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Gurbani (14-53)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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<blockquote data-quote="Astroboy" data-source="post: 59360" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p><strong>Metaphysics</strong> is the branch of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">philosophy</span></u></a> that investigates principles of reality transcending those of any particular science, traditionally including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">cosmology</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">ontology</span></u></a>. It is also concerned with explaining the ultimate nature of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">being</span></u></a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_%28philosophy%29" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">world</span></u></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics#_note-BECA" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[1]</span></u></a> Its name derives from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Greek</span></u></a> words <em>μετά (metá)</em> (meaning "after") and <em>φυσικά (physiká)</em> (meaning "after talking about physics"), "physics" referring to those works on matter by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Aristotle</span></u></a> in antiquity.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics#_note-0" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[2]</span></u></a> In english, though, "meta" means "beyond;over;transcending". Therefore, metaphysics is the study of that which transcends physics. Many philosophers such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Immanuel Kant</span></u></a> would later argue that certain questions concerning metaphysics (notably those surrounding the existence of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">God</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">soul</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">freedom</span></u></a>) are inherent to human nature and have always intrigued mankind. Some examples are:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What is the nature of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">reality</span></u></a>?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why does the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">world</span></u></a> exist, and what is its origin or source of creation?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Does the world exist outside the mind?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If things exist, what is their objective nature?</li> </ul><p>A central branch of metaphysics is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">ontology</span></u></a>, the investigation into what <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_of_being" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">types of things</span></u></a> there are in the world and what relations these things bear to one another. The metaphysician also attempts to clarify the notions by which people understand the world, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">existence</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_%28philosophy%29" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">objecthood</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_%28philosophy%29" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">property</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">space</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">time</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">causality</span></u></a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possibility" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">possibility</span></u></a>.</p><p>More recently, the term "metaphysics" has also been used more loosely to refer to "subjects that are beyond the physical world". A "metaphysical bookstore", for instance, is not one that sells books on ontology, but rather one that sells books on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">spirits</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_healing" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">faith healing</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_power" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">crystal power</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultism" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">occultism</span></u></a>, and other such topics.</p><p>Before the development of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_science" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">modern science</span></u></a>, scientific questions were addressed as a part of metaphysics known as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">natural philosophy</span></u></a>"; the term "science" itself meant "knowledge". The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Revolution" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Scientific Revolution</span></u></a>, however, made natural philosophy an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">empirical</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">experimental</span></u></a> activity unlike the rest of philosophy, and by the end of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">eighteenth century</span></u></a> it had begun to be called "science" in order to distinguish it from philosophy. Metaphysics therefore became the philosophical enquiry into subjects beyond the physical world. Natural philosophy and science may still be considered topics of metaphysics, if the definition of "metaphysics" includes empirical explanations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 59360, member: 4990"] [B]Metaphysics[/B] is the branch of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]philosophy[/COLOR][/U][/URL] that investigates principles of reality transcending those of any particular science, traditionally including [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]cosmology[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]ontology[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. It is also concerned with explaining the ultimate nature of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]being[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_%28philosophy%29"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]world[/COLOR][/U][/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics#_note-BECA"][U][COLOR=#800080][1][/COLOR][/U][/URL] Its name derives from the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Greek[/COLOR][/U][/URL] words [I]μετά (metá)[/I] (meaning "after") and [I]φυσικά (physiká)[/I] (meaning "after talking about physics"), "physics" referring to those works on matter by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Aristotle[/COLOR][/U][/URL] in antiquity.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics#_note-0"][U][COLOR=#800080][2][/COLOR][/U][/URL] In english, though, "meta" means "beyond;over;transcending". Therefore, metaphysics is the study of that which transcends physics. Many philosophers such as [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Immanuel Kant[/COLOR][/U][/URL] would later argue that certain questions concerning metaphysics (notably those surrounding the existence of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]God[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]soul[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]freedom[/COLOR][/U][/URL]) are inherent to human nature and have always intrigued mankind. Some examples are: [LIST] [*]What is the nature of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]reality[/COLOR][/U][/URL]? [*]Why does the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]world[/COLOR][/U][/URL] exist, and what is its origin or source of creation? [*]Does the world exist outside the mind? [*]If things exist, what is their objective nature?[/LIST]A central branch of metaphysics is [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]ontology[/COLOR][/U][/URL], the investigation into what [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_of_being"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]types of things[/COLOR][/U][/URL] there are in the world and what relations these things bear to one another. The metaphysician also attempts to clarify the notions by which people understand the world, including [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]existence[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_%28philosophy%29"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]objecthood[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_%28philosophy%29"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]property[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]space[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]time[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]causality[/COLOR][/U][/URL], and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possibility"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]possibility[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. More recently, the term "metaphysics" has also been used more loosely to refer to "subjects that are beyond the physical world". A "metaphysical bookstore", for instance, is not one that sells books on ontology, but rather one that sells books on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]spirits[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_healing"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]faith healing[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_power"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]crystal power[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occultism"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]occultism[/COLOR][/U][/URL], and other such topics. Before the development of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_science"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]modern science[/COLOR][/U][/URL], scientific questions were addressed as a part of metaphysics known as "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]natural philosophy[/COLOR][/U][/URL]"; the term "science" itself meant "knowledge". The [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Revolution"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Scientific Revolution[/COLOR][/U][/URL], however, made natural philosophy an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]empirical[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]experimental[/COLOR][/U][/URL] activity unlike the rest of philosophy, and by the end of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]eighteenth century[/COLOR][/U][/URL] it had begun to be called "science" in order to distinguish it from philosophy. Metaphysics therefore became the philosophical enquiry into subjects beyond the physical world. Natural philosophy and science may still be considered topics of metaphysics, if the definition of "metaphysics" includes empirical explanations. [/QUOTE]
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