In 1708, dying, Guru Gobind Singh ended the line of human Gurus and vested authority in two places at once: the Guru Granth Sahib, the scripture, and the Guru Panth, the assembled community. That dual settlement is why Sikhism has scripture treated as a living person — the book is enthroned, fanned, put to rest at night, and consulted for guidance by opening it at random — and also a tradition of collective decision-making in assembly. Removing the possibility of a new human Guru also closed off the most common route to schism.