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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
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Gurbani (795-831)
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Chhant (843-848)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
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ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
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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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<blockquote data-quote="bulleshah" data-source="post: 25531" data-attributes="member: 2717"><p><strong>Folks,</strong></p><p> </p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Hindus do not believe God has human form or any other form. God is nameless and timeless.[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]But there is nothing wrong to worship a God with name and form (nama-roopa), since man[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]cannot conceive anything without any name and form. In fact, in the Shruti scriptures of Hinduism,[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]God or Brahman has been described as Saguna Brahman (God-Brahman with attributes) as well[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]as Nirguna Brahman (God-without attributes. In the Upanishads, God is described as Neti-Neti[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif](not this-not that) method. [/FONT][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]During the time of Upanishads, when the Hindu Rishis (scientists of that day)[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]said there is only One God, Brahman, they found out that laymen could not understand that concept.[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]So they wrote Itihasas (epics) and Puranas [mythological stories] filled with many gods, with the[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]concept that when you worship any God form, you are actually worshiping one and only God Brahman.[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Lord Krishna reiterated that point by saying, "Call me by what ever name you like; Worship me in any[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]form you like; All that goes to One and Only Supreme Reality." So a Hindu when worshiping any God[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]form is actually worshiping One and Only God Brahman. In Christianity One God expresses himself[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]in three forms, Father, Son and the Holy Ghost.[/FONT]</p><p> </p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]In Hinduism One God Expresses itself in trillions of forms.[/FONT]</p><p> </p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Regarding idol worship there isn't really any person [except may be Jews], who does not believe in an idol,[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]image, or symbol.All religions have some concept of God with name and form, but Hindus alone have[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]the courage to admit that fact. [/FONT][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]The Cross in the Christian church, the picture of Jesus Christ, the statue of Mary,[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]statues of patron saints, even the black stone in Kabba are all idols. If anyone bow in front of any of them,[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]they are breaking laws of Old Testament [LED . . . 26:1, and EX 20:2-5.] Idol worship is every where[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]and I never ever met a man who does not worship something or someone. In fact, the first sculpture[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]of Christ was in the form of a small boy holding on to a sheep. Now, everywhere in the world, people[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]have pictures of Christ according to their culture. A loving young white man in USA, a tough man looking[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]like a judge in Russia, a nice black man in Africa and a man looking like a typical man from China with[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]a sheepish beard in China. [/FONT][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]I respect all those pictures. Believe it or not, all of them are idol worships.[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Once again, God is spirit...No word or image can describe or depict God or can encompass the greatness[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]of God. God is neither the father nor the mother. Since man cannot conceive anything without name and form,[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]man has the right to worship God with a form. At the same time, every worship leads to a God without[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]any name and form in course of the development of the seeker in spirituality.[/FONT]</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">- -</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">- -</span></p><p> </p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>"...the image in the temple brings to the mind of the devotees their chosen aspect</em>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>of God. They do not worship the wood, stone or earth of which the deity is made from.</em>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>The idol remains an idol but the worship goes to the Lord". He further says, "A symbol</em>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>is absolutely indispensable for fixing the mind.The mind wants a prop to lean upon.</em>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>It cannot have a conception of the Absolute in the initial stages. Without the help of</em>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>some external aid, in the initial stages, the mind cannot be centralized. The people</em>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>of the whole world, save a few Yogis and Vedantins, are all worshipers of idols.</em>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>They keep some image or other in the mind".....</em><strong>Swami Vivekananda</strong>[/FONT]</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">We don't need some scholarly tome to convince us that the law of gravity is</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">an untrue law or that heat from a stove would not burn your hand ?? These</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">are pragmatic laws we all know. We don't need some scripture to tell us</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">that idol worship is not really a worship of God. We all know it's the worship</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">of the image of God. The image that suits 'us'. It helps.</span></p><p> </p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]The Christian cross with Jesus hanging on it, or statues of Mother Mary and[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Saint Theresa, or the holy Kabaa in Mecca, or the Adigranth enshrined in the[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Golden Temple in Amritsar, or the Arc and the Torah of the Jews, the image[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]of a meditating Buddha, the totems of the indigenous faiths (the so-called[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]primitive faiths throughout the world), the artifacts of the many holy men of all[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]religions. All these graven images are stood before in awe by the followers of[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]these religions. The tooth of the Buddha in Sri Lankan, The juti of Guru Nanak,[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]in Nanded, the holed jug the Gurudrank from etc. are loved and respected image.[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]All religions have their symbols of holiness.[/FONT]</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">- -</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">- -</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Thanks.