The document discusses the importance of keeping uncut hair according to Sikh beliefs. It states that hair is a gift from Waheguru (God) and cutting it would be disrespecting the creator's design. Leaving hair uncut is seen as accepting God's will and living in harmony with natural law. The document also references scientific reasons for why hair was designed to grow and claims benefits like vitamin D production. It emphasizes that cutting hair goes against Sikh identity and the teachings of the Gurus to preserve hair as one of the five articles of the Khalsa faith.

1. HAIR
A DIVINE GIFT
FROM GOD
(WAHEGURU)

2. Who placed the hair on our
body?
Every Being has a pre-ordained
pre-
amount of hair. This is Waheguru’s
plan/design. We are Waheguru’s
creation
HAIR IS GODS WILL AND IS DESTINED
TO GROW

3. TRIMMING, CUTTING AND REMOVING
HAIR
PLAYING THE ROLE OF GOD
• Declining the gift given by • Do not approve of Gods
God/ gods will physical creation
• Disfiguring the shape given to • Regarding Gods perfect
mankind creation as imperfect
• Taking Pleasure in finding • SIKHS- LOSING OUR
SIKHS-
faults in the blue print IDENTITY,
IDENTITY, JOINING THE
prepared by god VAST MAJORITY AND
DISCARDING OUR OWN
• Showing off him/herself as RICH HERITAGE AND
better qualified and more PHILOSOPHY GIVEN BY
competent than God OUR PERFECT GURUS

4. What happens when we cut our hair?
THE SHAVERS RECEIVE A DOUBLE BLOW
1) FROM THE SHAVING BLADE
2) FROM NATURE WHEN NEW HAIR GROWS
IN DEFIANCE OF THEIR INTENTIONS
BUT THEY DO NOT WAKE UP
TO THE ULTIMATE REALITY
EVEN WHEN NATURE
SLAPS THEIR FACES

5. What happens when we cut our hair?
WE WILL NEVER BEAT GODS CREATION
DEVINE LAWS AND TRUTH ALWAYS WIN
• Persistent growth of hair acts as a
rebuff to the efforts of the shaver
• The Hair rebels, grows back
quicker, stronger, harder and
darker
• Nature administers a snub to
them every morning by letting it
grow again
• We get stubble
Our faces/body goes green

6. WHY DO WE CUT OUR HAIR?
WHEN GROWING HAIR, SOCIETY ASKS THE
QUESTION, “WHY ARE YOU GROWING YOUR
HAIR”?
THIS ONE QUESTION UNFORTUNATELY RAISES
MANY DOUBTS IN OUR DELUDED MIND WHICH
THEN RESULTS IN US REMOVING OUR HAIR
EDUCATION IN SIKHISM IS THE KEY!
IN SOCIETYS IGNORANCE OR LACK OF EDUCATION
THEY FORGET THAT HAIR LIKE OTHER LIMBS OF
THE BODY IS A PART AND PARCEL OF THE HUMAN
BODY!!!
THE QUESTION TO SOCIETY SHOULD INFACT BE
“WHY ARE YOU NOT GROWING YOUR HAIR???

7. INHERITED HABIT FROM OTHERS
THROUGH CENTURIES HAVE MISTAKEN
THE SHAVEN FACE AND SHORN HAIR AS A
NATURAL FORM. THE REASON IS THAT, IN
THIS WORLD, THERE ARE SO FEW AND SO
RARE PEOPLE WHO STICK TO AND ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE ETERNAL LAW OF
NATURE

8. WE BECOME IGNORANT TO
OUR GURU JI’S TEACHINGS
AND BEHAVE LIKE SHEEP AND
FOLLOW THE FLOCK, SOCIETY

9. A true follower of the Sikh faith DOES realize that
Waheguru has blessed us with sacred hair from our very
birth, and these remain with us until our death.
A true Sikh of the Guru neither comes nor goes naked from
this world as all parts of the body are covered with the
precious gift of hair
Who are we pleasing??
What purpose does it serve??
To please our own vanity??
Which court do we want to be
accepted at??

