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Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
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Gurbani (151-185)
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Gurbani (347-348)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
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Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
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Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
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Shalok Ninth Mehl
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<blockquote data-quote="Theologian." data-source="post: 212514" data-attributes="member: 21416"><p>Reference please.</p><p> </p><p>Ik Onkar -</p><p> </p><p>r the monotheistic religion founded in the United States and named after an alternative transliteration of the "Ik Onkār" phrase, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckankar" target="_blank"><u>Eckankar</u></a>.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ekonkar.normal.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Ekonkar.normal.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><em>Ik Onkār</em>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-rose-1" target="_blank"><u>[1]</u></a> a Sikh symbol (encoded as a single character in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode" target="_blank"><u>Unicode</u></a> at U+0A74, ੴ)</p><p><em><strong>Ik Onkar</strong></em> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi" target="_blank"><u>Gurmukhi</u></a>: ੴ, ਇੱਕ ਓਅੰਕਾਰ; <strong>Ikk Ōankār</strong> Punjabi pronunciation: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Punjabi" target="_blank"><u>[ɪkː oəŋkaɾ]</u></a>) is the symbol that represents the <strong>One Supreme Reality<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-2" target="_blank"><u>[2]</u></a></strong> and is a central tenet of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_religious_philosophy" target="_blank"><u>Sikh religious philosophy</u></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-rose-1" target="_blank"><u>[1]</u></a> <em>Ik</em> (ਇੱਕ) means one and only one, who cannot be compared or contrasted with any other,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-3" target="_blank"><u>[3]</u></a> (ਓਅੰਕਾਰ) is the one universal ever flowing divine melody and existential unstuck never ending sound of God.</p><p>To simplify Ik means one, Oang the creator and Kar means the creation. So the creator and his creation are not different and He the supreme creator resides everywhere and in everything.</p><p>The sound is Oang (anhad naad) and Kar is the never ending continuation of Oang sound. This melody manifests in billions of galaxies and universes and leads to protect and preserve. Ultimately, everything gets merged back into this sound; this has happened countless times before.</p><p>It is a symbol of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism" target="_blank"><u>unity of God</u></a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism" target="_blank"><u>Sikhism</u></a>, meaning God is One or One God,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-4" target="_blank"><u>[4]</u></a> and is found in all religious scriptures and places such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdwara" target="_blank"><u>Gurdwaras</u></a>. Derived from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_language" target="_blank"><u>Punjabi</u></a>, <em>Ik Onkār</em> is the first phrase in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mool_Mantar" target="_blank"><u>Mool Mantar</u></a> referring to the existence of "one constant divine melody" which is proved by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurbani" target="_blank"><u>Gurbani</u></a> itself in:</p><p>ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਏਕ ਧੁਨਿ ਏਕੈ।।</p><p>Oangkar one and only divine melody</p><p>ਏਕੈ ਰਾਗੁ ਅਲਾਪੈ।।</p><p>One melody is tuned</p><p>ਏਕਾ ਦੇਸੀ ਏਕੁ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ਏਕੋ ਰਹਿਆ ਬਿਆਪੈ।। ਮਹਲਾ ੫</p><p>One is his land, one way he shows and that one is omnipresent.</p><p>ਅੰਗ ੮੮੫</p><p>Page 885 (Shree Guru Granth Sahib Ji)</p><p>ਓਅੰ ਆਦਿ ਸਰੂਪੈ।।</p><p>ਓਅੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੀੲੋ ਪਸਾਰਾ।।</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-5" target="_blank"><u>[5]</u></a></p><p>It is found in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi" target="_blank"><u>Gurmukhi</u></a> script<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-6" target="_blank"><u>[6]</u></a> and is consequently also part of the Sikh <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitnem" target="_blank"><u>morning prayer</u></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japji_Sahib" target="_blank"><u>Japji Sahib</u></a>. It is a combination of two characters, the numeral ੧, <em>Ikk</em> (one) and the first letter of the word <em>Onkar</em> (Constant taken to mean God) - which also happens to be the first letter of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukh%C4%AB_script" target="_blank"><u>Gurmukhī script</u></a> - an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi_script" target="_blank"><u>ūṛā</u></a>, ੳ, coupled with a specially adapted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel" target="_blank"><u>vowel</u></a> symbol <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi_script" target="_blank"><u>hōṛā</u></a>, yielding ਓ.