Definition of "sadguru" [sadguru]

• A great teacher; a supremely wise guide (noun)

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• "I soon learned that Hindus in general, and the swamis and yoga masters who came to the West in particular, saw Jesus in much the same way, as a sadguru (true teacher) and a jivamukti (enlightened being) of the highest order."
• "The image of Jesus as a sage and sadguru may not sit well with clerics for whom Christ can only be the one true messiah and the hinge of human history."
• ""ashram" is the Manhattan apartment Franny grew up in, and the spiritual guide is her older brother Zooey, who imparts the teachings of the next oldest sibling, Buddy, who in turn is the chief "disciple" of their late brother Seymour, the family sadguru."