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Old 02-17-2010, 09:02 PM
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Default In sikhism are you allowed to drink and eat meat?

Im a Sikh and i heard your not allowed to drink alcohol or eat meat
but my family drinks and eats meat
my question is are the baptized Sikh the only ones who aren't allowed to drink or eat meat?
or is every Sikh who is not allowed to drink or eat meat?
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Old 02-21-2010, 09:02 PM
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Yes it is allowed. It is called Jhatka meat.
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Old 02-23-2010, 09:02 PM
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Its basically your own choice. If you wish not to eat and drink, then give up. Alcohol is not allowed for strong followers because they choose not to drink. Here is a quote on meat that might help, it was when Guru Nanak met pundits who got mad at him for killing an animal ( i think)

"Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant? Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non- vegetarian?" (Malhar)

Heres another one:

Implanted by flesh, conceived in flesh
Born in flesh with mouth, bones AFN body made up of flesh,
coming out of the flesh of the womb
he grows and marries flesh, bring in g flesh to his house
flesh is born of flesh
fools fight over flesh
they don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it.
What is flesh? what vegetable?
What is evil? what is not?
Pandit! you know not how flesh is made
its from water
the sours of corn, sugarcane and cotton
in fact of all three worlds

(Malhar)

Hope this really helps:P
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Old 02-25-2010, 09:02 PM
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All i can say is i believe eating meat isn't right because Ur killing an innocent animal and as far as I knew I always thought eating meat was frowned upon in the Sikh Rehat Mariyada (code of conduct) but I may be wrong? but yeah alcohol is forbidden.. i believe that the code of conduct is for all Sikhs regardless of whether they are Amritdhari's or not... i believe there's Punjabi Culture and u get Sikh religion... Punjabi Culture promotes drinking, smoking, the caste system, and that men are better than woman where as Sikh is against all this so its up 2 one to choose what path u wanna walk on? the correct one the guru chose 4 us or the one that goes against everything our guru Jo says... the choice is IRS
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Old 03-01-2010, 09:02 PM
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Jamie you appeared an intelligent person, then how you believe in 'I heard'. Just with click on go ogle you can get hundreds of pages on this subject. Alcohol or any other intoxicant including cannabis is not allowed. Guru always love you, therefore his way is beneficial but our mind knowingly follow opposite path. We can spend hours on reading novels, watching movies, gossips but reading and understanding 1430 pages of Guru Granth are very hard.
Gurbani says, " Do not you ever drink alcohol even it is made from water of Ganges(considered holy).There is no ban on any kind of meat eating in Sikhism including beef. Even many Hindus eat beef and they are still Hindus. Guru Nanak says fools argue over meat eating.Only a few groups among Sikhs are strictly vegetarian. They too are living in illusion when they eat dairy products, which are also an animal product and produced from flesh and blood. Egg is equivalent to seed, which if gets proper moisture and fertile land gives birth to a plant, which grows, breaths and reproduces. Similarly egg needs proper environment to give birth to new animal.

These people are so strict; they will reject every argument and label other Sikhs as disgrace to their community. There is no ban on meat eating on Sikhs including baptized Sikhs (ritually slaughtered meat is forbidden because of a specific reason) Sikh gurus were involved in hunting. Most of the Sikhs are farmers; they kill hundreds of thousands of insects, fungi and bacteria during cultivation process. These produces are served in Langar. If killing for eating purposes is a sin, then they should only select things from organic farms. Guru Nanak even says this to pundit," If you consider meat eaters will go to hell, why you accept donations from them?" Similar story is of these Sikhs, they considers killing as a sin. Guru Nanak's philosophy is wonderful. He says, " Jatey Dane Ann key Jian Bajh Na koyee- Every grain has a life) and then even he says First living thing is water because it is a basis for life (Read Asa Dee war by Guru Nanak) and can these people survive without water or is it not equivalent of saying Guru Nanak is wrong? Read this song by Guru Nanak and decide:

http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=1289&L=15&id= 55397

Here Guru particular answers their question in what is meat or what is vegetation, what is a sin? I support vegetarianism and against killing of animals but this is my own choice and has no link with Sikhism.
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