What does the word guru mean? The literal translation of guru is someone who is a “dispeller of darkness.” Usually, the darkness is considered human ignorance.

Today the term is used loosely in English and indicates any teacher who is considered a master. But traditionally guru referred to a religious or spiritual teacher who has direct experience of Divine vision or grace and emulates this way of being. A guru is considered an enlightened being.

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