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Gurbani (14-53)
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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
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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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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)
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Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
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Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
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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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ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
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Gurbani (1352-53)
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Bhagats Of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 93796" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">Ji's - It is not clear whether we are supposed to read the sakhi of Bhair Surdasji and then post an essay about it. Forgive me if I am misunderstanding the procedure. But I will post my assignment as follows below. Delete this Nam Jap if we are not posting. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">Assignment</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">Eyes, vision, insight and blindness seem important concepts in the sakhi of Bhai Surdas ji. But, constant devotion is the lesson. </span></p><p></p><p>Bhai Surdasji was born in poverty to a poor Brahmin family and had seen all 6 of his brothers lost in battle to Persian invaders. Yet he was blessed with poetic gifts, a beautiful voice, musical talent, a glowing personality and eyes that drew people to him. The sakhi says that when the Almighty is merciful he blesses his devotee with such qualities. Because of these blessings Bhai Surdasji was showered with praise and gifts of clothing, money and fame. And even more -- He instilled devotion in other people.</p><p></p><p>But the sakhi places Bhai Surdasji squarely in the middle of spiritual test .He encounters a beautiful woman, another man’s wife, who enchants him, and he composes a poem to celibrate her beauty -- though she herself is surprised he finds her beautiful. It is very strange. She is as beautiful as Radna but doesn't seem to know it. She only sees her beauty reflected in his eyes. <span style="color: DarkGreen">Beauty is in the eye and mind of the beholder. Our attachments to the world of sensation are mental constructions. Our task is to see through the illusion. </span> <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕੀਨਾ ਆਪੇ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ॥</span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">maaeiaa mohu maerai prabh keenaa aapae bharam bhulaaeae ||</span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Emotional attachment to Maya is created by my God; He Himself misleads us through illusion and doubt.</span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"> Guru Amar Das</span></p><p></p><p>Because he was spent by love for another man's wife, upon finding her house and meeting her husband, he has the beautiful woman blind him with two burning iron rods. <span style="color: DarkGreen">The image describes how our mental constructions blind us, we are in love with our subjective illusions.</span> <span style="color: DarkGreen">ਤ੍<span style="font-size: 9px">ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਅੰਧੁ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਗੁਬਾਰ ॥ </span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">thrai gun bikhiaa andhh hai maaeiaa moh gubaar || </span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">In the corruption of the three qualities, there is blindness; in attachment to Maya, there is darkness.</span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"> Guru Amar Das</span></p><p></p><p>In spite of his blindness he continues his bhagatthi and is honored by the king, who enchanted by his poetry and devotion, and makes him clan leader. This inspires jealousy in others who defame him. <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਤਿਉ ਸੰਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੀ ਨਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖੈ ਪੈਜ ਜਨ ਕੇਰੀ ॥੩॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></span> <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"> thio santh janaa kee nar nindhaa karehi har raakhai paij jan kaeree ||3|| </span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">In just the same way, when someone slanders the Saint, the Lord preserves the honor of His servant. ||3|</span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"> Guru Ram Das</span></p><p></p><p>He is sent to prison. He meets Timmer the warden whose name means darkness. Surdas ji composes a poem about Timmer “darkness” and the king releases him from prison. He is liberated. <span style="color: DarkGreen">Only the King (Hari, Akaal, the Satguru) can liberate us from darkness.</span> <span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਚੂਕੈ ਮੋਹੁ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ॥ </span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">gur thae maarag paaeeai chookai mohu gubaar ||</span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Through the Guru, the Path is found, and the darkness of emotional attachment is dispelled.