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Meat Q&A with Sahib Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj

by Jaspaul Singh » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:23 am
Question: Guru Jee please tell me can Sikhs eat meat?
Answer:
ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋਰੀ ਕੀਏ ਜੁਲਮੁ ਹੈ ਕਹਤਾ ਨਾਉ ਹਲਾਲੁ ॥
ਦਫਤਰਿ ਲੇਖਾ ਮਾਂਗੀਐ ਤਬ ਹੋਇਗੋ ਕਉਨੁ ਹਵਾਲੁ ॥੧੮੭॥
"O Kabeer! Those that use force and kill and call it lawful, after going to the Court of God, what will be their state? ||187||"
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 1374)



Question: But my friends told me that I should eat meat because it is good for me and will make me strong. Is it that bad if I have meat now and again?
Answer:
ਕਬੀਰ ਖੂਬੁ ਖਾਨਾ ਖੀਚਰੀ ਜਾ ਮਹਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਲੋਨੁ ॥
ਹੇਰਾ ਰੋਟੀ ਕਾਰਨੇ ਗਲਾ ਕਟਾਵੈ ਕਉਨੁ ॥੧੮੮॥
"O Kabeer! The dinner of beans and rice is excellent, if it is (just) flavoured with salt. I am not ready to have my own throat cut to have meat with my bread? ||188||"
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 1374)



Question: But Guru Jee, why can't Sikhs eat meat?
Answer:
ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਦੇਈ ਕਿਸੈ ਜੀਅ ਪਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਵਉ ॥
"Do not cause any being to suffer, and you shall go to your true home with honor."
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 322)



Question: That's all good, but I have seen Nihang Singhs do Jhatka and they say that its on going tradition to slaughter goats and eat its meat. So is it okay for the Nihang Singhs to do Jhatka?
Answer:
ਜੀਅ ਬਧਹੁ ਸੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਕਰਿ ਥਾਪਹੁ ਅਧਰਮੁ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਤ ਭਾਈ ॥
ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਮੁਨਿਵਰ ਕਰਿ ਥਾਪਹੁ ਕਾ ਕਉ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਸਾਈ ॥2॥
"You kill living beings, and call it a righteous action. Tell me, brother, what would you call an unrighteous action? If you religious people are doing "religious" killing for meat, then what is A-dharam (atheism)? If you are a religious person then whom will we call a butcher? ||2||"
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 1103)



Question: Okay. What about eating fish? I suppose that isn't really meat?
Answer:
ਕਬੀਰ ਭਾਂਗ ਮਾਛੁਲੀ ਸੁਰਾ ਪਾਨਿ ਜੋ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਖਾਂਹਿ ॥
ਤੀਰਥ ਬਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਕੀਏ ਤੇ ਸਭੈ ਰਸਾਤਲਿ ਜਾਂਹਿ ॥੨੩੩॥
"O Kabeer! Those mortals who consume marijuana, fish and wine - no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell. ||233||"
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 1377)



Question: Guru Jee, can you eat meat and still do Bhagti (devotional worship)?
Answer:
ਜਉ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਏਕੁ ਖੁਦਾਇ ਕਹਤ ਹਉ ਤਉ ਕਿਉ ਮੁਰਗੀ ਮਾਰੈ ॥੧॥
"If in all is the one God, then why kill a chicken?"
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 1350)



Question: Does it affect our spirituality if we eat meat?
Answer:
ਜੇ ਰਤੁ ਲਗੈ ਕਪੜੈ ਜਾਮਾ ਹੋਇ ਪਲੀਤੁ ॥
ਜੋ ਰਤੁ ਪੀਵਹਿ ਮਾਣਸਾ ਤਿਨ ਕਿਉ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਚੀਤੁ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਉ ਖੁਦਾਇ ਕਾ ਦਿਲਿ ਹਛੈ ਮੁਖਿ ਲੇਹੁ ॥
ਅਵਰਿ ਦਿਵਾਜੇ ਦੁਨੀ ਕੇ ਝੂਠੇ ਅਮਲ ਕਰੇਹੁ ॥੧॥
"If one's clothes are stained with blood, the garment becomes polluted. Those who drink the blood of others - how can those people's consciousness be pure?"
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 140)



