At the time Guru Nanak there were two popular religion Hinduism and Islam. Bhagti was rooted in Hinduism and Sufism in Islam.Sufism based on Islam,bore signs of Hindu influence, and Bhagti rooted in Hinduism,carried an impress of Islam. But the constructive trends initiated by Bhagti and sufism recieved special stimulus from Shri Guru Nanak Dev JI. He took full cognisance of the situation in the country and his message was meant for both Hindus and Muslims.
Shri Guru Nanak Dev JI attain wisdom by practicing spirituality,humanity and religion by traveling world over forty thousand miles in forty years and interacting Sufis and Bhagats of those times. Traveling in those days was not easy as today. Guru Sahib's long and laborious journeys were not intended as pilgrimages,when means of modern conveyance were lacking.
He seems to have traveled to obtain personal acquaintance with as many recognized centers of spiritual life of both the religious as he could, and to spread his own message of Divine Unity and Truth to different sections of mankind. Guru Nanak Dev JI during his journey collected and preserved the hymns of Muslim Sufis and Hindu Bhagats to include in a single source of guidance to the entire mankind.
They never preached for Sikhism but there disciples were getting called as Sikh which means learner. Their motto was also humanism and spiritualism in the roots of their own religion of Sanatan Dharam in the purest form,as of Sikhism.
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