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# Why Guru? (Book)

## Description

- Book Details
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- **Topic**: **Details**
- **Author/Creator**: [The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Jagatguru Mahasannidhanam His Divine Holiness Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam](https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/The_Supreme_Pontiff_of_Hinduism_Jagatguru_Mahasannidhanam_His_Divine_Holiness_Bhagavan_Nithyananda_Paramashivam.md)
- **Book Title**: Why Guru?
- **Download at**: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1\_iMvRVz20XXLE14IGzkCgBV\_qJNkOCwE/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_iMvRVz20XXLE14IGzkCgBV_qJNkOCwE/view)
- **Edition**: 1
- **Language**: English
- **Page Count**: 159
- **Published By**: Nithyananda University Press
- **Published Year**: 2016

GURU in Sanskrit means, ‘Remover of darkness and ignorance.’ Guru removes the mental blocks and obstacles that stand in the way of our awareness and realization of our true Self. The scriptures, the shastrapramana, again and again, mention the need for a Guru. So Why Guru? The book shares with you what the shastra, sacred scriptures have to say why Guru?

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