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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="Sinister" data-source="post: 69329" data-attributes="member: 2684"><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> sorry aad ji im going to have to give you the two thumbs down for this post:</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">i guess all peace initiatives with the passengers of Air India Flight 182 were exhausted before some ‘clean record’ sikhs blew them into tiny peaces? </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">or Bhindranwale's 'calls to arm' were entirely defensive measures and not provocative in any nature.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">and I suppose Raja Ranjit Singh marched to Kabul with 100,000 men for a peace initiative? The same man who shrouded a temple in amritsar with a thick armour of gold...now i wonder where all that wealth came from??? i wonder i wonder? I wonder why it's still there? I wonder how this is the holiest place for sikhs? (a temple whose gold is bound with wine, blood, lust, greed, tears, sweat and ambition)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">here is a fact that is denied by no individual...but unexamined and pushed to the back of the head by all 'Sikhs'. Religious philosophy itself, innately, has the capacity to organize (the sangat) ... thus you cannot treat it as individuals performing actions. Religion is a political entity as much as a spiritual one...and that is what Makkanz is referring to. Religion allows for group action/initiative and under this banner they persist in violent and reprehensible behaviour, sometimes even claimed to be sanctified by god himself. (bhindaranwale). The bottom line; MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY LOOKS FOR, AND PROMOTES HIERARCHAL STRUCTURE…and that is its primary sin. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. </span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">the same is true for any other school of thought...the stalinist's, the nazi's…they did not do what they did, on the basis of being individuals but they received the courage to commit their atrocities on the basis of group solidarity and strong hierarchal ties. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">We can draw the rosy picture that these handful of people are lost sheep amongst a diverse crowd and not truthful products of the Sikh faith? or perhaps all these men/women were misdirected in their practice of sikhi? (the entitlement defense is legitimate, but not sane, a little mischievous if you ask me)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">what Makkanz is saying, is not new to philosophy and to objective viewers of theistic religion (I agree with much of what he relays in this thread)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: red">When examined closely religion forms a complex network of internal tensions. When a religion enters service it contains the usual representation of human behaviour and feeling; yet it also absorbs into its stream of movement the hard and perhaps insoluble pellets of flawless ideology. The conflict is inescapable: Religion tries to confront experience in its immediacy and closeness, while its ideology is by its nature exclusive.</span> </span></span></p><p></p><p>Religion is deeply divisive, psychologically demanding, and demeaning. It is, by its nature, an assault on humanism…an entity that frowns upon most natural emotions and impulses as negative. </p><p>And Makkanz’s post is a prime example of how everyone united under the banner of sikhi to challenge his message and protect that which is dyer to not only you but also the person next to you. Some of you are not acting as individuals at this instant, and in this unity of message lies the group cohesion that you claim does not play a pivotal role in determining the outcome of behaviour (both negative behaviour and positive as an outcome).</p><p> </p><p>Even the sikh war cry: 'Jo Bole So Nihaal, Sat Sri Akaal'. Roughly means, "He/She Be Blessed Who says Truth is God". There is significance in this war cry…can anyone connect the dots?</p><p> </p><p>ALLAH HU AKBAR? (God is great) </p><p>Notice the reference to god in both war cries. </p><p> </p><p>christian armies used similiar rallying cries: "God, wills it" (a common one)</p><p> </p><p>Here is another quote and the assault on humanism continues:</p><p><em><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In the end each individual has to find No-hatred No-enmity in himself/herself. </span></span></em></p><p> </p><p>The extent in which ‘Flawless ideology’ can stretch our minds to these levels is further proof of the insoluble pellets of religion. It is nothing short of insulting reason and a state of continuous manufactured fiction, Utopia (ie; A lie or a wash).</p><p> </p><p>To Makkanz:</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">PS: Islam is the most dangerous religious institution constructed by men…because it is one of the most divisive and highly motivated religions I have come across ...sikhi does not even hold candle to its atrocities on human rights, free speech, and most importantly sanity. My respect for Sikhism far exceeds my respect for Islam (that is if you believe, I had any respect for these faiths to begin with).