The Importance of the Guru

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Guru

Mind becomes like gems, jewels and rubies, if you listen to the Guru's Teachings even once. The Guru has given me this one understanding: there is only the One, the Giver of all souls. May I never forget Him! (Guru Granth Sahib, 2)
Fruitful are the lives of those who walk in harmony with the Will of the True Guru. (Guru Granth Sahib, 28)
I stand by the wayside and ask the Way. If only someone would show me the Way to God - I would go with him. I follow in the footsteps of those who have meditated on Lord. I beg of them, I implore them; I have a strong yearning to meet God. My friend or anyone else, please unite me with God. I sacrifice myself to the True Guru, who has shown me the way to meet God. Being prideless, I fall at the Feet of the True Guru. The Guru is the pride of prideless. The True Guru brings approval and applause. I am never tired of praising the Guru, who unites me with the God. (Guru Granth Sahib, 41)
The Guru's system is the way to salvation. The True Lord Himself comes to dwell in the mind. Through the Guru's system, the world is saved, if it is embraced with love and affection. How rare is the person who truly loves the Guru's Way. Through the Guru's system, everlasting peace is obtained. Through the Guru's system, the Door of Salvation is obtained. Serving the True Guru, one's family is saved. There is no salvation for those who have no Guru. Beguiled by worthless sins, they are struck down. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the body finds peace and tranquility. The Gurmukh is not afflicted by pain. The Messenger of Death does not come near him. Nanak says, the Gurmukh is absorbed in the True Lord. (Guru Granth Sahib, 360)
If a hundred moons were to rise, and a thousand suns appeared, even with such light, there would still be pitch darkness without the Guru. (Guru Granth Sahib, 463)
One who comes to the sanctuary of the True Guru, shall be transformed from iron into gold. The True Guru has no anger or vengeance; He looks upon son and enemy alike. Removing faults and mistakes, He purifies the human body. (Guru Granth Sahib, 960)

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