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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 147766" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>ftc ji</p><p></p><p>Thanks for being up front! <img src="/images/smilies/sikhsmileys/happykudi.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happykudi:" title="Happykudi :happykudi:" data-shortname=":happykudi:" /> I suppose that I will discuss atheism, and because you seem sincere in your request I will do so, but later in the day. Right now I am operating on less than 4 hours of sleep because of health problems. Forgive me for backing out just now.</p><p></p><p>Before I go there I do want to look with you at some things you have said. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have nothing but feelings of hope for you on this point. When prayers seem to lead to constant failure, and a feeling of guilt for unseen and unknown moral failures, you are responding like the vast majority of people who have been fed a bad diet. Religion does not have to equal superstition. It frequently does because religion is one of the social structures that is used to regulate behavior, thought and feeling. The purpose of doing so is to manage individuals so that the "greater good" will be served. This has nothing to do with "religion" in the sense of re-connecting with something greater than yourself, what some would call spirituality and others call religion. It happens generation to generation in a mindless way...your elders do not even realize what they are doing because that is what was done to them. The giant step whether you are an atheist or something else is to come awake. It is a giant step to be awake when nearly everyone around you is sleeping. And lonely. So yes you become angry.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>It is your voice saying this. But you may have a huge future ahead of you as a man of faith. All of the great religious leaders, from Buddha to Guru Nanak to Jesus of Nazareth, came to their path because they were moved by the suffering of humanity. Read about their lives. Compassion for total strangers opened their hearts.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Her suffering is the consequence of events unknown to me. The idea that this young woman's suffering is the result of transgressions in her own past life, is not a Sikh belief. Many Sikhs adhere to this idea because they have not been encouraged to tangle with what gurbani is actually teaching. Many other Sikhs adhere to the idea that the illness of a child is evidence of some transgression in the past life of one or the other parent. This too is not a Sikh belief. Karma is about cause and effect, but Guru Nanak gave us an understanding of karma that is radically different from the Brahmin point of view. We are not cleansing our karma by suffering on this earth. And we are not suffering on this earth because of dirty karma. That view of karma was put into motion hundreds of years ago to keep people in the lower varnas humbled to their sorry lives so that people in the higher varnas could stay at the top of the heap. That is what Guru Nanak tried to teach in a simple way, and his simple message is continually complicated by the rest of us.</p><p></p><p>Why? For the "greater good." I say that in irony.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He may have been killed in the name of religion, but in fact he was killed in the service of politics. Religion and politics in India are impossible to untangle. There is a good editorial on this site by someone who would probably understand all too well your frustration and anger.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/people-and-opinion/35668-how-not-to-mix-religion-politics.html" target="_blank">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/people-and-opinion/35668-how-not-to-mix-religion-politics.html</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I would say, for now, don't pray. Don't try to find any point in praying at this time. I am serious. Prayer should be personal, private, and a comfort. Don't pray until you hear from your inner self that it is time for you to pray, and then you will know what your prayer needs to be. For some prayer is completely integrated in every breath they take and every action. That may be how it turns up for you. </p><p></p><p>Don't hate these amritdhari They are victims as much as anything else. Find your way out of it, or you will become what you hate. </p><p></p><p>Anger is a very strong emotion, and a necessary one. Anger is the emotion that can often motivate us to correct wrongs. It can transform the world. It is not always a bad thing, but it can be the moral and even physical death of you in large doses. If you become attached to it. Channel it. You are young enough to redirect all that anger into the energy needed to make a difference, if even for one hapless human being. </p><p></p><p>Back to the beginning. You may surprise yourself one day. I read your words and I recognize so many spiritual voices who changed the world. May I live to see what you make of your hurt, anger and frustration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 147766, member: 35"] ftc ji Thanks for being up front! :happykudi: I suppose that I will discuss atheism, and because you seem sincere in your request I will do so, but later in the day. Right now I am operating on less than 4 hours of sleep because of health problems. Forgive me for backing out just now. Before I go there I do want to look with you at some things you have said. I have nothing but feelings of hope for you on this point. When prayers seem to lead to constant failure, and a feeling of guilt for unseen and unknown moral failures, you are responding like the vast majority of people who have been fed a bad diet. Religion does not have to equal superstition. It frequently does because religion is one of the social structures that is used to regulate behavior, thought and feeling. The purpose of doing so is to manage individuals so that the "greater good" will be served. This has nothing to do with "religion" in the sense of re-connecting with something greater than yourself, what some would call spirituality and others call religion. It happens generation to generation in a mindless way...your elders do not even realize what they are doing because that is what was done to them. The giant step whether you are an atheist or something else is to come awake. It is a giant step to be awake when nearly everyone around you is sleeping. And lonely. So yes you become angry. It is your voice saying this. But you may have a huge future ahead of you as a man of faith. All of the great religious leaders, from Buddha to Guru Nanak to Jesus of Nazareth, came to their path because they were moved by the suffering of humanity. Read about their lives. Compassion for total strangers opened their hearts. Her suffering is the consequence of events unknown to me. The idea that this young woman's suffering is the result of transgressions in her own past life, is not a Sikh belief. Many Sikhs adhere to this idea because they have not been encouraged to tangle with what gurbani is actually teaching. Many other Sikhs adhere to the idea that the illness of a child is evidence of some transgression in the past life of one or the other parent. This too is not a Sikh belief. Karma is about cause and effect, but Guru Nanak gave us an understanding of karma that is radically different from the Brahmin point of view. We are not cleansing our karma by suffering on this earth. And we are not suffering on this earth because of dirty karma. That view of karma was put into motion hundreds of years ago to keep people in the lower varnas humbled to their sorry lives so that people in the higher varnas could stay at the top of the heap. That is what Guru Nanak tried to teach in a simple way, and his simple message is continually complicated by the rest of us. Why? For the "greater good." I say that in irony. He may have been killed in the name of religion, but in fact he was killed in the service of politics. Religion and politics in India are impossible to untangle. There is a good editorial on this site by someone who would probably understand all too well your frustration and anger. [url]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/people-and-opinion/35668-how-not-to-mix-religion-politics.html[/url] I would say, for now, don't pray. Don't try to find any point in praying at this time. I am serious. Prayer should be personal, private, and a comfort. Don't pray until you hear from your inner self that it is time for you to pray, and then you will know what your prayer needs to be. For some prayer is completely integrated in every breath they take and every action. That may be how it turns up for you. Don't hate these amritdhari They are victims as much as anything else. Find your way out of it, or you will become what you hate. Anger is a very strong emotion, and a necessary one. Anger is the emotion that can often motivate us to correct wrongs. It can transform the world. It is not always a bad thing, but it can be the moral and even physical death of you in large doses. If you become attached to it. Channel it. You are young enough to redirect all that anger into the energy needed to make a difference, if even for one hapless human being. Back to the beginning. You may surprise yourself one day. I read your words and I recognize so many spiritual voices who changed the world. May I live to see what you make of your hurt, anger and frustration. [/QUOTE]
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