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'''[[Gurbani]] is the only spiritual and moral guide for the [[Sikh]]s in everything that they do'''. No [[Hukamnama]] by anyone else can move the [[Guru]]'s [[Sikh]] away from this stand. [[Gurbani]] offers clear guidance on this issue. There is no reason to rely on advice by any other third party. The following quotes from [[Varan Bhai Gurdas]] and [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] give the Sikhs clear and concise direction on what a [[Sikh]] should eat and other aspect of this facet of human life. | '''[[Gurbani]] is the only spiritual and moral guide for the [[Sikh]]s in everything that they do'''. No [[Hukamnama]] by anyone else can move the [[Guru]]'s [[Sikh]] away from this stand. [[Gurbani]] offers clear guidance on this issue. There is no reason to rely on advice by any other third party. The following quotes from [[Varan Bhai Gurdas]] and [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] give the Sikhs clear and concise direction on what a [[Sikh]] should eat and other aspect of this facet of human life. | ||
[[Bhai Gurdas]] ji was the scribe of the [[Adi Granth]] who was responsible for the writing of the first compilation of the Holy Granth. While [[Guru Arjan Dev]] ji dictated the Bani, Bhai Sahib put the words to paper. He probably spent many years in gathering and then scribing the words of [[Gurbani]]. He is recognised as the first Scholar of Sikhism and his own writings, called the [[Varan Bhai Gurdas]] were called by the Guru to be the '''"Key to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib"'''. | |||
===Varan Bhai Gurdas ji - Key to [[SGGS]]=== | |||
The following Shabads are from the Varan by [[Bhai Gurdas]] ji, whose Bani is referred to as the '''"Key"''' to the [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]]: | |||
{{Quoter|<big> ਪਉੜੀ 17 (ਬਕਰੀ) <br> | |||
ਸੀਹ ਪਜੂਤੀ ਬਕਰੀ ਮਰਦੀ ਹੋਈ ਹੜ ਹੜ ਹਸੀ॥ ਸੀਹ ਪਛੈ ਵਿਸਮਾਦ ਹੋਇ ਇਤ ਅਉਸਰਿ ਕਿਤ ਰਹਸਿ ਰਹਸੀ॥ <br> | |||
ਬਿਨਉ ਕਰੇਂਦੀ ਬਕਰੀ ਪਤਰ ਅਸਾਡੇ ਕੀਚਨਿ ਖਸੀ॥ ਅਕ ਧਤੂਰਾ ਖਾਧਿਆਂ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਖਲ ਉਖਲਿ ਵਿਣਸੀ॥ <br> | |||
ਮਾਸ ਖਾਨਿ ਗਲ ਵਢਿ ਕੈ ਹਾਲ ਤਿਨਾੜਾ ਕਉਣ ਹੋਵਸੀ॥ ਗਰਬ ਗਰੀਬੀ ਦੇਹ ਖੇਹ ਖਾਜ ਅਖਾਜ ਅਕਾਜ ਕਰਸੀ॥ <br> | |||
ਜਗਿ ਆਇਆ ਸਭ ਕੋਇ ਮਰਸੀ </big><br> | |||
seeh pajoothee bakaree maradhee hoee harr harr hasee. | |||
seehu pushhai visamaadh hoe eith aousar kith rehas rehasee.<br> | |||
bino karae(n)adhee bakaree puthr asaaddae keechan khasee. | |||
ak dhhathooraa khaadhhiaaa(n) kuhi kuhi khal oukhal vinasee.<br> | |||
maas khaan gal vadt kai haal thinaarraa koun hovasee. | |||
garab gareebee dhaeh khaeh khaaj akhaaj akaaj karasee.<br> | |||
jag aaeiaa sabh koe marasee. | |||
(She Goat) | |||
Lion catches a goat; As the goat is dying, it begins to laugh. | |||
In awe the lion asks, why are you laughing?<br> | |||
Humbly the goat says: Our sons are destroyed (castrated). | |||
We only eat wild plants and suffer being slayed & skinned alive.<br> | |||
Those who cut our throats and eat our flesh, what will be their plight? <br> | |||
Proud and arrogant their bodies are a waste; inedible and fruitless. | |||
