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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
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)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
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)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
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)
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)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Sikh80" data-source="post: 66307" data-attributes="member: 5290"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'MS Sans Serif'">Frequently Asked Questions</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800080"><strong><a href="http://www.bsingh.dsl.pipex.com/index.html" target="_blank"><u>sikhspirit.com</u></a></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">This list of questions will be added to from time to time. If you have a question submit it by <u><span style="color: #0000ff">email</span></u> and we will endeavour to post an answer here.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>What do Sikhs believe about God?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">God Almighty is impersonal, formless, the ultimate reality and is the Creator, personal saviour, inner teacher, omniscient, omnipotent, and incorporeal. The belief is summed up in the <a href="http://www.bsingh.dsl.pipex.com/khalsa/news2.htm#Page2" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Mool Mantar</span></u></a>, the core belief which appears at the beginning of the Sikh Holy Scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. Also the morning prayer, <a href="http://www.bsingh.dsl.pipex.com/khalsa/news23/page2.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Jaap Sahib</span></u></a>, lists hundreds of different attributes of God. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>What do Sikhs call God?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">God has no name, yet man gives God so many names. Throughout the Sikh scripture many different words are used to refer to God including words such as Allah and Ram which are used in Muslim and Hindu Faiths. Sikhs do however have a favourite word for God. Waheguru (wonderful enlightener). </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Do Sikhs believe in incarnations of God?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">No. God reveals and manifests through all in the universe, but no finite form can be worshipped as God, who is infinite. God chose to embody the Divine Light in Guru Nanak and in nine gurus successively, and finally to the scriptures themselves, but none are to be worshipped as God. </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>What is the Sikhs belief on the origin of the Universe and Life?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">God existed in deep meditation of the void for countless ages until deciding to create the universe and life. Only God knows how and when the universe and life were created. The Jap Ji Sahib prayer states that God created with one Word and creation </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>What happens after death?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">One’s soul is continually reborn until liberated by the Grace of God, at which time the soul merges with God (Guru). The daily evening prayer, Rehraas Sahib states that this is your one chance to meet God and so it is important to live your life so that you can beak the cycle in this life. You may not get another chance! </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Why is there Evil?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sikhs do not believe in original sin, nor in any evil being such as Satan. God has no enemy or opposite. Humans are inherently prone to succumb to temptations. God created all and gave people free will. Evil occurs when the ego takes over. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>How does one achieve salvation?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Salvation is enlightenment, granted by God’s grace only, resulting in liberation from the cycle of rebirth. The soul merges with God (the Supreme Soul) after death. There is also the concept of Jeevan Mukt, liberation while in this life that few people may achieve. Liberation comes after the elimination of the human vices of lust, anger, greed, attachment, and pride (or ego). Frequent prayer, mediation, and song in praise of God, initiation into the Khalsa brotherhood, selfless service to others (seva), charitable works, morality, and obeying God’s Will demonstrate devotion to God and help on the journey.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>What about undeserved suffering?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Suffering is not inflicted directly by God but is permitted by God as a test of courage and faith. Suffering is appreciated for the good that it often brings out in humanity, e.g. compassion. Suffering is seen as the remedy and pleasure the disease. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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