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According to the Akal Takht, an amritdhari Sikh may only eat Jhatka meat, the quick killing of an animal so that they don't feel the pain, rather than Halal or Kosher meat which makes the animal die a slow and painful death. To quote Guru Nanak,"The fools argue about flesh and meat, but they know nothing about meditation and spiritual wisdom". A vegetarian lifestyle will not send you to Heaven alone, and it is the spiritual wisdom that Guru Nanak speaks of that will. Bhagat Kabir was very much interested in this topic and stated, "When the One God resides in all why do you kill the bird?" Guru Nanak did agree that it won't determine you in being saved in the end all that much when he was speaking to those followers of his who were of Hinduism and Islam. We must remember that at Guru Nanak's time, Sikhs (who were then called Sishyas) were not a defined faith but a grouping together of Islam, Honduism, and other faiths.

Bhagat Kabir seems much more angry at the meat-eaters than Guru Nanak like when he says "Those mortals who consume marijuana, fish and wine; no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell," When Kabirji says "fish" he means "meat" and not only fish, which he probably did because he is a poet. By not looking deeply at certain gurbani passages, it will seem as if Guru Nanak and Bhagat Kabir contradict each other about the eating of meat. But Bhagat Kabir too had followers who treated his teachings as a full religion (Kabirpanthi), rather than Guru Nanak's original followers who kept their religion but also followed him. He set out the religious law for his followers, the Kabirpanthis (who later acquired this name near modern times), rather than how Guru Nanak decided to let the Muslims eat meat because they follow the ritual of Halal slaughtering. But, when Guru Arjan compiled the Adhi Granth, he selected certain passages of anti-meat eating by Kabir because Sikhs weren't allowed to eat meat according to the law he taught. Sikhs will go to Hell if they eat meat (without repentance), but Christians, Jews, and Muslims won't because they are adhering to their path.

As wise as he was, Guru Nanak pointed out that vegetation too was treated poorly (not just meat), and it too is living and breathing. He wrote, "Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles, and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed. What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as it is heated, it groans and cries out. And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below. Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated!" By saying this he also expressed his wish for the well treatment of animals somehow by speaking of sugarcane. Humans too are animals which is why all of the gurus were for equality of humans and our unification. Though they wanted good treatment too for humans, Guru Har Gobind and Guru Gobind Singh fought in wars and led the Sikhs in doing so as a last resort,which would also end up killing less people than leaving it be. They uncovered the idea of "soldier-saint".

Needing to train to fight in the batte, they had to turn to animals. Only animals causing harm would be hunted though, as well as those deserving it karmically (usually determined by Guruji back then). Also, they needed food and grew starving for it. Plants wouldn't sustain them, so they had to turn to meat. Guru Gobind Singh developped the Jhatka method of killing an animal for this. Gurbani is read before the animal, and after Chandi di Var and some other baanis are read, one will quickly chop the head of the animal, painlessly killing it. Such a method lets the gurbani be the last thing the animal hears, and according to Bhagat Trilochan, "At the very last moment, one who thinks of the Lord, and dies in such thoughts, says Trilochan, that man shall be liberated". Thus the animal goes to Sach Khand, the one way not a human can go their. Every part of its body was used. Today the tradition of Jhatka lives on, though we do not need it for meat, and use it to make weapons, drumheads for tablas, and more. The meat is used and a lot of times given to the poor who have no problem eating it.

In the style of Jhatka, the killer of the animal, or even the eater of its flesh doesn't go to Hell because of it because the animal is now in Sach Khand, which is karmically deserved. Bhagat Kabir wrote, "No matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they [meat eaters] follow, they will all go to hell". The reading of gurbani prioir to the killing of the animal is not a pilgrimage, fast, or ritual and will not send you to Hell. And of course Guru Gobind Singh wouldn't fool you into doing this to end up going to Hell. And if I was an animal (let's say a goat), I would love to be killed to be used by the Khalsa Panth.

To conclude, I wish to kindly ask you to stop eating meat because you will go to Hell for it (unless you repent) as Bhagat Kabir says because you don't need it to save your life. For a Sikh to eat meat should be a big deal and for emergencies only. As Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji says many times, the pleasures of meat are false. Advoid meat as best as you can in terms of eating it.

