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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
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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)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
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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
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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)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
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<blockquote data-quote="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 22689" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji KI fateh.</p><p> </p><p>well here goes. in my humble opinion and from what i have learnt so far..its of no use at all..UNTIL the moment one has taken on a "GURU"..through PAHUL ( in the case of earlier Gurus from Guur nanak ji..it was CHARAN PAHUL...and in the case of others like Yogis..for example it was being buried neck deep in the ground and the Master/Guur would chant a mantar in his ear, and then his EARS would be Pierced..and blobs put in and from then on he could be "mundraan wala JOGI"..etc etc. Each sect has its own "PAHUL..INITIATION CEREMONY.</p><p> </p><p>Bhai Lehan Ji..first got "Charan pahul"....that is received acceptance as a SIKH of Guru Ji...then ON He had to NAAM JAPP the Naam that Guru Ji gave him ( this is the REAL SEWA of NAAM that has to be performed until one can attain a status..like Bhai Lehna Ji attained GURU STATUS AFTER many many YEARS of Naam japp).</p><p> </p><p>As I have already explained via my writing on BHAI AMARDASS JI..of How Bhai Ji..went to MANDIRS and TEERATHS and PILGRIMAGES...chanting the MANTRAS of the VEDAS etc fro nearly 30 YEARS... but WITHOUT any "PAHUL" or acceptance of a "GURU"...All this was FUTILE EFFORT. This is NOT to say that the GURU must be a SIKH GURU...the sadhu that claimed bhai amardass ji destroyed all his naam kamaii due to feeding him food "cooked by a NIGURA" was NOT talking to a SIKH GURU..but to a "GURU" ( of any sect).</p><p>THIS MAJOR "volcanic eruption" in Bhai Amardass Ji's life..."WHAT have I been doing..all my 30 years of pikgrimages teeraths yatras etc have all been in VAIN.all because I DONT have a GURU ?? was the sole reason Bhai Amardass Ji went ACTIVELY looking for a GURU...and that GURU happened to be GURU ANGAD Ji.</p><p>Then when Bhai Amardass Ji accepted "PAHUL" from Guru Angad Ji and became a GURUWALLAH...he still had to do SEWA of NAAM fro another 12 YEARS...Before He attained the Status of GURU.</p><p> </p><p>So to answer your question...NO WAY can a SIKH....just walk out of a Khanda batte de pahul ceremony and CLAIM...I HAVE ARRIVED !! PERIOD...just like Bhai lehna Ji and Bhai Amardass ji spent DECADES..AFTER Taking "PAHUL". As I said earlier..the PAHUL ceremony is JUST the BEGINNING...the ABC...and to reach XYZ...is a LIFE TIME's SEWA of NAAM.</p><p> </p><p>IN Spiritual realm...a "GURU WALLAH" and a NIGURA are different stages. My comparison to an "academic school system" lacks a certain **.</p><p>What do i mean ? I mean...that even in an ordinary school system...a child cannot "Stay at home" until he reaches the age of say 20..and then Go sit for the Higher School Certificate Exam or ...B.A. Exam. He can "claim all he likes..that i KNOW my stuff...my dad taught me everything...whatever...the Education Authorities will ask him...WHICH Primary school did you attend ? SHOW your SCHOOL Certificates...your Secondary school certs...and then you can SIT for the EXAM !!! IF a </p><p>"NIGURA STUDENT" ( student that studied at home privately without a school registration ) cannot hope to get past this RULE of "registration is VITAL"..how can a "NIGURA" (non-Baptised) sikh hope to get past the rules....who gave him the "naam to japp" ?? NOBODY !! Self study doesnt work in this world..and it doesnt work in the spiritual one either.</p><p> </p><p>This is NOT MY OPINION..I have already given you the Examples from Bhai lehana Ji. Bhai Amardass jis LIFE.</p><p>Each GURU...wrote "GURBANI" after becoming GURU....Guru Amardass Ji was at age 73 when He became GURU....can you explain he never wrote a single line of poetry until age 73..and from 73 onwards he wrote a MASTERPIECE like ANAND SAHIB ?? a Masterpiece that rivals the JAPJI of Guru nanak ji !!