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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

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

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

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 am not a Hindu, nor am I a Muslim.

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

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

What is chudai?

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

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

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

What is the word for truth and its meaning in Koine Greek?

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

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

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ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

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

These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

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ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

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.

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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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

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

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

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ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

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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.

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

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

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ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

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

Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

If there was only one man remaining on the Earth, would this be regarded as extinction?

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

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

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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.

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

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

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

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

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

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!

then who is there to know what happens without?

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

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

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.

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

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.

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

Now here in this verse

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

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

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

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

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

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 views of Sant Kabir

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

CONCLUSION:

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…

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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

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.

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

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

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

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

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

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

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

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

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

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

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

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

ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

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

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.

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

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

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

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

Sain (a barber)

— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

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

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

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

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

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

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.

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.

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

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

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

NOW…

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.

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

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

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||

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

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

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

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

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

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

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There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

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

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

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

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Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

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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

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

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.

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

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

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

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

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

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.

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

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

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

I am like a fish out of water,

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Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

Kabir (a weaver)

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

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

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