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Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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Gurbani (660-685)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
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Gurbani (728-750)
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Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
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Gurbani (795-831)
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Thitteen (838-840)
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Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
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Anand (917-922)
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Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
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Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
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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)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
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Shalok Ninth Mehl
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<blockquote data-quote="Taranjeet singh" data-source="post: 118371" data-attributes="member: 10049"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: DarkOrange"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">2.Understanding Naam</span></strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is important to understand the Naam as the Guru Sahibs have tried to explain it in the Granth sahib.The Naam is the pivot and the entire bani is around this central point. No other wealth is as great as the Naam. As per the Granth sahib, It is bestowed only by the True Lord and through the Perfect Word of the Shabad and it abides in the mind. Every sikh wants to understand it and tries to have full appreciation of it as the journey begins and ends at Naam. However, there appears to be no uniformity in approach in the matter of interpretation of Naam. To some it imports a meaning that may not be in consonance with the meaning that is assigned by another. However, it is for sure that Naam is to be realized by the aspirant. It should be an experience in itself and should be unique to the individual aspirant. It is as if the Naam is not a constant and cannot be told. Had it been the case the Guru sahibs would have told this for the benefit of the seekers so that the absorption into Naam is simplified. As this has not been done by Guru sahibs it makes one speculate that this has either to be understood by everyone of us or it has to be realized by each one of us by individual endeavor. In any case it has to be the individual’s journey. It has great significance and importance as it has been stated that”That person, within whose heart the Lord's Name does not well up - may that person burst and die. Kabir says that Whoever sings or listens to the Lord's Name with conscious awareness, without a doubt, in the end, he obtains the highest status.He further advises to accumulate the wealth of the Lord's Name; that wealth does not go anywhere because without the Naam, the mortal is a leper, blinded by emotional attachment. With the very limited knowledge that I have about Bani I shall state that I have in mind. There are many doubts and the sangat may kindly feel free to clarify these or even criticize. It shall be welcome.</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p> <strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">In simplest term Naam is the name of the Lord.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is after grasping the meaning of Naam that one can engage in praising the Naam. In fact, the Granth is full of the sabad that eulogizes the Naam and the God. Naam at many places, seems to be as potent as the God himself. In fact the Godhead in Sikhism shall be incomplete without the mention of the Naam. Extending this to its logical conclusion the Naam is at the beginning of the Godhead of Sikhism and its philosophy as Naam is stated to be the God as the seeker who succeeds is merged into the Naam. To the same effect we have another line that states it very clearly: When the Guru showers His Grace upon us, He blesses us with the Naam; through the Naam, we merge in the Naam. In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, shall be of any real use to us. Says Nanak: meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, your affairs shall be resolved. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">In Jap ji sahib the Guru clearly states that one should be in Praises of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; write over and over again that He has no end or limitation.With the body of saffron, and the tongue a jewel, and the breath of the body pure fragrant incense;with the face anointed at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage, and the heart illuminated with wisdom -with that wisdom, chant the Praises of the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, is eternally pure. However, at places it becomes clear that Naam may not be the Name that can be expressed in the alphabets but it may be some form of philosophy that requires understanding. One such line is: Whoever obtains the <em>Sublime Essence</em> of the Naam becomes immortal. Immortatility may refer to the merger of the being in Naam and that his subsequent cycle of Birth and rebirths is over and he gets permanently established in the state of bliss.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The Naam stated in the Granth carries itself no significant philosophy that may be unique to Sikhism. The creation of the expanse was through the one word as is stated in japu ji sahib. He created the vast expanse of the Universe with One Word. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is not clear from this line [<em>Kita Pasao eko kavao</em>] of jap Ji sahib if that is the case. The querist does not find an answer to this question easily as he has to read the entire Granth to find out the magical attributes of the Naam before arriving at some meaningful conclusion. The created universe is the manifestation of HIS Name. There is no place without Naam. Thus Naam is every where, it permeates every place. Naam has all the attributes of the Super being and hence Naam and the Lord can be used as synonyms for the limited purpose of this article. If we refer to the Line of <em>‘Kita pasao eko kavao</em>’ it would appear that the entire expanse was created by one word and that one word is, theoretically speaking, the only word that we know of to have been stated by the Lord. However, no confirmation is obtained in the text that states clearly that ‘that one word’ is the Naam i.e. it sustains the entire creation. That one word has divinity also as it created the whole expanse. Can that one word be the Naam of the Lord or the Naam that we understand? That ‘one word’ is the link between the absolute and the relative form of the God i.e. the ‘Sargun’ and ‘Nirgun’ Format of the lord. This query is also not answered in the vicinity of the text as quoted above. We do not know of any other word that has relationship with the Divine Himself. This is the word that is apparent. But we also do not know this word. But can this word be known unless it is told by the Great Master Himself. That one word carries around it so much of fire and creative potency that it cannot be probably written or translated in the limited alphabets that we are aware of. This word has all the attributes to qualify for naam except for the fact that there is no confirmation in the Bani or the Granth sahib. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The Naam is stated to be the True Wealth. Since Naam is within each one of us it has to be in some form of the presence of divinity. It is stated further that :The Gurmukh knows the Divine Light, while the foolish self-willed manmukh gropes around in the darkness. One who sees that Light within each and every heart understands the Essence of the Guru's Teachings. Those who understand are Gurmukh. They meet and merge with the True One. They become the Radiant Manifestation of the Excellence of the True One and says Nanak: they are contented with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. They offer their bodies and souls to God. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is true that anyone who has the Naam would be contended with it as there is nothing more that a seeker desires so that he is with Him and final merger takes place. It is also well known that His speech cannot be appreciated by us and it is through Guru Shabad that we come to know of His speech. Entire bani is thus his speech.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: DarkOrange">Praising the Naam</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">By praising the Naam, one becomes pleasing to the True One. With each and every breath, the devotees should remember the Naam. Those on whom He showers Mercy can only Chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, with the tongues. </span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The nine treasures and the miraculous spiritual powers come by contemplating the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord. Says Nanak:’ praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; this is your service to the Lord, the Truest of the True.’; praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as Gurmukh and one shall be emancipated.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Note: These are author's views and need not reflect any established philosophy of sikhism.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue">Bhul Chuk Mauf ..to be contd.</span></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taranjeet singh, post: 118371, member: 10049"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkOrange][B][FONT=Arial]2.Understanding Naam[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial]It is important to understand the Naam as the Guru Sahibs have tried to explain it in the Granth sahib.The Naam is the pivot and the entire bani is around this central point. No other wealth is as great as the Naam. As per the Granth sahib, It is bestowed only by the True Lord and through the Perfect Word of the Shabad and it abides in the mind. Every sikh wants to understand it and tries to have full appreciation of it as the journey begins and ends at Naam. However, there appears to be no uniformity in approach in the matter of interpretation of Naam. To some it imports a meaning that may not be in consonance with the meaning that is assigned by another. However, it is for sure that Naam is to be realized by the aspirant. It should be an experience in itself and should be unique to the individual aspirant. It is as if the Naam is not a constant and cannot be told. Had it been the case the Guru sahibs would have told this for the benefit of the seekers so that the absorption into Naam is simplified. As this has not been done by Guru sahibs it makes one speculate that this has either to be understood by everyone of us or it has to be realized by each one of us by individual endeavor. In any case it has to be the individual’s journey. It has great significance and importance as it has been stated that”That person, within whose heart the Lord's Name does not well up - may that person burst and die. Kabir says that Whoever sings or listens to the Lord's Name with conscious awareness, without a doubt, in the end, he obtains the highest status.He further advises to accumulate the wealth of the Lord's Name; that wealth does not go anywhere because without the Naam, the mortal is a leper, blinded by emotional attachment. With the very limited knowledge that I have about Bani I shall state that I have in mind. There are many doubts and the sangat may kindly feel free to clarify these or even criticize. It shall be welcome.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial]In simplest term Naam is the name of the Lord.