Religious Studies 1023E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sikh Gurus, Bangle, Boxer Shorts

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1023E
• Professor: Jonathan Geen

Document Summary

Islam was on the 8th c ce they"re on the doorstep of india. 13th c ce islam has taken control of north india. Nanak lived at a time that had a lot of hindu"s &a lot of muslim"s, and was technically under. Tamil bhakti saints were in southern india: god intoxicated saints, wrote extreme devotional hymns to shiva and vishnu. When you take the hindu bhukti tradition and the influence of islam in northern india you get a new tradition you get the northern sants: weren"t really hindu, not really muslim. Nanak was a northern sant: didn"t consider himself muslim or hindu, his tradition actually develops into sikhism. Kabir came a bit before nanek (14th-15th c ce) o. Spiritual fountain head of the northern sant movement: born in north india in a muslim family, unusual interest in all things religious at a young age o. 1 god, the creator god of the universe.