Tea and Coffee

[ghatak]

sangat ji

Can amritdhaari sikh drink tea and coffee? is it ok to drink them?

also i think it is not prohibited in rehatnamas taught by dasam patshah ji

please advise and share thoughts

[N30S1NGH]

There is quite of diversity of drinking tea in the panth.

Some of sikhs drink tea and some of sikhs don't, tea topic should be last topic for a sikh as there is bigger things to worry about..It all depends on your perception, if you feel simple cup of tea in the morning will break your sikhi then don't drink it, if you take simple cup of tea in the morning as a refreshment nothing more or nothing less as long you are not addicted then its fine as well.

But over addiction of tea talk, great avtar of 20th century- sant baba nand singh ji maharaj- started chaah da bhog to Sri guru nanak dev nirankar every morning. This still happens at nanaksar in morning at 3:00- 4 am every morning. This further re-inforces, tea itself is not a issue but rather than perception while drinking tea- some make/drink tea as parsad (fully acceptable in the panth), some make/drink tea every morning as if they are addict, every morning is fine but being addict is contary to Gurmat (be honest with yourself you will know the answer), some don't drink tea at all consider it as poison which is fair enough as obviously it does not help in their sikhi.

There are equal amount of mahapursh (sant baba nand singh ji - sant isher singh ji rara sahib, sant harnam singh rampur kher wale etc) who drank tea and who don't drink tea (sant gurbachan singh ji bhindranwale, bhai randhir singh ji, sant kartar singh bhindranwale etc) as i said earlier its not the tea but perception behind it what matters..!!

To tea lovers: If you are addicted to tea admit it within yourself, try to skip weeks without it and see where you stand..any addiction but naam addiction is against gurmat.!!

To tea haters: Rise above, don't wrap your head around it, if small cup of tea can break your sikhi then you have long way to go people..!!

I have wrote all of above while drinking tea..lol..hehe..go ahead - sue me..!!!!!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

[VanHelsingh]

Does something like Ginger and Lemon tea have the same negative affect as standard tea leaves?

[Guest]

I like caffeine free tea

[Singh559]

Anything addictive is not good for your body, mind and especially jeevan. If you get addicted to chaa and you don't drink it in the morning you'll have a horrible day filled with headaches and mood swings.

Chaa was brought to Punjab by the britishers. If I had it my way I'd push to encourage a stop to catering at langars where they bring a whole buffet to Gurudwara with coke and a bunch of different things.

They should have simple daal, maybe one other sabji, some sweet (maybe kheer) and water or milk. Langar should be simple and slowly should stop bringing cha and instead promote healthy foods at Gurudwara.

There is nothing more healthy than daal, saag, roti or makki di roti. Basically whatever the sangat that is doing the langar sewa, if they can make it themselves without a caterer then it should be fine I guess.

[S4NGH]

http://www.dailymail...h-research.html

10ml of alcohol in every 1 litre of coke/pepsi which equates to approx. x2 teaspoons of alcohol!!

[simran345]

Tea is suppose to be good for health, it was on channel 4, it has good antioxidants or something like that, and good for a number of things... In relation to Sikhi, I dont know why people dont drink it, sorry.

[Singh559]

Green tea and that stuff that doesn't have caffeine won't be bad for you I guess. They supposedly do have health benefits like simran345 says, but just have to make sure they don't have caffeine as most don't.

Generally chaa is bad for you because it will become physically addictive and people will be in denial, just like a drug addict would as well. This applies to our families lol.

Just try telling a family member not to drink cha for a day or two and they will either say no and if they somehow agree they will be cranky and likely try to drink up again.

[simran345]

Yeah, i guess depends on how much one drinks too @ Singh559. My grandmother used to drink quite a few cups a day, "khaarkeh desi chaa", but when she didnt drink on one day, used to be so gusse, and start shouting at us lolz.

I dont drink more than 1-2cups a day. I guess it can get addictive if u dont drink it in moderation. But coffee is not good at all, not had coffee in years, gives headaches, like coka cola.....

[Consciousness]

sangat ji

Can amritdhaari sikh drink tea and coffee? is it ok to drink them?

also i think it is not prohibited in rehatnamas taught by dasam patshah ji

please advise and share thoughts

Drinking tea is manmat; if you are serious about gurmat naam abiaas it should be avoided. I used to have tea but it affects your avasta and gursikhi jeevan.

Daas

Consciousness