Garlic In The Gurdwara.

[Khalistan4eva]

Cany someone please educated me on this. Is this Hindu influence or is there a genuine reason why such a profoundly healthy food is not used in the langar ?

[MokhamSingh]

Garlic has aphrodisiac properties. That may be one reason why it was excluded from holy places.

[Khalistan4eva]

Garlic has aphrodisiac properties. That may be one reason why it was excluded from holy places.

Garlic has aphrodisiac properties. That may be one reason why it was excluded from holy places.

It stands to reason that natural foods like Garlic would have such an effect. But on that basis a lot of foods would be banned from the Gurdwara.

[N30S1NGH]

Mokham Singh is right..!!!

Actually i have seen the opposite...most of gurdwara abroad don't have ban rajoguni foods, ...amount of spices - garam masala and restaurant type food in langar is mind blowing no wonder people in maharaj's darbar cannot concentrate either they are itching or try to burp due to gas or their mind is chanchal(is going different directions) not to mention - stinky bathrooms..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tuhintuhin]

waheguru ji,,,,,

maybe someone can shred more light on this.....Bhagat Kabeer ji has also mentioned somewhere in Bani that Garlic has bad properties........

[Mehtab Singh]

[Guest dasguruka]

Guruji blessed me with seva at a gurudwara and I learned from the langri (cook) that back in the war days garlic use to get all the singhs fired up and you literally start sweating if you chew it. So Hindus learned this and associated it with a bad name. And slowly it was taken out.

[Mehtab Singh]

Saints usually avoid any kind of taddka in their diet. Its known from Gyani Thakur Singh jee's katha that Sant Jarnail Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale used to have daal with just haldee and salt. Having said that, the basic point is to NOT be a slave to the tongue's tastes, and at the same time, a Sikh isn't fanatical about avoiding onions/garlic just because some Hindu school of thought considers it unclean. You guys will be surprised, one of my buzurg relatives (non-Sikh) I met in India last month had a bad impression about their local Gurdwara because they add garlic to the food. I said Sikhi has no such prohibition on garlic. He said even Hindus don't have a prohibition per say, but what he said next was shocking. "Lassan Musalmaan aa", probably referring to the fact that garlic excites one's lower energies (i.e. enhances your sexual appetite) and the Mughals were well known for their lustful crimes against non-Muslim bibiyaan back in their days. Anyways, what I found hilarious was labeling food items in a communal fashion. Whats next? Aloo Hindu aa? Tamatar Jain aa? Chholley Sikh aa? How wonderful if we all could co-exist in the sabji mandi of this world!

[Jonny101]

Nothing against Sikhi to use Garlic. In fact, Garlic just makes the langar taste better and it's good for the body. Why should we stop using Garlic or Onion? as long as meat is not used no need to create a fuss over Garlic. Naam Simran has enough shakti to counter the effects of any rajoguni or tamoguni good if that's what garlic is. We just need to have faith in Naam and follow Guru Jee's hukams.

[N30S1NGH]

Whats next? Aloo Hindu aa? Tamatar Jain aa? Chholley Sikh aa? How wonderful if we all could co-exist in the sabji mandi of this world!

mega lol..!! hahahah..lol :excited: