What are the differences between the teachings of Saint Kabir and Guru Nanak Dev Ji? State any 5 differences.
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What are the differences of the teachings of Kabir and Baba Guru Nanak?
Baba Guru Nanak and Sant Kabir have many similarities and both are the two greatest pillars of the Bhakti Movement which would ultimately enlighten Emperor Akbar to bring India’s third golden age to fruition. Both Baba Nanak and Sant Kabir, exposed in Hinduism and Islam the need for change. They both spoke of equality and recognized the oneness of creation, and of all cosmic forces as representing an infinite will which remained present at all times in the past and future. But perhaps both expressed this in such elegance that they were able in the languages of 15th century North India, to approach the descriptive properties the Vedas. However there are differences to be found which are not obvious as many of Sant Kabir’s teachings are integrated seamlessly in the Adi Grant. It is here that Baba Nanak’s work proves to be more dynamic in offering muliple paths for individual enlightenment. Both Baba Nanak’s teachings and that of Sant Kabir would bring India into a golden age in which diversity of religion would no longer be looked as a hindrance for enlightened philosophical advancement and economic prosperity in India
Although many scholars still do not agree on the exact dates for Sant Kabir’s life. Based on our family handed down recollections from the time of Baba Sri Laxmi Chand Bedi, we have been led to believe that Sant Kabir was present at the time Baba Nanak lived. Being acknowledged, that Sant Kabir was older, it fair to estimate that he was born in about 1440 A.D. and he lived until about 1520. As Baba Nanak Guru Nanak lived from 1469–1539. There was ample time for them to meet as been recorded in many family sources and in traditions from United Punjab. For historical reasons it makes far more sense that their work overlapped in time frame as the message is so similar yet profoundly different in application.