{{Short description|Sikh term}} '''''Gurmat''''' (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਮਤਿ<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thind |first=Kulbir Singh |title=Gurbani Dictionary - ਗੁਰਮਤਿ |url=https://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF |access-date=14 March 2026 |website=Sri Granth}}</ref>) is a Sikh term, used in a general sense as a name for the faith.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mandair |first=Arvind-Pal Singh |title=Sikhism: A Guide For The Perplexed |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2013 |isbn=9781441117083 |pages=5–6 |quote=As seeming truth statements they elide the fact that ‘Sikhism’ is not an indigenous term but a colonial construct. The indigenous terms ''sikhi'', ''gursikhi'', ''gurmat'' or ''dharam'' are extensively used by Sikhs who speak Punjabi.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Gurmukh |title=Historical Sikh Shrines |publisher=Singh Bros. |year=1995 |isbn=9788172051518 |pages=23 |quote=''Gurmat'' in Sikh parlence is synonymous with Sikhism.}}</ref> Specifically, the term refers to the doctrines espoused by the Sikh gurus, found within ''gurbani''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Guramati |script-title=pa:ਗੁਰਮਤਿ |url=https://punjabipedia.org/topic.aspx?txt=%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF |access-date=14 March 2026 |website=Punjabipedia |publisher=Punjabi University |language=pa |publication-place=Patiala}}</ref> It combines the words ''gur'' (meaning "guru") and ''mat'' (meaning "doctrine").<ref name=":0" /> In Sikhism, it is believed that true knowledge is obtained from the gurus.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Hakam |date=2020 |title=Gurmati |script-title=pa:ਗੁਰਮਤਿ |url=https://www.sikhmarg.com/2020/0329-gurmat.html |access-date=14 March 2026 |website=Sikh Marg |language=pa}}</ref> Sikhs believe that proper following of gurmat allows them to connect to the divine and achieve spiritual liberation, which they believe is the true purpose of human life, with the ultimate goal being a state of union-hood with divinity.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Those following gurmat practice ''naam japna'', listen to ''bani'', and achieve ''darshan'' (sacred envisionment) of the divine.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The human-mind is polluted with vices, especially egotism, thus following gurmat allows one to transcend these inhibitions and also the illusion of the external world, as it purifies the soul.<ref name=":1" />
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