Monday, October 22, 2007

Guru

The Guru is a scared teacher of the Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism religion. The Guru is a sacred connection to wisdom and will help a follower find “one’s true self”. The Guru is a divine figure that has teaching influences. In the West, the term guru refers to anyone who acquires followers. It can also be used to describe a person who has authority because of his religious knowledge or skills.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru

1 comment:

Islam said...

That's interesting to know what the term "guru" means in the Hindu faith. I always knew that one definition of it was someone who was really knowlegdgable on a particular subject but i didn't know the other meaning. That's really cool!

Caitlin M