The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (904 page)

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he is distinct from God (
iva
).
Among Sikhs, the term refers primarily to Gur
N
nak and his nine successors,
A
gad
,
Amar D
s
,
R
m D
s
,
Arjan Dev
,
Hargobind
,
Har R
i
,
Har Krishan
,
Tegh Bah
dur
, and
Gobind Si
gh
. All manifested the one divine light, just as one lamp is lit from another. This belief in the essential oneness of the Gur
s is central to Sikhism. On the death of Gobind Si
gh, Gur
ship was vested in the
di Granth

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