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Satsang was held every evening in Nanak's home for all of his followers and devotees. He would always offer his teaching to everyone who was present, Muslim and Hindu, lower caste and upper caste. All sat together without any feeling of favoritism.
Through his presence and discourses, Baba Nanak would dissipate the clouds of religious and social delusions embedded in the hearts of the people. He taught that the purity laws, the hierarchical superiority of the upper Hindu castes, as well as the communal sentiments of the Muslim clerics, were against the spirit of truth. He taught that these sentiments actually lead seekers away from God.
Not surprisingly, the teachings of Nanak threatened both Hindu priests and Muslim clerics. For them, religion was a business and Nanak was seizing their customers. Consequently, they complained to Devadatta, the Diwan (Minister of Commerce). This suited Devadatta as he himself secretly felt threatened by the honest conduct of Nanak. The Nawab had become so taken with Nanak that it was rumored that the Nawab might even appoint Nanak as the Diwan (Minister of Commerce). Nanak had thoroughly won the trust of the Nawab, the Muslim
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