The four hundredth year of the installation of the immemorial and immutable Sri Guru Granth Sahib has inspired the whole world with a new forvour and courage. Certainly, it is beyond the capacity of any human being to be able to write about the glory of God. Actually, Gurbani is based on the world of experience, and can only be realized. The teaching and learning of Gurbani relates to the world of spiritual effort on one hand and the mystical experience on the other. The study of Gurbani originates from kind of mental and emotional stirrings. The very fact that the tenth Guru set up a centre taxal for the study of the meaning of Gurbani at Talwandi Sabo, Damdama Sahib, makes it obvious that there has to be a way to understand the meaning of Gurbani. Consciously or sub-consciously, it is because of the pursuit of this ideal that the schools and universities have made Gurbani a part of their syllabi.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mohinder Kaur Gill
Dr. Mohinder Kaur Gill has authored about hundred books. Though she is a renowned poetess, but her main, memorable and outstanding contribution is in the field of Sikh scriptures, Sikh ethics and Sikh religion. She is the only Sikh woman writer who with her commitment, enchanting devotion and total surrender to Sikh Gurus and Gurbani, contributed her best in the tradition laid down by Bhai Vir Singh, Bhai Jodh Singh and Prof. Sahib Singh. Her well known, widely appreciated and well-received book ‘Bani Saar’ is the real sense a poetics in the field of Gurbani. Her most singular and significant achievement in this field is to unearth biographical, historical and religious contribution of guru consorts and women belonging to Guru Families. It is the result of her sheer enduring research, internal and personal urge that she gave us a fairly dependable historical description of these great personalities.
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