Re: 5 ks for women
Sevadaar Singh said:
S|kh ji,
Kesh kakaar doesnt stand for head hair only. Kesh stand for unshorn hair all over the body.
Regards.
Can you get evidence for that basis?
Now, I'll provide you with just a bit of reasoning as to why Kesh could possibly mean only head-hair.
When Guru Gobind was alive, and the Khalsa was created, he stated that Kesh is one of the 5 Kakkars of Khalsa. He then has poetic references to saying how the turban is the crown of a Singh, and he said something along the lines of "Putting the crown over your kesh". After the statement, Guru Gobind tied a pugh only over his head hair and not the rest of his body. He did not cover or tie any other hair. He asked every sikh male to wear the crown of the Singhs.
And if people think this is miniscule argument, I ask you this. If Kesh is all hair, than would he not have worn a muslim veil, for Islam was very prevalent during Guru Gobind's time. Llashvari provided a great explanation of just what "Kesh" is defined to be on sikhawareness forums a long time back.
Anyways, I am not too knowledgeable on this topic, but speaking from experience I can say this :
For me, if there is a God, I feel that God has made it almost intrinisic in me that Kesh is head-hair. Yes, I do have a beard, that I have nor trimmed or shaved (the rest of family, including brothers/fathers trim/shave), but I feel as if the symbol is only the hair on my head. I feel this is intrinsic, because I could shave, and I would think nothing of it...someone could "bribe" me into shaving...but for head-hair, it could never be done, and I could never live with myself with cut-hair.
Some may call this societal-conditioning, but I am not sure...I have not found an answer to the problem yet. Its just off experience.
Most likely its just weakness on my part, because growing up in high school (I just graduated)...keeping a beard was much harder than keeping a turban.
And if people take the "evolutionary lines" of the 5 K's and claim that the turban is almost essential to Sikh males. Then the 5 K's have also evolved for sikh women and become only head-hair as kesh.