Your humble servant, The Foolish One

Sources: srigranth.org, panthkhalsa.org, sadhsangat.com

According to the Akal Takht, an amritdhari Sikh may only eat Jhatka meat, the quick killing of an animal so that they don't feel the pain, rather than Halal or Kosher meat which makes the animal die a slow and painful death. To quote Guru Nanak,"The fools argue about flesh and meat, but they know nothing about meditation and spiritual wisdom". A vegetarian lifestyle will not send you to Heaven alone, and it is the spiritual wisdom that Guru Nanak speaks of that will. Bhagat Kabir was very much interested in this topic and stated, "When the One God resides in all why do you kill the bird?" Guru Nanak did agree that it won't determine you in being saved in the end all that much when he was speaking to those followers of his who were of Hinduism and Islam. We must remember that at Guru Nanak's time, Sikhs (who were then called Sishyas) were not a defined faith but a grouping together of Islam, Honduism, and other faiths.

Bhagat Kabir seems much more angry at the meat-eaters than Guru Nanak like when he says "Those mortals who consume marijuana, fish and wine; no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell," When Kabirji says "fish" he means "meat" and not only fish, which he probably did because he is a poet. By not looking deeply at certain gurbani passages, it will seem as if Guru Nanak and Bhagat Kabir contradict each other about the eating of meat. But Bhagat Kabir too had followers who treated his teachings as a full religion (Kabirpanthi), rather than Guru Nanak's original followers who kept their religion but also followed him. He set out the religious law for his followers, the Kabirpanthis (who later acquired this name near modern times), rather than how Guru Nanak decided to let the Muslims eat meat because they follow the ritual of Halal slaughtering. But, when Guru Arjan compiled the Adhi Granth, he selected certain passages of anti-meat eating by Kabir because Sikhs weren't allowed to eat meat according to the law he taught. Sikhs will go to Hell if they eat meat (without repentance), but Christians, Jews, and Muslims won't because they are adhering to their path.

As wise as he was, Guru Nanak pointed out that vegetation too was treated poorly (not just meat), and it too is living and breathing. He wrote, "Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles, and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed. What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as it is heated, it groans and cries out. And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below. Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated!" By saying this he also expressed his wish for the well treatment of animals somehow by speaking of sugarcane. Humans too are animals which is why all of the gurus were for equality of humans and our unification. Though they wanted good treatment too for humans, Guru Har Gobind and Guru Gobind Singh fought in wars and led the Sikhs in doing so as a last resort,which would also end up killing less people than leaving it be. They uncovered the idea of "soldier-saint".

Needing to train to fight in the batte, they had to turn to animals. Only animals causing harm would be hunted though, as well as those deserving it karmically (usually determined by Guruji back then). Also, they needed food and grew starving for it. Plants wouldn't sustain them, so they had to turn to meat. Guru Gobind Singh developped the Jhatka method of killing an animal for this. Gurbani is read before the animal, and after Chandi di Var and some other baanis are read, one will quickly chop the head of the animal, painlessly killing it. Such a method lets the gurbani be the last thing the animal hears, and according to Bhagat Trilochan, "At the very last moment, one who thinks of the Lord, and dies in such thoughts, says Trilochan, that man shall be liberated". Thus the animal goes to Sach Khand, the one way not a human can go their. Every part of its body was used. Today the tradition of Jhatka lives on, though we do not need it for meat, and use it to make weapons, drumheads for tablas, and more. The meat is used and a lot of times given to the poor who have no problem eating it.

In the style of Jhatka, the killer of the animal, or even the eater of its flesh doesn't go to Hell because of it because the animal is now in Sach Khand, which is karmically deserved. Bhagat Kabir wrote, "No matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they [meat eaters] follow, they will all go to hell". The reading of gurbani prioir to the killing of the animal is not a pilgrimage, fast, or ritual and will not send you to Hell. And of course Guru Gobind Singh wouldn't fool you into doing this to end up going to Hell. And if I was an animal (let's say a goat), I would love to be killed to be used by the Khalsa Panth.

To conclude, I wish to kindly ask you to stop eating meat because you will go to Hell for it (unless you repent) as Bhagat Kabir says because you don't need it to save your life. For a Sikh to eat meat should be a big deal and for emergencies only. As Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji says many times, the pleasures of meat are false. Advoid meat as best as you can in terms of eating it.

