ʻO ka hoʻomana o ka poʻe Sikh, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka mōʻaukala ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana komohana o ka ʻāina ʻo India, kuhikuhi i ka meaʻai maʻalahi a kūlohelohe i kona poʻe pili. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sikhism i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ke Akua hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia kona inoa. ʻO ka palapala hemolele ʻo ia ka Guru Granth Sahib, nāna e hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo he nui no ka meaʻai meaʻai meaʻai.
(Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 723).
Hāʻawi ka luakini hemolele Sikh o Gurudwara i ka meaʻai lacto-vegetarian, akā ʻaʻole nā mea hahai a pau o ka hoʻomana e mālama i ka meaʻai mea kanu wale nō. Ma keʻano laulā, hiki i ka Sikh ke koho i kaʻiʻo a iʻole ka meaʻai meaʻai. Ma keʻano he manaʻo kūʻokoʻa, hoʻoikaika ka Sikhism i ke kūʻokoʻa pilikino a me ka makemake kūʻokoʻa: ʻaʻole he dictator ka palapala hemolele, akā he alakaʻi i ke ʻano o ke ola. Eia naʻe, manaʻoʻiʻo kekahi mau castes o ka hoʻomana he pono ka hōʻole ʻana i ka ʻiʻo.
Inā koho ka Sikh i kaʻiʻo, a laila pono e pepehiʻia ka holoholona e like me - me ka pana hoʻokahi, me kaʻole o ka hoʻomana i keʻano o ka lōʻihi o ka hana,ʻaʻole like, no ka laʻana, Muslim halal. ʻAʻole kapu ʻia nā iʻa, ka mariuana a me ka waina ma ka Sikhism. 'Ōleloʻo Kabir Ji,ʻo ka mea hoʻohana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ka waina a me ka iʻa e hele i Gehena, no ka nui o kāna hana maikaʻi a me ka nui o kāna mau hana.
ʻO nā Sikh gurus (nā kumu uhane) he poʻe meaʻai, hōʻole i ka waiʻona a me ka paka, ʻaʻole hoʻohana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a ʻaʻole i ʻoki i ko lākou lauoho. Aia kekahi pilina pili ma waena o ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo, i pili ai ka meaʻai a mākou e ʻai ai i nā mea ʻelua. E like me ka Vedas, ua ʻike ʻo Guru Ramdas i ʻekolu mau ʻano i hana ʻia e ke Akua: . Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā meaʻai a pau e like me kēia mau ʻano: ʻo nā meaʻai hou a me nā meaʻai maoli he laʻana o ka satava, ʻo nā meaʻai palai a me nā meaʻala he rajas, fermented, mālama ʻia a me ka paʻakai he tamas. Hōʻalo ʻia ka ʻai nui ʻana a me ka ʻai ʻole. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka Adi Granth.