masterbate-sikhs

asked 2016-12-07 15:12:18 -0500

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First of all i would like to inform the reader(i suppose you are a sikh) that i am i am a sikh and i SGGS ji is my life the only reason that i am not taking amrit is for 1 of 5 evils ie.kaam and now to the ques, I know it is very weird to ask do amritdhaari dont even masterbates even for once in their lifetime, as it is very much hard to control our self in teeange.

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answered 2016-12-08 01:05:18 -0500

Not at all Punjabi
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updated 2016-12-21 08:35:26 -0500

Any person who is single, not having active sex life be it male or female, Sikh or non-Sikh, teen or adult for the sexual pleasure do masturbate. Some admit it openly, some don't but most of the unmarried people do so. It's not possible to suppress our sexual desires for long..

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answered 2016-12-08 15:43:56 -0500

Guruka Singh

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updated 2016-12-21 10:47:15 -0500

You will find a lot of answers on the topic both here on this forum as well as in the SikhNet Youth Forum Archive. I found 87 replies in the archive using the search term "masturbat*" in the archive.

YouTube vid: "Transforming Sexual Feelings"

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answered 2016-12-21 01:32:21 -0500

strongKaur
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Being non-amritdhari I can’t fully answer your question! But I would like to comment that sexual energy is an energy created by God like everything else- it’s normal. It’s not something that we can suppress, but we can express it in other ways because it’s a form of creative energy. I remember seeing a video from Guruka Singh where he talks about using that same energy to do different things like playing sports.

Kaam (lust) is considered one of the 5 thieves because basically when we choose a lustful thought, we are choosing it over a thought in remembrance of God/toward achieving the purpose of our life. Everything has to be in balance in life. The 5 are actually here to help us! They are meant to help us achieve our purposes in life. They aren’t “evil” in themselves. But they can control us if we don’t control them, and therefore if they control us we can waste away our lives. So for example, when lust takes over your mind, it will control you and you start to live for that pleasure and it becomes a big problem because that’s all that’s on your mind and you start to forget God and why you came on this earth.

So the idea is not about suppression, but rather about learning to stop our thoughts entirely which can be done via following what our prayers teach us. The Guru Granth Sahib Ji shows us the path on how to live in Hukam. We need to do things like sewa and simran. And basically reach that balance in our lives so it’s not so powerful that it takes over the mind. Learn to control the 5 and don’t let them control you. This is a lifelong journey ☺