The Palace of the Lord God is so beautiful. Within it, there are gems, rubies, pearls and flawless diamonds. A fortress of gold surrounds this Source of Nectar. How can I climb up to the Fortress without a ladder? By meditating on the Lord, through the Guru, I am blessed and exalted. The Guru is the Ladder, the Guru is the Boat, and the Guru is the Raft to take me to the Lord's Name. The Guru is the Boat to carry me across the world-ocean; the Guru is the Sacred Shrine of Pilgrimage, the Guru is the Holy River. If it pleases Him, I bathe in the Pool of Truth, and become radiant and pure.
The word "Guru" is a Sanskrit word meaning teacher, honoured person, religious person or saint. Sikhism though has a very specific definition of the word Guru. It means the descent of divine guidance to mankind provided through ten Enlightened Masters. This honour of being called a Sikh Guru applies only to the ten Gurus who founded the religion starting with Guru Nanak in 1469 and ending with Guru Gobind Singh in 1708; thereafter it refers to the Sikh Holy Scriptures the Guru Granth Sahib. The divine spirit was passed from one Guru to the next as "The light of a lamp which lights another does not abate. Similarly a spiritual leader and his disciple become equal, Nanak says the truth."
Legend of the Ten Sikh Gurus
1. Guru Nanak - Guru from 1469 to 1539
2. Guru Angad - Guru from 1539 to 1552
3. Guru Amar Das - Guru from 1552 to 1574
4. Guru Ram Das - Guru from 1574 to 1581
5. Guru Arjan Dev - Guru from 1581 to 1606
6. Guru Har Gobind - - Guru from 1606 to 1644
7. Guru Har Rai - Guru from 1644 to 1661
8. Guru Har Krishan - Guru from 1661 to 1664
9. Guru Tegh Bahadur - Guru from 1665 to 1675
10. Guru Gobind Singh - Guru from 1675 to 1708
11. Guru Granth Sahib - Guru from 1708 to eternity
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