10. BOW OUR HEADS DOWN TO
OUR TRUE GURU JI’S, NOT THE
BARBER!!

11. By Disfiguring Waheguru’s shape given to mankind ,
society leads us astray enormously from natures
true image!!
Society and civilisation has moulded us in to
something we are not!!
The creator has given beards to men but they shave
them every day and try to look like women

12. EVEN WHEN WOMEN CUT THEIR HAIR THEY LOOK
LIKE MEN BY IMITATIING THEM IN THIS
UN-NATURAL PURSUIT, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE
UN-
HAVE GAINED ABSOLOUTLEY NOTHING FROM THIS
IN THE EYES OF THE CREATOR

13. People alter appearance to the
shape of models or dolls creating
illnesses like Anorexia, Bulimia

14. Completely shaving off their divine
gift

15. People disfiguring themselves:
Plastic surgery
So what is true image?

16. TRUE IMAGE

17. IDENTITY!!!
HAIR IS ONE OF THE 5 SYMBOLS OF SIKH FAITH. WE KEEP OUR
HAIR TO PRESERVE OUR IDENTITY.
HAIR IS THE SYMBOL OF LOVE FOR GOD , THE RESPECT AND
ACCEPTANCE FOR HIS SPECAIL GIFT
SYMBOL OF SAINTLINESS, SPIRITUALITY, POWER, CONCIOUSNESS
AND STRENGTH
KEEPING THE HAIR IN ITS NATURAL STATE IS REGARDED AS LIVING
IN HARMONY WITH THE WILL OF GOD, AND IS A SYMBOL OF THE
KHALSA
KHALSA SIKH PANTH IS THE ONLY SPIRITUAL PATH IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD, WHERE, PRESERVATION OF NATURAL HAIR IS AN
IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF WORSHIP. THE SIKHS
LOOK DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE.
WERE DISTINCTIVE, UNIQUE, GURU JI MADE US LIONS AND STAND
OUT EVEN IN THE CROWD OF MILLIONS!! IF WE LOSE OUR
IDENTITY WE BECOME COUNTLESS, HELPLESS SHEEPS,COMMON
MAN

18. HAIR-
HAIR- SIKHS/HUMANITY MUST
FOLLOW AND ACCEPT THE ETERNAL
LAW OF NATURE
To be a sikh is to accept the will of God and remain as “pure”
or “natural” as possible….. AND NOT TO WORK AGAINST THE
LAWS OF NATURE, A UNIVERSAL LAW OF NATURE.
A Sikh must submit to the will of God. Keeping uncut hair
indicates that one is willing to accept Gods gift as God
intended us to.
WAHEGURU IS IN EVERY LAST HAIR ON OUR BODY

19. GURU JI’S TEACHINGS
OUR GURU JI’S ACCEPTED AND EMPHASIZED THE
UNDERSTANDING
THAT MAN WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF THE TRUE LORD
WAHEGURU. THEY TAUGHT THAT THE LORD WAHEGURU IS
PERFECT IN MORE WAYS THAN WE CAN UNDERSTAND OR
IMAGINE.
THERFORE THE HUMAN WAS CREATED IN AN IMAGE THAT
THE LORD SAW FIT AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE HAIR ON
ONE’S BODY WAS DESTINED TO GROW.
HENCE TO CUT THAT HAIR IS REGARDED AS AN ACT AGAINST
WAHEGURU’S WILL

20. WHY OUR IDENTITY IS SO
ESSENTIAL!!!!!!!!!
Sikhs get mistaken for Muslims, Sikhs have been classed as terrorists
and extremists. The common person would assume because a Sikh
and Muslim have facial hair and a turban, that were the same?? Or
were misrepresented in the media
WHOS FAULT IS THIS??? COULD IT BE OUR OWN??
MAYBE IT IS?

21. Preserve our unique identity!
5 articles of faith!! 5 k’s
khalsa identity
Do we look like Muslims NOW?
NO!

22. SOME HAVE TRIED TO BLEND INTO WESTERN SOCIETY BY DOING
WHAT WAS UNTHINKABLE FOR A SIKH - CUTTING THEIR HAIR
IS THIS THE SOLUTION??
WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?
SOME ARE PRESSURED BY SOCIETY
SOME EVEN LIE AND MAKE UP STORYS THAT THEY
GOT ATTACKED???
SOME ARE PRESSURED BY PARENTS TO KEEP HAIR
BUT THE PARENTS DON’T EXPLAIN WHY?

