How are Hinduism and Sikhism related, considering they both originated in Punjab, India?

Because in my previous life, I did not practice penance and intense meditation. ||1||

Bhagat Kabir ji / Raag Sriraag / / Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 92

I left Benares - I had little common sense. ||1|| Pause ||

Do you even realise that NASA could've hid or bury every single piece of evidence for a flat-earth and exaggerate their evidence? Have you ever question materialist scientific narratives?

I am not a Hindu, nor am I a Muslim.

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

The Word of the Guru's Shabad eradicates the karma of millions of past actions. ||3||1||

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At the time of my death, I moved to Magahar. ||2||

Bhakti movement began in South (Tamil Nadu to be precise) and slowly spread to Northern parts of India. This movement was extremely popular because of its simple fundamentals which could be understood by even commonfolk. Vaishnavism, Shaivism etc… were already connecting with commonfolk from a long time and this Bhakti movement reinforced it by making the devotee feel a personal connection with the deity.

ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

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ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

The influence of Kabir is significant on Sikhism. The following Bani from Ang 1136 is attributed to GURU ARJAN DEV but if you observe at the end you can see that he was talking in the spirit of Sant Kabir.

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

Now tell me, Lord, what will my condition be?

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I am like a fish out of water,

But we have actually seen how much Kabir is also rooted in the Vedantic concept of “supreme realization” but in a non-mainstream path.

Sikhism is a NIRGUN path descending from the Sant Sampraday of Ramanandacharya and traces its ideas to VEDANTA!

Is the saying "nice guys finish last" true? Can good intentions always lead to positive outcomes?

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

There is a reason why I mention ROOTED and thus NOT implying that it belongs to one of the numerous sects in Sanatana Dharma like Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, Smartism etc…

What made you feel disgusted today?

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

Now here in this verse

He who has highest Bhakti of Deva (God), just like his Deva, so for his Guru (teacher),

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Now that my time to die has come, I have come to dwell at Magahar! ||3||

If Ram be within the image which you find upon your pilgrimage,

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

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ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

Why are the democrats keep insisting that there are more than two genders?

Ramanandacharya was a 14th-century Hindu Vaishnava devotional poet saint who amalgamated Advaita with Vaishnava Bhakti. He was the pioneer in validating NIRGUN and SAGUN Bhakti as parallel paths.

ਮੇਰਾ ਚਿਤੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਮਨੁ ਭਇਓ ਪੰਗੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

Has your wife made you a cuckold?

With inadequate devotion, how can anyone swim across? ||4||

Where should I go? My home is filled with bliss.

As mentioned above Guru Arjan Dev was talking from the perspective Sant Kabir whose views we have discussed much earlier here. We know that Sant Kabir continuing in the Ramanandi Sampradaya went further away from the mainstream ritualistic Hinduism and was journeying more towards a SEAMLESS Dharma.

Are democrats inherently stupid or just lazy? They can Google " Ohio is investigating reports by residents that migrants are eating the local wildlife " why can't they seem to do the most simple things? Blind, ignorant, stupid or obtuse?

For a superficial McSikh who is interested only in separation and not enlightenment the views of Kabir can be easily shown as a denouncement of Hindu practices.

Where spring, the lord of seasons reigneth, there the unstruck music sounds of itself,

Bhagat Kabir ji / Raag Gauri / / Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 326

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The Sant Sampraday of Sikh panth integrates the warrior spirit of the Nihangs and Khalsa, the service of Seva panth and the renunciation of Udasi/Nirmala saints.

I do not perform Hindu worship services, nor do I offer the Muslim prayers.

I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

Does the interpretation of the Book of בראשית create in all generations the Chosen Cohen People יש מאין?

I am not a Hindu, nor am I a Muslim.

Without looking into one's heart, how can one reach paradise?

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

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The Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is heaven. ||4||10||

If God be within the mosque, then to whom does this world belong?

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Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

NOW…

I am a sacrifice to You, O my True Guru.

Hari is in the East, Allah is in the West.

He does not dwell at the Lord's Feet. ||3||

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

Guru Nanak (right) and Bhai Mardana (foreground) with Bhagat Kabir (left). This painting is found in the B-40 Janamsakhi, written and painted in 1733. The painting was made by Alam Chand Raj

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

Actually, this part of the Ang 326 is widely used by McSikhs to show that Sikhism considers Hindu pilgrimages as useless and thus drives home the point again that the “religion” has got NOTHING to do with Hinduism.

CONCLUSION:

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

The divergence of Kabir’s views from Vedanta is seen in the fact that he fully opposed religious symbolism of ALL KINDS and not just IDOLS.

My consciousness does not go out wandering. My mind has become crippled. ||1|| Pause ||

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

How can they kill the mother, whose milk they drink like that of a wet nurse?

