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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="passingby" data-source="post: 141666" data-attributes="member: 13860"><p>I have a bond with Guru Nanak. I grew up in Punjab, and in latter half of 80s when I was a very young child the movement going on in Punjab had a profound effect on me and I got interested in understanding Gurbani and other religions. That lead to a bond with Guru Nanak. </p><p>But this bond is a very open one. I have not been born with a lot of experience and maturity which comes to certain people due to their past lives experiences and learning. In this life I am still a looooong way from maturity and inner strength and stability. There is still a lot of emotional fulfillment that needs to be take place. </p><p>Therefore my bond with my Guru is a very open one. I come and go. Sometimes I do some practice, and try to cultivate an inner life. Then at other times I feel outer life needs to be experienced before the inner can be built. It is my understanding that repression is going to lead me nowhere. So I want to strike a balance. </p><p>My practice is mostly limited to mental recitation of Japji while driving my car, or while doing something which is isolates me from my immediate surroundings. When I walk I repeat 'Wahe' when my left heel strikes the ground and 'Guru' when my right heel strikes down. Nowadays I am learning the skill of reciting 'Wahe' when breath goes in and 'Guru' when breath comes out. If I keep at it I shall develop a good amount of skill in this in about 6 moths I guess.</p><p>I favour 'effortless effort'. I know from experience that it is possible to split the mind into at least 2 threads, one which can continue doing a algorithm or a sequence and the other one can carry attention to other things. I have seen this while doing yogasanas. I can continue counting breaths while my attention wanders away and when it comes back I find that counting is still going on unbroken. I want to utilize this mental in my inner spiritual life. I intend to develop an unbroken inner stream of Jaap and periodically bring my attention to it. </p><p>I further believe that once this has been accomplished all that is required is humility and love. Humility from the inner eye and Love (which includes compassion) for everything else, especially the creative powers of mother nature, because those powers are the very manifestations which we can use to connect to our source (God, the Ground or whatever) and cultivate Love for the same.</p><p>Of course doing a lot of reading of other paths also help bring a general clarity and a sense of knowing. Trying out some other meditations don't harm either. It only makes me understand things better. For instance I know what Krishnamurti talks about is *theoretically* (at least) okay. And I can see some parallels of it in Gurbani.</p><p>When it comes to other paths my belief is best expressed by what Sri Ramakrishna said once, 'A good wife loves the brothers of her husband a lot. She cares for them and sometimes indulges in harmless fun. But her love for her husband is special and different. At night she comes to her husband after everything else.' For me other paths are all okay and I sometimes flirt with them.</p><p></p><p>I love Kabir and one of his lines:</p><p></p><p>'Kaho Kabir Akkhar Doey Bhaakkh,</p><p>Hoeyga Saahib Taan Layega Raakkh'</p><p></p><p>That's it. Nobody could have said it better than Kabir.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="passingby, post: 141666, member: 13860"] I have a bond with Guru Nanak. I grew up in Punjab, and in latter half of 80s when I was a very young child the movement going on in Punjab had a profound effect on me and I got interested in understanding Gurbani and other religions. That lead to a bond with Guru Nanak. But this bond is a very open one. I have not been born with a lot of experience and maturity which comes to certain people due to their past lives experiences and learning. In this life I am still a looooong way from maturity and inner strength and stability. There is still a lot of emotional fulfillment that needs to be take place. Therefore my bond with my Guru is a very open one. I come and go. Sometimes I do some practice, and try to cultivate an inner life. Then at other times I feel outer life needs to be experienced before the inner can be built. It is my understanding that repression is going to lead me nowhere. So I want to strike a balance. My practice is mostly limited to mental recitation of Japji while driving my car, or while doing something which is isolates me from my immediate surroundings. When I walk I repeat 'Wahe' when my left heel strikes the ground and 'Guru' when my right heel strikes down. Nowadays I am learning the skill of reciting 'Wahe' when breath goes in and 'Guru' when breath comes out. If I keep at it I shall develop a good amount of skill in this in about 6 moths I guess. I favour 'effortless effort'. I know from experience that it is possible to split the mind into at least 2 threads, one which can continue doing a algorithm or a sequence and the other one can carry attention to other things. I have seen this while doing yogasanas. I can continue counting breaths while my attention wanders away and when it comes back I find that counting is still going on unbroken. I want to utilize this mental in my inner spiritual life. I intend to develop an unbroken inner stream of Jaap and periodically bring my attention to it. I further believe that once this has been accomplished all that is required is humility and love. Humility from the inner eye and Love (which includes compassion) for everything else, especially the creative powers of mother nature, because those powers are the very manifestations which we can use to connect to our source (God, the Ground or whatever) and cultivate Love for the same. Of course doing a lot of reading of other paths also help bring a general clarity and a sense of knowing. Trying out some other meditations don't harm either. It only makes me understand things better. For instance I know what Krishnamurti talks about is *theoretically* (at least) okay. And I can see some parallels of it in Gurbani. When it comes to other paths my belief is best expressed by what Sri Ramakrishna said once, 'A good wife loves the brothers of her husband a lot. She cares for them and sometimes indulges in harmless fun. But her love for her husband is special and different. At night she comes to her husband after everything else.' For me other paths are all okay and I sometimes flirt with them. I love Kabir and one of his lines: 'Kaho Kabir Akkhar Doey Bhaakkh, Hoeyga Saahib Taan Layega Raakkh' That's it. Nobody could have said it better than Kabir. [/QUOTE]
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