ਬਾਣੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਬਾਣੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸਾਰੇ ॥
banee guroo guroo hai banee vich banee amrit saaray.
The Word, the Bani is Guru, and Guru is the Bani. Within the Bani, the Ambrosial Nectar is contained.
ਗੁਰੁ ਬਾਣੀ ਕਹੈ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਜਨੁ ਮਾਨੈ ਪਰਤਖਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੇ ॥੫॥
gur banee kahai sayvak jan maanai partakh guroo nistaaray. ||5||
If His humble servant believes, and acts according to the Words of the Guru's Bani, then the Guru, in person, emancipates him. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The good, true words themselves carry the wisdom — the teaching lives right in them.
Take them to heart and live them, and they set you free.
The good, true words themselves carry the wisdom — the teaching lives right inside them.
A doctrinally important verse: baanee guru guru hai baanee — "the Word (Bani) is the Guru, and the Guru is the Word; within the Bani the Nectar is contained." In Sikhism the true Teacher is not a body but the wisdom itself — the good, true words carry the teaching, and living by them "emancipates." For a child: the good, true words themselves carry the wisdom — the teaching lives right inside them, and living by them sets you free.
A Question to Sit With
How can good words themselves be like a teacher to you?
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