Your humble servant, The Foolish One

Sources: srigranth.org, panthkhalsa.org, sadhsangat.com

According to the Akal Takht, an amritdhari Sikh may only eat Jhatka meat, the quick killing of an animal so that they don't feel the pain, rather than Halal or Kosher meat which makes the animal die a slow and painful death. To quote Guru Nanak,"The fools argue about flesh and meat, but they know nothing about meditation and spiritual wisdom". A vegetarian lifestyle will not send you to Heaven alone, and it is the spiritual wisdom that Guru Nanak speaks of that will. Bhagat Kabir was very much interested in this topic and stated, "When the One God resides in all why do you kill the bird?" Guru Nanak did agree that it won't determine you in being saved in the end all that much when he was speaking to those followers of his who were of Hinduism and Islam. We must remember that at Guru Nanak's time, Sikhs (who were then called Sishyas) were not a defined faith but a grouping together of Islam, Honduism, and other faiths.

Bhagat Kabir seems much more angry at the meat-eaters than Guru Nanak like when he says "Those mortals who consume marijuana, fish and wine; no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell," When Kabirji says "fish" he means "meat" and not only fish, which he probably did because he is a poet. By not looking deeply at certain gurbani passages, it will seem as if Guru Nanak and Bhagat Kabir contradict each other about the eating of meat. But Bhagat Kabir too had followers who treated his teachings as a full religion (Kabirpanthi), rather than Guru Nanak's original followers who kept their religion but also followed him. He set out the religious law for his followers, the Kabirpanthis (who later acquired this name near modern times), rather than how Guru Nanak decided to let the Muslims eat meat because they follow the ritual of Halal slaughtering. But, when Guru Arjan compiled the Adhi Granth, he selected certain passages of anti-meat eating by Kabir because Sikhs weren't allowed to eat meat according to the law he taught. Sikhs will go to Hell if they eat meat (without repentance), but Christians, Jews, and Muslims won't because they are adhering to their path.

As wise as he was, Guru Nanak pointed out that vegetation too was treated poorly (not just meat), and it too is living and breathing. He wrote, "Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles, and then, it is placed between the wooden rollers and crushed. What punishment is inflicted upon it! Its juice is extracted and placed in the cauldron; as it is heated, it groans and cries out. And then, the crushed cane is collected and burnt in the fire below. Nanak: come, people, and see how the sweet sugar-cane is treated!" By saying this he also expressed his wish for the well treatment of animals somehow by speaking of sugarcane. Humans too are animals which is why all of the gurus were for equality of humans and our unification. Though they wanted good treatment too for humans, Guru Har Gobind and Guru Gobind Singh fought in wars and led the Sikhs in doing so as a last resort,which would also end up killing less people than leaving it be. They uncovered the idea of "soldier-saint".

Needing to train to fight in the batte, they had to turn to animals. Only animals causing harm would be hunted though, as well as those deserving it karmically (usually determined by Guruji back then). Also, they needed food and grew starving for it. Plants wouldn't sustain them, so they had to turn to meat. Guru Gobind Singh developped the Jhatka method of killing an animal for this. Gurbani is read before the animal, and after Chandi di Var and some other baanis are read, one will quickly chop the head of the animal, painlessly killing it. Such a method lets the gurbani be the last thing the animal hears, and according to Bhagat Trilochan, "At the very last moment, one who thinks of the Lord, and dies in such thoughts, says Trilochan, that man shall be liberated". Thus the animal goes to Sach Khand, the one way not a human can go their. Every part of its body was used. Today the tradition of Jhatka lives on, though we do not need it for meat, and use it to make weapons, drumheads for tablas, and more. The meat is used and a lot of times given to the poor who have no problem eating it.

In the style of Jhatka, the killer of the animal, or even the eater of its flesh doesn't go to Hell because of it because the animal is now in Sach Khand, which is karmically deserved. Bhagat Kabir wrote, "No matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they [meat eaters] follow, they will all go to hell". The reading of gurbani prioir to the killing of the animal is not a pilgrimage, fast, or ritual and will not send you to Hell. And of course Guru Gobind Singh wouldn't fool you into doing this to end up going to Hell. And if I was an animal (let's say a goat), I would love to be killed to be used by the Khalsa Panth.

To conclude, I wish to kindly ask you to stop eating meat because you will go to Hell for it (unless you repent) as Bhagat Kabir says because you don't need it to save your life. For a Sikh to eat meat should be a big deal and for emergencies only. As Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji says many times, the pleasures of meat are false. Advoid meat as best as you can in terms of eating it.

Your humble servant, The Foolish One

Sources: srigranth.org, panthkhalsa.org, sadhsangat.com