The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s2.5

c14.s2.5

Secular occupation was not discounted by Nānak. In his conception the state of a householder was no less acceptable to Hari (God) than retirement from the world.⁴ He did not consider secular business as an obstacle to the attainment of final emancipation. He preached likewise that emancipation was not confined to the higher castes but accessible to all men, including the Chaṇḍāl, the *pariah*. All men were received by him as disciples and the foundation of a popular religion was thereby laid.