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WORLD March 2, 1999 VNN3219 Sikha Christian Tradition As Well ISA DAS  USA, Mar 2 (VNN) — "Why do you shave your heads?For cleanliness and simplicity, the celibate monks and some of the married men shave their heads. This ancient tradition is a sign that the person is more interested in cultivating the beauty of the soul than the body. What is the tuft of the hair in the back for? This is called a sikha. In the East, voidists and impersonalists also shave their heads as monks, so the Hare Krishna devotees wear sikha to distinguish that they are personal theists. This practice is believed to have been a Jewish tradition that Jesus Christ followed. The famous Shroud of Turin clearly shows that a streak of hair much longer than the rest flows down his back. This sculpture (c. 1300) at the Cathedral of Notre Dame shows that this was an accepted Christian tradition as well." For further information please see: http://www.equalsouls.com/ Comment on this Story This story URL: http://vaishnava-news-network.org/world/WD9903/WD02-3219.html
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