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Guru Granth Sahib
Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="findingmyway" data-source="post: 137162" data-attributes="member: 12855"><p><span style="color: Blue">Full faith and observance of jihad to achieve many virgins in heaven is an irrational blind faith. Sikhi encourages the use of bibek buddhi-discerning intellect to understand before following. There are many shabads about gyann (knowledge) and bibek buddhi.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">If you are picking and choosing what suits you, then you do not really have faith in the teachings. You say you are not influenced by the surrounding environment but this post clearly shows the opposite and is what is stopping you from understanding the full beauty of gurbani:</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">This is a political situation completely unrelated to Gurbani. When you display so much emotion yet claim distance, it is hard to understand your clouded assertions. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">If I use modern English to try and understand Shakespeare I will be completely lost!! The words meaning is determined by determining what the writer wrote. If you apply your own understanding only you lose what the writer said and instead they become your words. Meanings do change and that is why it is important to study grammar so elicit what was meant when they were spoken. <span style="color: SeaGreen">Your lack of understanding of language and your unwillingness to learn shows your own weaknesses only. If something is important to you, time is made.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">There is no dogma in the Guru Granth Sahib itself. Find me one verse that encourages dogma......It talks against dogma. Sikhi is about understandign and applying.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">WRONG!!!!! WITH blind faith, they are rituals. With understanding and applying to your life these things are no longer rituals but instructions/guidance. Just like you would not dress your grandfather in nice clothes and say you respect but refuse to listen to a word he says, the biggest insult to the Guru Granth Sahib Ji is mere parroting of the words without an attempt at understanding.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">That is because they do not understand them. However, the 5K's have nothing to do with the authenticity of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Once again you are confusing issues.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">But YOU Do mind as shown by your constant lamentations about those things seen as dogmatic such as the hair issue.</span></p><p></p><p> <span style="color: Blue">The dogmatic issues you raise are always political issues rather than in Bani</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Ego increases with pushing your own opinion as fact. Ego increases with the unwillingness to accept the wisdom of your Guru when you say you want to follow that path.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">WRONG! Egotistical people create beliefs to suit them. Creating the sensation that truth is actually opinion to make yourself feel better for example.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: Blue">Blind faith and rationality do not belong together! There are opposites.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red">Ahhhhhh, so you accept it is truth!</span></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="color: Blue">P.s. Faith and blind faith are not the same thing. Your above quotes support the former not the later. That is faith that arises from understanding</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="findingmyway, post: 137162, member: 12855"] [COLOR=Blue]Full faith and observance of jihad to achieve many virgins in heaven is an irrational blind faith. Sikhi encourages the use of bibek buddhi-discerning intellect to understand before following. There are many shabads about gyann (knowledge) and bibek buddhi.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue] If you are picking and choosing what suits you, then you do not really have faith in the teachings. You say you are not influenced by the surrounding environment but this post clearly shows the opposite and is what is stopping you from understanding the full beauty of gurbani:[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]This is a political situation completely unrelated to Gurbani. When you display so much emotion yet claim distance, it is hard to understand your clouded assertions. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]If I use modern English to try and understand Shakespeare I will be completely lost!! The words meaning is determined by determining what the writer wrote. If you apply your own understanding only you lose what the writer said and instead they become your words. Meanings do change and that is why it is important to study grammar so elicit what was meant when they were spoken. [COLOR=SeaGreen]Your lack of understanding of language and your unwillingness to learn shows your own weaknesses only. If something is important to you, time is made.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]There is no dogma in the Guru Granth Sahib itself. Find me one verse that encourages dogma......It talks against dogma. Sikhi is about understandign and applying.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue] WRONG!!!!! WITH blind faith, they are rituals. With understanding and applying to your life these things are no longer rituals but instructions/guidance. Just like you would not dress your grandfather in nice clothes and say you respect but refuse to listen to a word he says, the biggest insult to the Guru Granth Sahib Ji is mere parroting of the words without an attempt at understanding.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]That is because they do not understand them. However, the 5K's have nothing to do with the authenticity of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Once again you are confusing issues.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue] But YOU Do mind as shown by your constant lamentations about those things seen as dogmatic such as the hair issue.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]The dogmatic issues you raise are always political issues rather than in Bani[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]Ego increases with pushing your own opinion as fact. Ego increases with the unwillingness to accept the wisdom of your Guru when you say you want to follow that path.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]WRONG! Egotistical people create beliefs to suit them. Creating the sensation that truth is actually opinion to make yourself feel better for example.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]Blind faith and rationality do not belong together! There are opposites.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Red] Ahhhhhh, so you accept it is truth! [COLOR=Blue]P.s. Faith and blind faith are not the same thing. Your above quotes support the former not the later. That is faith that arises from understanding[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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