</p><p> </p><p>This is proof that there are STAGES in a person's LIFE...Progress from Stage A to B to C to D..and so on...and YOU ahve to BEGIN from A...and NO WAY someone can ignore that and begin from XY..touvch base and declare I am FIRST...reached Z the moment i chhak "pahul" !! it just doesnt happen that way..not from our Guru Ji's examples.</p><p> </p><p>Now to "it wont work" or "of no beenfit".</p><p>NAAM of WAHEGURU.. is like the "Doctor's prescription" ( GURU's Prescription") Now we can self-medicate..by buying off the shelf...it may work..it may be of some benefit..but the WISE will NOT take this way. WHY on earth would one want to "self medicate" when the DOCTOR is FREE and available 24/7. Isnt that due to "EGO"..why the ehck should i go to the Punj ? when I can naam japp all by myself ?...or who got time man..whats the hurry anyway ?/ etc OR..it is actually "personal WEAKNESS..perceived or real...failure/scared of making the COMMITTMENT...oh i cant do that if i chhak amrit...or i will have to discipline myself..and i cant do that just yet.. SIKHI is WALLON NIKKEE...thinner than a human hair...KHANDE DHAAR...as SHARP as a Sword Blade...its Sheer DISCIPLINE...why do you think Guru Gobind Singh ji calls those who "sham amritdharees" without discipline as DONKEYS in LIONS CLOTHING ?? These think they have "fooled" the GURU by taking PAHUL, becoming GURUWALLAH..but having NO INTENTION to do the "NAAM JAPP SEWA"..so what does this prove..EVEN A "SHAM" Amrtidharee is WORTHLESS...so what about one who is NOT even a SHAM Amrtidharee ?? How could he be of any worth ??</p><p> </p><p>Dont make the mistake of thinking only GURU Gobind Singh ji.."invented" thsi pahul thing.. Guru nanak ji already declared 500 years ago...Jis Prem Khelan ka Chao.SIR DHAR TALI Galee meri aaao... Guru nanak ji WANTS YOUR HEAD on YOUR PALM...even before He accepts YOU...as His "LOVER".</p><p> </p><p>Summary:</p><p>Answer to Question One. NO</p><p>Answer to Q. 2 - LESS or NONE.</p><p>(Exampe of Life of 30 years of Bhai Amardass ji's life BEFORE he met Guru angad Ji)</p><p>Q. 3 - WAHEGURU is the NAAM given by the PUNJ KHALSA ONLY....it is for SINGHS of GURU JI only. Anybody ( irrespective of whther he is born sikh etc ) who DOESNT bother to get it...is NOT a SINGH as far as this requirement is concerned. No one is forced or compelled..its a free world. The "others" have their own....no comment on whether a "hindu" will go to heaven from japping Hari om..or whether a Christain can go to heaven on just Jesus etc. </p><p> </p><p>Thanks for a good discussion..</p><p>Please continue to ask and enquire..SIKHI is Learning...unlearning...and RE-LEARNING...until the day we DIE..we continue to LEARN..</p><p> </p><p>Jarnail singh gyani</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 22689, member: 189"] Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji KI fateh. well here goes. in my humble opinion and from what i have learnt so far..its of no use at all..UNTIL the moment one has taken on a "GURU"..through PAHUL ( in the case of earlier Gurus from Guur nanak ji..it was CHARAN PAHUL...and in the case of others like Yogis..for example it was being buried neck deep in the ground and the Master/Guur would chant a mantar in his ear, and then his EARS would be Pierced..and blobs put in and from then on he could be "mundraan wala JOGI"..etc etc. Each sect has its own "PAHUL..INITIATION CEREMONY. Bhai Lehan Ji..first got "Charan pahul"....that is received acceptance as a SIKH of Guru Ji...then ON He had to NAAM JAPP the Naam that Guru Ji gave him ( this is the REAL SEWA of NAAM that has to be performed until one can attain a status..like Bhai Lehna Ji attained GURU STATUS AFTER many many YEARS of Naam japp). As I have already explained via my writing on BHAI AMARDASS JI..of How Bhai Ji..went to MANDIRS and TEERATHS and PILGRIMAGES...chanting the MANTRAS of the VEDAS etc fro nearly 30 YEARS... but WITHOUT any "PAHUL" or acceptance of a "GURU"...All this was FUTILE EFFORT. This is NOT to say that the GURU must be a SIKH GURU...the sadhu that claimed bhai amardass ji destroyed all his naam kamaii due to feeding him food "cooked by a NIGURA" was NOT talking to a SIKH GURU..but to a "GURU" ( of any sect). THIS MAJOR "volcanic eruption" in Bhai Amardass Ji's life..."WHAT have I been doing..all my 30 years of pikgrimages teeraths yatras etc have all been in VAIN.all because I DONT have a GURU ?? was the sole reason Bhai Amardass Ji went ACTIVELY looking for a GURU...and that GURU happened to be GURU ANGAD Ji. Then when Bhai Amardass Ji accepted "PAHUL" from Guru Angad Ji and