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

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

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

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.

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Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

Ravidas (a chamar shoemaker)

Kabir (a weaver)

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

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

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠੈ ਆਹਿ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

Are today’s baseball pitchers faster than a few years ago, or is it that radar guns have improved and get the pitch speed as it is released rather than as it reaches the plate?

then who is there to know what happens without?

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

Sadhna (a Muslim butcher) and

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

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ

ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

ਗੁਰ ਪੀਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੁਦਿ ਖਸਮੁ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥੫॥੩॥

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

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ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਉ ਨ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਗੁਜਾਰਉ ॥

Let's look at the views of Sant Kabir

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

Do flat Earthers really exist? Why do they believe the Earth is flat?

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

You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

I am like a fish out of water,

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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Panch-Padas:

What was your embarrassing moment in front of your father-in-law as an Indian daughter-in-law?

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

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 English makes 3 additional gender terms to accommodate for XXX, XXY, and XYY people, what would be the most realistic terms for those genders?

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.

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ਹਜ ਕਾਬੈ ਜਾਉ ਨ ਤੀਰਥ ਪੂਜਾ ॥

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

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

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਆ ਵਖਾਨਾ ॥

ਤੂ ਪੂਰਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਸਮਾਨ ॥

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

From Guru Granth Sahib ji - Ang 1195

NOW…

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਭਇਓ ਮੀਨਾ ॥

ਊਹਾਂ ਤਉ ਜਾਈਐ ਜਉ ਈਹਾਂ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੨॥

ਪੂਰਬ ਜਨਮ ਹਉ ਤਪ ਕਾ ਹੀਨਾ ॥੧॥

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.

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

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

— Kabir, Ramaini 1, Translated by David Lorenzen

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

ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਜੀ ਘਰੁ ੧

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

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ਰਾਮਾਨੰਦ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਰਮਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥

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

ਬਹੁਤੁ ਬਰਸ ਤਪੁ ਕੀਆ ਕਾਸੀ ॥

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

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

Ramarchan Paddati gives more info about his teachings.

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

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.

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

ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਹੋਇ ਨਹੀ ਚਰਨ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ॥੩॥

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

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

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

ਏਕੋ ਸੇਵੀ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੨॥

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

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

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

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

There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,

CONCLUSION:

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

— Kabir, II.57, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

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

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

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

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

ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬਤਾਇਓ ਗੁਰ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥੧॥

I wasted my whole life in the city of Shiva;

These morons know nothing, they wander about in ignorance,

Says Kabeer, the Guru and Ganaysha and Shiva all know

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

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

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

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

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

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

ਤਜੀ ਲੇ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਮਤਿ ਭਈ ਥੋਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

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…

Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6.23)

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.

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

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.

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Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this?

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

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

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

ਸਗਲ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਵ ਪੁਰੀ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

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

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.

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

ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਕਵਨ ਗਤਿ ਮੋਰੀ ॥

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

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

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

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

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

Sant Kabir was staunchly against cow slaughter.

ਜਹਾ ਜਾਈਐ ਤਹ ਜਲ ਪਖਾਨ ॥

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

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ਕਹੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਜ ਸਿਵ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

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

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

You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਕੁੰਠ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥

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

ਓਛੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕੈਸੇ ਉਤਰਸਿ ਪਾਰੀ ॥੪॥

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!

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

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.

Raamaanand Jee, First House:

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.

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

ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ਰੇ ਘਰ ਲਾਗੋ ਰੰਗੁ ॥

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.

ਨਾ ਹਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਨ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ॥

ਮੁਆ ਕਬੀਰੁ ਰਮਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਰਾਮੈ ॥੫॥੧੫॥

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

ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਮੈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਤੋਰ ॥

ਕਬੀਰ ਨਿਰਗੁਣ ਨਾਮ ਨ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

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.

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

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

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦੇ ॥

ਜਿਨਿ ਸਕਲ ਬਿਕਲ ਭ੍ਰਮ ਕਾਟੇ ਮੋਰ ॥

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

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

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

Sain (a barber)

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

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

— Kabir, III.2, Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

ਪੂਜਨ ਚਾਲੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਠਾਇ ॥

ਮਰਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਗਹਰ ਕੀ ਬਾਸੀ ॥੩॥

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.

Says Kabeer, this is what I say:

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.

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਮਗਹਰਿ ਉਠਿ ਆਇਆ ॥੨॥

ਘਸਿ ਚੰਦਨ ਚੋਆ ਬਹੁ ਸੁਗੰਧ ॥

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

I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

ਅਲਹ ਰਾਮ ਕੇ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੪॥

ਕਾਸੀ ਮਗਹਰ ਸਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

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

ਏਕ ਦਿਵਸ ਮਨ ਭਈ ਉਮੰਗ ॥

Now here in this verse

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

ਏਕ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਲੇ ਰਿਦੈ ਨਮਸਕਾਰਉ ॥੩॥

Kaashi and Magahar - I consider them the same.

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

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

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਾਟੈ ਕੋਟਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥੧॥

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

ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ਸਭ ਦੇਖੇ ਜੋਇ ॥