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Sat Sri Akal,
In Canada 97% percent of Canadians purchase chicken every weak. I do not think that there are medical facts which prove that meat makes the body overly acidic. The Canadian Food Guide Recommends 3 servings of Meat and Alternative a day for a Male ages 19-50. (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php) and the American My Pyramid Food Guide suggests that for a 2000 calorie diet 5 ½ ounces of meat and alternatives everyday. The Canadain Food Guide also recommends that you should have atleast 2 servings of fish a week. In terms of meditation some of the best Tai Chi and Yoga instructors in the world eat meat every day. In terms of morally, killing an animal for eating purposes in a non-cruel way to eat is completely justifiable in my view. The real [URL="http://www.sikhism.us"]Sikh[/URL] belief is that we do not accept eating Halaal meat as the animals are tortured before they are killed.
What is called meat, and what is called green vegetables? What leads to sin?
ਗੈਂਡਾਮਾਰਿਹੋਮਜਗਕੀਏਦੇਵਤਿਆਕੀਬਾਣੇ॥
गैंडामारिहोमजगकीएदेवतिआकीबाणे॥
Gaiʼndā mār hom jag kī▫e ḏeviṯi▫ā kī bāṇe.
It was the habit of the gods to kill the rhinoceros, and make a feast of the burnt offering.
ਮਾਸੁਛੋਡਿਬੈਸਿਨਕੁਪਕੜਹਿਰਾਤੀਮਾਣਸਖਾਣੇ॥
मासुछोडिबैसिनकुपकड़हिरातीमाणसखाणे॥
Mās cẖẖod bais nak pakṛėh rāṯī māṇas kẖāṇe.
Those who renounce meat, and hold their noses when sitting near it, devour men at night.
:advocate:
ਫੜੁਕਰਿਲੋਕਾਂਨੋਦਿਖਲਾਵਹਿਗਿਆਨੁਧਿਆਨੁਨਹੀਸੂਝੈ॥
फड़ुकरिलोकांनोदिखलावहिगिआनुधिआनुनहीसूझै॥
Faṛ kar lokāʼn no ḏikẖlāvahi gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān nahī sūjẖai.
They practice hypocrisy, and make a show before other people, but they do not understand anything about meditation or spiritual wisdom. [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/guru-nanak/"]Guru Nanak[/URL] Dev Ji
:advocate:
“
ਬਹੁਦੁਖੁਪਾਇਆਦੂਜਾਭਾਇਆ॥
बहुदुखुपाइआदूजाभाइआ॥
Baho ḏukẖ pā▫i▫ā ḏūjā bẖā▫i▫ā.duality. “
First Mehl:
ਲਿਖਿਲਿਖਿਪੜਿਆ॥
लिखिलिखिपड़िआ॥
Likẖ likẖ paṛi▫ā.
The more one write and reads,
ਤੇਤਾਕੜਿਆ॥
तेताकड़िआ॥
Ŧeṯā kaṛi▫ā.
the more one burns.
ਬਹੁਤੀਰਥਭਵਿਆ॥
बहुतीरथभविआ॥
Baho ṯirath bẖavi▫ā.
The more one wanders at sacred shrines of pilgrimage,
ਤੇਤੋਲਵਿਆ॥
तेतोलविआ॥
Ŧeṯo lavi▫ā.
the more one talks uselessly.
ਬਹੁਭੇਖਕੀਆਦੇਹੀਦੁਖੁਦੀਆ॥
बहुभेखकीआदेहीदुखुदीआ॥
Baho bẖekẖ kī▫ā ḏehī ḏukẖḏī▫ā.
The more one wears religious robes, the more pain he causes his body.
ਸਹੁਵੇਜੀਆਅਪਣਾਕੀਆ॥
सहुवेजीआअपणाकीआ॥
Saho ve jī▫ā apṇā kī▫ā.
O my soul, you must endure the consequences of your own actions.
