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Gurbani (14-53)
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Gurbani (94-109)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
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Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
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)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
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)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
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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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<blockquote data-quote="pk70" data-source="post: 85357" data-attributes="member: 5889"><p><strong>Re: Q&A with Sant Jagjit Singh ji Harkhowal</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਦੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵੇਦੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ </span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: blue"> </span></p><p><span style="color: blue">guramukh naadhan guramukh vaedhan guramukh rehiaa samaaee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">The Guru's Word is the Sound-current of the Naad; the Guru's Word is the Wisdom of the Vedas; the Guru's Word is all-pervading.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰੁ ਈਸਰੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੋਰਖੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਰਬਤੀ ਮਾਈ </span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: blue"> </span></p><p><span style="color: blue">gur eesar gur gorakh baramaa gur paarabathee maaee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">The Guru is Shiva, the Guru is Vishnu and Brahma; the Guru is Paarvati and Lakhshmi.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੇ ਹਉ ਜਾਣਾ ਆਖਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹਣਾ ਕਥਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ </span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: blue"> </span></p><p><span style="color: blue">jae ho jaanaa aakhaa naahee kehanaa kathhan n jaaee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Even knowing God, I cannot describe Him; He cannot be described in words.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">~Jap Ji Sahib, Shri <a href="http://www.sikhism.us/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/666-guru-granth-sahib-history-arrangements-text.html" target="_blank">Guru Granth</a> Sahib p. 2</span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p> I know I said I won't post but I can't resist to answer respected Pk70 ji. But I promise not to engage in debate. So answer freely or attack as you wish as I will likely not respond either way. Don't be too dogmatic and narrow in interpreting Jap Ji Sahib to fit your world-view. Open your eyes to read also it's hidden esoteric meanings. Nirguna isn't in some kind of jealousy conflict with sarguna for Supremacy or sole worship. Nirguna cannot possibly be a "jealous" or "exclusive" god. (quote Harjas Kaur khalsa ji)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>I didn’t hint about jealousy or showed it as you assume all the time Bhain ji, I said what it has been advocated through out Sree Guru Granth Sahib ji. Not a single word is there that promotes Sargun Sroop to be worshiped save for an attempt to express the Creator in its both Sroop. There is no hidden, metaphoric language and, it doesn’t create esoteric illusions as some stuck into it. A<u>ll the quotes given above sum up into an advice not to get frustrated at other doors b</u>ut to stick to True Guru. The meaning is well described In SGGS JI,who can be the Guru -who can show HIM with in( by the words of Guru Nanak Sahib)</strong></p><p> <span style="color: indigo">"One should not engage in theological disputes; there is room for many different viewpoints, and no single viewpoint is the final truth. One should reflect, instead, on the means to awaken devotion, and one should engage oneself in the practice of those means." ~Bhakti Sutras</span></p><p> <strong><span style="color: black">What does this Sutra say? Shouldn’t it apply on your own views too in context of others? HMMMM</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> In the world of human guru's and chelas from other traditions, I have learned one thing which is wise. Sometimes a guru will give conflicting advice. Not because the guru is conflicted, but because diffferent chelas are on different levels of spiritual development. Gurbani tells us the God is BOTH nirguna AND sarguna. This is actually an answer to a centuries long debate between Advaita and Dvaita schools, whether you are familiar with the philosophical history of these debates between sampradyas. Gurbani's answer... God is both impersonal AND personal. The Divine energy flows without form and within form and within all creation. Just as there are uncountable levels of life form, so there are millions of different levels of spirituality from lowest to highest until final merging. [/FONT] BHAKTI is fundamentally a love affair with the Sarguna which transcends both the object and the subject, purifies the ego defilements and ascends beyond the human nature into merging with the Nirguna, which is the hidden fullness of the Beloved One. Hence it is the easiest way for the soul to attain enlightenment, because it is open to the flow of energy through the transformative power of Divine Love.</p><p> <strong>Dead wrong, Sarguna Sroop is also known as Maya, repeatedly Gurbani asks the followers not to pay attention to it, understand only that He is in there too but don’t fall for it, only the Nirguna is pined for. All Vedanta and sects you talk about generally go in circles, their week mind ignore <u>the truth already said in ther</u>e ( as Guru ji hinted at)but they keep coming to Sargun Sroop, A hero concept fails outright to understand HIS show and entity. Mixing up things does not create a pure and intact attention. All the quotes you give from Gurbani, as millions time I wrote, do not prove that your views are advocated in them. If any one starts studying Guru Granth Sahib ji, will find that dominating idea is NIRGUN Sroop, a few references towards Sargun sroop cannot be accepted as dominating idea as other one is there page after page.</strong></p><p> <span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਿਰਗੁਣੁ ਸਰਗੁਣੁ ਆਪੇ ਸੋਈ </span></span><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: teal"> </span></p><p><span style="color: teal">niragun saragun aapae soee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: teal">The Lord Himself is Unmanifest and Unrelated; He is Manifest and Related as well.