, Guru Nanak did reject by implication the practice of vegetarianism related to ideas of pollution when he said, 'All food is pure; for God has provided it for our sustenance' (AG 472). Many Sikhs are vegetarian and meat should never be served at langar. Those who do eat meat are unlikely to include beef in their diet, at least in India, because of their cultural proximity to Hindus. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]A Popular Dictionary of Sikhism, W.Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi, England [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]In general Sikhism has adopted an ambivalent attitude towards meat eating as against vegetarianism. But if meat is to be taken at all, Guru Gobind Singh enjoined on the Khalsa Panth not to take kosher meat ie. Halal meat slaughtered and prepared for eating according to the Islamic practice. In fact it is one of the kurahits for every amritdhari Sikh. One who infringes it becomes patit (apostate). [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Sikhism, A Complete Introduction by Dr. H.S. Singha and Satwant Kaur, Hemkunt Press, Delhi [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]A close study of the above-mentioned hymns of Guru Nanak Dev clarifies the Sikh standpoint regarding meat-eating. The Guru has not fallen into the controversy of eating or not eating animal food. He has ridiculed the religious priests for raising their voice in favour of vegetarianism. He called them hypocrites and totally blind to the realities of life. They are unwise and thoughtless persons, who do not go into the root of the matter. According to him, the water is the source of all life whether vegetable or animal. Guru Nanak Dev said. "None of the grain of corn is without life. In the first place, there is life in water, by which all are made green" (Var Asa M.1, p. 472). Thus there is life in vegetation and life in all types of creatures.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Real Sikhism by Surinder Singh Kohli, Harman Publishing, New Delhi [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]The Gurus neither advocate meat nor banned its use. They left it to the choice of the individual. There are passages against meat, in the Adi Granth. Guru Gobind Singh however prohibited for the Khalsa the use of Halal or Kutha meat prepared in the Muslim ritualistic way[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B].[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Introduction to Sikhism by Dr. Gobind Singh Mansukhani, Hemkunt Press, Delhi [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]There are no restrictions for the Sikhs regarding food, except that the Sikhs are forbidden to eat meat prepared as a ritual slaughter. The Sikhs are asked to abstain from intoxicants.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Introduction to Sikhism by G.S. Sidhu, Shromini Sikh Sangat, Toronto [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]According to the Maryada booklet 'Kutha', the meat prepared by the Muslim ritual, is prohibited for a Sikh. Regarding eating other meat, it is silent. From the prohibition of the Kutha meat, it is rightly presumed that non-Kutha meat is not prohibited for the Sikhs. Beef is prohibited to the Hindus and pork to the Muslims. Jews and Christians have their own taboos. They do not eat certain kinds of meat on certain days. Sikhs have no such instructions. If one thinks he needs to eat meat, it does not matter which meat it is, beef, poultry, fish, etc., or which day it is. One should, however, be careful not to eat any meat harmful for his health. Gurbani's instructions on this topic are very clear. "Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. Who can define what is meat and what is not meat? Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian?" (1289) The Brahmanical thought that a religious person should be a vegetarian is of recent origin. Earlier, Brahmans had been eating beef and horse meat. In conclusion, it is wrong to say that any person who eats meat (of course Kutha, because of the Muslim rituals is prohibited) loses his membership of the Khalsa and becomes an apostate[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B].[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]The Sikh Faith by Gurbakhsh Singh, Canadian Sikh Study and Teaching Society,[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=yellow][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Vancouver[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=yellow][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]The above discussion leads us to the conclusion that the Sikh Gurus made people aware of the fact that it is very difficult to distinguish between a plant and an animal, therefore, it is difficult to distinguish between a vegetarian and a non-vegetarian diets and there is no sin of eating food originating from plants or animals.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Scientific Interpretation of Gurbani, Paper by Dr. Devinder Singh Chahal [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [I][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][B]The practice of the Gurus is uncertain. Guru Nanak seems to have eaten venison or goat, depending upon different janamsakhi versions of a meal which he cooked at Kurukshetra which evoked the criticism of Brahmins. Guru Amardas ate only rice and lentils but this abstention cannot be regarded as evidence of vegetarianism, only of simple living. Guru Gobind Singh also permitted the eating of meat but he prescribed that it should be Jhatka meat and not Halal meat that is jagged in the Muslim fashion.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial][B]Mini Encyclopaedia of Sikhism by H.S. Singha, Hemkunt Press, Delhi. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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