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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
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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)
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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
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<blockquote data-quote="Requiem" data-source="post: 195345" data-attributes="member: 20260"><p>Hello <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>I'm working on a project for school so this is going to be done quickly, but I wanted to share my thoughts with you before I left.</p><p> </p><p>Your 'adherence' is undisclosed so I can only assume that you are not a Sikh. I am a convert from an Abrahamic background so I am hoping this'll be helpful because seeing as you live in Canada, you've likely been exposed to Judeo-Christian culture your entire life.</p><p> </p><p>I do not believe in a god. By 'god' I am talking about a supernatural creator of any sorts. The God I believe in has always existed, will always exist and is the eternal Truth. Perhaps it is a supreme reality to which we all belong, maybe it is a universal consciousness to which we are all linked, or perhaps it is nothing more than the cosmic laws which govern our existence. But it is not something I think about a lot, because as Guru Nanak put it, "by thinking, He cannot be reduced to thought, even by thinking an infinite number of times."</p><p> </p><p>Human intelligence is limited. Our ability to understand and absorb information is limited because we are imperfect, finite beings. We do not live forever and we experience reality subjectively. 'God' (whatever He/She/It may be) has always existed, will always exist and is the objective Truth which pervades every inch of the universe. </p><p> </p><p>We share about 98.6% DNA with chimpanzees. We are smarter than chimpanzees. So let's invent a measure of intelligence which makes humans unique. Let us assume that 'intelligence' is your ability to to, for example, compose poetry, symphonies, do art, math and science. Let's make that the arbitrary definition of 'intelligence' for the moment. Chimps can't do any of that. Yet we share 98.6% identical DNA. The most brilliant chimp there ever was could perhaps do a little bit of sign language; well, our toddlers can do that. Toddlers, babies, human infants. So here's what cocnerns me deeply. Veer deeply. EVERYTHING that we are, that distinguishes us from chimps, emerges from that teensy-tiny 1.4% difference in DNA. It has to, because that is the only difference. The Hubble Telescope, Rocket hips, the moon landing, giant mirrors which have allowed us to see the birth of the universe itself, the future colonization of mars, general relativity, quantum mechanics, string theory, Shakespeare, philosophy, religion, EVERYTHING is in that 1.4%.</p><p> </p><p>But maybe we aren't as smart as we think we are. Maybe the difference between chimps and humans isn't actually that large. Maybe it isn't actually that much more impressive that we humans can build spaceships whereas chimps can combine their fingers together to communicate a message. Maybe humans aren't all that great. We tell ourselves that it is a lot, but maybe it is almost nothing. </p><p> </p><p>How do we decide that? Well, imagine ANOTHER life form somewhere out there in the universe, which is 1.4% different from us, in the same way that we are 1.4% different from chimps. Think about that. With a 1.4% difference from chimps, we have been able to capture images of the birth of the universe itself. Well, now go up another 1.4%. What are we to they? We would be drooling, blithering idiots in their presence! They would take Stephen Hawking and roll him in front of their scientists and say "well this one is the most brilliant among them, because he can sorta do astrophysics in his head..." and then someone else would say "aww isn't that cute, little Johnny can do that too! Oh here look, he worked out this astrophysics theory all by himself yesterday, we put it on the refrigerator door, he did it in his elementary school class."</p><p> </p><p>Think about how smart they would be! Their toddlers would be more intelligent than the smartest humans. Quantum mechanics would be intuitive to their babies. Whole symphonies, far greater than anything our musicians have ever produced, would be composed by their kids and put up on the refridgerator door, the same way pasta-collages are on our refrigerator doors.</p><p> </p><p>So this notion that we humans, with our limited, imperfect brains and subjective understanding of reality, are every going to be able to fully comprehend God, the MOST advanced being in existence (forget about 1.4%, God would be an infinite number of times more advanced than us), is preposterous. Anybody who claims to have spoken with God is a liar. When was the last time you stopped to speak with a worm? Why would God speak with us? Yes, there are religions in which prophets have claimed to have spoken with God and received a divine message. Well some God that turned out to be, because the world today is a better place than it was thousands of years ago in spite of, not because of, those religions (or any religion). If you study the theology of a lot of religions, it is exactly the kind of stuff you would have expected our ancestors to have come up with it. Stoning people to death, blasphemy, smiting, homophobia, none of this stuff is from the most advanced being in existence, it is straight out of the minds of men who lived thousands of years ago in ignorance, back before science, reason and logic.</p><p> </p><p>Wanna know how I knew the Gurus were sincere? Because they admitted that God is "incomprehensible" and "inaccessible". When Guru Nanak was asked about the age of the universe (in Japji), he admitted that he did not know. They did not claim to be divinely chosen, nor did they claim to be perfect.