</span></p><p><span style="color: teal"></span></p><p><span style="color: teal"></span><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਤੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਹੋਈ </span></span><span style="color: teal"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: teal"> </span></p><p><span style="color: teal">thath pashhaanai so panddith hoee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: teal">Those who recognize this essential reality are the true Pandits, the spiritual scholars.</span></p><p><span style="color: teal">~SGGS Ji p. 128</span></p><p> <strong><span style="color: black">Of course, here Gurbani doesn’t select a few special ones as you advocate all the time falsely, it is about all His creation. He also created Maya, what is then Maya? It is a part of His Sargun Sroop. No one can achieve the COMPLETE if stuck to a part of HIM, that is the fact.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black">CONTINUED</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pk70, post: 85357, member: 5889"] [b]Re: Q&A with Sant Jagjit Singh ji Harkhowal[/b] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਦੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵੇਦੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue] guramukh naadhan guramukh vaedhan guramukh rehiaa samaaee || The Guru's Word is the Sound-current of the Naad; the Guru's Word is the Wisdom of the Vedas; the Guru's Word is all-pervading. [/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰੁ ਈਸਰੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੋਰਖੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਰਬਤੀ ਮਾਈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue] gur eesar gur gorakh baramaa gur paarabathee maaee || The Guru is Shiva, the Guru is Vishnu and Brahma; the Guru is Paarvati and Lakhshmi. [/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Raavi]ਜੇ ਹਉ ਜਾਣਾ ਆਖਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹਣਾ ਕਥਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue] jae ho jaanaa aakhaa naahee kehanaa kathhan n jaaee || Even knowing God, I cannot describe Him; He cannot be described in words. ~Jap Ji Sahib, Shri [URL="http://www.sikhism.us/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/666-guru-granth-sahib-history-arrangements-text.html"]Guru Granth[/URL] Sahib p. 2 [/COLOR] I know I said I won't post but I can't resist to answer respected Pk70 ji. But I promise not to engage in debate. So answer freely or attack as you wish as I will likely not respond either way. Don't be too dogmatic and narrow in interpreting Jap Ji Sahib to fit your world-view. Open your eyes to read also it's hidden esoteric meanings. Nirguna isn't in some kind of jealousy conflict with sarguna for Supremacy or sole worship. Nirguna cannot possibly be a "jealous" or "exclusive" god. (quote Harjas Kaur khalsa ji) [B]I didn’t hint about jealousy or showed it as you assume all the time Bhain ji, I said what it has been advocated through out Sree Guru Granth Sahib ji. Not a single word is there that promotes Sargun Sroop to be worshiped save for an attempt to express the Creator in its both Sroop. There is no hidden, metaphoric language and, it doesn’t create esoteric illusions as some stuck into it. A[U]ll the quotes given above sum up into an advice not to get frustrated at other doors b[/U]ut to stick to True Guru. The meaning is well described In SGGS JI,who can be the Guru -who can show HIM with in( by the words of Guru Nanak Sahib)[/B] [COLOR=indigo]"One should not engage in theological disputes; there is room for many different viewpoints, and no single viewpoint is the final truth. One should reflect, instead, on the means to awaken devotion, and one should engage oneself in the practice of those means." ~Bhakti Sutras[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black]What does this Sutra say? Shouldn’t it apply on your own views too in context of others? HMMMM[/COLOR][/B] In the world of human guru's and chelas from other traditions, I have learned one thing which is wise. Sometimes a guru will give conflicting advice. Not because the guru is conflicted, but because diffferent chelas are on different levels of spiritual development. Gurbani tells us the God is BOTH nirguna AND sarguna. This is actually an answer to a centuries long debate between Advaita and Dvaita schools, whether you are familiar with the philosophical history of these debates between sampradyas. Gurbani's answer... God is both impersonal AND personal. The Divine energy flows without form and within form and within all creation. Just as there are uncountable levels of life form, so there are millions of different levels of spirituality from lowest to highest until final merging. [/FONT] BHAKTI is fundamentally a love affair with the Sarguna which transcends both the object and the subject, purifies the ego defilements and ascends beyond the human nature into merging with the Nirguna, which is the hidden fullness of the Beloved One. Hence it is the easiest way for the soul to attain enlightenment, because it is open to the flow of energy through the transformative power of Divine Love. [B]Dead wrong, Sarguna Sroop is also known as Maya, repeatedly Gurbani asks the followers not to pay attention to it, understand only that He is in there too but don’t fall for it, only the Nirguna is pined for. All Vedanta and sects you talk about generally go in circles, their week mind ignore [U]the truth already said in ther[/U]e ( as Guru ji hinted at)but they keep coming to Sargun Sroop, A hero concept fails outright to understand HIS show and entity. Mixing up things does not create a pure and intact attention. All the quotes you give from Gurbani, as millions time I wrote, do not prove that your views are advocated in them. If any one starts studying Guru Granth Sahib ji, will find that dominating idea is NIRGUN Sroop, a few references towards Sargun sroop cannot be accepted as dominating idea as other one is there page after page.[/B] [COLOR=teal][FONT=Raavi]ਨਿਰਗੁਣੁ ਸਰਗੁਣੁ ਆਪੇ ਸੋਈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=teal][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=teal] niragun saragun aapae soee || The Lord Himself is Unmanifest and Unrelated; He is Manifest and Related as well. [/COLOR][COLOR=teal][FONT=Raavi]ਤਤੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਹੋਈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=teal][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=teal] thath pashhaanai so panddith hoee || Those who recognize this essential reality are the true Pandits, the spiritual scholars. ~SGGS Ji p. 128[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black]Of course, here Gurbani doesn’t select a few special ones as you advocate all the time falsely, it is about all His creation. He also created Maya, what is then Maya? It is a part of His Sargun Sroop. No one can achieve the COMPLETE if stuck to a part of HIM, that is the fact. CONTINUED [/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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