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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="Tejwant Singh" data-source="post: 107540" data-attributes="member: 138"><p>Sadh Sangat,</p><p> </p><p>Guru Fateh.</p><p> </p><p>Allow me to pitch in with my 2 cents.</p><p> </p><p>Monotheism, Pantheism, Polytheism, Atheism and all other kinds of <u><em>isms</em></u> one may be able to add to the above list are definitions/descriptions of belief systems which people use to believe in a deity, personified being God, except Atheism whose belief system is not to believe in such a deity. </p><p> </p><p>One must also remember that beliefs can change anytime because they are based on subjective reality- Dogmas( Hell & Heaven are just 2 examples) of each belief system, hence can not be the gateways to the ultimate Truth as they propagate to be. Absence of objective truth which is based on pragmatism makes them vulnerable to face and hence live in the realities of life called Miri- Piri in Sikhi. To compensate for this black hole, all these belief systems create mechanical rituals which have multifold advantages.</p><p> </p><p>1. It makes people do something together which in result creates unity of the group performing the rituals.</p><p> </p><p>2. By performing the same ritual, it gives them the sense of belongingness.</p><p> </p><p>3. Places of pilgrimages are created/invented/concocted to solidify this sense of belongingness.</p><p> </p><p>4. Larger the group becomes, the more power it has, hence is able to wield it onto others to lasso them, most of the times with coercion, into their respective folds.</p><p> </p><p>5. Hierarchy is created with the rituals and some take advantage of that by stepping on others' feet to go up the ladder which generates power.</p><p> </p><p>6. Last but not the least, no thought process is needed for all the above which shows that self discovery or self betterment, hence self improvement take backseat although are used as great facades to lasso others.</p><p> </p><p>So, one can see that all the above schools of thought do not really help in developing any thought process. To the contrary, because, mechanical rituals are not meant for that.</p><p> </p><p>All these people are called believers by their belief systems.</p><p> </p><p>Sikhi is not a belief system because it is based on pragmatism not on dogmas. As it is a pragmatic approach to life, it is based on objective reality.</p><p> </p><p>Guru Nanak shows us this pragmatic objective reality long before any other astronomer, scientist could ever do even with the help of the instruments.</p><p> </p><p>Guru Nanak says in Japji: Patalaan pataal lakh, agassan agaas.</p><p> </p><p>There are in numerous planets and many more milky ways.</p><p> </p><p>We all know what the Catholic Church did to Galileo when he said that the Earth revolves around the Sun not the other way around as was the claim of Christianity then. The Catholic church modified its claim towards the objective reality only in 1992.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Some of you may ask why Sikhi is not a belief sytem? The reason is that there is no Deity- personified GOD in Sikhi.</span></p><p> </p><p>Ik Ong Kaar is not a deity, hence Ik Ong Kaar is NOT a belief but Ik Ong kaar <strong><em><u>IS</u></em></strong>.</p><p> </p><p>It is hard to meet the Source of the Universe and beyond, our Divine Master. Ik Ong Kaar's form is immeasurable, inaccessible and unfathomable. </p><p> </p><p>Ik Ong Kaar is above all formless and indescribable, so sublime as to be totally beyond human powers of recognition, description, or conception. </p><p> </p><p>Ik Ong Kaar according to Mool Manter is Ajuni Sahibung which means Creative Energy which is both in the organic and in inorganic, thus making Ik Ong Kaar omnipresent.</p><p> </p><p>In other words,Ik Ong Kaar is all-pervading everywhere. </p><p> </p><p>Tejwant Singh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tejwant Singh, post: 107540, member: 138"] Sadh Sangat, Guru Fateh. Allow me to pitch in with my 2 cents. Monotheism, Pantheism, Polytheism, Atheism and all other kinds of [U][I]isms[/I][/U] one may be able to add to the above list are definitions/descriptions of belief systems which people use to believe in a deity, personified being God, except Atheism whose belief system is not to believe in such a deity. One must also remember that beliefs can change anytime because they are based on subjective reality- Dogmas( Hell & Heaven are just 2 examples) of each belief system, hence can not be the gateways to the ultimate Truth as they propagate to be. Absence of objective truth which is based on pragmatism makes them vulnerable to face and hence live in the realities of life called Miri- Piri in Sikhi. To compensate for this black hole, all these belief systems create mechanical rituals which have multifold advantages. 1. It makes people do something together which in result creates unity of the group performing the rituals. 2. By performing the same ritual, it gives them the sense of belongingness. 3. Places of pilgrimages are created/invented/concocted to solidify this sense of belongingness. 4. Larger the group becomes, the more power it has, hence is able to wield it onto others to lasso them, most of the times with coercion, into their respective folds. 5. Hierarchy is created with the rituals and some take advantage of that by stepping on others' feet to go up the ladder which generates power. 6. Last but not the least, no thought process is needed for all the above which shows that self discovery or self betterment, hence self improvement take backseat although are used as great facades to lasso others. So, one can see that all the above schools of thought do not really help in developing any thought process. To the contrary, because, mechanical rituals are not meant for that. All these people are called believers by their belief systems. Sikhi is not a belief system because it is based on pragmatism not on dogmas. As it is a pragmatic approach to life, it is based on objective reality. Guru Nanak shows us this pragmatic objective reality long before any other astronomer, scientist could ever do even with the help of the instruments. Guru Nanak says in Japji: Patalaan pataal lakh, agassan agaas. There are in numerous planets and many more milky ways. We all know what the Catholic Church did to Galileo when he said that the Earth revolves around the Sun not the other way around as was the claim of Christianity then. The Catholic church modified its claim towards the objective reality only in 1992. [FONT=Verdana]Some of you may ask why Sikhi is not a belief sytem? The reason is that there is no Deity- personified GOD in Sikhi.[/FONT] Ik Ong Kaar is not a deity, hence Ik Ong Kaar is NOT a belief but Ik Ong kaar [B][I][U]IS[/U][/I][/B]. It is hard to meet the Source of the Universe and beyond, our Divine Master. Ik Ong Kaar's form is immeasurable, inaccessible and unfathomable. Ik Ong Kaar is above all formless and indescribable, so sublime as to be totally beyond human powers of recognition, description, or conception. Ik Ong Kaar according to Mool Manter is Ajuni Sahibung which means Creative Energy which is both in the organic and in inorganic, thus making Ik Ong Kaar omnipresent. In other words,Ik Ong Kaar is all-pervading everywhere. Tejwant Singh [/QUOTE]
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