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

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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

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

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

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

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ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

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

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

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then who is there to know what happens without?

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

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

Why do men like to have sex with a woman's ass?

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

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.

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.

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ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

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

How do I maintain and care for granite countertops in a coastal climate like Pompano Beach?

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

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

Are there any Hollywood celebrities who never divorced? Why does it seem like celebrities are likely to get divorced frequently?

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

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.

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Kabir (a weaver)

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

What is an easy way to get your driver's license?

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

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

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

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

CONCLUSION:

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

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

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

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

Am I the bitch for never wanting to talk to my sister again because of something she said while talking back to me?

I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

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

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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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…

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

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

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

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

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

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

ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

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ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

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

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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.

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

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

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Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

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

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.

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

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

Sain (a barber)

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

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.

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

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

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

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

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

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

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

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

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

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

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.

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

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

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

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

Now here in this verse

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

I am like a fish out of water,

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

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

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

Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

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

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

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!

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

NOW…

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

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

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

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

— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

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

ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

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.

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

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

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

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.

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.

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

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

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

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

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

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

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

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

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

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.

ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

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ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

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

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥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.

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

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

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

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

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

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

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

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

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

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

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

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

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

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

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

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

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.