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Do you think catering food in langar is ok?  

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  1. 1. Do you think catering food in langar is ok?

    • If I work for the $ I can pay for catering of langar
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    • Catering is not same as seva, should be cooked by self
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    • no comment/ I dunno
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Simran9 Grand Master

Simran9

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Simple poll but if the options are confusing heres explanation:

some ppl think that if they work day and night for thier money, they should be able to spend it on catering for langar so they can at least relax a little and listen to the keertan. If they do the seva of cooking themselves then they don't get a chance to leave the kitchen and enjoy the program.

some ppl think that langar is something special and should be cooked by ones own hands and not catered from restaurant wale who probably use the same pots and pans for cooking meat for parties. Plus they think if one doesn't cook the langar themselves, then what other seva is left for them to do (besides clean up afterwards) ? having program in the gurdwara is opportunity to do seva, but if you do catering then u juz missed out on that.

so what does sangat here think? please vote.

thanx

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ms514 Grand Master

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Sat Sri Akal:

Langar should be made on the premesis of the Gurudwara Sahib with the Sewadaars making it themselves. The food should be prepared with the Sewadaars reciting Gurbani. This love for the Guru and the devotion of the Sewadaars is something completely different from the cater-cooking, which is done in God-knows-what sanitary conditions.

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Result of the poll  :TH:  Whopping majority Say "No, it's not okay"

hmmmm... thats not what some elders think rolleyes.gif

Thats because they have lost the real purpose of what the Langar is. It is not just something to eat, but it is the blessed food that one eat made from the hands of the Sangat.

The Importance of the Sangat mentioned in the SGGS is invaluable.

Food made out of sheer Love in the presences and in the vibration of our Shabad Guru > Food bought from a restaurant.

It is truely that simple. That said, here is the other side of the situation

By no means am i against buying desert of other small items of Food. You have to understand, Food becomes blessfull not because it is cook

ed in the Gurudwara, but by whom it is cooked and in whos presence and by the status of the mind of who cooked it. The food you cook at home can be just as Potent in Bliss as can teh Food you eat at the Gurudwara.

Now One thing to note is that when you arrive in the Gurudwara no matter what situation your mind was before hand, a transformation begins to happen when being in the presence of the Sangat and Guru Sahib. You get bombarded with love and celestial vibrations of naam. Same can be said about Food, hence during Ardaas we take a Thaal of food and place it near the Guru and during the Ardaas we ask for it to be blessed.

The Choice falls either way, but the importance of Food being prepared by the Sangat themselves will "Always" bear greater fruit for both the one who eats the Langar and those who prepare the Langar.

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Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

You people that what catering in langar is the biggest fool ever. Langar is a tradition that has been going for about 390 years. wacko.gif What kinda people are uif u want to make money of langar. langar is free to all people of age or race. you people make me mad. wacko.gif :wub: :D @

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

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no, there was an article in the Sikh news paper in UK, this man had an alergy which couldnt be cured, he was allergic to egg,

any way at a wedding and there was a catering company who prepared food, (I wont say langar, as i dont agree it can be called Guru Ka Langar), any way the guy ate Rasmalai and died, they thought it was gurdwara dal or something but it was checked and was found to be Rasmalie provided by the catering company.

wat im saying is these companies put any thing and everything.

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