23. REAL PRESSURE
SATNAM SINGH
“I HAVE NEVER CUT MY HAIR IN MY LIFE. FOR ME, AS A SIKH, THE
POSSIBLIITY OF HAVING MY HAIR CUT IS LIKE FACING THE DEATH
PENALTY”
SINGHS 84 YEAR OLD FATHER SAID “PLEASE CUT OFF MY SONS
HEAD INSTEAD OF CUTTING HIS HAIR”

24. Keeping hair signifies total surrender to Waheguru –
As Bhai Taru Singh Ji gave away his life rather than having the hair
removed

25. SPIRITUAL FUNCTION
ENERGY CONCENTRATION
DASAM DAWAR

26. The bible talks of a man called Sampson Who obtained
supernatural powers through his long hair. His hair was later
cut and consequently lost his powers

27. There is a belief that most of the
worlds prophets and saints
including Jesus, Moses, Abraham,
Buddha and Hindu prophets all
had unshorn hair.

28. SCIENCE VIEW
OUR GURU JI’S KNEW BEST BUT IN TODAYS AGE, WHEN SCIENCE
HOLDS THE SWAY MOST PEOPLE DEMAND AN EXPLANANTION OR
JUSTIFICATION FOR EVERYTHING!
GUESS WHAT???
SCIENCE SUPPORTS KEEPING YOUR HAIR

29. SCIENCE AND HAIR
WE ARE ALL BORN WITH A SET COUNT OF HAIR FOLLICLES,
AND UNFORTUNATLEY THERES NOTHING WE CAN DO TO STOP
THAT COUNT.
THE DIAMETER OF EACH HAIR STRAND, THE TEXTURE, THE
AMOUNT OF WAVE AND THE COLOUR ARE PREDETERMINED
AS WELL

30. VITAMIN D
• VITAMAIN D IS AN ITEM THAT IS BECOMING SCARCE TODAY. VITAMIN D
IN VEGETEABLES IS MISSING TO A GREAT EXTENT AS A RESULT OF THE
INSECTICIDES BEING SPRAYED FOR THE PROTECTION OF VEGETABLE
CROPS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES.
• THE LACK OF VITAMIN D IS BEING FELT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
WORLD
• HAIR SERVES AS A FACTORY PROVIDING VITAMIN D FOR THE BODY.
VITAMIN D PROTECTS AGAINST THE FATAL DISEASE LIKE TUBERCULOSIS
AND IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR BONES, TEETH AND NERVOUS
SYSTEM
• THE LONGER THE HAIR, THERE WILL BE MORE PRODUCTION OF VITAMIN
D THROUGH THE INTERACTION OF SUN HEAT WITH OIL IN THE HAIR

31. HAIR AND PROTEIN
HARMS OF REMOVING HAIR
• HARDLY 0.5% OF THE PROTEIN THAT WE TAKE IN WITH OUR
DAILY DIET IS SPENT ON THE UPKEEP OF HAIR.
• CUT/TRIMMED/ OR REMOVED HAIR CONSUMES MUCH MORE
PROTEIN BECAUSE THIS HAS TO BE SPENT ON THE RE-GROWTH
RE-
OF THE HAIR, SO WE ARE WASTING EXTRA EXPENSE OF PROTEIN
• WAHEGURU HAS CREATED WIHTIN THE HUMAN BODY AN
VERY INTERESTING MECHANISM TO HELP CONTINUOUS
GROWTH OF THE HAIR. THIS MECHANISM CONTINUES
BEING OPERATIONAL UNTIL ONE’S LAST BREATH. THIS IS
WAHEGURUS GREAT MYSTERY , ONLY HE KNOWS THE FULL
SIGNIFICANCE OF KEEPING THE HAIR

32. VITAMIN D
If the rare vitamin D can be obtained
free from nature only by keeping long
hair, health wise also it becomes
imperative for human beings to keep
long hair

33. HAIR IS A MEAN OF RECEIVING ENERGY FOR THE
BRAIN FROM THE SUN
‘HAIR POWER’ IS THE OUTCOME OF RELATING HAIR AS A
EVER CHARGING ENERGIZING BATTERY FOR THE HUMAN
MACHINE
BY CUTTING/TRIMMING THE HAIR WE DESTROY TO GREAT
EXTENT THIS GREAT SYSTEM