ਅੰਨੁਨਖਾਇਆਸਾਦੁਗਵਾਇਆ॥
अंनुनखाइआसादुगवाइआ॥
Ann na kẖā▫i▫ā sāḏ gavā▫i▫ā.
One who does not eat the corn, misses out on the taste.
:advocate:
ਬਹੁਦੁਖੁਪਾਇਆਦੂਜਾਭਾਇਆ॥
बहुदुखुपाइआदूजाभाइआ॥
Baho ḏukẖ pā▫i▫ā ḏūjā bẖā▫i▫ā.
One obtains great pain, in the love of duality.
ਬਸਤ੍ਰਨਪਹਿਰੈ॥
बसत्रनपहिरै॥
Basṯar na pahirai.
One who does not wear any clothes,
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿਕਹਰੈ॥
अहिनिसिकहरै॥
Ahinis kahrai.
suffers night and day.
ਮੋਨਿਵਿਗੂਤਾ॥
मोनिविगूता॥
Mon vigūṯā.
Through silence, he is ruined.
ਕਿਉਜਾਗੈਗੁਰਬਿਨੁਸੂਤਾ॥
किउजागैगुरबिनुसूता॥
Ki▫o jāgai gur bin sūṯā.
How can the sleeping one be awakened without the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us"]Guru[/URL]?
ਪਗਉਪੇਤਾਣਾ॥
पगउपेताणा॥
Pag upeṯāṇā.
One who goes barefoot
ਅਪਣਾਕੀਆਕਮਾਣਾ॥
अपणाकीआकमाणा॥
Apṇā kī▫ā kamāṇā.
suffers by his own actions.
ਅਲੁਮਲੁਖਾਈਸਿਰਿਛਾਈਪਾਈ॥
अलुमलुखाईसिरिछाईपाई॥
Al mal kẖā▫ī sir cẖẖā▫ī pā▫ī.
One who eats filth and throws ashes on his head -
ਮੂਰਖਿਅੰਧੈਪਤਿਗਵਾਈ॥
मूरखिअंधैपतिगवाई॥
Mūrakẖ anḏẖai paṯ gavā▫ī.
the blind fool loses his honor.
ਵਿਣੁਨਾਵੈਕਿਛੁਥਾਇਨਪਾਈ॥
विणुनावैकिछुथाइनपाई॥
viṇ nāvai kicẖẖ thā▫e na pā▫ī.
Without the Name, nothing is of any use.
ਰਹੈਬੇਬਾਣੀਮੜੀਮਸਾਣੀ॥
रहैबेबाणीमड़ीमसाणी॥
Rahai bebāṇī maṛī masāṇī.
One who lives in the wilderness, in cemetaries and cremation grounds -
ਅੰਧੁਨਜਾਣੈਫਿਰਿਪਛੁਤਾਣੀ॥
अंधुनजाणैफिरिपछुताणी॥
Anḏẖ na jāṇai fir pacẖẖuṯāṇī.
that blind man does not know the Lord; he regrets and repents in the end.” Page 467, [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/guru-nanak/"]Guru Nanak[/URL] Dev Ji
So there is another aspect in [URL="http://www.sikhism.us"]Sikhism[/URL] as well, “One who does not eat the corn, misses out on the taste.” (page 467). If we do not take the opportunity to be healthy then we miss out. For example meat has the protein our bodies needs and fish has the omega oils and many minerals which our bodies need to be healthy as well. I remember a lecture by Yogi Bhajan where he claimed with no medical facts that fish drains the water from our body. For a short while I listened to him on that point and when my Mother would spend so much time and put so much love into making a meal with fish I would not want to take much of it. Now I am much more sensible and I strongly feel that the Gurus wanted us to be practical people. My opinion is look “God wouldn’t give out bad karmas to someone who eats meat, instead to the caring, loving mother who cooks a good meal with meat which is often much harder to prepare he would reward her in whatever way he could.”
