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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="skeptik2" data-source="post: 46150" data-attributes="member: 3358"><p>All liberals implicitly believe this about change. They have always believed that change by definition is good. They believe it because they note that in the past, whenever progress has been made, some change was made, and in each such case, there was resistance to the change (from conservatives), but eventually the change was made, everyone now agrees it was a good idea. Thus they conclude, that change is good, and must be sought out. They believe that society needs reform, and it is their role to achieve it. </p><p> </p><p>To believe this, liberals draw upon a rich source of examples. They remember heros like Christopher Columbus, Charles Darwin, Martin Luther King. They remember changes like abolishing slavery and the emancipation of women. They remember changes that allowed Black men to vote, and to ride on buses, and so on. Since there are so many examples of where society had opposed change, and then someone had reformed it, and that eventually everyone realised how good those changes were, that this is means it is their job to fight for change now. So they defend the rights of the Gay, of the animals, of Muslims, of women, whatever. They call for changes to society such that these groups are more acceptable. Actually there is no clear purpose to these movements; they are united by a belief that society ought to be more generous to the groups without saying exactly what this means, except in so much as knowning that whatever it is, it doesnt exist now. </p><p> </p><p>Society automatically deals with advances of technology and industry. It has to, and always has. So too does Sikh society. I think you have unreasonable conceptions of 'conservatives', if you think they believe they must remain static and forever unchanging as possible. This is absurd anyway, for change is always there, one way or another. If it isnt nature acting as a force for change, then it is evil: invasion or brutality - such things are always with us, one way or another, and good society, even the most conservative have to deal with these. I have already described how conservatives view society itself, and in what way they believe society ought to be maintained. Further conservatives always have to deal with reformists who wish to upheave society altogether. Conservatives differ from liberals in their caution towards major change, in their insistence of erring with inertia instead of taking large risks, in their belief of unintended consequences, in their skepticism of utopianism, in their commitment to resisting drastic changes to social structure, and so on. </p><p> </p><p></p><p>I am not concerned with views, or visions, or anything like that. All that I care about is truth and honesty. If the Sikh society is like how neo-sikhs wish it were, then that would have been fine with me. Infact I was so thrilled with neo-sikh ideals that i wasted a good part of my youth entertaining these utopian delusions. I have taken neo-sikh ideas seriously. And i have nothing to show from it. At least conservatism doesnt wish to fool me into believing in false claims, it doesnt say of sikh people, that they are just weak and useless (for they do not follow neo-sikh ideals), it doesnt lead me to imagine anything that doesnt exist right now. So having learnt all these lessons, I have the unhappy knowledge that I have learnt nothing at all; because all i have succeeded in, is overcoming the neo-sikh delusions which troubled and plauged me, and filled me with disdain for ordinary sikh society. I have freed myself from neo-sikh pathologies, but that is no achievement at all, for the truth is too obvious and accessible to anyone who doesnt take ideas like egalitarianism seriously. It is exactly the sum of the experiences one gains simply by living life. Idealism on the other hand leads one on flights of fancy, where imagination takes over and reality becomes something repulsive. </p><p> </p><p>I glanced through the linked article. Its the same old stuff. Though i'll put in a comment on the thread itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeptik2, post: 46150, member: 3358"] All liberals implicitly believe this about change. They have always believed that change by definition is good. They believe it because they note that in the past, whenever progress has been made, some change was made, and in each such case, there was resistance to the change (from conservatives), but eventually the change was made, everyone now agrees it was a good idea. Thus they conclude, that change is good, and must be sought out. They believe that society needs reform, and it is their role to achieve it. To believe this, liberals draw upon a rich source of examples. They remember heros like Christopher Columbus, Charles Darwin, Martin Luther King. They remember changes like abolishing slavery and the emancipation of women. They remember changes that allowed Black men to vote, and to ride on buses, and so on. Since there are so many examples of where society had opposed change, and then someone had reformed it, and that eventually everyone realised how good those changes were, that this is means it is their job to fight for change now. So they defend the rights of the Gay, of the animals, of Muslims, of women, whatever. They call for changes to society such that these groups are more acceptable. Actually there is no clear purpose to these movements; they are united by a belief that society ought to be more generous to the groups without saying exactly what this means, except in so much as knowning that whatever it is, it doesnt exist now. Society automatically deals with advances of technology and industry. It has to, and always has. So too does Sikh society. I think you have unreasonable conceptions of 'conservatives', if you think they believe they must remain static and forever unchanging as possible. This is absurd anyway, for change is always there, one way or another. If it isnt nature acting as a force for change, then it is evil: invasion or brutality - such things are always with us, one way or another, and good society, even the most conservative have to deal with these. I have already described how conservatives view society itself, and in what way they believe society ought to be maintained. Further conservatives always have to deal with reformists who wish to upheave society altogether. Conservatives differ from liberals in their caution towards major change, in their insistence of erring with inertia instead of taking large risks, in their belief of unintended consequences, in their skepticism of utopianism, in their commitment to resisting drastic changes to social structure, and so on. I am not concerned with views, or visions, or anything like that. All that I care about is truth and honesty. If the Sikh society is like how neo-sikhs wish it were, then that would have been fine with me. Infact I was so thrilled with neo-sikh ideals that i wasted a good part of my youth entertaining these utopian delusions. I have taken neo-sikh ideas seriously. And i have nothing to show from it. At least conservatism doesnt wish to fool me into believing in false claims, it doesnt say of sikh people, that they are just weak and useless (for they do not follow neo-sikh ideals), it doesnt lead me to imagine anything that doesnt exist right now. So having learnt all these lessons, I have the unhappy knowledge that I have learnt nothing at all; because all i have succeeded in, is overcoming the neo-sikh delusions which troubled and plauged me, and filled me with disdain for ordinary sikh society. I have freed myself from neo-sikh pathologies, but that is no achievement at all, for the truth is too obvious and accessible to anyone who doesnt take ideas like egalitarianism seriously. It is exactly the sum of the experiences one gains simply by living life. Idealism on the other hand leads one on flights of fancy, where imagination takes over and reality becomes something repulsive. I glanced through the linked article. Its the same old stuff. Though i'll put in a comment on the thread itself. [/QUOTE]
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