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Taken from Wikipedia, yes the same Wikipedia that I have criticised before in putting forward an argument, but now it is more easier and quicker to correct, which I mention now to the advantage. Hypocritical, yes I am guilty for exterior reason to this topic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Theologian., post: 212514, member: 21416"] Reference please. Ik Onkar - r the monotheistic religion founded in the United States and named after an alternative transliteration of the "Ik Onkār" phrase, see [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckankar'][U]Eckankar[/U][/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ekonkar.normal.png'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Ekonkar.normal.png[/IMG][/URL] [I]Ik Onkār[/I],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-rose-1'][U][1][/U][/URL] a Sikh symbol (encoded as a single character in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode'][U]Unicode[/U][/URL] at U+0A74, ੴ) [I][B]Ik Onkar[/B][/I] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi'][U]Gurmukhi[/U][/URL]: ੴ, ਇੱਕ ਓਅੰਕਾਰ; [B]Ikk Ōankār[/B] Punjabi pronunciation: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Punjabi'][U][ɪkː oəŋkaɾ][/U][/URL]) is the symbol that represents the [B]One Supreme Reality[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-2'][U][2][/U][/URL][/B] and is a central tenet of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_religious_philosophy'][U]Sikh religious philosophy[/U][/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-rose-1'][U][1][/U][/URL] [I]Ik[/I] (ਇੱਕ) means one and only one, who cannot be compared or contrasted with any other,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-3'][U][3][/U][/URL] (ਓਅੰਕਾਰ) is the one universal ever flowing divine melody and existential unstuck never ending sound of God. To simplify Ik means one, Oang the creator and Kar means the creation. So the creator and his creation are not different and He the supreme creator resides everywhere and in everything. The sound is Oang (anhad naad) and Kar is the never ending continuation of Oang sound. This melody manifests in billions of galaxies and universes and leads to protect and preserve. Ultimately, everything gets merged back into this sound; this has happened countless times before. It is a symbol of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism'][U]unity of God[/U][/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism'][U]Sikhism[/U][/URL], meaning God is One or One God,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-4'][U][4][/U][/URL] and is found in all religious scriptures and places such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurdwara'][U]Gurdwaras[/U][/URL]. Derived from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_language'][U]Punjabi[/U][/URL], [I]Ik Onkār[/I] is the first phrase in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mool_Mantar'][U]Mool Mantar[/U][/URL] referring to the existence of "one constant divine melody" which is proved by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurbani'][U]Gurbani[/U][/URL] itself in: ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਏਕ ਧੁਨਿ ਏਕੈ।। Oangkar one and only divine melody ਏਕੈ ਰਾਗੁ ਅਲਾਪੈ।। One melody is tuned ਏਕਾ ਦੇਸੀ ਏਕੁ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ਏਕੋ ਰਹਿਆ ਬਿਆਪੈ।। ਮਹਲਾ ੫ One is his land, one way he shows and that one is omnipresent. ਅੰਗ ੮੮੫ Page 885 (Shree Guru Granth Sahib Ji) ਓਅੰ ਆਦਿ ਸਰੂਪੈ।। ਓਅੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੀੲੋ ਪਸਾਰਾ।। [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-5'][U][5][/U][/URL] It is found in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi'][U]Gurmukhi[/U][/URL] script[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ik_Onkar#cite_note-6'][U][6][/U][/URL] and is consequently also part of the Sikh [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitnem'][U]morning prayer[/U][/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japji_Sahib'][U]Japji Sahib[/U][/URL]. It is a combination of two characters, the numeral ੧, [I]Ikk[/I] (one) and the first letter of the word [I]Onkar[/I] (Constant taken to mean God) - which also happens to be the first letter of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukh%C4%AB_script'][U]Gurmukhī script[/U][/URL] - an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi_script'][U]ūṛā[/U][/URL], ੳ, coupled with a specially adapted [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel'][U]vowel[/U][/URL] symbol [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurmukhi_script'][U]hōṛā[/U][/URL], yielding ਓ. Taken from Wikipedia, yes the same Wikipedia that I have criticised before in putting forward an argument, but now it is more easier and quicker to correct, which I mention now to the advantage. Hypocritical, yes I am guilty for exterior reason to this topic. [/QUOTE]
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