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Sat Sri Akal,
In Canada 97% percent of Canadians purchase chicken every weak. I do not think that there are medical facts which prove that meat makes the body overly acidic. The Canadian Food Guide Recommends 3 servings of Meat and Alternative a day for a Male ages 19-50. (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php) and the American My Pyramid Food Guide suggests that for a 2000 calorie diet 5 ½ ounces of meat and alternatives everyday. The Canadain Food Guide also recommends that you should have atleast 2 servings of fish a week. In terms of meditation some of the best Tai Chi and Yoga instructors in the world eat meat every day. In terms of morally, killing an animal for eating purposes in a non-cruel way to eat is completely justifiable in my view. The real [URL="http://www.sikhism.us"]Sikh[/URL] belief is that we do not accept eating Halaal meat as the animals are tortured before they are killed.
What is called meat, and what is called green vegetables? What leads to sin?
ਗੈਂਡਾਮਾਰਿਹੋਮਜਗਕੀਏਦੇਵਤਿਆਕੀਬਾਣੇ॥
गैंडामारिहोमजगकीएदेवतिआकीबाणे॥
Gaiʼndā mār hom jag kī▫e ḏeviṯi▫ā kī bāṇe.
It was the habit of the gods to kill the rhinoceros, and make a feast of the burnt offering.
ਮਾਸੁਛੋਡਿਬੈਸਿਨਕੁਪਕੜਹਿਰਾਤੀਮਾਣਸਖਾਣੇ॥
मासुछोडिबैसिनकुपकड़हिरातीमाणसखाणे॥
Mās cẖẖod bais nak pakṛėh rāṯī māṇas kẖāṇe.
Those who renounce meat, and hold their noses when sitting near it, devour men at night.
:advocate:
ਫੜੁਕਰਿਲੋਕਾਂਨੋਦਿਖਲਾਵਹਿਗਿਆਨੁਧਿਆਨੁਨਹੀਸੂਝੈ॥
फड़ुकरिलोकांनोदिखलावहिगिआनुधिआनुनहीसूझै॥
Faṛ kar lokāʼn no ḏikẖlāvahi gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān nahī sūjẖai.
They practice hypocrisy, and make a show before other people, but they do not understand anything about meditation or spiritual wisdom. [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/guru-nanak/"]Guru Nanak[/URL] Dev Ji
:advocate:
“
ਬਹੁਦੁਖੁਪਾਇਆਦੂਜਾਭਾਇਆ॥
बहुदुखुपाइआदूजाभाइआ॥
Baho ḏukẖ pā▫i▫ā ḏūjā bẖā▫i▫ā.duality. “
First Mehl:
ਲਿਖਿਲਿਖਿਪੜਿਆ॥
लिखिलिखिपड़िआ॥
Likẖ likẖ paṛi▫ā.
The more one write and reads,
ਤੇਤਾਕੜਿਆ॥
तेताकड़िआ॥
Ŧeṯā kaṛi▫ā.
the more one burns.
ਬਹੁਤੀਰਥਭਵਿਆ॥
बहुतीरथभविआ॥
Baho ṯirath bẖavi▫ā.
The more one wanders at sacred shrines of pilgrimage,
ਤੇਤੋਲਵਿਆ॥
तेतोलविआ॥
Ŧeṯo lavi▫ā.
the more one talks uselessly.
ਬਹੁਭੇਖਕੀਆਦੇਹੀਦੁਖੁਦੀਆ॥
बहुभेखकीआदेहीदुखुदीआ॥
Baho bẖekẖ kī▫ā ḏehī ḏukẖḏī▫ā.
The more one wears religious robes, the more pain he causes his body.
ਸਹੁਵੇਜੀਆਅਪਣਾਕੀਆ॥
सहुवेजीआअपणाकीआ॥
Saho ve jī▫ā apṇā kī▫ā.
O my soul, you must endure the consequences of your own actions.