All who come to the world will eventually die. |Vaar 25 Pauri 17}} | |||
{{Quoter|<big> ਪਉੜੀ 21 ( ਨਿਗਰਾ ਮਨਮਖ ਵਸ ਵਿਚ ਨਹੀ ਆ ਸਕਦਾ ) <br> | |||
ਕਹੈ ਕਸਾਈ ਬਕਰੀ ਲਾਇ ਲੂਣ ਸੀਖ ਮਾਸ ਪਰੋਆ॥ | |||
ਹਸਿ ਹਸਿ ਬੋਲੇ ਕਹੀਂਦੀ ਖਾਧੇ ਅਕਿ ਹਾਲ ਇਹ ਹੋਆ॥ <br> | |||
ਮਾਸ ਖਾਨਿ ਗਲਿ ਛਰੀ ਦੇ ਹਾਲ ਤਿਨਾੜਾ ਕਉਣ ਅਲੋਆ॥ | |||
ਜੀਭੈ ਹੰਦਾ ਫੇੜਿਆ ਖਉ ਦੰਦਾਂ ਮਹ ਭੰਨਿ ਵਿਗੋਆ॥ <br> | |||
ਪਰ ਤਨ ਪਰ ਧਨ ਨਿੰਦ ਕਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਦਜੀਭਾ ਬਿਸੀਅਰ ਭੋਆ॥ | |||
ਵਸਿ ਆਵੈ ਗਰਮੰਤ ਸਪ ਨਿਗਰਾ ਮਨਮਖ ਸਣੈ ਨ ਸੋਆ॥ <br> | |||
ਵੇਖਿ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਅਗੈ ਟੋਆ </big><br> | |||
kuhai kasaaee bakaree laae loon seekh maas paroaa. | |||
has has bolae kuhee(n)adhee khaadhhae ak haal eihu hoaa. <br> | |||
maas khaan gal shhuree dhae haal thinaarraa koun aloaa. | |||
jeebhai ha(n)dhaa faerriaa kho dha(n)dhaa(n) muhu bha(n)n vigoaa. <br> | |||
par than par dhhan ni(n)dh kar hoe dhujeebhaa biseear bhoaa. | |||
vas aavai guruma(n)th sap niguraa manamukh sunai n soaa. <br> | |||
vaekh n chalai agai ttoaa.<br> | |||
Pauri 21 (Man having no Guru is uncontrollable) <br> | |||
The butcher slaughters the goat; salts the meat and strings it on a skewer. <br> | |||
While being killed the goat laughingly says: I have come to this condition for grazing only coarse leaves of arid wild plants. <br> | |||
What will be the plight of those who cutting the throat with a knife eat the flesh of animals? <br> | |||
The perverted taste of the tongue is harmful for the teeth and damages the mouth. <br> | |||
The one who eyes another’s wealth or body or slanders becomes a poisonous Amphisbaena. <br> | |||
This snake is controlled by the Guru's mantra but the Guru-less [[manmukh]] never listens to this glorious mantra. <br> | |||
The Manmukh blindly moves ahead, never realizing the approaching deep pit ahead!<br> | |||
(note: ''Amphisbaena is a mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body.'')|Vaar 37 Pauri 21}} | |||
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Forsaking these delicacies, one becomes a true Sannyaasee, a detached hermit. Nanak reflects and speaks.((2))}} | Forsaking these delicacies, one becomes a true Sannyaasee, a detached hermit. Nanak reflects and speaks.((2))}} | ||
Revision as of 05:50, 12 August 2006
Gurbani is the only spiritual and moral guide for the Sikhs in everything that they do. No Hukamnama by anyone else can move the Guru's Sikh away from this stand. Gurbani offers clear guidance on this issue. There is no reason to rely on advice by any other third party. The following quotes from Varan Bhai Gurdas and Sri Guru Granth Sahib give the Sikhs clear and concise direction on what a Sikh should eat and other aspect of this facet of human life.
Bhai Gurdas ji was the scribe of the Adi Granth who was responsible for the writing of the first compilation of the Holy Granth. While Guru Arjan Dev ji dictated the Bani, Bhai Sahib put the words to paper. He probably spent many years in gathering and then scribing the words of Gurbani. He is recognised as the first Scholar of Sikhism and his own writings, called the Varan Bhai Gurdas were called by the Guru to be the "Key to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib".