</span></span> </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinister, post: 69329, member: 2684"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma] sorry aad ji im going to have to give you the two thumbs down for this post:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]i guess all peace initiatives with the passengers of Air India Flight 182 were exhausted before some ‘clean record’ sikhs blew them into tiny peaces? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]or Bhindranwale's 'calls to arm' were entirely defensive measures and not provocative in any nature.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]and I suppose Raja Ranjit Singh marched to Kabul with 100,000 men for a peace initiative? The same man who shrouded a temple in amritsar with a thick armour of gold...now i wonder where all that wealth came from??? i wonder i wonder? I wonder why it's still there? I wonder how this is the holiest place for sikhs? (a temple whose gold is bound with wine, blood, lust, greed, tears, sweat and ambition)[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=darkgreen][FONT=Verdana]here is a fact that is denied by no individual...but unexamined and pushed to the back of the head by all 'Sikhs'. Religious philosophy itself, innately, has the capacity to organize (the sangat) ... thus you cannot treat it as individuals performing actions. Religion is a political entity as much as a spiritual one...and that is what Makkanz is referring to. Religion allows for group action/initiative and under this banner they persist in violent and reprehensible behaviour, sometimes even claimed to be sanctified by god himself. (bhindaranwale). The bottom line; MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY LOOKS FOR, AND PROMOTES HIERARCHAL STRUCTURE…and that is its primary sin. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]the same is true for any other school of thought...the stalinist's, the nazi's…they did not do what they did, on the basis of being individuals but they received the courage to commit their atrocities on the basis of group solidarity and strong hierarchal ties. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]We can draw the rosy picture that these handful of people are lost sheep amongst a diverse crowd and not truthful products of the Sikh faith? or perhaps all these men/women were misdirected in their practice of sikhi? (the entitlement defense is legitimate, but not sane, a little mischievous if you ask me)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]what Makkanz is saying, is not new to philosophy and to objective viewers of theistic religion (I agree with much of what he relays in this thread)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=red]When examined closely religion forms a complex network of internal tensions. When a religion enters service it contains the usual representation of human behaviour and feeling; yet it also absorbs into its stream of movement the hard and perhaps insoluble pellets of flawless ideology. The conflict is inescapable: Religion tries to confront experience in its immediacy and closeness, while its ideology is by its nature exclusive.[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] Religion is deeply divisive, psychologically demanding, and demeaning. It is, by its nature, an assault on humanism…an entity that frowns upon most natural emotions and impulses as negative. And Makkanz’s post is a prime example of how everyone united under the banner of sikhi to challenge his message and protect that which is dyer to not only you but also the person next to you. Some of you are not acting as individuals at this instant, and in this unity of message lies the group cohesion that you claim does not play a pivotal role in determining the outcome of behaviour (both negative behaviour and positive as an outcome). Even the sikh war cry: 'Jo Bole So Nihaal, Sat Sri Akaal'. Roughly means, "He/She Be Blessed Who says Truth is God". There is significance in this war cry…can anyone connect the dots? ALLAH HU AKBAR? (God is great) Notice the reference to god in both war cries. christian armies used similiar rallying cries: "God, wills it" (a common one) Here is another quote and the assault on humanism continues: [I][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Verdana]In the end each individual has to find No-hatred No-enmity in himself/herself. [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=#5b5b5b][/COLOR] The extent in which ‘Flawless ideology’ can stretch our minds to these levels is further proof of the insoluble pellets of religion. It is nothing short of insulting reason and a state of continuous manufactured fiction, Utopia (ie; A lie or a wash). To Makkanz: [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]PS: Islam is the most dangerous religious institution constructed by men…because it is one of the most divisive and highly motivated religions I have come across ...sikhi does not even hold candle to its atrocities on human rights, free speech, and most importantly sanity. My respect for Sikhism far exceeds my respect for Islam (that is if you believe, I had any respect for these faiths to begin with).[/SIZE][/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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