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Actually meat eating is not against Sikhi. Guru Nanak Dev Ji said that who is to say what is meat and what is green vegetables, and what leads to sin? The fools argue over flesh but know nothing of spirituality. (Paraphrased)If langar was a demonstration of compassion then Sikhs would be disallowed meat. (And pls don’t get into sects as I know some sects disallow it). But Gurbani and Sikh Rehet Maryada do not. And if compassion was the reason then milk and milk products would also be disallowed in Langar. We all know a cow lactates only because she recently gave birth. That baby is taken away almost right away and sold to the veal industry. Even in old times, the baby males especially were not useful. They invariably ended up as meat so consuming dairy at langar but turning a blind eye to the suffering of baby calves and their distraught Mothers, is hypocrisy... which Guru Nanak warned us about.The main concept of langar is to put everyone on the same level as equals and break bread together. That would be impossible if say a Muslim was at langar but the meat were not Halal. Or a Jewish person etc. Meat eaters can all eat vegetables however.
Actually meat eating is not against Sikhi. Guru Nanak Dev Ji said that who is to say what is meat and what is green vegetables, and what leads to sin? The fools argue over flesh but know nothing of spirituality. (Paraphrased)
If langar was a demonstration of compassion then Sikhs would be disallowed meat. (And pls don’t get into sects as I know some sects disallow it). But Gurbani and Sikh Rehet Maryada do not. And if compassion was the reason then milk and milk products would also be disallowed in Langar. We all know a cow lactates only because she recently gave birth. That baby is taken away almost right away and sold to the veal industry. Even in old times, the baby males especially were not useful. They invariably ended up as meat so consuming dairy at langar but turning a blind eye to the suffering of baby calves and their distraught Mothers, is hypocrisy... which Guru Nanak warned us about.
The main concept of langar is to put everyone on the same level as equals and break bread together. That would be impossible if say a Muslim was at langar but the meat were not Halal. Or a Jewish person etc. Meat eaters can all eat vegetables however.
