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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="Sinister" data-source="post: 102494" data-attributes="member: 2684"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">IMHO,</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Today an uncompromising tawdriness develops within an organized religion when it embraces stories of the miraculous as truths. The collective social conscious that has named itself ‘Sikhism’ is certainly not exempt from this, even though in today’s modern world, it should be. </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The problem stems when a philosophy tries to develop an atmos of divinity, and expounds metaphysical ideas and messages as a sacred code (conclusive, conducive, or expressive in nature). The result is; we have people questioning the ‘right of passage’ of this philosophy above others that predated it. And in this struggle emerges the miraculous stories and supernatural events that become associated with the authors of such philosophies, done largely to solidify the message as truly divine (it is a matter of survival of both the philosophy and of the ego of those who most ardently express it). Whether done consciously or subconsciously by the ‘group collective’ is largely irrelevant to the discussion at hand (all we know that it is done in every organized religion by some strata of the populace…and…historically it has been efficient in increasing the propagation of the philosophy itself…which in and of itself is understandable due to the lack of education of our ancestral generations).</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">List of Gurudawaras that have mythological stories attached to them, notice how they are also the most popular</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Panja Sahib</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hemkunt Sahib</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Harmandir Sahib</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Manikaran Sahib</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Panjokhara Sahib</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">And others that don’t come to mind.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">One would suppose that such beliefs would lead to the backtracking of rationality today, like Dawkins espouses in his book and his documentaries (at a book event I have even heard him say “what a waste of an enlightenment”). I do not share his pessimistic sentiment that we are reversing somehow into an age of enchantment. I find his message to be a bit alarmist and overplayed, perhaps a tone needed to get record sales in a publication (the shock doctrine, works every time). I think people by and large are moving away from all this dark history. With science becoming increasingly more 'right than wrong', more reliable in its recordings and also increasingly profitable, ignoring or denouncing natural laws now comes at a social and economic price (whereas in the past they didn’t or it was the opposite). It has become increasingly difficult to denounce physical laws and chronological proofs and be taken seriously in the professional workplace, a fundamental shift in the evolution of our culture. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">keep it awesome</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">sinister</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinister, post: 102494, member: 2684"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]IMHO,[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Today an uncompromising tawdriness develops within an organized religion when it embraces stories of the miraculous as truths. The collective social conscious that has named itself ‘Sikhism’ is certainly not exempt from this, even though in today’s modern world, it should be. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]The problem stems when a philosophy tries to develop an atmos of divinity, and expounds metaphysical ideas and messages as a sacred code (conclusive, conducive, or expressive in nature). The result is; we have people questioning the ‘right of passage’ of this philosophy above others that predated it. And in this struggle emerges the miraculous stories and supernatural events that become associated with the authors of such philosophies, done largely to solidify the message as truly divine (it is a matter of survival of both the philosophy and of the ego of those who most ardently express it). Whether done consciously or subconsciously by the ‘group collective’ is largely irrelevant to the discussion at hand (all we know that it is done in every organized religion by some strata of the populace…and…historically it has been efficient in increasing the propagation of the philosophy itself…which in and of itself is understandable due to the lack of education of our ancestral generations).[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]List of Gurudawaras that have mythological stories attached to them, notice how they are also the most popular[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Panja Sahib[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Hemkunt Sahib[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Harmandir Sahib[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Manikaran Sahib[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Panjokhara Sahib[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]And others that don’t come to mind.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Arial]One would suppose that such beliefs would lead to the backtracking of rationality today, like Dawkins espouses in his book and his documentaries (at a book event I have even heard him say “what a waste of an enlightenment”). I do not share his pessimistic sentiment that we are reversing somehow into an age of enchantment. I find his message to be a bit alarmist and overplayed, perhaps a tone needed to get record sales in a publication (the shock doctrine, works every time). I think people by and large are moving away from all this dark history. With science becoming increasingly more 'right than wrong', more reliable in its recordings and also increasingly profitable, ignoring or denouncing natural laws now comes at a social and economic price (whereas in the past they didn’t or it was the opposite). It has become increasingly difficult to denounce physical laws and chronological proofs and be taken seriously in the professional workplace, a fundamental shift in the evolution of our culture. [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Arial]keep it awesome[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Arial]sinister[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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