Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Choose as your guide the one who plants what is real and true deep inside you.
That guide helps you speak of what words can barely reach, and joins you to the living Word.
People who belong to the One have no other real task than this.
They love the True One, and they love truth itself.
A true guide is someone who helps truth grow roots inside you.
So gur kara-o je saach darirh-aavai: make that one your Guru who plants truth firmly in you. Think of a gardener. A good gardener does not just show you pretty flowers. They plant the seed deep, so it takes root and stays.
That is the test of a real guide. It is not a big show. It is whether truth grows in you and lasts. Such a guide also joins you to the shabad, the living Word: akath kathaavai sabad milaavai, the guide helps you speak of what words can barely reach, and joins you to the Word.
How can you tell if a teacher is helping you grow?
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