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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="Sinister" data-source="post: 24835" data-attributes="member: 2684"><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">"We have become rich materially but bankrupt morally"</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">I understand this authors concerns, but I would have to disagree with this statement. Its veiws only skim the surface of the problem with being contempt. The moral developments that have been made in the past century (ei: the ideal capitilistic corporation) has improved not degraded our moral standards. The Corporate world has introduced to us greed but it has also shown us a new moral path. One of; industriousness, punctuality and discipline (which im afraid to say religion or any other entity did could not enforce as potently and effeciently).</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">Another fact the author missed is that people 500 years ago yearned for wealth as well! there was much much more fraud and crime in the past than that of which exists today (they use to put chalk in bread, lol). Bandits were a common site. Armies of entire nations would plunder and degrade other established societies.</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">Morality as we know it has improved. The human psyche is more n-sync with societal morals than it ever was in the past. We are morally superior creatures today than we were in the past (read the geneolgy of morals by Neitszche for more follow up-i might not have been clear)</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">"Lust for material wealth has led people along the unhappiest path."</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">We live in a society in which the success of an individual is measured by his/her wealth. This is our drive in life and to change it would be a violation of our entire social structure (ei: what communism tried to do).</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">My simplest proof: life expectancy is up, quality of life is up. So why are people complaining that they are unhappy? This is a innate human drive (I beleive). Unhappiness is the PERSONAL FORCE which enables us to pursue our goals with more rigour (almost like darwins natural selection force: we want to be the strongest). If we are contempt with what we have (which is a state that resists the natural instincts of man) then our drive or pursuit for development (and not too mention the drive for life) would cease to exist. </span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">Why vote? I AM CONTEMPT WITH THIS GOVERNMENT</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">WHY GET A PROMOTION? I AM CONTEMPT WITH MY JOB</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">WHY HAVE KidS? I AM CONTEMPT WITHOUT THEM (LOL)</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">WHY.....</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">the list never ends</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">NO ONE IN THIS WORLD WILL EVER BE CONTEMPT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. To be contempt is to be anti-human, a worthless product of society that will be born and then die without a even a whisper of opinion.</span></strong> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #00008b">-bottom line economics is more potent than religion (hard to beleive with all the suicide bombings we keep hearing about: but think of it on a macro scale). The material world and the spiritual world are the same thing; without one you cannot have the other. Religion in and of itself is an economic instituition (material) before any spirituality is introduced. </span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinister, post: 24835, member: 2684"] [B][COLOR=#00008b]"We have become rich materially but bankrupt morally"[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]I understand this authors concerns, but I would have to disagree with this statement. Its veiws only skim the surface of the problem with being contempt. The moral developments that have been made in the past century (ei: the ideal capitilistic corporation) has improved not degraded our moral standards. The Corporate world has introduced to us greed but it has also shown us a new moral path. One of; industriousness, punctuality and discipline (which im afraid to say religion or any other entity did could not enforce as potently and effeciently).[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]Another fact the author missed is that people 500 years ago yearned for wealth as well! there was much much more fraud and crime in the past than that of which exists today (they use to put chalk in bread, lol). Bandits were a common site. Armies of entire nations would plunder and degrade other established societies.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]Morality as we know it has improved. The human psyche is more n-sync with societal morals than it ever was in the past. We are morally superior creatures today than we were in the past (read the geneolgy of morals by Neitszche for more follow up-i might not have been clear)[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]"Lust for material wealth has led people along the unhappiest path."[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]We live in a society in which the success of an individual is measured by his/her wealth. This is our drive in life and to change it would be a violation of our entire social structure (ei: what communism tried to do).[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]My simplest proof: life expectancy is up, quality of life is up. So why are people complaining that they are unhappy? This is a innate human drive (I beleive). Unhappiness is the PERSONAL FORCE which enables us to pursue our goals with more rigour (almost like darwins natural selection force: we want to be the strongest). If we are contempt with what we have (which is a state that resists the natural instincts of man) then our drive or pursuit for development (and not too mention the drive for life) would cease to exist. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]Why vote? I AM CONTEMPT WITH THIS GOVERNMENT[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]WHY GET A PROMOTION? I AM CONTEMPT WITH MY JOB[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]WHY HAVE KidS? I AM CONTEMPT WITHOUT THEM (LOL)[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]WHY.....[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]the list never ends[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]NO ONE IN THIS WORLD WILL EVER BE CONTEMPT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. To be contempt is to be anti-human, a worthless product of society that will be born and then die without a even a whisper of opinion.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#00008b]-bottom line economics is more potent than religion (hard to beleive with all the suicide bombings we keep hearing about: but think of it on a macro scale). The material world and the spiritual world are the same thing; without one you cannot have the other. Religion in and of itself is an economic instituition (material) before any spirituality is introduced. [/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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