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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
A self-centred person who follows their own desires rather than the Guru’s guidance.
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Paper 1
A self-centred person guided by their own ego and desires rather than by God and the Guru’s teachings.
Revise: Being GurmukhSikh teaching contrasts being gurmukh, or God-centred, with being manmukh, or self-centred. The difference is about what guides a person’s thoughts and actions.
Paper 1, Paper 3
A self-willed person who follows selfish desires rather than the Guru's guidance.
Revise: Good, Evil and Suffering in SikhismA manmukh follows their own desires rather than the Guru's guidance. This is connected with haumai, ego or 'I-me' thinking: acting as though one's own importance and wishes are the centre of life. A gurmukh, by contrast, follows the Guru's teaching and turns towards God.
A self-willed person whose life is directed by ego and personal desires rather than the Guru's guidance.
A self-willed person who follows their own ego rather than the Guru’s guidance.
Manmukh means self-centred, not male-centred: the distinction concerns what guides a person’s life, not their gender.
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