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Sant Dadu Dayal Ji sees sadguru as the one who brings spiritual transformation in his disciple:
A true Guru by his grace transforms an animal-like being into a real human being. Then the person is transformed from human to siddha (perfected being), and from siddha to God, and from God to the Formless Infinite Reality.
Sant Charan Das places Guru in a much superior status when he says:
A mother is a hundred times greater than a father. A mother always keeps her son in her loving care. Even when she chides the child, in her heart she is only concerned with the well-being of her child. God is a hundred times greater than a mother and the spiritual teacher is a hundred times greater than God. The Guru loves his disciple and also takes away his weaknesses.
A great mystic and devoted woman, Sahjo Bai, presents similar
idea:
I may abandon Ram (God) but I can not leave my Guru. I do not see the Lord and Guru as equals. [In other words, she deems Guru higher than God since Guru holds the key to liberation.]
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Whatever happens by the grace of God, or whatever does not happen, I am not concerned. But without the grace and mercy of Guru, the insight and wisdom wash away.
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