Page from a Guru Granth Sahib manuscript dated to 1705 giving dates of Joti Jot (death) of the Sikh gurus from Guru Nanak to Guru Tegh Bahadur

Joti Jot (Punjabi: ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤ; meaning: immersed in the Eternal Light), alternatively transliterated as Jyoti Jot, is a phrase used in Sikhism to describe the physical passing (death) of the Sikh gurus and other spiritually liberated (mukti) individuals.[1][2][3] The Sikh gurus and the Sikh scriptures teach that if someone is immortal (or attained immortality during the course of their life, known as jeevan mukt[4][5]), when they leave this existence they have not died but rather they have rejoined with God, as someone who is an immortal cannot die. This special condition is given the word Joti Jot.

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  1. ↑ Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur. "The Sikh Bridal Symbol: An Epiphany of Interconnections." Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 8.2 (1992): 41-64.
  2. ↑ Fenech, Louis E. "Martyrdom and the execution of Guru Arjan in early Sikh sources." Journal of the American Oriental Society (2001): 20-31.
  3. ↑ Cassio, Francesca, and Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker. "Singing Dharam: Sonic Transmission of Knowledge in the Sikh Path." Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age (2019): 271.
  4. ↑ Jacobsen, Knut A. "Sikhism." (2017): 139-142.
  5. ↑ Virk, Hardev Singh. "Sikh Religion and Islam: Interfaith Dialogue."


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