Satguru

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Satguru - Satguru means true guru. (Gurmukhi ਸਤਿਗ੝ਰ sat=true; Guru=en-lightener); literally: true teacher. It is usually used to refer to God, but can be interchanged with Guru. The word appears more than 2500 times in the Guru Granth Sahib. It implies that the students have faith that the guru can be trusted and will lead them to moksha, enlightenment or inner peace.

SGGS Page 10 Full Shabad
ਜੋ ਸਤਿਗ੝ਰ ਸਰਣਿ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਆਝ ਧ੝ਰਿਗ੝ ਜੀਵੇ ਧ੝ਰਿਗ੝ ਜੀਵਾਸਿ ॥੩॥

Jo saṯgur saraṇ sangaṯ nahī ĝ­ė ḝẖarig jīvė ḝẖarig jīvĝs. ॥3॥
Those who have not sought the Sanctuary of the True Guru and the Sangat,
the Holy Congregation; cursed are their lives, and cursed are their hopes of life. ॥3॥

ਸਤਿਗ੝ਰ੝ ਭੇਟੇ ਸੋ ਸ੝ਖ੝ ਪਾਝ ॥ (One who meets the True Guru finds peace.)

Sat + Guru = Who have Knowledge of Truth, Who tells, What is real Dharam, What are you doing and for what you are here for. Satguru = Person, Satguru = Chitt and Satguru = Parameshwar. But to get eternal peace you have to agree and follow with his wordings (ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮ੝ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਝ ॥)