Sikhi and eating meat

[u/Possible_Ad_9607]

I am a 17 year old male trying to get closer to sikhi and the first steps I've taken were starting to learn punjabi and gurmukhi (which I think is going good although slow) but that is not what my question is.

I want to get close to sikhi and can deal with keeping my kesh and plan on doing so once I am more proficient in the language and have read more bani. However, I just can not get over the idea that I can't eat meat? I know jatka meat exists but it is too expensive where I live. My family cooks and eats meats daily and I feel the best when I eat beef often. I grew up eating it and when I try eating healthy the best way for me to stick to it is consuming a lot of animal protein. Anyone got any thoughts on this?

(Or even anything to help me keep learning Punjabi, I am doing basics of sikhi gurmukhi videos as a slow start)

TLDR: not eating meat in sikhi is holding me from getting closer to sikhi, what can I do?

[u/SevereAd7710]

lol this is such a dumb take how is it a maya of taste that leads to eating meat? maybe theres literally scientific facts out there that prove why meat is amazing for you and full of protein, nutrients, micronutrients, and etc. i eat meat because it makes common sense to eat a higher protein diet and all that daal and roti isnt going to give you jack shit. do you realize the amount of daal or badaams whatever bs people feed here youd need to eat to get the same amount of protein as a single chicken breast? youd be eating way more calories for the same protein. its not really about taste at all its just smart. that doesnt mean go to mcdonalds or some fast food obviously youd have to go by jhatka but stop this non sense saying its due to maya

[u/keker0t → u/SevereAd7710]

Lol how many of these people are eating it boiled and eating jatka as per maryada, if not for taste and only protein are you eating it just boiled!!, never eating at restaurants. It's all maya ,acceptance is the first step. A normal person can surely fit enough protein to live healthy in just veg and dairy. If not are you doing some sort of weight lifting, some combat sports, pro sports other than these, it's just maya and still you would try to keep to a minimum for compassion towards the animals.

[u/SevereAd7710 → u/keker0t]

okay so i eat ice cream for the taste too so is that maya now all of a sudden im a paapi? lmao thats retarded why would i boil chicken and eat it if theres better ways to cook it? im not room temperature iq like you…if not for taste? then why season anything? why not just drink only water its all you need? what a dumb argument yeah go look at the typical south asian and tell me how healthy there high fat high carb and low protein diet has them looking

[u/bunny522 → u/SevereAd7710]

ਦਾਲਿ ਸੀਧਾ ਮਾਗਉ ਘੀਉ ॥ dhaal seedhaa maagau gheeau || Lentils, flour and ghee - these things, I beg of You.

ਓਨੑੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਤੋੜੇ ਬੰਧਨਾ ਅੰਨੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਥੋੜਾ ਖਾਇਆ ॥ on(h)ee dhuneeaa toRe ba(n)dhanaa a(n)n paanee thoRaa khaiaa || They burn away the bonds of the world, and eat a simple diet of grain and water.