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

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

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

How do you write a letter to your uncle who sent you money for your birthday outfit?

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.

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.

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Can you list every album you have ever listened to?

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

Is there an MBTI personality that is more or less likely to handle stress?

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

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

Have you ever had sex with sisters?

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

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

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.

Why is blood sugar ranging from 70-180 in a day and checked through a glucometer?

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

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ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

How many of you have had your parental rights taken away because of lies and no truth whatsoever, and did you prove the lies that were told about you to be false either through drug testing or another way, but still had your rights taken?

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

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

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

Is it common for girlfriends to have close male friends who are single and not related to them?

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

What’s one positive trait you’ve gained because of BPD?

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

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

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.

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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.

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

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

Have you ever heard of the god Priapus being the same as the god Phosphorus?

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.

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

Why was the rock band Kiss so successful?

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

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

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

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

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

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

Why are people so rude to debt collector’s? I am one and I am so tired of being mistreated. We are under paid and then have to deal with the most ungrateful, and disrespectful people. We aren’t customer service. Don’t get mad at us because YOU owe.

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

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

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

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

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

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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

Now here in this verse

Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

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

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

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

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

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

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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…

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

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

I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

Sain (a barber)

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

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.

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

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

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

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

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

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

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.

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

then who is there to know what happens without?

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

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

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

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

Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

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

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

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

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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.

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.

Kabir (a weaver)

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.

CONCLUSION:

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

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

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

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

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

ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

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

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

I am like a fish out of water,

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

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

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

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

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

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

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

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

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

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

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

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

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

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

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

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.

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

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!

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

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.

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

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

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

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

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

NOW…

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

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

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

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

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

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

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

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ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

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

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

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

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

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

ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