Bhagat Beni is one of the fifteen saints and sufis some of whose compositions have been incorporated in Guru Granth Săhib. Very little is known about his personal life except that he spent most of his time in prayer and contemplation. Nabhăji's Bhagatmăl, which includes him in its roster of well-known bhagats, narrates a popular anecdote about how Beni, absorbed in meditation, often neglected the household needs and how the Deity himself intervened and in the form of a king helped him tide over the crisis. Bhăi Gurdăs (Văr, X. 14) has referred to Beni’s single-minded meditation in solitude enriched by moments of spiritual edification.

Beni’s three hymns in Guru Granth Sahib are marked by an intense spiritual longing. They also indicate the various paths tried by him in his quest, his practical experience of life and his mastery of religious lore of diverse traditions. His five-stanza hymn in Sri Raga, in concise and elliptical form, traces the gradual spiritual degeneration of man from the time of birth to the end. It so closely resembles Guru Nănak’s Pahire hymns in the same răga that Guru Arjan, when compiling Guru Granth Sahib, recorded the instruction that Beni’s hymn be sung in the same tune as Pahire. In his hymn in Răga Rămkali, Beni, using allegorical expressions of the yogis, dwells upon the gradual process leading to the highest spiritual knowledge, which is also the ultimate bliss. This hymn, too, has close similarity with several of Guru Nănak’s verses in the same measure. It reveals Beni’s knowledge of the practices and terminology of hatha yoga as well as his rejection of them in favour of the cultivation of the Divine Name. In the hymn in Răga Parbhăti, Beni censures in the general tone of the Gurus’ bani, the hypocrisy of the Brăhman who practises outward piety while harbouring evil in the heart. He adds in conclusion that without the true Guru’s instruction way to liberation will not be found.