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

ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

CONCLUSION:

Why do I want to suck cock tonight?

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

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

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

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Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

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

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ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

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.

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ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

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

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

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

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.

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

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ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

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…

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

Why, after a divorce, would one still want to ruin the other one’s life?

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

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

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

What are your thoughts on RM's new album "Right Place, Wrong Person"?

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

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

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

What are some common examples of human hypocrisy?

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

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ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

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

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

ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

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

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

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.

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

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

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

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

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.

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

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

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

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

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

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

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These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

Sain (a barber)

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

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

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

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

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

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

then who is there to know what happens without?

I am like a fish out of water,

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

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

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

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.

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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.

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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

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.

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

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

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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

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

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

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

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

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.

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

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.

I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

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

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

Kabir (a weaver)

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

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.

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

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

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Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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

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

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

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

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

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

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

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

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

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

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

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

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

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

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

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

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.

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

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

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

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

Now here in this verse

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

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.

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

Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

NOW…

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

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

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

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

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

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

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

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

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

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

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

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!

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

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

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