34. MORE SCIENTIFIC FACTS
• HAIR TRAPS AN • HAIR PROVIDES
INSULATING LAYER LARGER SURFACE
OF STILL AIR JUST AREA FOR
OUTSIDE THE SKIN, EVAPORATION OF
WHICH REDUCES SWEAT
LOSS OF HEAT BY
RADIATION
• Hair inside the
inner ear help to
• HAIR OBSORBS
HARMFUL
balance the body
RADIATIONS FROM
THE SUN

35. BALANCE MECHANISM IN THE EAR

36. EYE LASHES, NOSTRIL HAIR
AND EAR HAIRS KEEP OUT
DUST PARTICLES

37. Following 2 Gurbani Shabads from Guru Granth
Sahib prove that a Muslim Saint Bhagat Fareed
Jee, had unshorn hair
PrIdw isru pilAw dwVI plI muCW BI plIAW ]
Fareed, your hair has turned grey, your beard has turned
grey, and your moustache has turned grey.
ry mn gihly bwvly mwxih ikAw rlIAW ]55]
O my thoughtless and insane mind, why are you indulging in
pleasures? ||55|| Part 1380
mÚ 3 ] PrIdw kwlI DaulI swihbu sdw hY jy ko iciq kry ]
Fareed, whether one's hair is black or grey, our Lord and
Master is always here if one remembers Him.
Awpxw lwieAw iprmu n lgeI jy locY sBu koie ]
This loving devotion to the Lord does not come by one's own
efforts, even though all may long for it.
eyhu iprmu ipAwlw Ksm kw jY BwvY qY dyie ]13]
This cup (mind) of loving devotion belongs to our Lord and Master;
He gives it to whomever He likes. ||13|| part 1378

38. Following Gurbani Shabad from Guru Granth
Sahib reveals that Waheguru is present in each
& every tiny hair on the body & tine particles
throughout the creation
qyris qyrh Agm bKwix ] ArD aurD ibic sm pihcwix ]
On the thirteenth day of the lunar cycle, the thirteen holy
books proclaim that you must recognize the Lord in the nether
regions of the underworld, space as well as the sky.
nIc aUc nhI mwn Amwn ] ibAwipk rwm sgl swmwn ]14]
There is no high or low, no honor or dishonor in Waheguru’s
Kingdom. The Lord is pervading and permeating all. ||14||
caudis caudh lok mJwir ] rom rom mih bsih murwir ]
On the fourteenth day of the lunar cycle, in the fourteen worlds
and on each and every hair, the Lord abides.
sq sMqoK kw Drhu iDAwn ] kQnI kQIAY bRhm igAwn ]15]
Keep focus on such truth and be content. By contemplating & speaking
such words, Divine wisdom is obtained ||15|| Part 344

39. Hair too help to meditate in addition to
eyes, tongue and other senses
Awsw mhlw 5 ] siqguru Apnw sd sdw sm@wry ] gur ky crn kys sMig Jwry ]1]
I contemplate, forever and ever, the True Guru (Waheguru); with my hair,
I dust the feet of the Guru i.e. humbly meditate on the Gurbani
||1||
jwgu ry mn jwgnhwry ] ibnu hir Avru n Awvis kwmw JUTw mohu imiQAw pswry ]1] rhwau ] AMg 387
Be wakeful, O my awakening (human) mind! Without the Lord, nothing
else shall be of use to you; false is emotional attachment, and useless are
worldly entanglements. ||1||Pause||
gUjrI mhlw 5 ] kir ikrpw Apnw drsu dIjY jsu gwvau inis Aru Bor ]
Show Mercy to me, and grant me Your Blessed sight so that I sing Your
Praises night and day.
kys sMig dws pg Jwrau iehY mnorQ mor ]1] Twkur quJ ibnu bIAw n hor ]
With my hair, I wash the feet of Your slave; this is my life's
purpose. ||1|| O Lord and Master, without You, there is no other at all.
iciq icqvau hir rsn ArwDau inrKau qumrI Er ]1] rhwau ]
O Lord, in my mind I remain conscious of You; with my tongue I recite &
worship You, and with my eyes, I see You (Your fascinating creation)
||1||Pause|| Part 500