</p><p> </p><p>Now like I said, I do not believe in a sueprnatural god with emotions/consciousness/sentience, simply because I have no reason to do so. I am not saying that such a god couldn't exist, just that there isn't any evidence to suggest that such a being is real. The philosophy of the Guru Granth Sahib does not depend on the existence of such a being, which is why I am still able to call myself a 'Sikh' despite my atheistic tendancies.</p><p> </p><p>I will leave you with this (first pauri/stanza of Japji):</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>It took a while, but I eventually figured out (what I believe to be) the real meaning of this pauri. God (whatever He/She/It may be) will never be reduced to thought by humans. We may get a better understanding of how our universe works, just like a chimp may get a better understanding of what a space ship is by exploring its insides and seeing it blast off, but in the end, the chimp will never even come close to appreciating the power, significance and complexity of a space ship, just like we won't ever completely understand God. We are imperfect, finite, limited beings, we cannot fully understand that which is perfect, timeless and limitless.</p><p> </p><p>Same thing with remaining absorbed within, meditation may be a useful tool (in moderation), but you can't truly appreciate the beauty of life if that is all you do all day.</p><p> </p><p>Material goods may make you happy temporarily, but in the long-run, money can't buy happiness.</p><p> </p><p>Even the most clever men and women eventually die and that cleverness does not remain with us forever. You can't trick your way into being happy.</p><p> </p><p>The veil of illusion is only torn away by walking in the way of His will= living in consonance with creation, not running away from life but living in it fully and experiencing everything it has to offer. </p><p> </p><p>I found this explanation in another thread here on SPN:</p><p> </p><p>"Salvation is not reached in an ethereal sense (i.e. "do this and you'll be rewarded" sense), but rather <strong>an inner peace and tranquility of humbling oneself against the greater universe is an experience</strong> that allows one to come to terms with their own diminutive stature with regards to the universe. Once we have broken those foundations of ego and pride, then we can begin to build ourselves back up."</p><p> </p><p>But you can only do that by living life and experiencing it for yourself. I could tell you what a rose looks like, but you won't know its true beauty until you see it for yourself.</p><p> </p><p>So my advice is to discard this notion of a personal god who rewards and punishes. Floods/earthquakes are not from god, they happen because of natural laws which govern the universe. Rape is not god's doing, it happens because people are not able to control themselves.</p><p> </p><p>And there is no reward for being religious, the universe existed before we were born and will continue to exist long after we are dead. There is nothing unique about humans (even though we like to think there is), we are a product of the natural workings of the universe. There are likely an innumerable amount of alien species out there which are far more advanced than we could ever aspire to be.</p><p> </p><p>This turned out to be pretty long lol, I apologize, but do yourself a favor: forget about karma, reincarnation, heaven, hell, punshment and reward and instead do the only thing that really matters: "walk in the way of His Will." <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Requiem, post: 195345, member: 20260"] Hello :) I'm working on a project for school so this is going to be done quickly, but I wanted to share my thoughts with you before I left. Your 'adherence' is undisclosed so I can only assume that you are not a Sikh. I am a convert from an Abrahamic background so I am hoping this'll be helpful because seeing as you live in Canada, you've likely been exposed to Judeo-Christian culture your entire life. I do not believe in a god. By 'god' I am talking about a supernatural creator of any sorts. The God I believe in has always existed, will always exist and is the eternal Truth. Perhaps it is a supreme reality to which we all belong, maybe it is a universal consciousness to which we are all linked, or perhaps it is nothing more than the cosmic laws which govern our existence. But it is not something I think about a lot, because as Guru Nanak put it, "by thinking, He cannot be reduced to thought, even by thinking an infinite number of times." Human intelligence is limited. Our ability to understand and absorb information is limited because we are imperfect, finite beings. We do not live forever and we experience reality subjectively. 'God' (whatever He/She/It may be) has always existed, will always exist and is the objective Truth which pervades every inch of the universe. We share about 98.6% DNA with chimpanzees. We are smarter than chimpanzees. So let's invent a measure of intelligence which makes humans unique. Let us assume that 'intelligence' is your ability to to, for example, compose poetry, symphonies, do art, math and science. Let's make that the arbitrary definition of 'intelligence' for the moment. Chimps can't do any of that. Yet we share 98.6% identical DNA. The most brilliant chimp there ever was could perhaps do a little bit of sign language; well, our toddlers can do that. Toddlers, babies, human infants. So here's what cocnerns me deeply. Veer deeply. EVERYTHING that we are, that distinguishes us from chimps, emerges from that teensy-tiny 1.4% difference in DNA. It has to, because that is the only difference. The Hubble Telescope, Rocket hips, the moon landing, giant mirrors which have allowed us to see the birth of the universe itself, the future colonization of mars, general relativity, quantum mechanics, string theory, Shakespeare, philosophy, religion, EVERYTHING is in that 1.4%. But maybe we aren't as smart as we think we are. Maybe the difference between chimps and humans isn't actually that large. Maybe it isn't actually that much more impressive that we humans can build spaceships whereas chimps can combine their fingers together to