he is distinct from God (
iva
).
Among Sikhs, the term refers primarily to Gur
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N
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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
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s is central to Sikhism. On the death of Gobind Si
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gh, Gur
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ship was vested in the
di Granth