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[[Image:Gutka7.JPG|thumb|Reading Nitnem Gutka|right]]
'''Gurbani''' is the term used by [[Sikh]]s to refer to any compositions of the Gurus. '''Gurbani''' is composed of two words: 'Gur' meaning 'the Guru's' and 'bani' meaning 'word'.
Extracts from [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]] ji are called [[Gutka]]s (small books) containing sections of [[Gurbani]].
==Respecting Gurbani==
A Gutka is kept covered in a clean cloth. A person must wash their hands, feet and face, and cover his/her head before handling the Gutka. Gurbani should never be put on the floor or in a place which is lower than any furniture upon which a person may sit or lie.
A Gutka should never be taken to any place where any of the four major sins ("bajjar kurehats) are/do take place: sexual relationships outside of marriage, consumption of tobacco products (or any other intoxicants including alcohol), cutting or removal of hair from the body or consumption of meat or eggs.
[[Image:Gutka6.JPG|thumb|Nitnem Gutka|right]]
==Nitnem Banis==
The [[Banis]] [[Japji Sahib]], [[Jaap Sahib]], [[Tav-Parsad Savaiye]], should be read daily according to the Sikh Rehat Maryada (SRM), many read [[Benti Chaupai]] and [[Anand Sahib]] in addition. These are recited by initiated Sikhs in the early morning (before 6am). [[Rehras Sahib]] is read in the evening (at sunset) and [[Kirtan Sohila]] before going to sleep at night.
[[Image:Gutka8.JPG|thumb|Nitnem Gutka wrapped in cloth|right]]
** [http://sikhs.org/transl6.htm Kirtan Sohila] — English translation
*[[Tav-Prasad Savaiye]]
**[http://sikhs.org/transl3.htm Tav-Prasad Savaiye] — English translation
*[[Sukhmani Sahib]]
**1,2,,4,6,8: part of [[Guru Granth Sahib]].
**3,5a, 5b,7: all complied by the tenth Guru of the Sikhs called [[Guru Gobind Singh]] Ji and part of [[Dasam Granth]].
== External links ==
* [http://www.sridasamgranth.com The Bani of Guru Gobind Singh ji]
* [http://www.sikhvideos.org Watch Gurbani Recited in Videos]
* [http://www.gurbani.org Read Gurbani Online]
* [http://www.SikhismOnPhone.com Gurbani on Phone (Sikhism SMS)]
==See also ==
* [[Japji Sahib]]
* [[Gootka|Gutka]]
* [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]]
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