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Book: Hinduism in Five Minutes

Chapter: 44. What does a Guru do in Hinduism?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.41712

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Two hundred years ago, contact with gurus was limited to wealthy or royal families. Today new gurus offer entertaining discourses to audiences of thousands. Gurus remain both powerful sources of enlightenment for some, and of obfuscation and politicization for others. They still stand at the corner of possibility and peril.

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