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

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

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

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

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You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

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

Can you provide some examples of music with a free form structure?

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ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

What is your craziest college sex story?

Sain (a barber)

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

Why do we still feel attached or jealous when a covert narcissist moves on, even after realizing their toxicity and the suffering they caused?

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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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

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.

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

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

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

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

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

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

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

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

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

What legal actions can be taken if a neighbor's unleashed dog causes harm or injury?

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.

ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

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

How can one translate "You're welcome" from English to French using formal language? Are there any other ways to say this phrase in a more polite manner?

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

then who is there to know what happens without?

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.

Can I see some anal hole?

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

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

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

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

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

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

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

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.

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

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

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!

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

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

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

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

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

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

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 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.

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

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

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— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

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

These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Now here in this verse

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

I am like a fish out of water,

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

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

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

ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

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

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

Kabir (a weaver)

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.

ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

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

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

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

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

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

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

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

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

NOW…

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

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

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

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

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

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

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

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

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

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

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ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

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

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

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

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ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

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

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

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

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.

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

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

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

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

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

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

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

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

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…

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

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

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

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.

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

Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

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

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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.

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

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

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

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

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.

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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

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

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

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.

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

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

CONCLUSION:

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.

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

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

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

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