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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="curious seeker" data-source="post: 121954" data-attributes="member: 11092"><p><strong>Re: Introducing Myself</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Hi Narayanjot</p><p> </p><p> Perhaps I am mot using the correct word when I use proselytizing. Its not that believers should go out and assault others a la Christians , that is not what I mean. What I believe one ought to do is inform others of the existance of a reasonable faith, that does not have to depend on blind obedience to an authority. A faith that sees God consistently. I mean just to give an example, God is called love itself in the New Testament , yet Christians ho;d that it is the word of God when the Holy Spirit, kills Ananaias and his wife for taking some money and lying about it. The problem with that? Wel,l even most men do not go about killing people for stealing a few dollars and lying about i., So why make God worse than most men? In fact, He cannot possibly be worse than most men, that is just blasphemy.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, is not only believing in God but making sure you are not believing in something that makes God into a being ethically inferior to even a few men. After all, our religious teachers, were and are men, and there is always the danger that men would manipulate other men for their own reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Look, for example at whom ever said, (We cannot just assume it was Moses) that Yahweh (The Jewish name for Deity) ordered the genocide of the Cananites. What is more likely, that God would order genocide or that some one with an agenda would use God to goad believers into committing genocide? Ttoday, what is more likely that Allah rejoiced when Al Qaeda butchered 3000 plus innocents or that Bin Ladin and his cohorts, used God to cover their muderous act?</p><p> </p><p>Years ago, I worked for the Salvation Army. We used to deal with a lot of addicts and alcoholics but also with people with mental and emotional -problems some of them were Fundamentalist Christians. Many of them had a vey low esteem of themselves. This people believed that the Bible was inerrant truth So when Paul said in Romans, for example, that men were basically abject and totally corruot bei9ngs incapable of doing good, , many of this people had this very low opinion of themselves because they have been taught exactly this same thing and that God looked at them in that way</p><p> </p><p>Needless to say untold ,damage has been done by teachings such as this and worse, You do not have to tell people yours is the only way , it isn't God can make any one in any system of belief into a saint. BUT the fact is, that it is much easier , let alone far healthier, to believe, and indeed to live when your belief system does not enslave you, diminish you, or load you with guilt. Indeed the whoe world would be a far better and safer place, if we helped others get rid of some of those beliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The way people look at God and the way they believe God looks at them is extremely important . I believe that those faiths that have , a constructive, ennobling and uplifting universal message, have, to some extent, a responsibility to at least communicate that message to others not necessarilly to convince (I believe firmly that true conviction comes from self conviction) them but to make consider that there are other options, other possibilities and let them hear other messages and choose for themselves what to do about such messages, if anything.</p><p> </p><p>Blessings</p><p>Curious</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curious seeker, post: 121954, member: 11092"] [b]Re: Introducing Myself[/b] Hi Narayanjot Perhaps I am mot using the correct word when I use proselytizing. Its not that believers should go out and assault others a la Christians , that is not what I mean. What I believe one ought to do is inform others of the existance of a reasonable faith, that does not have to depend on blind obedience to an authority. A faith that sees God consistently. I mean just to give an example, God is called love itself in the New Testament , yet Christians ho;d that it is the word of God when the Holy Spirit, kills Ananaias and his wife for taking some money and lying about it. The problem with that? Wel,l even most men do not go about killing people for stealing a few dollars and lying about i., So why make God worse than most men? In fact, He cannot possibly be worse than most men, that is just blasphemy. Unfortunately, is not only believing in God but making sure you are not believing in something that makes God into a being ethically inferior to even a few men. After all, our religious teachers, were and are men, and there is always the danger that men would manipulate other men for their own reasons. Look, for example at whom ever said, (We cannot just assume it was Moses) that Yahweh (The Jewish name for Deity) ordered the genocide of the Cananites. What is more likely, that God would order genocide or that some one with an agenda would use God to goad believers into committing genocide? Ttoday, what is more likely that Allah rejoiced when Al Qaeda butchered 3000 plus innocents or that Bin Ladin and his cohorts, used God to cover their muderous act? Years ago, I worked for the Salvation Army. We used to deal with a lot of addicts and alcoholics but also with people with mental and emotional -problems some of them were Fundamentalist Christians. Many of them had a vey low esteem of themselves. This people believed that the Bible was inerrant truth So when Paul said in Romans, for example, that men were basically abject and totally corruot bei9ngs incapable of doing good, , many of this people had this very low opinion of themselves because they have been taught exactly this same thing and that God looked at them in that way Needless to say untold ,damage has been done by teachings such as this and worse, You do not have to tell people yours is the only way , it isn't God can make any one in any system of belief into a saint. BUT the fact is, that it is much easier , let alone far healthier, to believe, and indeed to live when your belief system does not enslave you, diminish you, or load you with guilt. Indeed the whoe world would be a far better and safer place, if we helped others get rid of some of those beliefs. The way people look at God and the way they believe God looks at them is extremely important . I believe that those faiths that have , a constructive, ennobling and uplifting universal message, have, to some extent, a responsibility to at least communicate that message to others not necessarilly to convince (I believe firmly that true conviction comes from self conviction) them but to make consider that there are other options, other possibilities and let them hear other messages and choose for themselves what to do about such messages, if anything. Blessings Curious [/QUOTE]
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