The Source Book On Sikhism

Guru Granth Sahib as the Living Guru

Personal Guruship was ended by the Tenth Guru after finalizing the Sikh mission and sanctifying and passing succession to the Guru Granth Sahib as the future Living Guru of the Sikhs. He was very clear that no human Guru was to be acknowledged by the Sikhs after 1708. There is plenty of historical evidence which endorses the above significant Sikh doctrine. In spite of this, many Dehdhari Gurus and Sanths are proliferating in India and abroad supported by political enemies of the Sikhs. The present day holders of the Sikh chairs in Western universities are trying to diffuse such significant Sikh doctrine of Guru Manyo Granth, by the Tenth Guru in 1708. Such attempts will be continued in the next centuries. It is a great challenge for the Sikh scholars in the next century to preserve such historically proven doctrines and stop the flourishings of Sant Samaj and Dehdhari Gurus.