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Gurdwaras 'Breaking The Sikh Code' On Meat And Alcohol
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<blockquote data-quote="Randip Singh" data-source="post: 138109" data-attributes="member: 1323"><p><strong>Re: Temples 'breaking the Sikh code' on meat and alcohol</strong></p><p></p><p>Here is a response I have drafted.</p><p> </p><p><em>Dear Editor,</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Re:<span style="color: #000080"><strong>Temples 'breaking the Sikh code' on meat and alcohol </strong></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em>I refer to the abover article written on your website written by Aftab Gulzar on the BBC Asian Network.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>There are a number of errors in this article which I suggest to clear up immeadiatly.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>This article claims that Sikhs are vegetarian and believe in vegetarianism. This is un true. Vegetarianism is a poersonal choice for Sikhs and according to the Sikh Code of Conduct, only Kutha meat (or ritually killed meat) is forbidden for a baptised Sikh. Non-baptised Sikh are free to eat whatever they choose.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Only point about meat and alcohol in Sikh temples. There are old and established Sikh temples in India, that actually serve meat as part of the communual meal. These are old and established temples and serves the meat as Mahaprashad, or consecrated food.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>The reason for keeping langar or the Sikh communual kitchen vegetarian is purely because that this meal s open to all. In order to avoid upsetting non-meat eaters, it was deemed to keep the langar vegetarian.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Lastly, I would like to submit a list of websites and references for you to consult further before writting up such inacurate information.</em></p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_in_Sikhism" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #ff00ff">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_in_Sikhism</span></em></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/8828-fools-who-wrangle-over-flesh.html" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/8828-fools-who-wrangle-over-flesh.html</span></em></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.sikhs.wellington.net.nz/meat.pdf" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.sikhs.wellington.net.nz/meat.pdf</span></em></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://sikhspectrum.com/112006/doris/ch8.htm" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #0000ff">http://sikhspectrum.com/112006/doris/ch8.htm</span></em></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.sikhs.org/meat_au.htm" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.sikhs.org/meat_au.htm</span></em></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #0000ff">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism</span></em></a><em>)</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutha_meat" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutha_meat</a></li> </ul><p><em>Yours faithfuly</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Sikh Philosophy Network</em></p><p> </p><p>This is my first stab at this. Please change it if you wish and submit it on behalf of SPN.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randip Singh, post: 138109, member: 1323"] [b]Re: Temples 'breaking the Sikh code' on meat and alcohol[/b] Here is a response I have drafted. [I]Dear Editor,[/I] [I]Re:[COLOR=#000080][B]Temples 'breaking the Sikh code' on meat and alcohol [/B][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#000080][/COLOR] [I]I refer to the abover article written on your website written by Aftab Gulzar on the BBC Asian Network.[/I] [I]There are a number of errors in this article which I suggest to clear up immeadiatly.[/I] [I]This article claims that Sikhs are vegetarian and believe in vegetarianism. This is un true. Vegetarianism is a poersonal choice for Sikhs and according to the Sikh Code of Conduct, only Kutha meat (or ritually killed meat) is forbidden for a baptised Sikh. Non-baptised Sikh are free to eat whatever they choose.[/I] [I]Only point about meat and alcohol in Sikh temples. There are old and established Sikh temples in India, that actually serve meat as part of the communual meal. These are old and established temples and serves the meat as Mahaprashad, or consecrated food.[/I] [I]The reason for keeping langar or the Sikh communual kitchen vegetarian is purely because that this meal s open to all. In order to avoid upsetting non-meat eaters, it was deemed to keep the langar vegetarian.[/I] [I]Lastly, I would like to submit a list of websites and references for you to consult further before writting up such inacurate information.[/I] [LIST] [*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_in_Sikhism"][I][COLOR=#ff00ff]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_in_Sikhism[/COLOR][/I][/url] [*][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/8828-fools-who-wrangle-over-flesh.html"][I][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/8828-fools-who-wrangle-over-flesh.html[/COLOR][/I][/URL] [*][URL="http://www.sikhs.wellington.net.nz/meat.pdf"][I][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.sikhs.wellington.net.nz/meat.pdf[/COLOR][/I][/URL] [*][URL="http://sikhspectrum.com/112006/doris/ch8.htm"][I][COLOR=#0000ff]http://sikhspectrum.com/112006/doris/ch8.htm[/COLOR][/I][/URL] [*][URL="http://www.sikhs.org/meat_au.htm"][I][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.sikhs.org/meat_au.htm[/COLOR][/I][/URL] [*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism"][I][COLOR=#0000ff]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism[/COLOR][/I][/URL][I])[/I] [*][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutha_meat[/url] [/LIST] [I]Yours faithfuly[/I] [I]Sikh Philosophy Network[/I] This is my first stab at this. Please change it if you wish and submit it on behalf of SPN. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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