Guru

Also known as Acharya, Gurdev, Satguru, Jagatguru, Jagadguru, sadhu, Sadhvi, GuruMaa

thumb|The guru-smiti relationship. Watercolour, Punjab Hills, India, 1740. Guru ( ; IAST: guru) is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential figure to the disciple (or shisya in Sanskrit, literally seeker [of knowledge or truth]) or student, with the guru serving as a "counsellor, who helps mould values, shares experiential knowledge as much as literal knowledge, an exemplar in life, an inspirational source and who helps in the spiritual evolution of a