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Guru Granth Sahib
Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="max314" data-source="post: 25708" data-attributes="member: 2817"><p>It depends how one defines God.</p><p></p><p>If he's a guy with a white beard sitting in a chair, then that's one thing.</p><p></p><p>But if he isn't even a 'he' or a 'she' and is the very fabric of the cosmos in a way that is beyond the realm of our five senses to experience and has no human traits (including 'will'' in the way that we understand it), then it is quite possible (and actually quite probable) that there is some kind of indescript force out there within which everything is contained.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to questions of volition and free will, it's best to simply know your own self. We can't ever know what the grand truth behind the veil is...and even if we <em>did</em>, what use would we have for that information?</p><p></p><p>What matters is how we live our lives.</p><p></p><p>That's the important thing.</p><p></p><p>We give meaning to our lives by the choices that we make. If our choices lead to lives full of love and experience, if we have discovered ourselves and made the choice to grasp life and live it for all it's worth, that is purpose enough. In a world where we can't be sure of anything - real or illusion - it is enough to know ourselves.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So God...is like a <em>person</em>?</p><p></p><p>A God without fear, without enmity who is both unborn and self-existent seems to be the furthest thing from human.</p><p></p><p>Praising God is not about making God feel good.</p><p></p><p>It's about keeping <strong>us</strong> humble to the Greater Force that is out there.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again...treating God like a person.</p><p></p><p>I don't think this is right.</p><p></p><p>God may be personified to allow him to fit the mere human poetics of the Granth, but that doesn't mean that God is human.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Gurmat" has been misinterpreted.</p><p></p><p>"Gur mat" means "the way of the Guru".</p><p></p><p>But <em>which</em> Guru?</p><p></p><p>This is <strong>Sat Guru</strong>. God himself...who exists within each of us without words, without books, without texts of clever poetry, for he has no need for such human trivialities.</p><p></p><p>Wearing certain clothes or doing certain practices does not automatically make the dark-hearted into a Gurmat.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Absolutely.</p><p></p><p><em>"Kirt karo"</em> comes above and before <em>"naam japo"</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="max314, post: 25708, member: 2817"] It depends how one defines God. If he's a guy with a white beard sitting in a chair, then that's one thing. But if he isn't even a 'he' or a 'she' and is the very fabric of the cosmos in a way that is beyond the realm of our five senses to experience and has no human traits (including 'will'' in the way that we understand it), then it is quite possible (and actually quite probable) that there is some kind of indescript force out there within which everything is contained. When it comes to questions of volition and free will, it's best to simply know your own self. We can't ever know what the grand truth behind the veil is...and even if we [i]did[/i], what use would we have for that information? What matters is how we live our lives. That's the important thing. We give meaning to our lives by the choices that we make. If our choices lead to lives full of love and experience, if we have discovered ourselves and made the choice to grasp life and live it for all it's worth, that is purpose enough. In a world where we can't be sure of anything - real or illusion - it is enough to know ourselves. So God...is like a [i]person[/i]? A God without fear, without enmity who is both unborn and self-existent seems to be the furthest thing from human. Praising God is not about making God feel good. It's about keeping [b]us[/b] humble to the Greater Force that is out there. Again...treating God like a person. I don't think this is right. God may be personified to allow him to fit the mere human poetics of the Granth, but that doesn't mean that God is human. "Gurmat" has been misinterpreted. "Gur mat" means "the way of the Guru". But [i]which[/i] Guru? This is [b]Sat Guru[/b]. God himself...who exists within each of us without words, without books, without texts of clever poetry, for he has no need for such human trivialities. Wearing certain clothes or doing certain practices does not automatically make the dark-hearted into a Gurmat. Absolutely. [i]"Kirt karo"[/i] comes above and before [i]"naam japo"[/i]. [/QUOTE]
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