Why do Sikh men keep their beards?
As Sikhs and yogis, we do not shave or trim any facial hair. There is no age at which one needs to cut any hairs on his body. Each hair was put there to help the body and mind function properly. The hairs of the face protect the meridian lines along the jaw. (The meridian lines are energy lines that run through the body like blood vessels. Acupuncture has them mapped out.) The lunar facial nerves are located in the chin. They channel lunar energy. The same energy that influences a woman’s menstrual cycyle and her emotions. The hair on the bottom of the chin insulates that nerve and keeps a man from being too emotional under lunar influence. Men are supposed to represent the Sun, which is constant with occasional flares. If a man shaves then he is emotionally equivalent to a little boy.
