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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)
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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)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
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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)
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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)
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Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 112048" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">source: </span></span></p><p><a href="http://www.{censored}/Compassion+fellow+human+beings+happiness/2037550/story.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">http://www.{censored}/Compassion+fellow+human+beings+happiness/2037550/story.html</span></a></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">Compassion for our fellow human beings is the key to happiness</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>By The Dalai Lama, Special to the Sun - </strong>September 25, 2009</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it consciously or not: What is the purpose of life?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">For a start, it is possible to divide every kind of happiness and suffering into two main categories: mental and physical.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Of the two, the mind exerts the greatest influence on most of us. Unless we are gravely ill or deprived of basic necessities, our physical condition plays a secondary role in life.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Hence, we should devote our most serious efforts to bringing about mental peace.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">From my own limited experience, I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquillity comes from the development of love and compassion.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes. Cultivating a close, warm-hearted feeling for others puts the mind at ease. This gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">It is the ultimate source of success in life.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">We can strive gradually to become more compassionate, we can develop both genuine sympathy for others' suffering and the will to help remove their pain.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">As a result, our own serenity and inner strength will increase.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence. It results from the profound interdependence we all share with one another.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Some of my friends have told me that, while love and compassion are marvellous and good, they are not really very relevant. Our world, they say, is not a place where such beliefs have much influence or power. They claim that anger and hatred are so much a part of human nature that humanity will always be dominated by them. I do not agree.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">We humans have existed in our present form for about 125,000 years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Of course, developing this kind of compassion is not at all easy! As a start, let us consider the following facts:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Whether people are beautiful and friendly or unattractive and disruptive, ultimately they are human beings, just like one's self. Like one's self, they want happiness and do not want suffering.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Now, when you recognize that all beings are equal in both their desire for happiness and their right to obtain it, you automatically feel empathy and closeness for them. Through accustoming your mind to this sense of universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Let me emphasize that it is within your power, given patience and time, to develop this kind of compassion. We should begin by removing the greatest hindrances to compassion: anger and hatred.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">As we all know, these are extremely powerful emotions and they can overwhelm our entire mind. Nevertheless, they can be controlled and replaced by an equally forceful energy that stems from compassion, reason and patience.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">I must also emphasize that merely thinking about compassion and reason and patience will not be enough to develop them. We must wait for difficulties to arise and then attempt to practise them.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">And who creates such opportunities? Not our friends, of course, but our enemies. They are the ones who give us the most trouble.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">So if we truly wish to learn, we should consider enemies to be our best teachers.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, an enemy is indispensable.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">So we should feel grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us develop a tranquil mind. Also, it is often the case in both personal and public life, that with a change in circumstances, enemies become friends.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">So anger and hatred are our real enemies. These are the forces we most need to confront and defeat, not the temporary enemies who appear intermittently throughout life.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">In conclusion, I would like briefly to expand my thoughts beyond the topic of this short editorial and make a wider point: Individual happiness can contribute in a profound and effective way to the overall improvement of our entire human community.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Because we all share an identical </span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">It is foolish to dwell on external differences, because our basic natures are the same.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">I believe that at every level of society -- familial, tribal, national and international -- the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion. All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 112048, member: 884"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]source: [/SIZE][/FONT] [URL="http://www.{censored}/Compassion+fellow+human+beings+happiness/2037550/story.html"][FONT=Arial]http://www.{censored}/Compassion+fellow+human+beings+happiness/2037550/story.html[/FONT][/URL] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080]Compassion for our fellow human beings is the key to happiness[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#000080][B]By The Dalai Lama, Special to the Sun - [/B]September 25, 2009[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it consciously or not: What is the purpose of life?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]For a start, it is possible to divide every kind of happiness and suffering into two main categories: mental and physical.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Of the two, the mind exerts the greatest influence on most of us. Unless we are gravely ill or deprived of basic necessities, our physical condition plays a secondary role in life.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Hence, we should devote our most serious efforts to bringing about mental peace.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]From my own limited experience, I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquillity comes from the development of love and compassion.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes. Cultivating a close, warm-hearted feeling for others puts the mind at ease. This gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]It is the ultimate source of success in life.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]We can strive gradually to become more compassionate, we can develop both genuine sympathy for others' suffering and the will to help remove their pain.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]As a result, our own serenity and inner strength will increase.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence. It results from the profound interdependence we all share with one another.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Some of my friends have told me that, while love and compassion are marvellous and good, they are not really very relevant. Our world, they say, is not a place where such beliefs have much influence or power. They claim that anger and hatred are so much a part of human nature that humanity will always be dominated by them. I do not agree.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]We humans have existed in our present form for about 125,000 years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Of course, developing this kind of compassion is not at all easy! As a start, let us consider the following facts:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Whether people are beautiful and friendly or unattractive and disruptive, ultimately they are human beings, just like one's self. Like one's self, they want happiness and do not want suffering.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Now, when you recognize that all beings are equal in both their desire for happiness and their right to obtain it, you automatically feel empathy and closeness for them. Through accustoming your mind to this sense of universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Let me emphasize that it is within your power, given patience and time, to develop this kind of compassion. We should begin by removing the greatest hindrances to compassion: anger and hatred.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]As we all know, these are extremely powerful emotions and they can overwhelm our entire mind. Nevertheless, they can be controlled and replaced by an equally forceful energy that stems from compassion, reason and patience.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]I must also emphasize that merely thinking about compassion and reason and patience will not be enough to develop them. We must wait for difficulties to arise and then attempt to practise them.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]And who creates such opportunities? Not our friends, of course, but our enemies. They are the ones who give us the most trouble.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]So if we truly wish to learn, we should consider enemies to be our best teachers.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, an enemy is indispensable.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]So we should feel grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us develop a tranquil mind. Also, it is often the case in both personal and public life, that with a change in circumstances, enemies become friends.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]So anger and hatred are our real enemies. These are the forces we most need to confront and defeat, not the temporary enemies who appear intermittently throughout life.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]In conclusion, I would like briefly to expand my thoughts beyond the topic of this short editorial and make a wider point: Individual happiness can contribute in a profound and effective way to the overall improvement of our entire human community.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Because we all share an identical [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]It is foolish to dwell on external differences, because our basic natures are the same.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]I believe that at every level of society -- familial, tribal, national and international -- the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion. All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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