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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 53853" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Beginning a Spiritual Practice - The Importance of Beginning</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">By <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Julie_Redstone" target="_blank"><span style="color: #810081">Julie Redstone</span></a> <img src="http://ezinearticles.com/images/platinum-star2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Often, the most difficult hurdle to overcome in a spiritual practice is the hurdle of beginning. For even though one has the best intentions to improve the quality of life and to deepen one's relationship with Spirit, it is in starting that a space must be made among many other competing priorities so that what did not exist before can be given room within an otherwise busy and committed life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">The challenge of beginning lies in this: it must seem centrally important to the self to move in the direction of spiritual deepening and awareness in order to make the sacrifices that are necessary to do so. While spirituality remains an area of interest or of curiosity, this degree of inner necessity may not be present. Reading about spiritual subjects or attending lectures or workshops may be sufficient. But when the longing grows to experience something more of a different way of living, to transform life, to experience God and one's higher self directly, then more than reading or learning on a mental level is needed. Then actual 'on-the-job' training is called for. This is what a spiritual practice does. It offers an invisible step-by-step program toward heightened awareness, greater peace, and a spiritually-based outlook on life. To integrate this awareness into everyday life one must have daily contact with the source of this new experience. This contact occurs not through the mind, but through the body and its spiritual senses and through the heart and its deeper intuition. One cannot 'think' one's way into a new life. One must have experiences in order to do this.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">The sacrifice needed in order to begin a spiritual practice may be that of letting go of another activity or another use to which time has been put. Or, it may be that one sacrifices the comfort of ordinary conversation and time spent with others in order to pursue something more solitary and alone whose rewards are yet to be seen. The willingness to engage in something whose outcome is unknown can be exciting, but it can also demand courage and commitment from the self and a willingness to say "no" to other demands that are also placed upon one's time.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Having determined to begin such a practice, the first step that is required is to: <strong>be simple</strong>. Do what you <em>can</em> do and do not strive to do what seems impossible to do or very difficult to do. Later on more difficulty can be added.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">For example, if it is not possible to set aside twenty minutes a day to sit in a meditative way, then set aside ten. Begin where you can begin, and determine to make your time a regular daily practice, for in this regularity lies the means for growth and improvement.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Secondly: <strong>be creative</strong>. What is most important in establishing contact with the indwelling Spirit and with the spiritual around oneself is to be in a place that feels sacred, a place that communicates a sense of the higher realms and of the invisible, not a place that is ordinary or filled with the vibrations of others. Allow your creativity to find a way to define or locate a sacred space in which you can create an altar which represents your commitment to your spiritual practice. This altar can be very simple. It can be constructed out of a wooden shelf, a small table, or anything that will hold a single candle that can be lit during one's practice. That is all. For the altar to resonate with a sacred vibration, however, it must not be used for anything else – neither to put other things on, nor as part of a different purpose other than its sacred one.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Thirdly: <strong>be committed</strong>. Be willing to sit in front of your altar and breathe quietly with your hand over your heart center in the center of your chest, allowing your mind to let go of thoughts as best as it can. In beginning, there is no more needed than this: to sit, to breathe, to bring energy to your heart center, to try to empty your mind.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Regular practice of this very simple kind, whether for ten or twenty minutes a day, will begin to make an inroad into your body's knowledge of what is actually taking place. It will begin to open the line's of communication between your everyday physical self and your soul-self that exists as another layer of your being.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Seeking to join the two parts so that they become one is the purpose of a spiritual practice, so that life can be lived more fully within the framework of everyday reality, and so that the perception of oneself can shift from that of personal and biological history, to the deeper knowing of oneself as a child of God.