Varan Bhai Gurdas ji - Key to SGGS
The following Shabads are from the Varan by Bhai Gurdas ji, whose Bani is referred to as the "Key" to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib:
ਪਉੜੀ 17 (ਬਕਰੀ) ਸੀਹ ਪਜੂਤੀ ਬਕਰੀ ਮਰਦੀ ਹੋਈ ਹੜ ਹੜ ਹਸੀ॥ ਸੀਹ ਪਛੈ ਵਿਸਮਾਦ ਹੋਇ ਇਤ ਅਉਸਰਿ ਕਿਤ ਰਹਸਿ ਰਹਸੀ॥ seeh pajoothee bakaree maradhee hoee harr harr hasee.
seehu pushhai visamaadh hoe eith aousar kith rehas rehasee. (She Goat) Lion catches a goat; As the goat is dying, it begins to laugh.
In awe the lion asks, why are you laughing? |
Vaar 25 Pauri 17 |
ਪਉੜੀ 21 ( ਨਿਗਰਾ ਮਨਮਖ ਵਸ ਵਿਚ ਨਹੀ ਆ ਸਕਦਾ ) ਕਹੈ ਕਸਾਈ ਬਕਰੀ ਲਾਇ ਲੂਣ ਸੀਖ ਮਾਸ ਪਰੋਆ॥
ਹਸਿ ਹਸਿ ਬੋਲੇ ਕਹੀਂਦੀ ਖਾਧੇ ਅਕਿ ਹਾਲ ਇਹ ਹੋਆ॥ kuhai kasaaee bakaree laae loon seekh maas paroaa.
has has bolae kuhee(n)adhee khaadhhae ak haal eihu hoaa. Pauri 21 (Man having no Guru is uncontrollable) The butcher slaughters the goat; salts the meat and strings it on a skewer. (note: Amphisbaena is a mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body.) |
Vaar 37 Pauri 21 |
Shabads from Guru Granth Sahib
Shabads referring to "Eat a Simple Diet"
SGGS Page 467 Full Shabad |
ਓਨਹਹੀ ਮੰਦੈ ਪੈਰ ਨ ਰਖਿਓ ਕਰਿ ਸਕਰਿਤ ਧਰਮ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥ ਓਨਹਹੀ ਦਨੀਆ ਤੋੜੇ ਬੰਧਨਾ ਅੰਨ ਪਾਣੀ ਥੋੜਾ ਖਾਇਆ ॥ onHee mandai pair na rakhi-o kar sukarit Dharam kamaa-i-aa. They do not place their feet in sin, but do good deeds and live righteously in Dharma. |
Shabads with the word "Kill"
SGGS Page 723 Full Shabad |
ਬੰਦੇ ਚਸਮ ਦੀਦੰ ਫਨਾਇ ॥ ਦਨਂ”ੀਆ ਮਰਦਾਰ ਖਰਦਨੀ ਗਾਫਲ ਹਵਾਇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ banday chasam deedaN fanaa-ay. O human being, whatever you can see with your eyes, shall perish. |
SGGS Page 1103 Full Shabad |
ਜੀਅ ਬਧਹ ਸ ਧਰਮ ਕਰਿ ਥਾਪਹ ਅਧਰਮ ਕਹਹ ਕਤ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਮਨਿਵਰ ਕਰਿ ਥਾਪਹ ਕਾ ਕਉ ਕਹਹ ਕਸਾਈ ॥੨॥
jee-a baDhahu so Dharam kar thaapahu aDhram kahhu kat bhaa-ee. You kill living beings, and call it a righteous action. |
SGGS Page 1128 Full Shabad |
ਸੋ ਜਾਗੈ ਜੋ ਤਤ ਬੀਚਾਰੈ ॥ ਆਪਿ ਮਰੈ ਅਵਰਾ ਨਹ ਮਾਰੈ ॥੩॥ so jaagai jo tat beechaarai. One who contemplates the essence of reality remains awake and aware. |
SGGS Page 1350 Full Shabad |
ਬੇਦ ਕਤੇਬ ਕਹਹ ਮਤ ਝੂਠੇ ਝੂਠਾ ਜੋ ਨ ਬਿਚਾਰੈ ॥ ਜਉ ਸਭ ਮਹਿ ਝਕ ਖਦਾਇ ਕਹਤ ਹਉ ਤਉ ਕਿਉ ਮਰਗੀ ਮਾਰੈ ॥੧॥ bayd katayb kahhu mat jhoothay jhoothaa jo na bichaarai. Do not say that the Vedas, the Bible and the Koran are false. |
