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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
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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)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
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Gurmat Vichaar
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Bani Is Nirankar And Bani Is Naam
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<blockquote data-quote="Sikh80" data-source="post: 65283" data-attributes="member: 5290"><p>Practice of Bani</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">are usually recited daily by some devoted Sikhs in the early morning. </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Rehras_Sahib" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Rehras Sahib</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> is read in the evening and </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Kirtan_Sohila" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Kirtan Sohila</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> before going to sleep at night. No exact time is stipulated by the Guru for the reciting of the Banis and it is left to the individual. However, the morning Banis are normally read early in the morning when the world is still asleep and it is peaceful and silent. One should endeavour to do this as early as possible in the "ambrosial" hours of the morning. Some devout Sikhs read their Banis as early as 4 am but most practising Sikh usually recite their Banis at about 6 am and it takes about 1 hour to complete their meditation. </span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Recommendation oF SGPC</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/SGPC" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">SGPC</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> have recommended that the following 5 Banis should be recited by a </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikh" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Sikh</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> on a daily basic: </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Japji_Sahib" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Japji Sahib</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">, </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Jaap_Sahib" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Jaap Sahib</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> and </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Amrit_Savaiye" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Amrit Savaiye</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> in the morning, </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Rehras_Sahib" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Rehras Sahib</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> is to be read in the evening (about 6pm) and </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Kirtan_Sohila" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Kirtan Sohila</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> before going to sleep at night. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Whether one recite just one Bani or all the above Banis everyday, the </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikh" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Sikh</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> must bear the following advice given by </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/SGGS" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">SGGS</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">: </span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Gurbani is jewel:</strong> </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>Gurbani is the jewel, the treasure of devotion. Singing, hearing and acting upon it, one is enraptured. ||2||</em> (page 376) </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Hold your mind steady while reciting Bani:</strong> </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>Under Guru’s Instructions, hold your mind steady; O my soul, do not let it wander anywhere. One who utters the Bani of the Praises of the Lord God, O Nanak, obtains the fruits of his heart’s desires. ||1||</em> (p538) </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Focus one’s mind on the True Lord:</strong> </span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>When the Lord shows His Mercy, He enjoins the mortal to work for the Guru. His pains are taken away, and the Lord’s Name comes to dwell within. True deliverance comes by focusing one’s consciousness on the True Lord. Listen to the Shabad, and the Word of the Guru’s Bani. ||1||</em> (p1277) </span></span></li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Respecting Gurbani</span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A Gutka is kept covered in a clean cloth. A person must wash their hands, feet and face, and cover his/her head before handling the Gutka. Gurbani should never be put on the floor or in a place which is lower than any furniture upon which a person may sit or lie.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A Gutka should never be taken to any place where any of the four major sins ("bajjar kurehats) are/do take place: sexual relationships outside of marriage, consumption of tobacco products (or any other intoxicants including alcohol), cutting or removal of hair from the body or consumption of meat or eggs.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sikh80, post: 65283, member: 5290"] Practice of Bani [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]are usually recited daily by some devoted Sikhs in the early morning. [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Rehras_Sahib"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Rehras Sahib[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] is read in the evening and [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Kirtan_Sohila"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Kirtan Sohila[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] before going to sleep at night. No exact time is stipulated by the Guru for the reciting of the Banis and it is left to the individual. However, the morning Banis are normally read early in the morning when the world is still asleep and it is peaceful and silent. One should endeavour to do this as early as possible in the "ambrosial" hours of the morning. Some devout Sikhs read their Banis as early as 4 am but most practising Sikh usually recite their Banis at about 6 am and it takes about 1 hour to complete their meditation. [/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Recommendation oF SGPC[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/SGPC"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]SGPC[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] have recommended that the following 5 Banis should be recited by a [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikh"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Sikh[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] on a daily basic: [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Japji_Sahib"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Japji Sahib[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3], [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Jaap_Sahib"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Jaap Sahib[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] and [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Amrit_Savaiye"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Amrit Savaiye[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] in the morning, [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Rehras_Sahib"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Rehras Sahib[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] is to be read in the evening (about 6pm) and [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Kirtan_Sohila"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Kirtan Sohila[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] before going to sleep at night. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Whether one recite just one Bani or all the above Banis everyday, the [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikh"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Sikh[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] must bear the following advice given by [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/SGGS"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]SGGS[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]: [/FONT][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Gurbani is jewel:[/B] [/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][I]Gurbani is the jewel, the treasure of devotion. Singing, hearing and acting upon it, one is enraptured. ||2||[/I] (page 376) [/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Hold your mind steady while reciting Bani:[/B] [/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][I]Under Guru’s Instructions, hold your mind steady; O my soul, do not let it wander anywhere. One who utters the Bani of the Praises of the Lord God, O Nanak, obtains the fruits of his heart’s desires. ||1||[/I] (p538) [/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Focus one’s mind on the True Lord:[/B] [/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][I]When the Lord shows His Mercy, He enjoins the mortal to work for the Guru. His pains are taken away, and the Lord’s Name comes to dwell within. True deliverance comes by focusing one’s consciousness on the True Lord. Listen to the Shabad, and the Word of the Guru’s Bani. ||1||[/I] (p1277) [/FONT][/SIZE][/LIST][B][FONT=Times New Roman]Respecting Gurbani[/FONT][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]A Gutka is kept covered in a clean cloth. A person must wash their hands, feet and face, and cover his/her head before handling the Gutka. Gurbani should never be put on the floor or in a place which is lower than any furniture upon which a person may sit or lie.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]A Gutka should never be taken to any place where any of the four major sins ("bajjar kurehats) are/do take place: sexual relationships outside of marriage, consumption of tobacco products (or any other intoxicants including alcohol), cutting or removal of hair from the body or consumption of meat or eggs.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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