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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="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 112975" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>Here s a similar view..this time from a Muslim living in Malaysia a Muslim country by majority population...and they too seem to be saying the same things...</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <img src="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/images/stories/columnists/art-harun.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <strong>Art Harun</strong> describes himself as a non-governmental organism, intent on infecting the conscience. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong> <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/39889-kahlil-gibrans-give-me-the-nay" target="_blank"> Kahlil Gibran’s ‘Give Me The Nay’ </a></strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/39889-kahlil-gibrans-give-me-the-nay" target="_blank">http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/39889-kahlil-gibrans-give-me-the-nay</a></p><p></p><p> OCT 9 — I have always observed that to most of us, being religious is more important than embracing the spiritual aspect of our faith. Being religious, after all, entails ritualistic observance of whatever is decreed by our faith.</p><p> And so, the Muslims fast and we pray and we pay zakat. And the Christians would go to the church on Sundays and wear a necklace with a cross pendant. The Hindus would swim in the Ganges River and break coconuts in the morning before going to work. And so on and so forth.</p><p> What our faith brings us is the least of our concern. What our ritualistic observance turns us into does not matter. As long as we perform the rituals religiously; we are, after all, religious. And God asks us to be religious.</p><p> Or does He?</p><p> I have always related this story to my friends. And I am going to tell it here. And let me preface it with a statement. I am not telling this story to insult or to belittle Christianity or Christians.</p><p> I used to live near one of the most active churches — if not THE most active and wealthy — in Kuala Lumpur. I have no qualms with that. That church was very active. It organised speeches and sermons almost every other night. The church-goers were known to donate up to 15 per cent of their monthly income to that church. And every time they did that, the place would be full of cars, parked everywhere.</p><p> Many drivers of the cars would try and make a three-point turn in front of my house. That was okay by me. But out of 10, one or two would invariably knock on my gate. Of course it was unintentional. My gate lock would be bent. I had to repair that lock many times. And then the next week it would happen again.</p><p> In all the six years I was there, this happened many, many times. However, there wasn't a single person who had stopped to ring my bell to say sorry. Nor anyone who left a note to say so. It was a small matter to me. And it was not a big deal to me.</p><p> But the thing that bothered me was this. It would appear that all the nightly sermons and speeches and all the monthly donations had done nothing to improve common courtesy among all those who had knocked my gate. And sometimes I pondered have we all ever thought what all this religiosity had done to us? Has it made us any better?</p><p> And now, at the current moment in this country, we have people who shout and scream about jihad this and jihad that. About caning a woman. About shutting up people who dare to question. About throwing the Sedition Act against some parties who are just raising awareness. What has happened to all of us? To our faith? Is our faith just about ritualistic observance of some rules and regulations?</p><p> Sometime I think we are living in a very unforgiving society. Do we blame teenage girls who abandon their babies in a drain at the back of a school? Or even kill their babies? In a moment of lust, they could have succumbed to human temptation and they are pregnant.</p><p> What do they do? Tell their pious father and mother about it? What would happen? They would be chased away from home? Or caned? Or even kicked and ridiculed by the whole neighbourhood? Nowhere they could go without being talked about or whispered about. Oh she is so immoral! Look at her. That young immoral {censored}! And what will happen to the baby when he or she is born? ******* child! Anak haram. That's what he or she is. He or she can't even have his or her father's name on his or her birth certificate. That is how unforgiving all of us are. How cruel we are. How nasty we are.</p><p> And what choice is left for the teenage girl other than to hide the pregnancy and suffer alone. And what could she do to avoid the ignominy of being stamped "immoral and unwanted"? Are we surprised then to see so many babies are abandoned or even killed? Does our faith implore us to be such creatures?</p><p> How often do we pray for forgiveness when in fact we are unable to forgive? Why do we seek compassion when we ourselves are unable to be compassionate? Have we ever, ever prayed for love? Why would we seek mercy when we are, as human beings, merciless?</p><p> Take the Palestinian issue. When the Israelis were bombing Palestine some time ago, there were text messages and e mails going around asking Muslims to pray for the destruction of Israel. And for the Jews be killed. We shed tears when we see a Palestinian mother wailing away holding her dead toddler covered with blood on the face in front of a crumbled house. And then we pray for all Jews to be killed. How about the innocent ones? How about their children? Do we laugh and smirk in satisfaction if we look at a picture of a Jewish mother wailing while holding her dead toddler? Is that okay just because that child is Jewish? Where do we go from here?