BOOK
FIVE Bani and Gurbani
Scriptures
and Inner Music THE
term Bani is rather difficult to define and to under stand; its significance
goes far deeper than is commonly supposed.
In common parlance it means words that we read, write or speak. But saints have used it with an altogether
different meaning. Ordinarily there is
not much difference in the terms Bani, Shabd and Naam, for the three are used
interchangeably to denote one and the same thing. Bani
or Naam is of two tinds: Varan Atmak and Dhun Atmak. The former is an outward expression of inner fellings by means of
words through reading, writing or speaking; and the other is the Inner Sound
Principle or Sound Current. |