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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babandeep Singh" data-source="post: 191359" data-attributes="member: 19701">I find it amusing as well as disturbing that how this argument of redundancy of Kakars is being increasingly used by so many Punjabi Sikh families including some of my relatives.The point they usually raise is how can somebody who simply keeps hair be a better person than one who doesn't!!! (I'd really appreciate if one of the SPNers could suggest a terse reply for such relatives...you know something I should utter so that the argument ends then and there!!! :angryyoungsingh: I like to keep the argument short) And the funniest thing is they try to justify their non-adherence by saying that they have seen many Amritdharis keep their kakars aside as night falls and savour/devour meat and/or alcohol...(shameful indeed).But...Lemme get this straight, if somebody else couldn't grasp the lessons taught in "Theory of General Relativity" (actually a personal experience <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />) does that automatically mean the theory is useless/irrelevant or the school or the teacher is faulty? Just because a student failed in exam doesn't mean nobody would pass in the whole wide class!!! The great lengths people go to to justify their stand...<img src="/images/smilies/sikhsmileys/mundafacepalm.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":mundafacepalm:" title="Mundafacepalm    :mundafacepalm:" data-shortname=":mundafacepalm:" /> (including myself <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />)IMHO, yes Kakars represent outward devotion (I am not Amritdhari...yet) but when one's inner self is illumed by the Naam, no reason or justification would be enough to stop them from wearing Kakars...It won't be a requirement, burden or duty...It would be fondness, desire as in one to wear a crown everyday...to get ready for a new beginning everyday...at least that's how I fantasize about it 0<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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