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

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CONCLUSION:

Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

What is the reason for writing X^2 as XX instead of X*X?

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

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

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

How do you like to be pegged?

I am like a fish out of water,

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

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

I Used to Dread Taking Creatine—Then I Found These Gummies - The Daily Beast

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.

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

Why do some people feel down in summer, specifically in July and August? What could be the reasons behind this feeling of sadness during those months only?

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

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

Why do humans sweat while stressed?

ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

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

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

Why do some straight men enjoy wearing women's lingerie?

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

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

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

Do narcissists love their children?

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

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

What are some prime examples of gibberish from the bible?

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

Why are people nowadays so into anal sex?

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

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

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

Who has experienced what they called a happy accident (bestiality)?

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

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

What is your interpretation of the movie Rocky? What makes it a good film in your opinion?

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

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

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

What is your daily motivation and does it work?

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

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

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.

When gallery photos are deleted at the same time, why are Google photos also deleted?

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

NOW…

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

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

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

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

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.

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

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

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

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

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

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

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

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

These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

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.

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

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.

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

Kabir (a weaver)

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

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

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

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

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

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

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

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

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

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

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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.

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

— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

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

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

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

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

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

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

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.

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

ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

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

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

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

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.

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

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

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

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

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

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

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.

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

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.

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

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

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ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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…

then who is there to know what happens without?

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.

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

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

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

Sain (a barber)

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

Now here in this verse

ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

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I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

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

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

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