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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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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="Friar Yid" data-source="post: 77676" data-attributes="member: 6203"><p><strong>Re: Is the Bible Misunderstood by Christians ?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi namjap,</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Well, the starting-point is really an issue of perspective. As I see it, the people making the claim are the ones with the responsibility to offer examples. There are certainly elements within the New Testament which contain Jewish content (many of Jesus' teachings are paraphrases or modifications of existing Jewish doctrine), but the overall focus, and the conception of God, is on something very different. The Old Testament tells the evolving story of a people directly experiencing God through miracles, disasters, and leaders. Additionally, the Old Testament, by virtue of its large scope, offers (in my mind) a very fallible representation of the human condition: not everyone in the Bible is a "good" person, and even some of its great heroes are flawed characters, such as Aaron the Priest, or King David.</p><p> </p><p>The New Testament, by contrast, focuses on one man and his circle. It is a much narrower scope (personal, not national), made all the more so by its attempts to demonstrate that Jesus is perfect, sinless, and so on, which also mandates that everyone else be SINFUL by comparison. If a complete outsider such as a Martian (or perhaps a Sikh?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) were to read the Old Testament and then have be offered a number of other Jewish works around the same time and be asked "Which seems most like a continuation of this?", I'm not convinced they would choose the New Testament, a collection of writings by a group of Jewish dissenters composed some <strong>four hundred years</strong> after the last books in the Old Testament were written and codified, with a different focus and different theology. I definitely understand why Christianity uses the Old Testament, and don't mean any disrespect to believing Christians, but I don't think it makes very much sense, personally, and often feel that the OT is treated with a sort of "false respect" that does not acknowledge (or is sometimes even aware of) its roots or the messages that were traditionally taught with it. I would almost rather that Christianity would focus on "its own" book and leave "ours" alone! (Ironically some Christians agree, saying that the Church focuses too much on "outdated stories" that are irrelevant because Jesus changed everything.)</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>A very interesting perspective! I certainly agree that simplicity is a virtue. But this is a definite contrast with Judaism, which teaches an elaborate, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes_%28Jewish_exegesis%29" target="_blank">multi-step process</a> for understanding religious text (there have been several famous teachers in history, however, who have criticized their fellows for often jumping to the "deeper" levels of meaning while ignoring the plain meaning).</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>We're all just here to teach and learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Friar Yid, post: 77676, member: 6203"] [b]Re: Is the Bible Misunderstood by Christians ?[/b] Hi namjap, Well, the starting-point is really an issue of perspective. As I see it, the people making the claim are the ones with the responsibility to offer examples. There are certainly elements within the New Testament which contain Jewish content (many of Jesus' teachings are paraphrases or modifications of existing Jewish doctrine), but the overall focus, and the conception of God, is on something very different. The Old Testament tells the evolving story of a people directly experiencing God through miracles, disasters, and leaders. Additionally, the Old Testament, by virtue of its large scope, offers (in my mind) a very fallible representation of the human condition: not everyone in the Bible is a "good" person, and even some of its great heroes are flawed characters, such as Aaron the Priest, or King David. The New Testament, by contrast, focuses on one man and his circle. It is a much narrower scope (personal, not national), made all the more so by its attempts to demonstrate that Jesus is perfect, sinless, and so on, which also mandates that everyone else be SINFUL by comparison. If a complete outsider such as a Martian (or perhaps a Sikh?;)) were to read the Old Testament and then have be offered a number of other Jewish works around the same time and be asked "Which seems most like a continuation of this?", I'm not convinced they would choose the New Testament, a collection of writings by a group of Jewish dissenters composed some [B]four hundred years[/B] after the last books in the Old Testament were written and codified, with a different focus and different theology. I definitely understand why Christianity uses the Old Testament, and don't mean any disrespect to believing Christians, but I don't think it makes very much sense, personally, and often feel that the OT is treated with a sort of "false respect" that does not acknowledge (or is sometimes even aware of) its roots or the messages that were traditionally taught with it. I would almost rather that Christianity would focus on "its own" book and leave "ours" alone! (Ironically some Christians agree, saying that the Church focuses too much on "outdated stories" that are irrelevant because Jesus changed everything.) A very interesting perspective! I certainly agree that simplicity is a virtue. But this is a definite contrast with Judaism, which teaches an elaborate, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes_%28Jewish_exegesis%29"]multi-step process[/URL] for understanding religious text (there have been several famous teachers in history, however, who have criticized their fellows for often jumping to the "deeper" levels of meaning while ignoring the plain meaning). We're all just here to teach and learn. [/QUOTE]
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