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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="Astroboy" data-source="post: 60224" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Subject:</strong></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> The Coffee story</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">" The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems,but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect." </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups -porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive,some exquisite- telling them to help themselves to the coffee. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">* Now consider this: </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">-</span></span>Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.</p><p>- They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. </p><p>- Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!."</p><p> </p><p>* The happiest people don't have the best of everything.</p><p>* They just make the best of everything."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 60224, member: 4990"] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][B]Subject:[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial] The Coffee story[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]" The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems,but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect." [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* A group of graduates, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups -porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive,some exquisite- telling them to help themselves to the coffee. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* When all the students had a cup of coffee, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the simple and cheap ones.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* In most cases, it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... Then you began eyeing each other's cups. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]* Now consider this: [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]-[/SIZE][/FONT]Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. - They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. - Sometimes, by concentrating on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. Enjoy your coffee!." * The happiest people don't have the best of everything. * They just make the best of everything." [/QUOTE]
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