The Avtar Bani outlines the key philosophy of the Sant Nirankari Mission.
It may in fact be considered the Bible or Quran of the Mission. It is named
after its author Shahenshan Baba Avtar Singh. Its initial version was first
published in 1957. Its “Big Brother”, the 'Sampuran Avtar Bani ' (meaning - the
complete Avtar Bani) was published in 1965. The Avtar Bani was originally
written in easy Punjabi verse, but some stanzas were in the Urdu and Sindhi
Language. It contains 376 hymns which describe the qualities of Formless God
(Nirankar), the important role of a True Spiritual Guide in attaining God
realisation, the kindness and grace of the True Master, the purpose of human
life, the five fundamental principles, true devotion and how a man can lead a
saintly life. The Avtar Bani is not worshipped as a holy religious book like the
Quran or the Bible, but it is highly regarded by the Nirankari devotees for its
authenticity. It has been published in Gurumukhi, Devnagari, Urdu and Roman
scripts. It has also been translated and published in English (verse and prose),
Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telgu, Nepali and Marathi verse. The full
online versions of the Avtar Bani may be accessed through
the main Nirankari Website, via the Literature and the E-books
links.
| Punjabi/Marathi (20MB) Hindi (11MB) English (441KB) |
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