That God showed me the Guru, within my own mind. ||1||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

That Kabeer died chanting the Lord's Name. ||5||15||

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

We can understand that Kabir despite being in favor of formless worship was very much embedded in the Dharmik fold but always preached in the spirit of the transcendental nature of Brahman to the point that HE LOST THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN HINDU AND MUSLIM.

Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

यस्य देवे परा भक्तिः यथा देवे तथा गुरौ । तस्यैते कथिता ह्यर्थाः प्रकाशन्ते महात्मनः प्रकाशन्ते महात्मन इति ।

There is my Lord self-revealed, and the scent of sandal and flowers dwells in those deeps.

Again we see that the originator of this Sant Sampraday himself talks about Brahman even in Gurbani.

For many years, I practiced penance and intense meditation at Kaashi;

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

ਬ੍ਰਹਮ is Brahm i.e the Brahman of vedanta but it gets interpreted as an all-pervading lord god.

I would go there, only if the Lord were not here. ||2||

Kabeer: O worthless mortal, do not lose the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

For him Dharma was beyond everything physical including the desire for heaven because was fully into the NIRGUN . The last verse shows that according to him the company of the enlightened Sadhus is heaven which is again a typical teaching of Sanatana Dharma.

Ramanandacharya’s teachings were centered on pure and personal connection with the God Rama and didn’t believe in any kind of formal ritualism. He used the common vernacular language instead of Sanskrit so that everyone could understand.

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

Kabir is the child of Allah and of Ram: He is my Guru, He is my Pir.

Here ਨਿਰਗੁਣ is Nirgun and not just lord. This is just another example to show that Kabir himself continued in the NIRGUN BHAKTI path.

There the streams of light flow in all directions, few are the men who can cross to that shore!

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

Meeting with the Guru, my Spiritual Teacher, I realize God, my Lord and Master. ||5||3||

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

Let’s look at the most used verse by McSikhs to show that Sikhs are neither Hindus nor Muslims.

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

My body and breath of life belong to Allah - to Raam - the God of both. ||4||

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

We can see that great saints like Kabir and Ravidas etc… descended from the Ramananda sampradaya which is still the largest ascetic order in India.

Here ਰਾਮੈ is Rama and not just lord. Kabir died chanting the name of Rama DESPITE him not finding any result of penances done in holy cities in his previous birth. Another example to show how much Kabir valued personal devotion to Rama in his own NIRGUN style.

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

Ramananda accepted disciples without discriminating against anyone by gender, class or caste and they included even people from humble origins like

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

Let’s see what Gurbani has about Ramanandacharya’s views.

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ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

From where did the word Maya come? Isn’t it a typical Vedantic concept discussed profoundly in Advaita? It definitely isn’t a concept pioneered by Kabir or even his teacher Ramanandacharya! It is ultimately from Sanatana Dharma!

Recklessly they display boundless pride while explaining their own aims, they kill cows.

Sikhism is fundamentally rooted in BHAKTI tradition and thus ultimately in Sanatana Dharma. There is no doubt about it despite what modern McSikh acrobatics try to claim otherwise

The young and the old drink milk pudding, but these fools eat the cow's body.

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

I have taken the One Formless Lord into my heart; I humbly worship Him there. ||3||

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

Kabir, Ravidas and ultimately the NINE SIKH GURUS are a product of this very Sant Sampraday founded by Ramanandacharya!

All the men and women of the world are His living forms.

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Raamaanand's Lord and Master is the All-pervading Lord God.

To him who is high-minded, these teachings will be illuminating.

I went to God's place, and worshipped Him there.

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

He accepted even women (Sursuri and Padywati) as disciples. Bhagat Pipa and Dhanna were Rajput and Jat who were also his disciples.

Bhagat Kabir ji / Raag Gauri / / Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 325

So in the same spirit Kabir finds pilgrimages to holy cities futile as his mind is fixated on Rama!

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ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

As long as the mind is filled with the desire for heaven,

Bhagat Kabir ji / Raag Gauri / / Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 325

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

Kabir (a weaver)

The views of Kabir are very much in parallel to the Advaita philosophy and it is obvious that as the disciple of Ramanandacharya he will carry forward with his chosen NIRGUN BHAKTI.

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

then who is there to know what happens without?

These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

We have searched the turaki Dharam (Turk's religion, Islam), these teachers throw many thunderbolts,

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

Where millions of Vishnus bow their heads, where millions of Brahmas are reading the Vedas,

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

I serve the One Lord, and not any other. ||2||

— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

How can people understand You, when they are entranced by Maya? ||1|| Pause ||

Where millions of Shivas are lost in contemplation, where millions of Indras dwell in the sky,

Raamaanand's Lord and Master is the All-pervading Lord God.

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

Look within your heart, for there you will find both Karim and Ram;

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

Where the demi-gods and the munis are unnumbered, where millions of Saraswatis, goddess of music play the vina,

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

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ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

I do not make pilgrimages to Mecca, nor do I worship at Hindu sacred shrines.

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.