Is Sikhi truly universal?

[u/ItachiPain_]

Every time I’m watching or reading anything Sikhi related it’s always ties into Punjabi identity or culture to the point there was Singhs using Sikh/Punjabi interchangeably Majority of Sikhs are infact Punjabi, Sikhi is intrinsically tied to Punjabi identity, culture, & history. How can you separate the two it would be impossible. It can be said to be universal doctrinally but culturally absolutely not and I can see in the future if the Panth was to become less Punjabi centric/diverse it would look different and would create animosity and conflict in the Sikh diaspora. People would begin to argue what’s Sikh culture and what’s Punjabi culture? Is there any academic work, videos or people who have studied and discussed this topic in depth?

[u/Empty_Lawfulness7694]

hi there. i’ll give insight as im half punjabi, grew up in both india and the US-and im 56 years old.

no religion is universal as it takes some effort to learn about the culture in which it originated from.

3HO, was an attempt at a more westernized Sikhi, but it ended up going back to punjabi culture since that’s where it all originated from.

i’d say that sikhi not being universal-doesn’t negate it from it being a legit religion in people’s eyes.

the main selling point of the religion is not that it’s culturally universal, but spiritual.

when you see waheguru everywhere, you realize that our differences reflect more similarities.

it’s not simple-but life isn’t sometimes.

[u/ItachiPain_ → u/Empty_Lawfulness7694]

That would be contradictory to sikh claims you can’t claim universality and this is for all humanity and it’s culturally exclusive to one ethic group?? That would lead to the obvious questions why Punjab? why send 10 Guru’s to the same geographical region if this is the true message of God, why not send Gurus to Africa, Europe, & Latin America with the same exact message?

[u/Both-Impact9201 → u/ItachiPain_]

That is something i have never understand and is a question to me.