</p><p> Has our faith taught us to be heartless, cruel, cold and vicious? The God that we worship and pray is to is the Most Compassionate and Merciful. And yet we, His followers are the exact opposite.</p><p> What has happened to justice and fairness? Why is it wrong has become right and right has become wrong? Has our faith taught us to forgive some and punish others? Or has our God blinded us because He is tired of our antics?</p><p> Perhaps, when Kahlil Gibran wrote "Give Me The Nay", he was referring to us in Malaysia now. Perhaps he had a vision of what was going to happen here now. And he wrote:</p><p> <em>"With man, religion is a field</em></p><p> <em>Tilled only by those who sow it with selfish</em></p><p> <em>prayers —</em></p><p> <em>whether preachers hoping for eternal happiness</em></p><p> <em>or ignorant men who fear the flames of hell.</em></p><p> <em>Without the penalty of Judgement</em></p><p> <em>Man would not have worshipped any Lord</em></p><p> <em>And without the promise of reward he would</em></p><p> <em>have blasphemed,</em></p><p> <em>as though religion were a business matter</em></p><p> <em>devotion to its cause will bring him gain;</em></p><p> <em>neglect, loss.</em></p><p> <em>In the forest there is no religion,</em></p><p> <em>no hideous blasphemies;</em></p><p> <em>for when the nightingale sings</em></p><p> <em>he is not saying: ‘This is just.’</em></p><p> <em>The religion of man appears</em></p><p> <em>like a shadow, then disappears.</em></p><p> <em>After God and the Messiah</em></p><p> <em>there is no religion on earth.</em></p><p> <em>Give me the nay and sing,</em></p><p> <em>for song is the pearl of prayers;</em></p><p> <em>the laments of the nay will reach</em></p><p> <em>far beyond the fading of Life.</em></p><p> <em>If they heard talk of it, justice on earth would</em></p><p> <em>make the jinn weep;</em></p><p> <em>and if they could see it, the dead would laugh.</em></p><p> <em>For those who commit a misdemeanour are</em></p><p> <em>reserved prison and death;</em></p><p> <em>and those who commit great crimes earn</em></p><p> <em>prosperity and fame.</em></p><p> <em>The man who steals the flower is censured and</em></p><p> <em>scorned,</em></p><p> <em>while he who robs the fields is a daring and</em></p><p> <em>fearsome hero.</em></p><p> <em>He who murders the body is condemned to</em></p><p> <em>death,</em></p><p> <em>while he who murders the soul remains</em></p><p> <em>unknown to all.</em></p><p> <em>In the forest there is no justice,</em></p><p> <em>nor even punishment.</em></p><p> <em>When the willow’s shade lengthens over the ground,</em></p><p> <em>the cypress does not say: ‘What sacrilege!’</em></p><p> <em>The justice of man is like snow —</em></p><p> <em>once the sun sees it, it melts.</em></p><p> <em>Give me the nay and sing,</em></p><p> <em>For song is the justice of hear</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/39889-kahlil-gibrans-give-me-the-nay" target="_blank">http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/39889-kahlil-gibrans-give-me-the-nay</a></em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 112975, member: 189"] Here s a similar view..this time from a Muslim living in Malaysia a Muslim country by majority population...and they too seem to be saying the same things... [IMG]http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/images/stories/columnists/art-harun.jpg[/IMG] [B]Art Harun[/B] describes himself as a non-governmental organism, intent on infecting the conscience. [B] [URL="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/39889-kahlil-gibrans-give-me-the-nay"] Kahlil Gibran’s ‘Give Me The Nay’ [/URL][/B] [url]http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/39889-kahlil-gibrans-give-me-the-nay[/url] OCT 9 — I have always observed that to most of us, being religious is more important than embracing the spiritual aspect of our faith. Being religious, after all, entails ritualistic observance of whatever is decreed by our faith. And so, the Muslims fast and we pray and we pay zakat. And the Christians would go to the church on Sundays and wear a necklace with a cross pendant. The Hindus would swim in the Ganges River and break coconuts in the morning before going to work. And so on and so forth. What our faith brings us is the least of our concern. What our ritualistic observance turns us into does not matter. As long as we perform the rituals religiously; we are, after all, religious. And God asks us to be religious. Or does He? I have always related this story to my friends. And I am going to tell it here. And let me preface it with a statement. I am not telling this story to insult or to belittle Christianity or Christians. I used to live near one of the most active churches — if not THE most active and wealthy — in Kuala Lumpur. I have no qualms with that. That church was very active. It organised speeches and sermons almost every other night. The church-goers were known to donate up to 15 per cent of their monthly income to that church. And every time they did that, the place would be full of cars, parked everywhere. Many drivers of the cars would try and make a three-point turn in front of my house. That was okay by me. But out of 10, one or two would invariably knock on my gate. Of course it was unintentional. My gate lock would be bent. I had to repair that lock many times. And then the next