Kirat karnī commits the Sikh to honest work, without exploitation or fraud. Guru Nānak is remembered for preferring the coarse bread of a poor carpenter, Bhāī Lālo, to the rich food of an oppressive official. Sikhism rejects begging and renunciation of work as a spiritual path.
Kirat Karnī
Earning an honest living by one’s own labour: a pillar of Sikh life.
Also: Kirat Karni