• What’s the difference between a Hindu monk, priest, and guru?

  • Apr 17 2025
  • Length: 10 mins
  • Podcast

What’s the difference between a Hindu monk, priest, and guru?

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  • In some religious traditions, the person who overseas services and rituals, advises members of the community on spiritual or social matters, knows the history of the tradition, studies scripture, or dedicates their life to full-time religious pursuit is the same person — or at least some of those functions all overlap. In Hinduism is generally doesn’t work like that.


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