"Some people say that Gurbani contains knowledge that helps you on your path. Bani is not just the light to the path, Bani is the path itself.

"A beautiful Gursikh told me that the Guru Granth Sahib is a GPS. Once you are lost and your GPS helps you, you are grateful, and you say, 'the GPS is great'. Well the Siri Guru Granth Sahib is the guide towards truth, contentment, and contemplation. 

"Bani is not a ritual. We read Bani to get enlightened. Read it and try to understand, then you will experience it. If we don't experience Bani then the fault is with us. Bani is meant to be read, understood, and ultimately experienced. "

"Once I asked a Radha Swami what his Nitnem (daily discipline) was. He told me that he didn't have any such restrictions. I told him, it's not a restriction, it's a prescription. The Guru is the doctor and I am sick with a sense of ego. The Guru told me to take the medicine of Bani twice a day."

 

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