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

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

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

Kabir (a weaver)

What is your biggest mistake or regret?

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.

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

What are the withdrawal symptoms of Klonopin 1mg?

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

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

Why did Mark Lane harass Helen Markham during an illegally recorded telephone conversation to misidentify Lee Harvey Oswald who she witnessed as the shooter of Tippit?

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

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…

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

Is the Donald Trump Bible any different from a regular Bible? Has Trump altered its contents?

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

I am like a fish out of water,

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Have you had any paranormal activity situations happen personally to you or someone you know?

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

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.

Have you ever secretly watched someone while they were doing something private?

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

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

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

Can you explain the difference between an ego, soul, mind, and consciousness?

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!

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

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

Why do some people never get to on a date even though they wanted to? Are they just too ugly and weird for everybody?

ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

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

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

What can be done to combat group stalking and harassment by an organized gang or society, particularly when they use universal sound weapons?

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

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.

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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.

NOW…

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

What is your best forbidden sex story that felt so right?

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

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

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

Can people who have never met you tell if you are a covert narcissist?

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

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

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

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

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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

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

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

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

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

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

CONCLUSION:

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ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

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

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

ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

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

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

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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

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

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

ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

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

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.

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

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

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

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

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

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

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

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

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

then who is there to know what happens without?

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

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

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

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

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

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

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

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

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

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

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

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

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

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

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥

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

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

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

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

Sain (a barber)

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Raamaanand Jee, First House:

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

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

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

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

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

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

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

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

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

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

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

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

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

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.

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

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

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.

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

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.

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?

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

Now here in this verse

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.

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

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

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

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

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

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.

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

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

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.