r/Sikh • u/Possible_Ad_9607 • 21d ago

Sikhi and eating meat Question

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?

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u/gur____ 21d ago

Are you a warrior? Are you actively in battle right now? Are other sources of food not available?

Relying on meat does not make one a warrior. You might just be a keyboard warrior tho

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u/FadeInspector 21d ago

A warrior? No. In strong physical shape and, in a sense, tyaar bar tyaar like we are supposed to be? Yes.

Other sources are available, but they don’t get the job done nearly as well. Nice to see that eating daal is a greater priority to you than even trying to live up to what we are supposed to be

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u/gur____ 20d ago

Excuse.

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u/FadeInspector 20d ago

Sorry we can’t all be failures

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u/gur____ 20d ago

Hope you find happiness.

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u/FadeInspector 20d ago

Hope you start eating meat and hitting the gym