40. Following Gurbani Shabad from Guru Granth Sahib
reveals that each & every tiny hair on the body helps to
meditate on greatness of Waheguru that in turn brings
contentment (in addition to eyes, tongue and other
senses)
Awsw mhlw 4 ]
Aasaa, Fourth Mehl:
iJim iJmy iJim iJim vrsY AMimRq Dwrw rwm ]
Slowly, slowly, slowly, very slowly, the drops of Ambrosial Nectar trickle
down.
bwxI rwm nwm suxI isiD kwrj siB suhwey rwm ]
Hearing the Bani (words) of the Lord's Name (praises), all my affairs
have been perfectly accomplished.
romy roim roim romy mY gurmuiK rwmu iDAwey rwm ]
By following Guru’s order, I meditate on the all pervading Lord
with each and every hair
rwm nwmu iDAwey pivqu hoie Awey iqsu rUpu n ryiKAw kweI ]
I meditate on the Lord's Name, and become pure; Who has no form or
shape.
rwmo rwmu rivAw Gt AMqir sB iqRsnw BUK gvweI ] AMg 443
All pervading Lord (Raam) is permeating my heart deep within, and all
of my desires and hungers have disappeared. Part 443

41. Guru Nanak Dev Sahib visualises formless
Waheguru to have beautiful & complete body
with HAIR
ibnvMiq nwnku jwie shsw buJY gur bIcwrw ] vfw swihbu hY Awip AlK Apwrw ]6]
Prays Nanak, ones skepticism (doubt) is taken away, when he
understands the Guru's wisdom. The Great Lord Master is unfathomable
and infinite. ||6||
qyry bMky loiex dMq rIswlw ] sohxy nk ijn lµmVy vwlw ]
Waheguru, Your eyes are so beautiful, and Your teeth are delightful. Your
nose is so graceful, and Your hair is so long.
kMcn kwieAw suieny kI Fwlw ] sovMn Fwlw ik®sn mwlw jphu qusI shylIho ]
Your body is so precious, cast in gold. His body is cast in gold, and He
wears Krishna's mala; meditate on Him, O sisters.
jm duAwir n hohu KVIAw isK suxhu mhylIho ] hMs hMsw bg bgw lhY mn kI jwlw ]
You shall not have to stand at Death's door, O sisters, if you listen to
these teachings. From a crane, you shall be transformed into a swan, and
the filth of your mind shall be removed.
bMky loiex dMq rIswlw ]7]
Your eyes are so beautiful, and Your teeth are delightful. ||7|| Part

42. Waheguru is referred to as “Kesav” i.e. with
beautiful HAIR
iblwvlu mhlw 5 ]ibnu BY BgqI qrnu kYsy ]
Without the Fear of God, and devotional worship, how can anyone
cross over the world-ocean?
krhu AnugRhu piqq auDwrn rwKu suAwmI Awp Brosy ]1] rhwau ]
Be kind to me, O Saving Grace of sinners; preserve my faith in You, O
my Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||
ismrnu nhI Awvq iPrq md mwvq ibiKAw rwqw suAwn jYsy ]
The mortal does not remember the Lord in meditation; he wanders
around intoxicated by egotism; he is engrossed in corruption like a
dog.
AauD ibhwvq AiDk mohwvq pwp kmwvq bufy AYsy ]1]
Utterly cheated, his life is slipping away; committing sins, he is sinking
away. ||1||
srin duK BMjn purK inrMjn swDU sMgiq rvxu jYsy ]
I have come to Your Sanctuary, Destroyer of pain; O Primal
Immaculate Lord, may I dwell upon You in the Saadh Sangat, the
Company of the Holy.
kysv klys nws AG KMfn nwnk jIvq drs idsy ]2]9]125]
O Lord of beautiful hair, Destroyer of pain, Eradicator of sins,
Nanak lives, gazing upon your Blessed Vision (fascinating
creation). ||2||9||125|| Part 836

43. Lion Keeps Hair Intact
• Lion does not let anyone
touch its Hair thus
remains in Rehat / order
as defined by Waheguru
for animals
Therefore, humans
should adhere to the
Rehat kindly revealed by
the Gurus. Only humans
have the opportunity &
intellect to meditate and
adore Waheguru to
merge back

44. WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE TIME IS NOW, AND
NOW IS THE TIME

45. WAY FOWARD?
EDUCATE OURSELVES, LEARN ABOUT
OUR HISTORY
READ SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI,
THE ANSWER TO ALL, THE DIRECTION
TO ALL.
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