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Summary of Question:	Hair And Other Religons
Category:	Hair
Date Posted:	Saturday, 5/11/2002 12:16 AM MDT

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ke Fateh.

I have always person who askes questions about every thing. But this one particular question I cannot get an answer to. There is only 1 god and therefore he only has 1 set of rules. So why is it that in just our religon we are not able to cut our hair. Why not the other religons like christianity, buddism or hinduism etc? Wheren't they told by their prophets not to cut there hair or even about eating meat? Most of the religons agree on doing good deeds etc. but what about cutting hair or eating meat? PLease be able to answer this!

(REPLY) How can you presume that the One God has only one set of "rules"? Did God create only one kind of flower, one kind of person? One species of animal? There are different "rules" for the animal kingdom, etc. If all religions agreed about everything, then why would there be different religions? Different people in different ages of time developed various ways of worshipping the One God (You got that part right! i.e. "One God") and as humanity has evolved, more understanding has been revealed. As for "rules" -- the Ten Commandments are pretty good "rules" -- and Judaism has some excellent principles to live by. The lives of our Ten Gurus gave us even more example and direction to follow in our lives. They each exemplified and demonstrated how to live spiritually - in awareness of the One God - while still living a secular life. I suppose you could call it greater and more profound revelation that was given with each succeeding Guru. One of the great and unique features of our religion is that we don't try to convert anyone to become a Sikh, and we respect all other religions. (This is a different "rule"? than others, right?) We also don't personalize God as someone separate from us. And our Gurus have given us guidelines for being as healthy, powerful, and saintly as possible in human form. -- Among these guidelines is not to eat or drink anything that pollutes the body (Meat leaves an excess of toxins in the bloodstream) and not to cut our hair, since it's obvious that God keeps trying to give it back to us by making it keep growing. (Believe it or not, hair does act as antennae and when uncut gives us more energy and power) As Sikhs we have been given a very universal, practical blueprint for living. Those who follow the Rehit know its value. This answer probably won't satisfy you, but I hope it will help you a little bit. Blessings to you.SP