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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
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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)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
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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)
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="roopk" data-source="post: 55009" data-attributes="member: 4845"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">Fundamental Of Sikhism -contd.</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">PURPOSE OF LIFE:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">According to the Guru, moral life is not a matter of a few commandments or a code or a ritual, but the fruit of a life directed towards spiritual quest involving incredibly hard discipline. Most people generally believe in enjoying materialistic life to the brim. <u>Thus, the life goes on till a person ultimately finds oneself physically spent up and spiritually bankrupt.</u> Lured by the charm of success in this materialistic world, one gives little or no thought to the Eternal values of life.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><u>According to the eastern religions, there are eighty-four lakhs (8.4 million) of lives in the world, half of which are in the water and the other half are on the land and air. <span style="color: darkorange">All life is transient</span></u>. It moves on and on through the wheel of transmigration in accordance with its <u>'karmas</u>' or actions good or bad. The human soul is achieved after transmigrating through various lower species as Gurbani (the Divine Word) confirms it:</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: darkorange">"In how many births wert thou a worm or a moth! <br /> In how many births an elephant, a fish, or a deer! <br /> In how many births a bird or a serpent!<br /> In how many births wert thou yoked as a horse or an ox! <br /> Meet the Lord of the world, this is the time to meet Him<br /> After long period of time hast thou attained human body." <br /> </span>(Gauri Guareri Mohalla 5, p-176)</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">The Gurmat (Guru's teaching) defines the purpose of life as:</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: darkorange">"This time having born as human being <br /> This is thy turn to meet the Supreme Lord. <br /> Thy other activities will be of no avail at the end, <br /> Seek the company of the holy men<br /> And only contemplate on God. <br /> Set thy mind on crossing the sea of life, <br /> For life is being wasted away <br /> In pursuits of pleasures of the world." <br /> </span>(Asa Mohalla 5, p-12)</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><u>Human soul is the door for liberation</u>, but enchanted by the materialistic world, one loses highly precious chance of life:</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">"O man, thou comest to earn merit (spiritual)<br /> But how vainly art thou engaged <br /> While the night of life passeth away."<br /> (Sri Rag Mohalla 5, p-43)</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">"Sleeping through, man wasteth the night,<br /> Eating, he wasteth the day away <br /> And lo, the Jewel of life is bartered away for a trite."<br /> (Gauri Bairagan Mohalla 1, p-156) </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">"Having wandered through eighty-four lakhs of species <br /> Thou hast obtained the very precious human life,<br /> Nanak, remember thou then the Nam<br /> For thy days are numbered."<br /> (Sri Rag Mohalla 5, p-50) </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">"Without the Name of God, birth into this world is fruitless,<br /> Without Nam one eats poison, speaks evil, dies without<br /> merit and transmigrates." <br /> (Bhairo Mohalla 1, p-1127)</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: darkorange">"O God, the mothers of those who keep not God's Name in their hearts ought to have been barren, <br /> For they who wander without the Name, pine away and die in agony."<br /> </span>(Jaitsari Mohalla 4, p-697)</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><u>The purpose of human life in Sikhism is <span style="color: darkorange">not to attain paradise or Swarga of the popular Hindu conception</span>, but to seek God, and be united with Him</u>. The ultimate goal of Sikh religion is to merge with the Supreme Soul and then enjoy the Uninterrupted Bliss for ever. A Sikh aspires for spiritual union with the Lord- a state of Bliss. Human life is an opportunity to attain that goal, if it is missed, a person falls back in the cycle of birth and rebirth.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roopk, post: 55009, member: 4845"] [B][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]Fundamental Of Sikhism -contd.[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Georgia][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]PURPOSE OF LIFE:[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Georgia][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]According to the Guru, moral life is not a matter of a few commandments or a code or a ritual, but the fruit of a life directed towards spiritual quest involving incredibly hard discipline. Most people generally believe in enjoying materialistic life to the brim. [U]Thus, the life goes on till a person ultimately finds oneself physically spent up and spiritually bankrupt.[/U] Lured by the charm of success in this materialistic world, one gives little or no thought to the Eternal values of life.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][U]According to the eastern religions, there are eighty-four lakhs (8.4 million) of lives in the world, half of which are in the water and the other half are on the land and air. [COLOR=darkorange]All life is transient[/COLOR][/U]. It moves on and on through the wheel of transmigration in accordance with its [U]'karmas[/U]' or actions good or bad. The human soul is achieved after transmigrating through various lower species as Gurbani (the Divine Word) confirms it:[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][COLOR=darkorange]"In how many births wert thou a worm or a moth! In how many births an elephant, a fish, or a deer! In how many births a bird or a serpent! In how many births wert thou yoked as a horse or an ox! Meet the Lord of the world, this is the time to meet Him After long period of time hast thou attained human body." [/COLOR](Gauri Guareri Mohalla 5, p-176)[/COLOR][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]The Gurmat (Guru's teaching) defines the purpose of life as:[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][COLOR=darkorange]"This time having born as human being This is thy turn to meet the Supreme Lord. Thy other activities will be of no avail at the end, Seek the company of the holy men And only contemplate on God. Set thy mind on crossing the sea of life, For life is being wasted away In pursuits of pleasures of the world." [/COLOR](Asa Mohalla 5, p-12)[/COLOR][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][U]Human soul is the door for liberation[/U], but enchanted by the materialistic world, one loses highly precious chance of life:[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]"O man, thou comest to earn merit (spiritual) But how vainly art thou engaged While the night of life passeth away." (Sri Rag Mohalla 5, p-43)[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]"Sleeping through, man wasteth the night, Eating, he wasteth the day away And lo, the Jewel of life is bartered away for a trite." (Gauri Bairagan Mohalla 1, p-156) [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]"Having wandered through eighty-four lakhs of species Thou hast obtained the very precious human life, Nanak, remember thou then the Nam For thy days are numbered." (Sri Rag Mohalla 5, p-50) [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]"Without the Name of God, birth into this world is fruitless, Without Nam one eats poison, speaks evil, dies without merit and transmigrates." (Bhairo Mohalla 1, p-1127)[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][COLOR=darkorange]"O God, the mothers of those who keep not God's Name in their hearts ought to have been barren, For they who wander without the Name, pine away and die in agony." [/COLOR](Jaitsari Mohalla 4, p-697)[/COLOR][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][U]The purpose of human life in Sikhism is [COLOR=darkorange]not to attain paradise or Swarga of the popular Hindu conception[/COLOR], but to seek God, and be united with Him[/U]. The ultimate goal of Sikh religion is to merge with the Supreme Soul and then enjoy the Uninterrupted Bliss for ever. A Sikh aspires for spiritual union with the Lord- a state of Bliss. Human life is an opportunity to attain that goal, if it is missed, a person falls back in the cycle of birth and rebirth.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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