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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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As A Sikh Do You Ever Ask When Hurting Or Feeling Low, God/Creator, Why Me?
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_member15" data-source="post: 163764" data-attributes="member: 17438"><p>Thanks for your reply brother Ambarsaria! :whatzpointkudi:</p><p>I'll get back to you tommorrow! An excellent post! A lot to ponder 0<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>I leave you with this, from one of my favourite Catholic mystical poets <strong>Gerard Manley Hopkins</strong>, S.J. (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) who was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest. Its two poems of his - the first called, <em>"God's Grandeur - The World is Charged with the Grandeur of God</em>" and the second, "<em>Pied Beauty</em>". </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXDRe_RZPE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc">Gerard Manley Hopkins - God's Grandeur - YouTube</span></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjV85bGohUM" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc">Gerard Manley Hopkins - Pied Beauty - YouTube</span></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width=601 bgColor=#ffffff align=center><TBODY><TR><TD align=center><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #9c9c63"><strong>7. God’s Grandeur</strong></span></span></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><!-- END CHAPTERTITLE --></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=601 bgColor=#ffffff align=center><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=center><!-- BEGIN CHAPTER --><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>T[SIZE=-1]HE WORLD[/SIZE] is charged with the grandeur of God.</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[SIZE=-2]<em>5</em>[/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD>And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>And for all this, nature is never spent;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[SIZE=-2]<em>10</em>[/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD>And though the last lights off the black West went</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Because the Holy Ghost over the bent</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width=601 bgColor=#ffffff align=center><TBODY><TR><TD align=center><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #9c9c63"><strong>13. Pied Beauty</strong></span></span></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><!-- END CHAPTERTITLE --></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=601 bgColor=#ffffff align=center><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=center><!-- BEGIN CHAPTER --><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>G[SIZE=-1]LORY[/SIZE] be to God for dappled things—</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[SIZE=-2]<em>5</em>[/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD>And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>All things counter, original, spare, strange;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[SIZE=-2]<em>10</em>[/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD>Praise him.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></p><p>If anyone whats to read more about Him and his poetry then you can check out this book by Skylight publications: </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hopkins-Mystic-Poets-Series-ebook/dp/B003B6641E" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Hopkins: The Mystic Poets (Mystic Poets Series) eBook: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Ryan: Kindle Store</a></p><p> </p><p>The blurb says: </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>"...Gerard Manley Hopkins, Catholic mystical poet, is beloved for his use of fresh language and startling metaphors to describe the world around him. Beneath the surface of this lovely verse lies a searching soul, wrestling with and yearning for God. Hopkins writes from a Catholic Christian background, and yet his themes speak to people of all faiths who seek a deeper understanding of the presence of God in all of life. This beautiful sampling of Hopkins's poetry offers a glimpse into his unique spiritual vision that continues to inspire readers throughout the world. The poems unite his two devotions, presenting mystical images of God in the natural world, which serve as a window through which you might also begin to see the Divine Presence in the world around you..."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member15, post: 163764, member: 17438"] Thanks for your reply brother Ambarsaria! :whatzpointkudi: I'll get back to you tommorrow! An excellent post! A lot to ponder 0:) I leave you with this, from one of my favourite Catholic mystical poets [B]Gerard Manley Hopkins[/B], S.J. (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) who was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest. Its two poems of his - the first called, [I]"God's Grandeur - The World is Charged with the Grandeur of God[/I]" and the second, "[I]Pied Beauty[/I]". [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGXDRe_RZPE"][COLOR=#0066cc]Gerard Manley Hopkins - God's Grandeur - YouTube[/COLOR][/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjV85bGohUM"][COLOR=#0066cc]Gerard Manley Hopkins - Pied Beauty - YouTube[/COLOR][/url] <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width=601 bgColor=#ffffff align=center><TBODY><TR><TD align=center>[SIZE=1][COLOR=#9c9c63][B]7. God’s Grandeur[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><!-- END CHAPTERTITLE --></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=601 bgColor=#ffffff align=center><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=center><!-- BEGIN CHAPTER --><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>T[SIZE=-1]HE WORLD[/SIZE] is charged with the grandeur of God.</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[SIZE=-2][I]5[/I][/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD>And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>And for all this, nature is never spent;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[SIZE=-2][I]10[/I][/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD>And though the last lights off the black West went</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Because the Holy Ghost over the bent</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width=601 bgColor=#ffffff align=center><TBODY><TR><TD align=center>[SIZE=1][COLOR=#9c9c63][B]13. Pied Beauty[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><!-- END CHAPTERTITLE --></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=601 bgColor=#ffffff align=center><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=center><!-- BEGIN CHAPTER --><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>G[SIZE=-1]LORY[/SIZE] be to God for dappled things—</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough;</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[SIZE=-2][I]5[/I][/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD>And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>All things counter, original, spare, strange;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right>[SIZE=-2][I]10[/I][/SIZE]</TD></TR><TR><TD>Praise him.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> If anyone whats to read more about Him and his poetry then you can check out this book by Skylight publications: [url="http://www.amazon.com/Hopkins-Mystic-Poets-Series-ebook/dp/B003B6641E"]Amazon.com: Hopkins: The Mystic Poets (Mystic Poets Series) eBook: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Ryan: Kindle Store[/url] The blurb says: [I]"...Gerard Manley Hopkins, Catholic mystical poet, is beloved for his use of fresh language and startling metaphors to describe the world around him. Beneath the surface of this lovely verse lies a searching soul, wrestling with and yearning for God. Hopkins writes from a Catholic Christian background, and yet his themes speak to people of all faiths who seek a deeper understanding of the presence of God in all of life. This beautiful sampling of Hopkins's poetry offers a glimpse into his unique spiritual vision that continues to inspire readers throughout the world. The poems unite his two devotions, presenting mystical images of God in the natural world, which serve as a window through which you might also begin to see the Divine Presence in the world around you..."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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