Bhagat Bani

Bhagat Bani (meaning "utterances of the Bhagats") is a Sikh term to refer to compositions found within Sikh scriptures (namely the Guru Granth Sahib) whose authorship is attributed to the Bhagats. They were included in the Sikh canon in a slightly-amended form. Guru Arjan included Bhagat Bani into the Adi Granth which expounded anti-caste views. The Bhagat Bani consists of saloks and shabads.

Sikhism's central scriptural book, Guru Granth Sahib, has teachings of 15 Bhagats, along with bani of Sikh Gurus, Bhats and Gursikhs. Because Sikhism believes in one human creed (no one belongs to a higher or a lower social status or caste) and that accounts for adding Bani of various authors, a total of 36, in Guru Granth Sahib, irrespective of many belonging to religions other than Sikhism. Religious writings of those Bhagats were collected by Guru Arjan. Some of them lived before Guru Nanak, but came to have a monotheistic as opposed to a polytheistic doctrine.

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