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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
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Gurbani (660-685)
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Chhant (687-691)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
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ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
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Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
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Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
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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="Astroboy" data-source="post: 61332" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">`Those who have realized the Truth</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">Are kings among men, indeed.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">These earthly kings are no kings</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">To love anything except God causes pain</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">Why exalt and glorify what is created</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">It is but eating and evanescent</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">One alone lives for ever and ever</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">The God-centred being who realizes this Truth</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">He is like God, ever-living and deathless.'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="color: blue">(Maru M.3)</span></span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">This voice of the Soul keeps on prompting, goading, and urging each one</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">of us, conveying its heavenly message. We understand and pro t by it in</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">proportion to, and in accordance with, our individual stage of spiritual enlightenment.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">Guided by this voice, I have read many religious books and</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">have met enlightened souls to seek further knowledge. I had a thirst for</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">testing the truth of spiritual doctrines.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">In moments of spiritual conflict, Simran, or meditation, helps us to arrive</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">at the Truth and the seeming contradictions vanish. I shall describe how</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">I acted in such crises. I read religious books and consulted mahatmamas</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">tested what they said, and noted the result. I have continued to do so, even</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">though 1 have not yet attained perfection, and, at times, I am spiritually</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">in a pitiable state. I am not at all incontinent, or given to pleasures of the</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">esh, and yet I cannot deny that I am impressed by feminine charm and sex</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">appeal. This susceptibility has impeded my spiritual progress to a certain</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">extent. Nevertheless, meditation, or Simran, has metamorphosed me and</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">recreated me in spirit. In this new, regenerated life, there are no worries,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">no vexations, no cares, no sense of want, no craving for anything. There is</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'">joy, there is bliss, there is calm, peace and poise-a carefree life. The greatest material joys cannot compare with the inner bliss, howsoever brief its spell.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"><span style="color: blue">(Excerpts from Bandagi Nama)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'CMR12'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 61332, member: 4990"] [LEFT][FONT=CMR12]`Those who have realized the Truth[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]Are kings among men, indeed.[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]These earthly kings are no kings[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]To love anything except God causes pain[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]Why exalt and glorify what is created[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]It is but eating and evanescent[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]One alone lives for ever and ever[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]The God-centred being who realizes this Truth[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]He is like God, ever-living and deathless.'[/FONT][/LEFT] [FONT=CMR12][COLOR=blue](Maru M.3)[/COLOR][/FONT] [LEFT][FONT=CMR12][FONT=CMR12]This voice of the Soul keeps on prompting, goading, and urging each one[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]of us, conveying its heavenly message. We understand and pro t by it in[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]proportion to, and in accordance with, our individual stage of spiritual enlightenment.[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]Guided by this voice, I have read many religious books and[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]have met enlightened souls to seek further knowledge. I had a thirst for[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]testing the truth of spiritual doctrines.[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]In moments of spiritual conflict, Simran, or meditation, helps us to arrive[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]at the Truth and the seeming contradictions vanish. I shall describe how[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]I acted in such crises. I read religious books and consulted mahatmamas[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]tested what they said, and noted the result. I have continued to do so, even[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]though 1 have not yet attained perfection, and, at times, I am spiritually[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]in a pitiable state. I am not at all incontinent, or given to pleasures of the[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]esh, and yet I cannot deny that I am impressed by feminine charm and sex[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]appeal. This susceptibility has impeded my spiritual progress to a certain[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]extent. Nevertheless, meditation, or Simran, has metamorphosed me and[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]recreated me in spirit. In this new, regenerated life, there are no worries,[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]no vexations, no cares, no sense of want, no craving for anything. There is[/FONT] [FONT=CMR12]joy, there is bliss, there is calm, peace and poise-a carefree life. The greatest material joys cannot compare with the inner bliss, howsoever brief its spell.[/FONT][/FONT][/LEFT][FONT=CMR12] [FONT=CMR12][COLOR=blue](Excerpts from Bandagi Nama)[/COLOR][/FONT] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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