week it would happen again. In all the six years I was there, this happened many, many times. However, there wasn't a single person who had stopped to ring my bell to say sorry. Nor anyone who left a note to say so. It was a small matter to me. And it was not a big deal to me. But the thing that bothered me was this. It would appear that all the nightly sermons and speeches and all the monthly donations had done nothing to improve common courtesy among all those who had knocked my gate. And sometimes I pondered have we all ever thought what all this religiosity had done to us? Has it made us any better? And now, at the current moment in this country, we have people who shout and scream about jihad this and jihad that. About caning a woman. About shutting up people who dare to question. About throwing the Sedition Act against some parties who are just raising awareness. What has happened to all of us? To our faith? Is our faith just about ritualistic observance of some rules and regulations? Sometime I think we are living in a very unforgiving society. Do we blame teenage girls who abandon their babies in a drain at the back of a school? Or even kill their babies? In a moment of lust, they could have succumbed to human temptation and they are pregnant. What do they do? Tell their pious father and mother about it? What would happen? They would be chased away from home? Or caned? Or even kicked and ridiculed by the whole neighbourhood? Nowhere they could go without being talked about or whispered about. Oh she is so immoral! Look at her. That young immoral {censored}! And what will happen to the baby when he or she is born? ******* child! Anak haram. That's what he or she is. He or she can't even have his or her father's name on his or her birth certificate. That is how unforgiving all of us are. How cruel we are. How nasty we are. And what choice is left for the teenage girl other than to hide the pregnancy and suffer alone. And what could she do to avoid the ignominy of being stamped "immoral and unwanted"? Are we surprised then to see so many babies are abandoned or even killed? Does our faith implore us to be such creatures? How often do we pray for forgiveness when in fact we are unable to forgive? Why do we seek compassion when we ourselves are unable to be compassionate? Have we ever, ever prayed for love? Why would we seek mercy when we are, as human beings, merciless? Take the Palestinian issue. When the Israelis were bombing Palestine some time ago, there were text messages and e mails going around asking Muslims to pray for the destruction of Israel. And for the Jews be killed. We shed tears when we see a Palestinian mother wailing away holding her dead toddler covered with blood on the face in front of a crumbled house. And then we pray for all Jews to be killed. How about the innocent ones? How about their children? Do we laugh and smirk in satisfaction if we look at a picture of a Jewish mother wailing while holding her dead toddler? Is that okay just because that child is Jewish? Where do we go from here? Has our faith taught us to be heartless, cruel, cold and vicious? The God that we worship and pray is to is the Most Compassionate and Merciful. And yet we, His followers are the exact opposite. What has happened to justice and fairness? Why is it wrong has become right and right has become wrong? Has our faith taught us to forgive some and punish others? Or has our God blinded us because He is tired of our antics? Perhaps, when Kahlil Gibran wrote "Give Me The Nay", he was referring to us in Malaysia now. Perhaps he had a vision of what was going to happen here now. And he wrote: [I]"With man, religion is a field[/I] [I]Tilled only by those who sow it with selfish[/I] [I]prayers —[/I] [I]whether preachers hoping for eternal happiness[/I] [I]or ignorant men who fear the flames of hell.[/I] [I]Without the penalty of Judgement[/I] [I]Man would not have worshipped any Lord[/I] [I]And without the promise of reward he would[/I] [I]have blasphemed,[/I] [I]as though religion were a business matter[/I] [I]devotion to its cause will bring him gain;[/I] [I]neglect, loss.[/I] [I]In the forest there is no religion,[/I] [I]no hideous blasphemies;[/I] [I]for when the nightingale sings[/I] [I]he is not saying: ‘This is just.’[/I] [I]The religion of man appears[/I] [I]like a shadow, then disappears.[/I] [I]After God and the Messiah[/I] [I]there is no religion on earth.[/I] [I]Give me the nay and sing,[/I] [I]for song is the pearl of prayers;[/I] [I]the laments of the nay will reach[/I] [I]far beyond the fading of Life.[/I] [I]If they heard talk of it, justice on earth would[/I] [I]make the jinn weep;[/I] [I]and if they could see it, the dead would laugh.[/I] [I]For those who commit a misdemeanour are[/I] [I]reserved prison and death;[/I] [I]and those who commit great crimes earn[/I] [I]prosperity and fame.[/I] [I]The man who steals the flower is censured and[/I] [I]scorned,[/I] [I]while he who robs the fields is a daring and[/I] [I]fearsome hero.[/I] [I]He who murders the body is condemned to[/I] [I]death,[/I] [I]while he who murders the soul remains[/I] [I]unknown to all.[/I] [I]In the forest there is no justice,[/I] [I]nor even punishment.[/I] [I]When the willow’s shade lengthens over the ground,[/I] [I]the cypress does not say: ‘What sacrilege!’[/I] [I]The justice of man is like snow —[/I] [I]once the sun sees it, it melts.[/I] [I]Give me the nay and sing,[/I] [I]For song is the justice of hear [url]http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/39889-kahlil-gibrans-give-me-the-nay[/url] [/I] [/QUOTE]
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