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Cannabis and Sikhism
In Sikhism, some Sikhs particularly of the Nihang community use edible cannabis in a religious context. They make use of cannabis by ingestion. It is used to make a drink called Shaheedi Degh which is meant to help Nihang Singhs become highly present in the moment. Nihang Singhs used marijuana in the early times of Sikh history during times of battle, it is believed to help them become more fierce warriors.
The first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak, stated that using any mind altering substance (without medical purposes) is a distraction from God. Guru Nanak was offered bhang by the Mughal emperor Babur; Nanak however declined, and recited this shabad:
Fear of Thee, o Lord, is my bhang, and my mind the pouch in which I carry it. Intoxicated with this bhang I have abandoned all interest in worldly concerns.
The SGPC has also added a section in their rehait maryada (Sikh codes of conduct) that bans the Cannabis, opium and liquor for all Sikhs that follow its rehit maryada. The following is a translated quote from the rehait maryada. "A Sikh must not take hemp (cannabis), opium, liquor, tobacco, in short, any intoxicant. His only routine intake should be food."
Bhang (hemp) was a wild-growth plant found in the jungles of Punjab and along river-banks. An intoxicating drink can be produced by pounding the plant in a mortar and sifting it.
The Sikhs inherited the tradition of drinking originates from the sixth Sikh guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib who started it to give sikhs Bir Ras (warrior spirit) and to get them energized, as Sikhs used to get up early for amrit vela and not go back to sleep till after the evening prayers of Sohila Sahib.
ਬਿਦਿਹ ਸਾਕੀਯਾ ਸਾਗ਼ਰੇ ਸਬਜ਼ ਗੂੰ ॥
‘Oh! Saki Give me the cup full of green (liquid)
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Cannabis and Sikhism
In Sikhism, some Sikhs particularly of the Nihang community use edible cannabis in a religious context. They make use of cannabis by ingestion. It is used to make a drink called Shaheedi Degh which is meant to help Nihang Singhs become highly present in the moment. Nihang Singhs used marijuana in the early times of Sikh history during times of battle, it is believed to help them become more fierce warriors.
The first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak, stated that using any mind altering substance (without medical purposes) is a distraction from God. Guru Nanak was offered bhang by the Mughal emperor Babur; Nanak however declined, and recited this shabad:
Fear of Thee, o Lord, is my bhang, and my mind the pouch in which I carry it. Intoxicated with this bhang I have abandoned all interest in worldly concerns.
The SGPC has also added a section in their rehait maryada (Sikh codes of conduct) that bans the Cannabis, opium and liquor for all Sikhs that follow its rehit maryada. The following is a translated quote from the rehait maryada. "A Sikh must not take hemp (cannabis), opium, liquor, tobacco, in short, any intoxicant. His only routine intake should be food."
Bhang (hemp) was a wild-growth plant found in the jungles of Punjab and along river-banks. An intoxicating drink can be produced by pounding the plant in a mortar and sifting it.
The Sikhs inherited the tradition of drinking originates from the sixth Sikh guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib who started it to give sikhs Bir Ras (warrior spirit) and to get them energized, as Sikhs used to get up early for amrit vela and not go back to sleep till after the evening prayers of Sohila Sahib.
ਬਿਦਿਹ ਸਾਕੀਯਾ ਸਾਗ਼ਰੇ ਸਬਜ਼ ਗੂੰ ॥
‘Oh! Saki Give me the cup full of green (liquid)
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