</strong></span></p><p> </p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]<em>"Ekam Sat, Viprah Bahudha Vadanti".</em>[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif](There is only one truth, only men describe it in different ways).[/FONT]</p><p>[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]- - -The Rig Veda - - -[/FONT][/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bulleshah, post: 25531, member: 2717"] [B]Folks,[/B] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Hindus do not believe God has human form or any other form. God is nameless and timeless.[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]But there is nothing wrong to worship a God with name and form (nama-roopa), since man[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]cannot conceive anything without any name and form. In fact, in the Shruti scriptures of Hinduism,[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]God or Brahman has been described as Saguna Brahman (God-Brahman with attributes) as well[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]as Nirguna Brahman (God-without attributes. In the Upanishads, God is described as Neti-Neti[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif](not this-not that) method. [/FONT][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]During the time of Upanishads, when the Hindu Rishis (scientists of that day)[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]said there is only One God, Brahman, they found out that laymen could not understand that concept.[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]So they wrote Itihasas (epics) and Puranas [mythological stories] filled with many gods, with the[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]concept that when you worship any God form, you are actually worshiping one and only God Brahman.[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Lord Krishna reiterated that point by saying, "Call me by what ever name you like; Worship me in any[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]form you like; All that goes to One and Only Supreme Reality." So a Hindu when worshiping any God[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]form is actually worshiping One and Only God Brahman. In Christianity One God expresses himself[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]in three forms, Father, Son and the Holy Ghost.[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]In Hinduism One God Expresses itself in trillions of forms.[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Regarding idol worship there isn't really any person [except may be Jews], who does not believe in an idol,[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]image, or symbol.All religions have some concept of God with name and form, but Hindus alone have[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]the courage to admit that fact. [/FONT][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]The Cross in the Christian church, the picture of Jesus Christ, the statue of Mary,[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]statues of patron saints, even the black stone in Kabba are all idols. If anyone bow in front of any of them,[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]they are breaking laws of Old Testament [LED . . . 26:1, and EX 20:2-5.] Idol worship is every where[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]and I never ever met a man who does not worship something or someone. In fact, the first sculpture[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]of Christ was in the form of a small boy holding on to a sheep. Now, everywhere in the world, people[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]have pictures of Christ according to their culture. A loving young white man in USA, a tough man looking[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]like a judge in Russia, a nice black man in Africa and a man looking like a typical man from China with[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]a sheepish beard in China. [/FONT][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]I respect all those pictures. Believe it or not, all of them are idol worships.[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Once again, God is spirit...No word or image can describe or depict God or can encompass the greatness[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]of God. God is neither the father nor the mother. Since man cannot conceive anything without name and form,[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]man has the right to worship God with a form. At the same time, every worship leads to a God without[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]any name and form in course of the development of the seeker in spirituality.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]- -[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]- -[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]"...the image in the temple brings to the mind of the devotees their chosen aspect[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]of God. They do not worship the wood, stone or earth of which the deity is made from.[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]The idol remains an idol but the worship goes to the Lord". He further says, "A symbol[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]is absolutely indispensable for fixing the mind.The mind wants a prop to lean upon.[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]It cannot have a conception of the Absolute in the initial stages. Without the help of[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]some external aid, in the initial stages, the mind cannot be centralized. The people[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]of the whole world, save a few Yogis and Vedantins, are all worshipers of idols.[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]They keep some image or other in the mind".....[/I][B]Swami Vivekananda[/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]We don't need some scholarly tome to convince us that the law of gravity is[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]an untrue law or that heat from a stove would not burn your hand ?? These[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]are pragmatic laws we all know. We don't need some scripture to tell us[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]that idol worship is not really a worship of God. We all know it's the worship[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]of the image of God. The image that suits 'us'. It helps.[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]The Christian cross with Jesus hanging on it, or statues of Mother Mary and[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Saint Theresa, or the holy Kabaa in Mecca, or the Adigranth enshrined in the[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]Golden Temple in Amritsar, or the Arc and the Torah of the Jews, the image[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]of a meditating Buddha, the totems of the indigenous faiths (the so-called[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]primitive faiths throughout the world), the artifacts of the many holy men of all[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]religions. All these graven images are stood before in awe by the followers of[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]these religions. The tooth of the Buddha in Sri Lankan, The juti of Guru Nanak,[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]in Nanded, the holed jug the Gurudrank from etc. are loved and respected image.[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]All religions have their symbols of holiness.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]- -[/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial]- -[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial][B]Thanks.[/B][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif][I]"Ekam Sat, Viprah Bahudha Vadanti".[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif](There is only one truth, only men describe it in different ways).[/FONT] [FONT=Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif]- - -The Rig Veda - - -[/FONT][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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