After his death a series of nine Gurus led the Panth, i.e., the Sikh community, until 1708 CE.* At this time this function passed to the Panth and the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, which is the 11th and remaining Guru. (See The Many Facets of Japji Sahib. See Who Are Sikhs on CNN....
the passing of a person's life is considered a natural process and God's will. To a Sikh, birth and death are closely associated, because they are both part of the cycle of human life of 'coming and going'. The word 'death' is not used, instead a person is ...