became a GURUWALLAH...he still had to do SEWA of NAAM fro another 12 YEARS...Before He attained the Status of GURU. So to answer your question...NO WAY can a SIKH....just walk out of a Khanda batte de pahul ceremony and CLAIM...I HAVE ARRIVED !! PERIOD...just like Bhai lehna Ji and Bhai Amardass ji spent DECADES..AFTER Taking "PAHUL". As I said earlier..the PAHUL ceremony is JUST the BEGINNING...the ABC...and to reach XYZ...is a LIFE TIME's SEWA of NAAM. IN Spiritual realm...a "GURU WALLAH" and a NIGURA are different stages. My comparison to an "academic school system" lacks a certain **. What do i mean ? I mean...that even in an ordinary school system...a child cannot "Stay at home" until he reaches the age of say 20..and then Go sit for the Higher School Certificate Exam or ...B.A. Exam. He can "claim all he likes..that i KNOW my stuff...my dad taught me everything...whatever...the Education Authorities will ask him...WHICH Primary school did you attend ? SHOW your SCHOOL Certificates...your Secondary school certs...and then you can SIT for the EXAM !!! IF a "NIGURA STUDENT" ( student that studied at home privately without a school registration ) cannot hope to get past this RULE of "registration is VITAL"..how can a "NIGURA" (non-Baptised) sikh hope to get past the rules....who gave him the "naam to japp" ?? NOBODY !! Self study doesnt work in this world..and it doesnt work in the spiritual one either. This is NOT MY OPINION..I have already given you the Examples from Bhai lehana Ji. Bhai Amardass jis LIFE. Each GURU...wrote "GURBANI" after becoming GURU....Guru Amardass Ji was at age 73 when He became GURU....can you explain he never wrote a single line of poetry until age 73..and from 73 onwards he wrote a MASTERPIECE like ANAND SAHIB ?? a Masterpiece that rivals the JAPJI of Guru nanak ji !! This is proof that there are STAGES in a person's LIFE...Progress from Stage A to B to C to D..and so on...and YOU ahve to BEGIN from A...and NO WAY someone can ignore that and begin from XY..touvch base and declare I am FIRST...reached Z the moment i chhak "pahul" !! it just doesnt happen that way..not from our Guru Ji's examples. Now to "it wont work" or "of no beenfit". NAAM of WAHEGURU.. is like the "Doctor's prescription" ( GURU's Prescription") Now we can self-medicate..by buying off the shelf...it may work..it may be of some benefit..but the WISE will NOT take this way. WHY on earth would one want to "self medicate" when the DOCTOR is FREE and available 24/7. Isnt that due to "EGO"..why the ehck should i go to the Punj ? when I can naam japp all by myself ?...or who got time man..whats the hurry anyway ?/ etc OR..it is actually "personal WEAKNESS..perceived or real...failure/scared of making the COMMITTMENT...oh i cant do that if i chhak amrit...or i will have to discipline myself..and i cant do that just yet.. SIKHI is WALLON NIKKEE...thinner than a human hair...KHANDE DHAAR...as SHARP as a Sword Blade...its Sheer DISCIPLINE...why do you think Guru Gobind Singh ji calls those who "sham amritdharees" without discipline as DONKEYS in LIONS CLOTHING ?? These think they have "fooled" the GURU by taking PAHUL, becoming GURUWALLAH..but having NO INTENTION to do the "NAAM JAPP SEWA"..so what does this prove..EVEN A "SHAM" Amrtidharee is WORTHLESS...so what about one who is NOT even a SHAM Amrtidharee ?? How could he be of any worth ?? Dont make the mistake of thinking only GURU Gobind Singh ji.."invented" thsi pahul thing.. Guru nanak ji already declared 500 years ago...Jis Prem Khelan ka Chao.SIR DHAR TALI Galee meri aaao... Guru nanak ji WANTS YOUR HEAD on YOUR PALM...even before He accepts YOU...as His "LOVER". Summary: Answer to Question One. NO Answer to Q. 2 - LESS or NONE. (Exampe of Life of 30 years of Bhai Amardass ji's life BEFORE he met Guru angad Ji) Q. 3 - WAHEGURU is the NAAM given by the PUNJ KHALSA ONLY....it is for SINGHS of GURU JI only. Anybody ( irrespective of whther he is born sikh etc ) who DOESNT bother to get it...is NOT a SINGH as far as this requirement is concerned. No one is forced or compelled..its a free world. The "others" have their own....no comment on whether a "hindu" will go to heaven from japping Hari om..or whether a Christain can go to heaven on just Jesus etc. Thanks for a good discussion.. Please continue to ask and enquire..SIKHI is Learning...unlearning...and RE-LEARNING...until the day we DIE..we continue to LEARN.. Jarnail singh gyani [/QUOTE]
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