Question: Guru Jee does becoming a vegetarian make me religious? If I just give eating meat, does that please you?
Answer:
ਮਾਸੁ ਮਾਸੁ ਕਰਿ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਝਗੜੇ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਣੈ ॥
ਕਉਣੁ ਮਾਸੁ ਕਉਣੁ ਸਾਗੁ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਕਿਸੁ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਪ ਸਮਾਣੇ ॥
"Only the fool quarrels over the question of eating or not eating of the meat; that person does not have the True Wisdom. (Without True Wisdom or Meditation), the person harps on which is flesh and which is not flesh and which food is sinful and which is not."
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 1289-1290)



Question: So a Sikh doesn't eat meat because a Sikh should have compassion and kindness for living life, but what thing makes a person religious if just becoming a vegetarian doesn't make a person religious?
Answer:
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਰਤ ਮਿਟੇ ਸਭਿ ਭਰਮਾ ॥
ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੈ ਊਤਮ ਧਰਮਾ ॥
"Chanting the Name of the Lord all doubts are dispelled. Naam, the Name of the Lord is the highest religion."
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji – Ang 874)



Question: Guru Jee thanks for clearing up things. But why is the Panth in doubt over what "Kuttha" means and whether it means Halal meat or all meat?
Answer:
ਕਬੀਰ ਸਾਚਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੈ ਜਉ ਸਿਖਾ ਮਹਿ ਚੂਕ ॥
ਅੰਧੇ ਏਕ ਨ ਲਾਗਈ ਜਿਉ ਬਾਂਸੁ ਬਜਾਈਐ ਫੂਕ ॥੧੫੮॥
"O Kabeer! What can the True Guru do, when His Sikhs are at fault? The blind do not take in any of His Teachings; it is as useless as blowing into bamboo. ||158||"
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji – Ang 1372)

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Vegetarianism Q&A with Sahib Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj



[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Question: Guru Jee please tell me can Sikhs eat meat?
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Jeṯe ḏāṇe ann ke jī▫ā bājẖ na ko▫e. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]As many as are the grains of corn, none is without life
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Question: But my friends told me that I should not eat meat because it is bad for me and will make me weak. Is it that bad ?
Answer:

mehlaa 1.
maas maas kar moorakh jhagrhay gi-aan Dhi-aan nahee jaanai.
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]First Mehl:
The fools argue about flesh and meat, but they know nothing about meditation and spiritual wisdom.
Page 1289 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji


Question: But Guru Jee, why can Sikhs eat meat?
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maas chhod bais nak pakrheh raatee maanas khaanay.[/FONT]
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Those who renounce meat, and hold their noses when sitting near it, devour men at night.
1289 Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji

Question: That's all good, but I have seen Nihang Singhs do Jhatka and they say that its on going tradition to slaughter goats and eat its meat. So is it okay for the Nihang Singhs to do Jhatka?
Answer:
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]ka-un maas ka-un saag kahaavai kis meh paap samaanay[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]What is called meat, and what is called green vegetables? What leads to sin? Page 1289 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Question: Okay. What about eating fish? I suppose that isn't really meat?
Answer:

Anḏẖā so▫e jė anḏẖ kamāvai ṯis riḏai sė locẖan nāhī.
They alone are blind, who act blindly. They have no eyes in their hearts.

Māṯ piṯā kī rakaṯ nipanne macẖẖī mās na kẖāʼnhī.
They are produced from the blood of their mothers and fathers, but they do not eat fish or meat. 1289[/FONT]
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Question: Guru Jee, but you cannnot eat meat and still do Bhagti (devotional worship)?
Answer:
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Māsahu nimme māsahu jamme ham māsai ke bẖāʼnde.
In the flesh we are conceived, and in the flesh we are born; we are vessels of flesh.

Gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān kacẖẖ sūjẖai nāhī cẖaṯur kahāvai pāʼnde.
You know nothing of spiritual wisdom and meditation, even though you call yourself clever, O religious scholar.