</span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"> Guru Amar Das</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">Attraction and mental fixation on sensual pleasure (like a beautiful woman) blinds us. When we become blind to the world of our mind, imagination and perception, only then will we see. Though the King will bless us, others will defame us. Attachment to the praise and blame of our fellow humans on earth is our prison. When we honor the truth of our blindness and accept that Timmer is our warden and that we are in darkness, then the Almighty King will free us. Throughout the sakhi Bahi Sardasji never stops composing poetry. He is always in bhagatthii whatever his situation, whatever his plight. He is saved by the Almighty because he is steadfast in devotion. He writes That the people of the Almighty dwell in the Almighty ....and Gazing upon the Vision of the Lord's Darshan, they are cleansed of corruption and obtain everything. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 93796, member: 35"] [COLOR=DarkGreen]Ji's - It is not clear whether we are supposed to read the sakhi of Bhair Surdasji and then post an essay about it. Forgive me if I am misunderstanding the procedure. But I will post my assignment as follows below. Delete this Nam Jap if we are not posting. [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkGreen]Assignment Eyes, vision, insight and blindness seem important concepts in the sakhi of Bhai Surdas ji. But, constant devotion is the lesson. [/COLOR] Bhai Surdasji was born in poverty to a poor Brahmin family and had seen all 6 of his brothers lost in battle to Persian invaders. Yet he was blessed with poetic gifts, a beautiful voice, musical talent, a glowing personality and eyes that drew people to him. The sakhi says that when the Almighty is merciful he blesses his devotee with such qualities. Because of these blessings Bhai Surdasji was showered with praise and gifts of clothing, money and fame. And even more -- He instilled devotion in other people. But the sakhi places Bhai Surdasji squarely in the middle of spiritual test .He encounters a beautiful woman, another man’s wife, who enchants him, and he composes a poem to celibrate her beauty -- though she herself is surprised he finds her beautiful. It is very strange. She is as beautiful as Radna but doesn't seem to know it. She only sees her beauty reflected in his eyes. [COLOR=DarkGreen]Beauty is in the eye and mind of the beholder. Our attachments to the world of sensation are mental constructions. Our task is to see through the illusion. [/COLOR] [SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕੀਨਾ ਆਪੇ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਏ ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]maaeiaa mohu maerai prabh keenaa aapae bharam bhulaaeae ||[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]Emotional attachment to Maya is created by my God; He Himself misleads us through illusion and doubt.[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1] Guru Amar Das[/SIZE] Because he was spent by love for another man's wife, upon finding her house and meeting her husband, he has the beautiful woman blind him with two burning iron rods. [COLOR=DarkGreen]The image describes how our mental constructions blind us, we are in love with our subjective illusions.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkGreen]ਤ੍[SIZE=1]ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਅੰਧੁ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਗੁਬਾਰ ॥ [/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]thrai gun bikhiaa andhh hai maaeiaa moh gubaar || [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]In the corruption of the three qualities, there is blindness; in attachment to Maya, there is darkness.[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1] Guru Amar Das[/SIZE] In spite of his blindness he continues his bhagatthi and is honored by the king, who enchanted by his poetry and devotion, and makes him clan leader. This inspires jealousy in others who defame him. [SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]ਤਿਉ ਸੰਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੀ ਨਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਖੈ ਪੈਜ ਜਨ ਕੇਰੀ ॥੩॥ [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen] thio santh janaa kee nar nindhaa karehi har raakhai paij jan kaeree ||3|| [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]In just the same way, when someone slanders the Saint, the Lord preserves the honor of His servant. ||3|[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1] Guru Ram Das[/SIZE] He is sent to prison. He meets Timmer the warden whose name means darkness. Surdas ji composes a poem about Timmer “darkness” and the king releases him from prison. He is liberated. [COLOR=DarkGreen]Only the King (Hari, Akaal, the Satguru) can liberate us from darkness.[/COLOR] [SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਚੂਕੈ ਮੋਹੁ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ॥ [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]gur thae maarag paaeeai chookai mohu gubaar ||[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen]Through the Guru, the Path is found, and the darkness of emotional attachment is dispelled.[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1] Guru Amar Das[/SIZE] [COLOR=DarkGreen]Attraction and mental fixation on sensual pleasure (like a beautiful woman) blinds us. When we become blind to the world of our mind, imagination and perception, only then will we see. Though the King will bless us, others will defame us. Attachment to the praise and blame of our fellow humans on earth is our prison. When we honor the truth of our blindness and accept that Timmer is our warden and that we are in darkness, then the Almighty King will free us. Throughout the sakhi Bahi Sardasji never stops composing poetry. He is always in bhagatthii whatever his situation, whatever his plight. He is saved by the Almighty because he is steadfast in devotion. He writes That the people of the Almighty dwell in the Almighty ....and Gazing upon the Vision of the Lord's Darshan, they are cleansed of corruption and obtain everything. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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