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Guru

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Sadhguru's FAKE Compassion Exposed by REAL Guru (Thich Nhat Hanh)

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A Lesson From Guru Nanak - Sadhguru

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Introducing 10 Gurus in Sikhism🦅#shorts#Sikhism#guru#Warrior#hinduGod

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Was Guru Nanak a Muslim? - Dr Zakir Naik

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Guru Mantar and the Sikh Concept - Part 1

Guru is a Sanskrit term that connotes someone who is a "teacher, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, guru is someone more than a teacher, in sanskrit Guru means the one who dispels the darkness and takes towards light, traditionally a reverential figure to the student, with the guru serving as a "counselor, who helps mold values, shares experiential knowledge as much as literal knowledge, an exemplar in life, an inspirational source and who helps in the spiritual evolution of a student". The term also refers to someone who primarily is one's spiritual guide, who helps one to discover the same potentialities that the gurus already realized. Guru is also the word for "teacher" in Indonesian and Malay language.
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