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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="Sinister" data-source="post: 91556" data-attributes="member: 2684"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">That quote only scratches the superficial state of man, like you mentioned a "political sense". </span></span></p><p>All mankind is born equal upon further observation.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">Ancient philosophy is called "ancient" for a reason. Past knowledge and traditions do no justice to the present. All knowledge, ritual, tradition is an accretive product of the past, it has its place but it becomes <em>unholy</em> when used to judge the present or when it is used in a relationship between humans (knowlegde/traditions become a wedge and infect the relationship of men like a disease, as it leads to the construction of an observer that believes himself separate from the observed). An inherent psychological flaw.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">To realize that a man, IS mankind, is the act of the <em>holy</em>. We must recognize the daily toils of each other as one/singular/common, different only on a superficial basis. The Emotions we feel, the sorrow, the happiness, the misery, the love, the anger, the hate are all proof of this. Even human thought is remarkably similiar. Similiar experiences and emotions show our unity and similiarity. With these proofs we must dissolve the petty differences that have been constructed by not only individual thought but also by institutions who cling to groupthink for there miserable existence. Once the differences are dissolved only then will we live a life free of conflict (not only conflict amongst each other but also with ourselves).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Then we will love rather than fight. Sympathy and compassion will be natural, if childish divisions are put to rest...the I, him, her, you, me, communist, capitalist, christian, hindu, affluent, poor, black, white are replaced with the thought “I am the we” and “the we is the I".</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">true Compassion is only compatible with this state and it brings with it a natural state of equality and a sense of freedom from failure.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Question on my mind; was Abraham Lincoln motivated to act on the basis of emotion (compassion) or was his motivation the result of a thought?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Based on this we can ascertain wether what he did was a failure or a triumph for humanity.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">c h e e r s </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinister, post: 91556, member: 2684"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]That quote only scratches the superficial state of man, like you mentioned a "political sense". [/SIZE][/FONT] All mankind is born equal upon further observation. [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]Ancient philosophy is called "ancient" for a reason. Past knowledge and traditions do no justice to the present. All knowledge, ritual, tradition is an accretive product of the past, it has its place but it becomes [I]unholy[/I] when used to judge the present or when it is used in a relationship between humans (knowlegde/traditions become a wedge and infect the relationship of men like a disease, as it leads to the construction of an observer that believes himself separate from the observed). An inherent psychological flaw.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]To realize that a man, IS mankind, is the act of the [I]holy[/I]. We must recognize the daily toils of each other as one/singular/common, different only on a superficial basis. The Emotions we feel, the sorrow, the happiness, the misery, the love, the anger, the hate are all proof of this. Even human thought is remarkably similiar. Similiar experiences and emotions show our unity and similiarity. With these proofs we must dissolve the petty differences that have been constructed by not only individual thought but also by institutions who cling to groupthink for there miserable existence. Once the differences are dissolved only then will we live a life free of conflict (not only conflict amongst each other but also with ourselves).[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Then we will love rather than fight. Sympathy and compassion will be natural, if childish divisions are put to rest...the I, him, her, you, me, communist, capitalist, christian, hindu, affluent, poor, black, white are replaced with the thought “I am the we” and “the we is the I".[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]true Compassion is only compatible with this state and it brings with it a natural state of equality and a sense of freedom from failure.[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman]Question on my mind; was Abraham Lincoln motivated to act on the basis of emotion (compassion) or was his motivation the result of a thought?[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]Based on this we can ascertain wether what he did was a failure or a triumph for humanity.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]c h e e r s [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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