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

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

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

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

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

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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What is the most inappropriate thing your wife has done in front of you?

ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

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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.

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

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Now here in this verse

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

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

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

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— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

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

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

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

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

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

CONCLUSION:

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

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

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

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

Is Veuve Clicquot Brut a good champagne?

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

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

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

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

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

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

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.

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

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

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

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

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

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

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

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

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

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

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

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

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

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.

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

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

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

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

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

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

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

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.

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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.

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

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

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

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

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

then who is there to know what happens without?

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

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

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

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.

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

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

Kabir (a weaver)

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

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

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

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

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

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

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

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

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

Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

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

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

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

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I am like a fish out of water,

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

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

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

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

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

ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

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

NOW…

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

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!

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

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

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

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

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

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.

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.

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

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

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ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

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

ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

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.

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

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

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

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

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.

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

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

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

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

Sain (a barber)

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.

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

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

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

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.

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

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…

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

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

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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

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

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

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know