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">SOURCE:</span> <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Beginning-a-Spiritual-Practice---The-Importance-of-Beginning&id=521428" target="_blank"><span style="color: #810081">http://ezinearticles.com/?Beginning-a-Spiritual-Practice---The-Importance-of-Beginning&id=521428</span></a>#</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p></p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>----------------------------------------</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 53853, member: 884"] [COLOR=#000080][B][SIZE=5]Beginning a Spiritual Practice - The Importance of Beginning[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]By [URL="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Julie_Redstone"][COLOR=#810081]Julie Redstone[/COLOR][/URL] [IMG]http://ezinearticles.com/images/platinum-star2.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Often, the most difficult hurdle to overcome in a spiritual practice is the hurdle of beginning. For even though one has the best intentions to improve the quality of life and to deepen one's relationship with Spirit, it is in starting that a space must be made among many other competing priorities so that what did not exist before can be given room within an otherwise busy and committed life.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The challenge of beginning lies in this: it must seem centrally important to the self to move in the direction of spiritual deepening and awareness in order to make the sacrifices that are necessary to do so. While spirituality remains an area of interest or of curiosity, this degree of inner necessity may not be present. Reading about spiritual subjects or attending lectures or workshops may be sufficient. But when the longing grows to experience something more of a different way of living, to transform life, to experience God and one's higher self directly, then more than reading or learning on a mental level is needed. Then actual 'on-the-job' training is called for. This is what a spiritual practice does. It offers an invisible step-by-step program toward heightened awareness, greater peace, and a spiritually-based outlook on life. To integrate this awareness into everyday life one must have daily contact with the source of this new experience. This contact occurs not through the mind, but through the body and its spiritual senses and through the heart and its deeper intuition. One cannot 'think' one's way into a new life. One must have experiences in order to do this.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The sacrifice needed in order to begin a spiritual practice may be that of letting go of another activity or another use to which time has been put. Or, it may be that one sacrifices the comfort of ordinary conversation and time spent with others in order to pursue something more solitary and alone whose rewards are yet to be seen. The willingness to engage in something whose outcome is unknown can be exciting, but it can also demand courage and commitment from the self and a willingness to say "no" to other demands that are also placed upon one's time.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Having determined to begin such a practice, the first step that is required is to: [B]be simple[/B]. Do what you [I]can[/I] do and do not strive to do what seems impossible to do or very difficult to do. Later on more difficulty can be added.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]For example, if it is not possible to set aside twenty minutes a day to sit in a meditative way, then set aside ten. Begin where you can begin, and determine to make your time a regular daily practice, for in this regularity lies the means for growth and improvement.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Secondly: [B]be creative[/B]. What is most important in establishing contact with the indwelling Spirit and with the spiritual around oneself is to be in a place that feels sacred, a place that communicates a sense of the higher realms and of the invisible, not a place that is ordinary or filled with the vibrations of others. Allow your creativity to find a way to define or locate a sacred space in which you can create an altar which represents your commitment to your spiritual practice. This altar can be very simple. It can be constructed out of a wooden shelf, a small table, or anything that will hold a single candle that can be lit during one's practice. That is all. For the altar to resonate with a sacred vibration, however, it must not be used for anything else – neither to put other things on, nor as part of a different purpose other than its sacred one.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Thirdly: [B]be committed[/B]. Be willing to sit in front of your altar and breathe quietly with your hand over your heart center in the center of your chest, allowing your mind to let go of thoughts as best as it can. In beginning, there is no more needed than this: to sit, to breathe, to bring energy to your heart center, to try to empty your mind.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Regular practice of this very simple kind, whether for ten or twenty minutes a day, will begin to make an inroad into your body's knowledge of what is actually taking place. It will begin to open the line's of communication between your everyday physical self and your soul-self that exists as another layer of your being.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Seeking to join the two parts so that they become one is the purpose of a spiritual practice, so that life can be lived more fully within the framework of everyday reality, and so that the perception of oneself can shift from that of personal and biological history, to the deeper knowing of oneself as a child of God.[/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]SOURCE:[/COLOR] [URL="http://ezinearticles.com/?Beginning-a-Spiritual-Practice---The-Importance-of-Beginning&id=521428"][COLOR=#810081]http://ezinearticles.com/?Beginning-a-Spiritual-Practice---The-Importance-of-Beginning&id=521428[/COLOR][/URL]#[/SIZE][/FONT] ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- [/QUOTE]
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