The Guru replied, “That field was planted with tobacco and it wasn’t me that halted, rather it was my Blue Horse which having caught scent of the tobacco, refused to go any further. It refused to walk through such an unclean place”.
So if my horse was not willing to enter the field of tobacco then neither should my Sikhs be exposed to such pollution.” Every action of our Guru ji was done for a reason.
Smoking is an obstruction in meditation and meeting God.
How can you expect one to drink at night and then wake up early in the morning to meditate? People that are addicted to smoking smoke many cigarette packages in a day. How can they focus on meditating on God when they have an urge to smoke most of the time?
The concept is not to do anything that will deviate you from your path to meet God. Sikh Gurus created a lifestyle with which one remains focused in life to meet God.
Rehat Maryada
ਸਣ ਗਰਸਿੱਖ ਕੀ ਰਹਿਤ ਕੋ ਤਜੇ ਤਮਾਕੂ ਸੰਗ॥ਮਰਣੀ ਮਰੈ ਤੌ ਅਤਿ ਭਲਾ ਜਗਤ ਜੂਠ ਨਹਿ ਅੰਗ ॥”Listen to the discipline of the Gursikh whom relinquishes the accompaniment of tobacco, avoiding bodily contact with tobacco as he/she knows that he/she is better off dead than having to touch tobacco.”
http://www.scys-online.org/site/Rehat18.html’Five not to be associated with (i.e. not to eat with or marry your children to)1. Tobacco users’People who smoke or use any form of tobacco (or drugs) are not to be associated with.2. Female InfanticideThose who kill their daughters at birth:3. Those who sell their daughtersThose who receive money for the marriage of their daughters.4. Those that cut some of their hair from their head5. Those who completely shave all their hair from their face and head
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji:
ਪਾਨ ਸਪਾਰੀ ਖਾਤੀਆ ਮਖਿ ਬੀੜੀਆ ਲਾਈਆ ॥(SGGS jeeo-726)पान सढ़पारी खातीआ मढ़खि बीड़ीआ लाईआ ॥ Pĝn supĝrī khĝtīĝ mukh bīrīĝ lĝīĝ. ‘Those who eat betel nuts and betel leaf and put cigarette in mouth’ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਜਮਿ ਪਕੜਿ ਚਲਾਈਆ ॥੧੩॥ हरि हरि कदे न चेतिओ जमि पकड़ि चलाईआ ॥१३॥ Har har kadė na chėtio jam pakar chalĝīĝ. ||13|| ‘but do not contemplate the Lord, Har, Har – the Messenger of Death will seize them and take them away. ||13||’ ‘Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji:ਮਾਣਸ ਭਰਿਆ ਆਣਿਆ ਮਾਣਸ ਭਰਿਆ ਆਇ ॥ ਜਿਤ ਪੀਤੈ ਮਤਿ ਦੂਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਬਰਲ ਪਵੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਇ ॥ ਆਪਣਾ ਪਰਾਇਆ ਨ ਪਛਾਣਈ ਖਸਮਹ ਧਕੇ ਖਾਇ ॥ ਜਿਤ ਪੀਤੈ ਖਸਮ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥”One person brings a full bottle, and another fills his cup. Drinking sharab, (alcohol), his intelligence departs, and madness enters his mind; he cannot distinguish between his own and others, and he is struck down by Waheguru, his Lord and Master. Drinking it, he forgets Waheguru, his Lord and Master, and he is punished in the Court of the Lord.” (Ang 554, SGGS)
“This body is the Temple of the Lord, in which the jewel of spiritual wisdom is revealed. The self-willed manmukhs do not know anything at all; they do not believe that the Lord’s Temple is within. ||2||”(SGGS – 1346)
Guru Maharaj Had given us his Image, Roop to his Sikh also, in due course as our Guru was to do, we should ourselves.
“The Khalsa is my own form; I manifest myself through the Khalsa. So long as Khalsa remains distinct; I bestow all glory on them.” ‘(Guru Gobind Singh)
When Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Maharaj met Babar (1483-1530), the man who would become the first the Mughal Emperor of India, offered him a shared pipe of [Bhang], Nanak replied that he had a bhang whose wonderful effects never wore off. Inquiring of Nanak where he could find such wonderful bhang – Nanak declined the emperor’s offer, saying GOD the [SAT GURU] was his bhang.
Extract from Rehat Maryada
“Those that consume even a minuscule amount of tobacco are disowned in the afterlife by their ancestors and drinking water from such a person is similar to drinking alcohol. By drinking alcohol seven generations are exterminated and by consuming Bhang/marajuana the body is destroyed. The person who consumes tobacco exterminates one hundred generations and many generations go to hell because of gossiping.” (Sri Gur Partap Suraj, Rit 5, ansoo 29, volume 13)
Therefore in Gurmat the use of tobacco is strictly forbidden and it should not be touched/used even by mistake. Other religions have also forbade the use of tobacco, a Hindu Puran tells Hindus how to restrain from tobacco in the following way:
“The Brahmin that consumes tobacco is donated charity by others. Those that give charity to such a person Go to hell and the Brahmin becomes a pig.” (Skandh Purana, Dh. 52, Salok 52)
The person, who uses tobacco and then gives charity to Brahmins, goes to Rorve Hell and the Brahmin who receives this charity becomes a pig, cleaning dirty drains and going through many hells. Satguru has made the use of tobacco a cardinal sin. You are not to eat with or marry your children into the families of those that consume, smoke or use tobacco.
Remember also your Guru gave you, your karra Kakkar (steel bracelet) your Guru is always with you do as your guru would with your actions.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/smoking.html
http://www.quit-smoking-stop.com/harmful-smoking-effects.html
Those mortals who consume marijuana, fish and wine no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell. ||233||Sri Guru Granth Sahib ANG 1377
Are you going to listen to the Guru?
The Guru’s Word saves one from falling into hell. Sri Guru Granth Sahib ANG 177
kut(h)aa hukaa charas thamaakoo || gaa(n)jaa ttopee thaarree khaakoo || ein kee our n kabehoo dhaekai || rehithava(n)th so si(n)gh visaekhai ||
Meat, opium, drugs and tobacco. Ganja, wearing hats, another’s woman and alcohol. He who never even gazes at these evils. Recognise them as my disciplined Singh.
Rehatnama Bhai Desa Singh
jan madh khaae madhaaree ghooman sooramae ||
The fighters who were struck by the mace, were roaming like the drug addicts taking drugs.
Guru Gobind Singh
Dasam Granth
290
seel sa(n)jam such bha(n)nee khaanaa khaaj ahaaj ||
Humility, self-control and purity have run away; people eat the uneatable, forbidden food.
Page 1243 Guru Nanak Dev Ji
bikh t(h)agouree khaae moot(h)o chith n sirajanehaar ||
He takes the intoxicating drugs of cruelty and corruption, and is plundered. He is not conscious of the Creator Lord God.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Raag Saarang
1229
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