SGGS Page 1375 Full Shabad |
ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਅ ਜ ਮਾਰਹਿ ਜੋਰ ਕਰਿ ਕਹਤੇ ਹਹਿ ਜ ਹਲਾਲ ॥ ਦਫਤਰ ਦਈ ਜਬ ਕਾਢਿ ਹੈ ਹੋਇਗਾ ਕਉਨ ਹਵਾਲ ॥੧੯੯॥ kabeer jee-a jo maareh jor kar kahtay heh jo halaal. Kabeer, they oppress living beings and kill them, and call it proper. |
Other Shabads connected with Meat
SGGS Page 141 Full Shabad |
ਹਕ ਪਰਾਇਆ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਉਸ ਸੂਅਰ ਉਸ ਗਾਇ ॥ ਗਰ ਪੀਰ ਹਾਮਾ ਤਾ ਭਰੇ ਜਾ ਮਰਦਾਰ ਨ ਖਾਇ ॥ ਗਲੀ ਭਿਸਤਿ ਨ ਜਾਈਝ ਛਟੈ ਸਚ ਕਮਾਇ ॥ ਮਾਰਣ ਪਾਹਿ ਹਰਾਮ ਮਹਿ ਹੋਇ ਹਲਾਲ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ hak paraa-i-aa naankaa us soo-ar us gaa-ay. gur peer haamaa taa bharay jaa murdaar na khaa-ay.
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SGGS Page 1374 Full Shabad |
ਕਬੀਰ ਖੂਬ ਖਾਨਾ ਖੀਚਰੀ ਜਾ ਮਹਿ ਅੰਮਰਿਤ ਲੋਨ ॥ ਹੇਰਾ ਰੋਟੀ ਕਾਰਨੇ ਗਲਾ ਕਟਾਵੈ ਕਉਨ ॥੧੮੮॥ kabeer khoob khaanaa kheechree jaa meh amrit lon. Kabeer, the dinner of beans and rice is excellent, if it is flavored with salt. |
SGGS Page 139 Full Shabad |
ਕਲਿ ਹੋਈ ਕਤੇ ਮਹੀ ਖਾਜ ਹੋਆ ਮਰਦਾਰ ॥ ਕੂੜ ਬੋਲਿ ਬੋਲਿ ਭਉਕਣਾ ਚੂਕਾ ਧਰਮ ਬੀਚਾਰ ॥ kal ho-ee kutay muhee khaaj ho-aa murdaar. koorh bol bol bha-ukanaa chookaa Dharam beechaar. In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, people have faces like dogs; they eat rotting carcasses for food. |
SGGS Page 15 Full Shabad |
ਰਸ ਸਇਨਾ ਰਸ ਰਪਾ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਰਸ ਪਰਮਲ ਕੀ ਵਾਸ ॥ ਰਸ ਘੋੜੇ ਰਸ ਸੇਜਾ ਮੰਦਰ ਰਸ ਮੀਠਾ ਰਸ ਮਾਸ ॥ ਝਤੇ ਰਸ ਸਰੀਰ ਕੇ ਕੈ ਘਟਿ ਨਾਮ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥੨॥ ras su-inaa ras rupaa kaaman ras parmal kee vaas. ras ghorhay ras sayjaa mandar ras meethaa ras maas. aytay ras sareer kay kai ghat naam nivaas. ॥2॥ The pleasure of gold, pleasure of silvers and damsels, pleasure of fragrance of sandal, |
- English translation by Bhai Manmohan Singh
Fools Argue about Meat & Flesh
SGGS Page 1289 Full Shabad |
ਮਃ ੧ ॥ मः १ ॥ mehlaa 1. First Mehl: ਮਾਸ ਮਾਸ ਕਰਿ ਮੂਰਖ ਝਗੜੇ ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਣੈ ॥ ਕਉਣ ਮਾਸ ਕਉਣ ਸਾਗ ਕਹਾਵੈ ਕਿਸ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਪ ਸਮਾਣੇ ॥ maas maas kar moorakh jhagrhay gi-aan Dhi-aan nahee jaanai. ka-un maas ka-un saag kahaavai kis meh paap samaanay.
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