Editing Guru (section)

== In Sikhism ==
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In Sikhism, seeking a ''Guru'' (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ''gurū'') is of the utmost importance,<ref>{{Cite web |title=iGurbani - Shabad |url=https://www.igurbani.com/shabad/w7i8?verse=cj9h |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=www.igurbani.com}}</ref> [[Guru Nanak]] writes in Ang (ਅੰਗ):751 (੫੧ of the [[Guru Granth Sahib]]:<blockquote>ਗਾਫਲ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿਹੂਣਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਭਾਲਿ ਜੀਉ ॥

O foolish mind, without seeking a Guru, loving devotion with the Almighty is not possible.</blockquote>[[Guru Amar Das]], the third [[Sikh Guru]] says knowledge will have no foundation without a Guru<ref>{{Cite web |title=iGurbani - Shabad |url=https://www.igurbani.com/shabad/domu?verse=zr2d |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=www.igurbani.com |page=650}}</ref>

The Guru is the source of all knowledge which is Almighty. In [[Chaupai (Sikhism)|Chaupai Sahib]], [[Guru Gobind Singh]] states about who is the Guru:<ref name="dasam384">Translation 1: [http://www.sridasam.org/dasam?Action=Page&p=2260&english=t&id=157684 Sri Dasam Granth Sahib] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105148/http://www.sridasam.org/dasam?Action=Page&p=2260&english=t&id=157684 |date=2015-09-24 }}, Verses 384-385, page 22; [http://searchgurbani.com/dasam_granth/page/1466/line/9 Translation 2]</ref>

{{verse translation|lang=pa|italicsoff=y
|ਜਵਨ ਕਾਲ ਜੋਗੀ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਕੀਯੋ ॥ ਬੇਦ ਰਾਜ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਜੂ ਥੀਯੋ ॥
ਜਵਨ ਕਾਲ ਸਭ ਲੋਕ ਸਵਾਰਾ ॥ ਨਮਸ਼ਕਾਰ ਹੈ ਤਾਹਿ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥੩੮੪॥
ਜਵਨ ਕਾਲ ਸਭ ਜਗਤ ਬਨਾਯੋ॥ ਦੇਵ ਦੈਤ ਜੱਛਨ ਉਪਜਾਯੋ ॥
ਆਦਿ ਅੰਤਿ ਏਕੈ ਅਵਤਾਰਾ॥ ਸੋਈ ਗੁਰੂ ਸਮਝਿਯਹੁ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥੩੮੫॥
|The [[God in Sikhism|Temporal Lord]], who created Shiva, the Yogi; who created Brahma, the Master of the Vedas;
The Temporal Lord who fashioned the entire world; I salute the same Lord.
The Temporal Lord, who created the whole world; who created angels, demons and yakshas;
He is the only one form the beginning to the end; '''I consider Him only my Guru'''.
|attr1=[[Dasam Granth]], 384-385|italicsoff2=y}}

The Sikh gurus were fundamental to the Sikh religion, however the concept in Sikhism differs from other usages. The [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] word [[Sikh]] derives from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''[[shishya]]'', or disciple and is all about the relationship between the teacher and a student.<ref>Geoffrey Parrinder (1971), ''World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present'', Hamlyn Publishing, page 254, {{ISBN|978-0-87196-129-7}}</ref> The concept of Guru in Sikhism stands on two pillars i.e. [[Miri Piri|Miri-Piri]] (ਮੀਰੀ-ਪੀਰੀ). 'Piri' means spiritual authority and 'Miri' means temporal authority.<ref>{{cite book | title=Fundamentalisms and the State: Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance | url=https://archive.org/details/fundamentalismss00mart | url-access=registration | publisher=University of Chicago Press |author1=E. Marty, Martin  |author2=Appleby R. Scott | date=1996 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/fundamentalismss00mart/page/278 278] | isbn=978-0226508849}}</ref> Traditionally, the concept of Guru is considered central in Sikhism, and its main scripture is prefixed as a ''Guru'', called [[Guru Granth Sahib]], the words therein called ''[[Gurbani]]''.<ref name=singhakaur>HS Singha & Satwant Kaur, ''Sikhism, A Complete Introduction'', Hemkunt Press, {{ISBN|81-7010-245-6}}, pages 21-29, 54-55</ref>