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial]It is after grasping the meaning of Naam that one can engage in praising the Naam. In fact, the Granth is full of the sabad that eulogizes the Naam and the God. Naam at many places, seems to be as potent as the God himself. In fact the Godhead in Sikhism shall be incomplete without the mention of the Naam. Extending this to its logical conclusion the Naam is at the beginning of the Godhead of Sikhism and its philosophy as Naam is stated to be the God as the seeker who succeeds is merged into the Naam. To the same effect we have another line that states it very clearly: When the Guru showers His Grace upon us, He blesses us with the Naam; through the Naam, we merge in the Naam. In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, shall be of any real use to us. Says Nanak: meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, your affairs shall be resolved. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] In Jap ji sahib the Guru clearly states that one should be in Praises of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; write over and over again that He has no end or limitation.With the body of saffron, and the tongue a jewel, and the breath of the body pure fragrant incense;with the face anointed at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage, and the heart illuminated with wisdom -with that wisdom, chant the Praises of the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, is eternally pure. However, at places it becomes clear that Naam may not be the Name that can be expressed in the alphabets but it may be some form of philosophy that requires understanding. One such line is: Whoever obtains the [I]Sublime Essence[/I] of the Naam becomes immortal. Immortatility may refer to the merger of the being in Naam and that his subsequent cycle of Birth and rebirths is over and he gets permanently established in the state of bliss.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial]The Naam stated in the Granth carries itself no significant philosophy that may be unique to Sikhism. The creation of the expanse was through the one word as is stated in japu ji sahib. He created the vast expanse of the Universe with One Word. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial]It is not clear from this line [[I]Kita Pasao eko kavao[/I]] of jap Ji sahib if that is the case. The querist does not find an answer to this question easily as he has to read the entire Granth to find out the magical attributes of the Naam before arriving at some meaningful conclusion. The created universe is the manifestation of HIS Name. There is no place without Naam. Thus Naam is every where, it permeates every place. Naam has all the attributes of the Super being and hence Naam and the Lord can be used as synonyms for the limited purpose of this article. If we refer to the Line of [I]‘Kita pasao eko kavao[/I]’ it would appear that the entire expanse was created by one word and that one word is, theoretically speaking, the only word that we know of to have been stated by the Lord. However, no confirmation is obtained in the text that states clearly that ‘that one word’ is the Naam i.e. it sustains the entire creation. That one word has divinity also as it created the whole expanse. Can that one word be the Naam of the Lord or the Naam that we understand? That ‘one word’ is the link between the absolute and the relative form of the God i.e. the ‘Sargun’ and ‘Nirgun’ Format of the lord. This query is also not answered in the vicinity of the text as quoted above. We do not know of any other word that has relationship with the Divine Himself. This is the word that is apparent. But we also do not know this word. But can this word be known unless it is told by the Great Master Himself. That one word carries around it so much of fire and creative potency that it cannot be probably written or translated in the limited alphabets that we are aware of. This word has all the attributes to qualify for naam except for the fact that there is no confirmation in the Bani or the Granth sahib. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] The Naam is stated to be the True Wealth. Since Naam is within each one of us it has to be in some form of the presence of divinity. It is stated further that :The Gurmukh knows the Divine Light, while the foolish self-willed manmukh gropes around in the darkness. One who sees that Light within each and every heart understands the Essence of the Guru's Teachings. Those who understand are Gurmukh. They meet and merge with the True One. They become the Radiant Manifestation of the Excellence of the True One and says Nanak: they are contented with the Naam, the Name of the Lord. They offer their bodies and souls to God. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] It is true that anyone who has the Naam would be contended with it as there is nothing more that a seeker desires so that he is with Him and final merger takes place. It is also well known that His speech cannot be appreciated by us and it is through Guru Shabad that we come to know of His speech. Entire bani is thus his speech.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] [COLOR=DarkOrange]Praising the Naam[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial] By praising the Naam, one becomes pleasing to the True One. With each and every breath, the devotees should remember the Naam. Those on whom He showers Mercy can only Chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, with the tongues. The nine treasures and the miraculous spiritual powers come by contemplating the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord. Says Nanak:’ praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; this is your service to the Lord, the Truest of the True.’; praise the Naam, the Name of the Lord; as Gurmukh and one shall be emancipated.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] Note: These are author's views and need not reflect any established philosophy of sikhism. [/SIZE][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue]Bhul Chuk Mauf ..to be contd.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/QUOTE]
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