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Question: But it affects our spirituality if we eat meat?
Answer:

Mās purāṇī mās ketābīʼn cẖahu jug mās kamāṇā.
Meat is allowed in the Puraanas, meat is allowed in the Bible and the Koran. Throughout the four ages, meat has been used.

Jaj kāj vī▫āhi suhāvai othai mās samāṇā.
It is featured in sacred feasts and marriage festivities; meat is used in them.
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Question: Guru Jee does becoming a vegetarian make me religious? If I just give up eating meat, does that please you?
Answer:

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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Jinā kẖāḏẖī cẖopṛī gẖaṇe sėhnige ḏukẖ. ||28|| [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Those who eat buttered bread, will suffer in terrible pain. ||28||

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Question: So it does not matter whether a Sikh does or doesn't eat meat , but what thing makes a person religious if just becoming a vegetarian doesn't make a person religious?
Answer:
"Chanting the Name of the Lord all doubts are dispelled. Naam, the Name of the Lord is the highest religion."
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji – Ang 874)

Question: Guru Jee thanks for clearing up things. But why have some members of the Paanth created doubt over what "Kuttha" means and whether it means Halal meat or all meat?
Answer:
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Akẖar paṛ paṛ bẖulī▫ai bẖekẖī bahuṯ abẖimān. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Reading their books over and over again, people continue making mistakes; they are so proud of their religious robes. [/FONT]
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Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji
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Randip Singh said:

Harry your version is brilliant.

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Guruji, my if my family are attacked by thugs, should I defend them?

ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਦੇਈ ਕਿਸੈ ਜੀਅ ਪਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਵਉ ॥
"Do not cause any being to suffer, and you shall go to your true home with honor."
(Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 322)

But surely to defend my families life is righteous
ਜੀਅ ਬਧਹੁ ਸੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਕਰਿ ਥਾਪਹੁ ਅਧਰਮੁ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਤ ਭਾਈ ॥
ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਮੁਨਿਵਰ ਕਰਿ ਥਾਪਹੁ ਕਾ ਕਉ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਸਾਈ ॥2॥
"You kill living beings, and call it a righteous action. Tell me, brother, what would you call an unrighteous action? (Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - Ang 1103)

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Gyani Jarnail Singh said:

Harry Ji..Brilliant par excellence...couldnt stop LOL......had to be forcefully "stopped" as too much laughter is bad for my heart..ha ha ha will laugh again tomorrow after a second read thru...great job.

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Randip Singh said:

I was thinking of some more today....I think this may start something.

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Randip Singh said:

I was thinking of some more today....I think this may start something.

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Ambarsaria said:

Randip Singh ji is it possible to keep tab of Kachi Bani identifed in Examples so that it would be easily available to help people check? Media and Internet with URL probably easy and written stuff or non-online stuff being harder.

Sat Sri Akal.

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Randip Singh said:

But seriously.

This would make Sikh's to be believers in Ahimsa and concept we reject totally.

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prakash.s.bagga said:

We are prepared to reject this concept of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji as this message goes against our own established views as per earlier Sabad. A good idea of considering the meanings of the quotes as per convenience.

Prakash.S.Bagga

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harry haller said:

Guruji, Why is it that I have no respect for myself anymore, I am a normal father with two children, my wife has much respect, but everyone treats me like a fool.


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ਧਨੁ ਜਨਨੀ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਾਇਆ ਧੰਨੁ ਪਿਤਾ ਪਰਧਾਨੁ ॥
धनु जननी जिनि जाइआ धंनु पिता परधानु ॥
Ḏẖan jannī jin jā▫i▫ā ḏẖan piṯā parḏẖān.
Blessed is the mother who gave birth and blessed and respected is the father of one,

Although this does seem a humour thread, I had to read about 15 pages of Bani to find one reference, so its not as pointless as it might seem

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Randip Singh said:

An interesting point. Please elaborate.

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prakash.s.bagga said:

You are considering the idea of Ahmsa as rejected .Where does Guru ji telling us to be Hinsak.?

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