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The Guru is the Boat to carry me across the world-ocean; the Guru is the Sacred Shrine of Pilgrimage, the Guru is the Holy River. If it pleases Him, I bathe in the Pool of Truth, and become radiant and pure." (Guru Nanak, Sri Rag, pg. 17)
The word "Guru" is a Sanskrit word meaning teacher, honoured person, religious person or saint. Sikhism though has a very specific definition of the word Guru. It means the descent of divine guidance to mankind provided through ten Enlightened Masters. This honour of being called a Sikh Guru applies only to the ten Gurus who founded the religion starting with Guru Nanak in 1469 and ending with Guru Gobind Singh in 1708; thereafter it refers to the Sikh Holy Scriptures the Guru Granth Sahib. The divine spirit was passed from one Guru to the next as "The light of a lamp which lights another does not abate. Similarly a spiritual leader and his disciple become equal, Nanak says the truth."
"They distinguish and separate one Guru from the other. And rare is the one who knows that they, indeed, were one. They who realised this in their hearts, attained Realisation of God." (Guru Gobind Singh, Dohira, Vachitra Natak)
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PATSAHI | NAME OF GURU | BIRTH DATE | BIRTH PLACE |
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PAHLI | GURU NANAKDEV JI | 20 OCT 1469- 1539 | RAI BHOIKI TALVANDI |
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DUSHARI | GURU ANGAD DEV JI | 13 MAR 1504- 1552 | MUKTSAR.PUNJAB |
| TISHRI | GURU AMARDAS JI | 15 MAY 1479-1536 | BASARKE.PUNJAB |
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CHAUTHI | GURU RAMBAS JI | 20 SEPT 1534- 1581 | CHUNA MANDI PAK |
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PACHVI | GURU ARJANDEVJI | 15 APR 1563- 1606 | GOVINDWAL.PUNJAB |
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CHHATHI | GURU HARGOBIND JI | JUNE 1595-1644 | WADWLI VILLAGE |
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SATVI | GURU HARI RAI | 16 JAN 1630-1661 | KIRATPUR |
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AATHVI | GURU HARKISHANRAI JI | 1656- 1644 | |
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NAVVI | GURU TAKHBAHADUR JI |
1 APR 1621-1675 | GURUMAHAL.PUNJAB |
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DASVI | GURU GOBIND SINGH JI | 1666- 1708 | PATNA SAHEB.BIHAR |
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