Core tenet of Sikhism

All human beings are equal.

Caste is refused outright; the langar seats prince and pauper on the same floor.

Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held

Nanak preached it and the institutions enforce it: the langar seats maharaja and sweeper in one row on one floor for one meal; the shared surname (Singh, Kaur) was designed to erase caste from the name itself. Equality here is not an aspiration bolted on — it is load-bearing architecture.

From the sources — the passages this rests on; concise renderings, cited

Recognize all of humankind as one.
Attributed to Guru Gobind Singh

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