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Why do Sikhs keep long, un-cut hair?

Humans are social animals and, in time, their way of life evolves into a codified set of traditions and laws - a code of conduct.

Love so much that it resonates with every single hair, every single breath, in every single moment, with every single action.

Guru Gobind Singh jee's horse had more wisdom than us. Once when Guru jee was travelling, the horse stopped. When the Sangat asked why, Guru jee replied that the field ahead was a tobacco field and the horse does not wish to touch tobacco. Vaheguru!

By transcending societal views of beauty, I believe that I can focus more on my actions. My attitude and thoughts and actions have more value in them than my body because I recognize that this body is just going to become ash in the end, so why fuss about it?

Despite not having a (worldly) mother since birth, the child sweetly said that all the Sikh bibia (ladies) are her mothers and all Sikh children are her brothers and sisters. Vaheguru! She said after taking Amrit Baba jee will remain with her for the rest of life...

Allowing your hair to grow is natural. Cutting hair is unnatural.

If you are a Sikh youth and wavering on this issue, I humbly suggest you really explore your reasons for not wearing the Five K’s. Go to your parents, find older Sikhs who’ve gone through the same issue, read the example of other Sikhs, and go to Waheguru–that wonderful light which dispels all darkness–for guidance.

Some fear that some of that so-called "immoral income" could then be used for the langer - the free meals provided around the clock at the gurdwara. Kohinoor Singh from The Sikh Channel Kohinoor Singh from the Sikh Channel said breaking the code was one of the biggest issues for UK Sikhs

I have always been a pacifist, to the point of being a love-bliss, I hate war kind of hippie with thoughts to match it. My favorite musicians, pop idols are John Lennon and Bob Marley. Even though I had been baptized as a teenager, I only wore a small khanda around my neck that my mom gave me.

The message of ‘Ek Onkar’, the theory of oneness propounded by first Sikh Guru Nanak Dev Ji, has inspired a Sikh to not only set up a multi-million dollar business empire in the US but also turned him into a motivational speaker, now popularly called ‘Mr Stress-free’

All sciences and all fashions travel within the Guru, and the Guru cannot be seen by the light of science and of time.

Shanti Kaur answers this tough question about being a Sikh and the value that this lifestyle offers.