Why Sikh gurus supported or not fought against Brahmins? Brahmins oppressed lower caste people for century and raped Dalit women. Brahmain had banned Dalit women to cover their breast. Why Sikh gurus fought only Muslim? That isn't mean the Sikh gurus was corrupted?
Why Sikh gurus supported or not fought against Brahmins? Brahmins oppressed lower caste people for century and raped Dalit women. Brahmain had banned Dalit women to cover their breast. Why Sikh gurus fought only Muslim? That isn't mean the Sikh gurus was corrupted?
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Respected Brother/Sister,
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh!
In reply to your question, the undersigned wants to say that the oppression of so called Dalits had started many centuries ago, with the advent of Manu Smriti, when Sikhism wasn’t in existence.
Not allowing Dalit women to wear any clothes in their upper portion of the body used to take place many centuries back and not during Guru Sahib’s times.
The fight of Sikh Gurus was not against any community or religion but against rituals, karamkands, oppression, tyranny, persecution, atrocity and cruelty. This started when the First Guru Person Guru Nanak Sahib didn’t agree to wear janeu, stayed with Bhai Lalo but didn’t agree to eat Malik Bhago’s food and stood before Babar, when he was killing innocent people.
Second Guru Person, Guru Angad Sahib stood before Humayun, when he pulled out his sword from the sheath to intimidate him. Third Guru Person Guru Amardas Sahib, asked Sikhs to stop the practice of sati, veils by ladies and hit the caste system, when he laid down that whosoever wants to see him must eat langar like any ordinary person first. Even Akbar had to do it.
Fourth Guru Person Guru Ramdas introduced the process of Lavan and with this the necessity of Brahmin, for marriage ceremony ended.
The Fifth Guru Person, Guru Arjun Sahib stood against the oppression, tyranny, persecution, atrocity and cruelty of Jahangir and laid down his life. Without any discrimination, he included the Baani of Bhagats Kabir, Namdev, Ravidas, Sadhna, who were so called Dalits, in Aad Granth (Pothi Sahib), compiled by him and gave them a status equal to that of Gurus.
The Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Guru Persons i.e. Guru Hargobind Sahib, Guru Har Rai Sahib, Guru Harkishan Sahib and Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib didn’t submit and stood against the oppression, tyranny, persecution, atrocity and cruelty of Mughal emperors Jahangir, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb. The Ninth Guru Person, Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib even laid down his life for religious freedom of one and all.
It is rightly said that the steel of Kirpan used by Tenth Guru Person Guru Gobind Singh Sahib against oppression, tyranny, persecution, atrocity and cruelty of Hindu Hill Rajas (with whom he fought maximum battles and who brought Mughals to fight against him), was prepared by the First Guru Person Guru Nanak Sahib.
The Tenth Guru Person, Guru Gobind Singh Sahib took the mission, started by First Guru Person Guru Nanak Sahib, forward and when in April, 1699, he had started the practice of giving ‘Khande Ki Pahul’, to prepare a force of Khalsa warriors (Sant Sipahis), who could rise above the fright of physical death (and didn’t die spiritual death) and fight against oppression, tyranny, persecution, atrocity and cruelty then out of first ‘Five Beloved Ones’, four were so called Dalits.
When the mission of Tenth Guru Person, Guru Gobind Singh Sahib got completed, he closed the process of living Guru Persons and pronounced Guru Granth Sahib (Shabad Guru) as ever living Guru of Sikhs, which contains the Baani of so called Dalit Bhagats as also of Sheikh Farid, a Sufi Saint.
The proxy war, with Brahmins, which started from the time of First Guru Person, Guru Nanak Sahib, continued, all along, since they were part of the Mughal administration and instigated Mughals to fight against Sikhs. The Hindu Hill Rajas fought a large number of battles with Tenth Guru Person, Guru Gobind Singh Sahib and, after not succeeding, they sided with Mughals, rather they brought Mughals to fight against Guru Sahib.
In view of the position stated above, you can very well see that the fight of Sikh Gurus was not against any community or religion but against rituals, karamkands, oppression, tyranny, persecution, atrocity and cruelty, which continues till date.
Hope this helps. If you have any further questions, please do ask. If there are any shortcomings please do point out the same for improvement in future.
Regards,
Your Brother