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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="Ambarsaria" data-source="post: 150423" data-attributes="member: 14194"><p><span style="color: black">Great discourse Harry ji, Prakash.s.Bagga ji and Bhagat Singh ji. I make some observations with due respect for all.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: black">We need to recognize what is the relationship between us and Guruji.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="color: black">We are first and foremost and for ever, Sikhs.</span></p><p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: black">Sikhs being; students, learners</span></li> </ul><p> <span style="color: black">Our Guru ji are forever our teacher.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">G<span style="color: black">uru ji are our teacher</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: black">Sikhs are blessed that they have a teacher for life and for free</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: black">A person is not born who could even pay for such services nor would one be ever born</span></li> </ul><p> <span style="color: black">As we learn more and more, we start to see what our Guru ji saw centuries ago. We are enthralled, we are happy, we want to call Guru ji with different and reverence based names and qualities. However if we want to be true to our teachers, our Guru ji, we need to continue and for ever treat them as teachers. As soon as you ignore their continuous class and teaching that is there day and night, you will stop learning, you have turned your back on a teacher that is there for you for ever.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="color: black">Be respectful, give accolades, be graceful but your Guru ji would be utmost unhappy if instead of continuous learning to seek answers you start to believe you found all the answers. Your Guru ji would be very happy if you reach a stage of a very bright student who can write questions for an exam that one cannot immediately answer oneself. You struggle, you work hard, you sweat it out, you get stuck. Time to check with your Guru ji and get unstuck. But don’t get in the habit of looking for easy answers all the time to questions of your living. Such should naturally flow from your own mind, your own understanding and from within you. Guru ji will put the blessing on your head as a sign of well done and the love that great teacher show towards their students.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="color: black">However, there is another student who will say I am just going to keep repeating and doing exactly what Guru ji has stated, uttered in their lessons. Surely I cannot go wrong, I will pass and Guru ji will be very pleased that I am a perfect follower. Only an ordinary teacher is happy with such state of affairs, our Guru ji are not in this category. They don’t need your support to show them that you follow and do exactly per letter of the lesson. You have misunderstood. Guru ji wants you to use your brain that the creator has blessed you with. That is what makes teachers happy and they feel fulfilled.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="color: black">Teachers know, so do our Guru ji, that no two people are alike in their understanding in any given instance in time for all there is to know. So students even within the same class learn in different ways, understand in different ways while still understanding the lesson.</span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="color: black">Sikhism does not create robots, Sikhism creates thinking people who are so well assisted by our Guru ji that you got to be pretty awful to not get ahead and do so at a great pace in your understanding and living that follows such. </span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I hope above is not too long.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Sat Sri Akal.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ambarsaria, post: 150423, member: 14194"] [COLOR=black]Great discourse Harry ji, Prakash.s.Bagga ji and Bhagat Singh ji. I make some observations with due respect for all.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]We need to recognize what is the relationship between us and Guruji.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]We are first and foremost and for ever, Sikhs.[/COLOR] [INDENT] [LIST] [*][COLOR=black]Sikhs being; students, learners[/COLOR] [/LIST] [/INDENT] [COLOR=black]Our Guru ji are forever our teacher.[/COLOR] [INDENT] [LIST] [*]G[COLOR=black]uru ji are our teacher[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=black]Sikhs are blessed that they have a teacher for life and for free[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=black]A person is not born who could even pay for such services nor would one be ever born[/COLOR] [/LIST] [/INDENT] [COLOR=black]As we learn more and more, we start to see what our Guru ji saw centuries ago. We are enthralled, we are happy, we want to call Guru ji with different and reverence based names and qualities. However if we want to be true to our teachers, our Guru ji, we need to continue and for ever treat them as teachers. As soon as you ignore their continuous class and teaching that is there day and night, you will stop learning, you have turned your back on a teacher that is there for you for ever.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Be respectful, give accolades, be graceful but your Guru ji would be utmost unhappy if instead of continuous learning to seek answers you start to believe you found all the answers. Your Guru ji would be very happy if you reach a stage of a very bright student who can write questions for an exam that one cannot immediately answer oneself. You struggle, you work hard, you sweat it out, you get stuck. Time to check with your Guru ji and get unstuck. But don’t get in the habit of looking for easy answers all the time to questions of your living. Such should naturally flow from your own mind, your own understanding and from within you. Guru ji will put the blessing on your head as a sign of well done and the love that great teacher show towards their students.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]However, there is another student who will say I am just going to keep repeating and doing exactly what Guru ji has stated, uttered in their lessons. Surely I cannot go wrong, I will pass and Guru ji will be very pleased that I am a perfect follower. Only an ordinary teacher is happy with such state of affairs, our Guru ji are not in this category. They don’t need your support to show them that you follow and do exactly per letter of the lesson. You have misunderstood. Guru ji wants you to use your brain that the creator has blessed you with. That is what makes teachers happy and they feel fulfilled.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Teachers know, so do our Guru ji, that no two people are alike in their understanding in any given instance in time for all there is to know. So students even within the same class learn in different ways, understand in different ways while still understanding the lesson.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Sikhism does not create robots, Sikhism creates thinking people who are so well assisted by our Guru ji that you got to be pretty awful to not get ahead and do so at a great pace in your understanding and living that follows such. [/COLOR] [INDENT] I hope above is not too long. Sat Sri Akal. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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