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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="Harry Haller" data-source="post: 192300" data-attributes="member: 14641"><p>How I would behave if I were fighting for survival is markedly different to how I behave sitting in my warm shop surrounded by chocolate and lucozade. Sometimes we do the right thing for the right reason, in the past we may have done the wrong thing for the right reason, to act in a way that embraces the wrong thing for the wrong reason takes either a complete lack of normal intelligence or a desire to be as bad as possible. Did Genghis Khan offer himself up as a good role model, a figure or truth and justice? no, he did not, all 'bad' people know they are bad, revel in that badness, if you can show me a bad person who thought they were good from history, I would be interested. </p><p></p><p>Of course then there is doing the right thing for the wrong reason, Mother Teresa is classic example of this, to millions she was a saint, but to the hundreds who knew her, she was not, yet, to her mind, she was good. </p><p></p><p>We can all delude ourselves, but whether it was today, or a million years ago, what is right and what is wrong is there, where we sit in balance depends on our circumstances, how desperate we are, how ready we are to turn away from the light and step into the darkness for personal gain, or even to survive. </p><p></p><p>In order to answer this, one must clarify Creator. Creator is not the Abrahamic God that is worshipped by those of the book, I must also stress that this is my own personal definition of Creator that I hold dear, others may have different views,. Creator is formless, eternal and in everything. Therefore, I attribute Creator to a life energy that is in all, it does not have opinions, it does not grimace or smile, it has no feelings, it exists and it represents the eternal truth. Our truth hangs those today and then puts them on pedestals later, the eternal truth represents the end game all along. </p><p></p><p>The Gurus did not speak to Creator, they were in tune with Creator, they were in consonance with Creation, they were in step, in tune, aligned with Creator, and from that, they knew how the world operated, how humankind operated, they could see through the whole game and see what the game was about, and how to play it, how to live. They did not pass on elaborate rituals and prayers, just a code of life, a way of living. If you align yourself with Creation you will discover the same. </p><p></p><p>So if you had not been raised in such a way, would you not think they were bad?</p><p> </p><p>I think society is more true, and I am not a great fan of any religions. </p><p></p><p>I agree, Sikhism is more a way of life than a religion. When I hear people say they are 'religious' it makes me laugh, why would anyone want to laud themselves for being ritualistic and for worshipping idols, be they statues or a tree that the tenth master may have touched, or a stone with a handprint on it, for chanting words they do not understand, for praying to enhance their own lives, if this is religion, they are welcome to it. I agree with you, there is no need for religion period, it is self serving and nothing else. Be it the desire to go to heaven, the fear of hell, the need to please 'God', its all pretty self serving. Sikhs do not fear God, or Creation, they love Creation, they wish to have the facets of Creator, to be brave, to assist, to love, not to please Creation, but to be in consonance with Creation, because when your dead, your dead, no rewards, no punishments, you do it because it is the true way to live. Anyone can live like a Sikh, be they Atheist, Agnostic, Muslim etc</p><p> </p><p>I apologise, an old friend came to stay, it sometimes makes me short.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harry Haller, post: 192300, member: 14641"] How I would behave if I were fighting for survival is markedly different to how I behave sitting in my warm shop surrounded by chocolate and lucozade. Sometimes we do the right thing for the right reason, in the past we may have done the wrong thing for the right reason, to act in a way that embraces the wrong thing for the wrong reason takes either a complete lack of normal intelligence or a desire to be as bad as possible. Did Genghis Khan offer himself up as a good role model, a figure or truth and justice? no, he did not, all 'bad' people know they are bad, revel in that badness, if you can show me a bad person who thought they were good from history, I would be interested. Of course then there is doing the right thing for the wrong reason, Mother Teresa is classic example of this, to millions she was a saint, but to the hundreds who knew her, she was not, yet, to her mind, she was good. We can all delude ourselves, but whether it was today, or a million years ago, what is right and what is wrong is there, where we sit in balance depends on our circumstances, how desperate we are, how ready we are to turn away from the light and step into the darkness for personal gain, or even to survive. In order to answer this, one must clarify Creator. Creator is not the Abrahamic God that is worshipped by those of the book, I must also stress that this is my own personal definition of Creator that I hold dear, others may have different views,. Creator is formless, eternal and in everything. Therefore, I attribute Creator to a life energy that is in all, it does not have opinions, it does not grimace or smile, it has no feelings, it exists and it represents the eternal truth. Our truth hangs those today and then puts them on pedestals later, the eternal truth represents the end game all along. The Gurus did not speak to Creator, they were in tune with Creator, they were in consonance with Creation, they were in step, in tune, aligned with Creator, and from that, they knew how the world operated, how humankind operated, they could see through the whole game and see what the game was about, and how to play it, how to live. They did not pass on elaborate rituals and prayers, just a code of life, a way of living. If you align yourself with Creation you will discover the same. So if you had not been raised in such a way, would you not think they were bad? I think society is more true, and I am not a great fan of any religions. I agree, Sikhism is more a way of life than a religion. When I hear people say they are 'religious' it makes me laugh, why would anyone want to laud themselves for being ritualistic and for worshipping idols, be they statues or a tree that the tenth master may have touched, or a stone with a handprint on it, for chanting words they do not understand, for praying to enhance their own lives, if this is religion, they are welcome to it. I agree with you, there is no need for religion period, it is self serving and nothing else. Be it the desire to go to heaven, the fear of hell, the need to please 'God', its all pretty self serving. Sikhs do not fear God, or Creation, they love Creation, they wish to have the facets of Creator, to be brave, to assist, to love, not to please Creation, but to be in consonance with Creation, because when your dead, your dead, no rewards, no punishments, you do it because it is the true way to live. Anyone can live like a Sikh, be they Atheist, Agnostic, Muslim etc I apologise, an old friend came to stay, it sometimes makes me short. [/QUOTE]
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