communicate a message. Maybe humans aren't all that great. We tell ourselves that it is a lot, but maybe it is almost nothing. How do we decide that? Well, imagine ANOTHER life form somewhere out there in the universe, which is 1.4% different from us, in the same way that we are 1.4% different from chimps. Think about that. With a 1.4% difference from chimps, we have been able to capture images of the birth of the universe itself. Well, now go up another 1.4%. What are we to they? We would be drooling, blithering idiots in their presence! They would take Stephen Hawking and roll him in front of their scientists and say "well this one is the most brilliant among them, because he can sorta do astrophysics in his head..." and then someone else would say "aww isn't that cute, little Johnny can do that too! Oh here look, he worked out this astrophysics theory all by himself yesterday, we put it on the refrigerator door, he did it in his elementary school class." Think about how smart they would be! Their toddlers would be more intelligent than the smartest humans. Quantum mechanics would be intuitive to their babies. Whole symphonies, far greater than anything our musicians have ever produced, would be composed by their kids and put up on the refridgerator door, the same way pasta-collages are on our refrigerator doors. So this notion that we humans, with our limited, imperfect brains and subjective understanding of reality, are every going to be able to fully comprehend God, the MOST advanced being in existence (forget about 1.4%, God would be an infinite number of times more advanced than us), is preposterous. Anybody who claims to have spoken with God is a liar. When was the last time you stopped to speak with a worm? Why would God speak with us? Yes, there are religions in which prophets have claimed to have spoken with God and received a divine message. Well some God that turned out to be, because the world today is a better place than it was thousands of years ago in spite of, not because of, those religions (or any religion). If you study the theology of a lot of religions, it is exactly the kind of stuff you would have expected our ancestors to have come up with it. Stoning people to death, blasphemy, smiting, homophobia, none of this stuff is from the most advanced being in existence, it is straight out of the minds of men who lived thousands of years ago in ignorance, back before science, reason and logic. Wanna know how I knew the Gurus were sincere? Because they admitted that God is "incomprehensible" and "inaccessible". When Guru Nanak was asked about the age of the universe (in Japji), he admitted that he did not know. They did not claim to be divinely chosen, nor did they claim to be perfect. Now like I said, I do not believe in a sueprnatural god with emotions/consciousness/sentience, simply because I have no reason to do so. I am not saying that such a god couldn't exist, just that there isn't any evidence to suggest that such a being is real. The philosophy of the Guru Granth Sahib does not depend on the existence of such a being, which is why I am still able to call myself a 'Sikh' despite my atheistic tendancies. I will leave you with this (first pauri/stanza of Japji): It took a while, but I eventually figured out (what I believe to be) the real meaning of this pauri. God (whatever He/She/It may be) will never be reduced to thought by humans. We may get a better understanding of how our universe works, just like a chimp may get a better understanding of what a space ship is by exploring its insides and seeing it blast off, but in the end, the chimp will never even come close to appreciating the power, significance and complexity of a space ship, just like we won't ever completely understand God. We are imperfect, finite, limited beings, we cannot fully understand that which is perfect, timeless and limitless. Same thing with remaining absorbed within, meditation may be a useful tool (in moderation), but you can't truly appreciate the beauty of life if that is all you do all day. Material goods may make you happy temporarily, but in the long-run, money can't buy happiness. Even the most clever men and women eventually die and that cleverness does not remain with us forever. You can't trick your way into being happy. The veil of illusion is only torn away by walking in the way of His will= living in consonance with creation, not running away from life but living in it fully and experiencing everything it has to offer. I found this explanation in another thread here on SPN: "Salvation is not reached in an ethereal sense (i.e. "do this and you'll be rewarded" sense), but rather [B]an inner peace and tranquility of humbling oneself against the greater universe is an experience[/B] that allows one to come to terms with their own diminutive stature with regards to the universe. Once we have broken those foundations of ego and pride, then we can begin to build ourselves back up." But you can only do that by living life and experiencing it for yourself. I could tell you what a rose looks like, but you won't know its true beauty until you see it for yourself. So my advice is to discard this notion of a personal god who rewards and punishes. Floods/earthquakes are not from god, they happen because of natural laws which govern the universe. Rape is not god's doing, it happens because people are not able to control themselves. And there is no reward for being religious, the universe existed before we were born and will continue to exist long after we are dead. There is nothing unique about humans (even though we like to think there is), we are a product of the natural workings of the universe. There are likely an innumerable amount of alien species out there which are far more advanced than we could ever aspire to be. This turned out to be pretty long lol, I apologize, but do yourself a favor: forget about karma, reincarnation, heaven, hell, punshment and reward and instead do the only thing that really matters: "walk in the way of His Will." :) [/QUOTE]
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