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Summary of Question:	Can A Circumcised Man Convert To Sikhi?
Category:	Sikh Practices
Date Posted:	Tuesday, 2/24/2004 8:41 PM MST

Dear Bhai Sahib Ji.

I am Christian circumsized..can I still be a sikh, what I mean is, will I be spiritually inferiorto other sikhs..the dude-Mardana with Guru Nanak was a Muslim he was probably circumsized right??

reply requested.

John

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Dear John,
Sat nam. For those converting to Sikhi, alterations of the body that cannot be reversed, such as circumcision or tattoos, do not count as something against you. Having irreversable alterations on your body does not make you any less of a Sikh! If/when you become Sikh, and certainly for any Sikh convert who becomes baptized in the Amrit ceremony, a vow is made not to (further) alter the body in any way, except for medical necessity (for example, a ruptured spleen that is removed). I cannot speak to your query about Mardana.
Guru ang sang,
-DKK