ਅੰਨੁਨਖਾਇਆਸਾਦੁਗਵਾਇਆ॥
अंनुनखाइआसादुगवाइआ॥
Ann na kẖā▫i▫ā sāḏ gavā▫i▫ā.
One who does not eat the corn, misses out on the taste.
:advocate:
ਬਹੁਦੁਖੁਪਾਇਆਦੂਜਾਭਾਇਆ॥
बहुदुखुपाइआदूजाभाइआ॥
Baho ḏukẖ pā▫i▫ā ḏūjā bẖā▫i▫ā.
One obtains great pain, in the love of duality.
ਬਸਤ੍ਰਨਪਹਿਰੈ॥
बसत्रनपहिरै॥
Basṯar na pahirai.
One who does not wear any clothes,
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿਕਹਰੈ॥
अहिनिसिकहरै॥
Ahinis kahrai.
suffers night and day.
ਮੋਨਿਵਿਗੂਤਾ॥
मोनिविगूता॥
Mon vigūṯā.
Through silence, he is ruined.
ਕਿਉਜਾਗੈਗੁਰਬਿਨੁਸੂਤਾ॥
किउजागैगुरबिनुसूता॥
Ki▫o jāgai gur bin sūṯā.
How can the sleeping one be awakened without the [URL="http://www.sikhism.us"]Guru[/URL]?
ਪਗਉਪੇਤਾਣਾ॥
पगउपेताणा॥
Pag upeṯāṇā.
One who goes barefoot
ਅਪਣਾਕੀਆਕਮਾਣਾ॥
अपणाकीआकमाणा॥
Apṇā kī▫ā kamāṇā.
suffers by his own actions.
ਅਲੁਮਲੁਖਾਈਸਿਰਿਛਾਈਪਾਈ॥
अलुमलुखाईसिरिछाईपाई॥
Al mal kẖā▫ī sir cẖẖā▫ī pā▫ī.
One who eats filth and throws ashes on his head -
ਮੂਰਖਿਅੰਧੈਪਤਿਗਵਾਈ॥
मूरखिअंधैपतिगवाई॥
Mūrakẖ anḏẖai paṯ gavā▫ī.
the blind fool loses his honor.
ਵਿਣੁਨਾਵੈਕਿਛੁਥਾਇਨਪਾਈ॥
विणुनावैकिछुथाइनपाई॥
viṇ nāvai kicẖẖ thā▫e na pā▫ī.
Without the Name, nothing is of any use.
ਰਹੈਬੇਬਾਣੀਮੜੀਮਸਾਣੀ॥
रहैबेबाणीमड़ीमसाणी॥
Rahai bebāṇī maṛī masāṇī.
One who lives in the wilderness, in cemetaries and cremation grounds -
ਅੰਧੁਨਜਾਣੈਫਿਰਿਪਛੁਤਾਣੀ॥
अंधुनजाणैफिरिपछुताणी॥
Anḏẖ na jāṇai fir pacẖẖuṯāṇī.
that blind man does not know the Lord; he regrets and repents in the end.” Page 467, [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/guru-nanak/"]Guru Nanak[/URL] Dev Ji
So there is another aspect in [URL="http://www.sikhism.us"]Sikhism[/URL] as well, “One who does not eat the corn, misses out on the taste.” (page 467). If we do not take the opportunity to be healthy then we miss out. For example meat has the protein our bodies needs and fish has the omega oils and many minerals which our bodies need to be healthy as well. I remember a lecture by Yogi Bhajan where he claimed with no medical facts that fish drains the water from our body. For a short while I listened to him on that point and when my Mother would spend so much time and put so much love into making a meal with fish I would not want to take much of it. Now I am much more sensible and I strongly feel that the Gurus wanted us to be practical people. My opinion is look “God wouldn’t give out bad karmas to someone who eats meat, instead to the caring, loving mother who cooks a good meal with meat which is often much harder to prepare he would reward her in whatever way he could.”
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