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Summary of Question:	Porn Against Sikhi?
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Thursday, 9/18/2003 11:17 AM MDT

Satnaam shi whaeguru ji

hello
is looking at porn forbidden in sikhism?

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Satnam Ji.
Porn objectifies women (sometimes also men). This is very disrespectful. It puts people into a class called 'sex object'. Doesn't matter if you don't know the person(s) you see in the porn. People who look at porn might decide that what they see in porn is how they should act in real life. Depending on the type of porn, this could be illegal (not to mention going against Sikh teachings).
Viewing porn also aggravates one of the 5 sins: lust. It aggravates sexual energy for improper purposes, and when it becomes an obsession, then one is really trapped by it.
Sexual energy is creative energy. It can be channeled into any kind of creative purpose in life. Sexual energy shared between married people is an expression of love, which is not considered bad in Sikhi. Porn is neither of these things. That should answer your question. Guru ang sang,
-DKK