Bani 561605 205136182 2008-04-12T15:17:45Z Dasamgranth 6877713 /* External links */ {{Unreferenced|date=August 2007}} {{dablink|For other uses of the word, see [[Bani (disambiguation)]].}} [[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]] {{Sikhism}} [[Category:Sikh scripture]] [[Category:Sikhism]] [[Category:Sikh terms]] [[pa:ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ]]