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Summary of Question:	Being A Good Sikh
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Tuesday, 4/20/2004 5:49 PM MDT

hi there

just a query. i do cut my hair, i do shave, and i dont wear a turban. However i am thinking of quitting drink, i do eat non halal meat-the meat issue is a complex one which i beleieve will never be resolved, and i beleieve i can eat meat provided its not halal. However there are some sikhs who have turban &beard but they drink etc. Who is this case is a better sikh? me, who has cut his hair etc, but doesnt drink, or the person whose got turban but still drinks etc.?

Sorry if anyone found my question offensive, i was just curious

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If you want an answer according to the rehit, then I would have to say neither of you are good Sikhs. Don't use someone else's errors in life to justify your own. Go within and decide for yourself who you are...what is your identity? Match your outer expression with your inner identity. You are the only one who can decide these things. Stand before the mirror and ask yourself, "Am I the son or daughter of the Guru? What would it feel life...look like to be so?"
Blessings. GTKK