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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="Archived_member15" data-source="post: 175865" data-attributes="member: 17438"><p>My dear brother Lucky ji gingerteakaur</p><p> </p><p>Thank you so much for your reply! </p><p> </p><p>Your technique is practically identical to my own. The Jesus Prayer is an ancient, Eastern Catholic breath-technique that can be dated to around the fourth century AD in origin in its systematic form although Christian ascetics had been doing similar things much earlier. I think that nearly every religion has a variation on this breathing technique with the exhalation and inhalation. I certainly know that there is a parralel in Buddhism and Islam. Sufi Muslims focus on the breath using the <em>Shahada </em>"There is no God but God" ie </p><p> </p><p>"There is no God" - <em>inhale </em></p><p> </p><p>"But God" - <em>exhale </em></p><p> </p><p>There are many variants of the "Jesus Prayer" (a practice which is over a thousand and a half years old in Christian mysticism) and one of the other ones I use is simply, "Jesus Christ" ie </p><p> </p><p>"Jesus" - <em>inhale </em></p><p> </p><p>"Christ" - <em>exhale </em></p><p> </p><p>I know this can look rather "Christocentric" to non-Christians but one must reflect on what the name "Jesus" means. </p><p> </p><p>The name "Jesus" comes from the Aramaic <em>Y'shua </em>which means, "<em>YHWH saves</em>". YHWH is the Divine Name of God in Judaism/Christianity, which Moses taught us, it means "I AM WHO AM". </p><p> </p><p>So for Christians meditating on the Holy Name of Jesus is meditating on the Name of God, Jesus made this explicit: </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>It is by calling on the Name of God that one is "saved" (attains enlightenment/liberation): </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>He means that not only spiritually but literally - his Name (Jesus) literally has God's Name (YHWH) contained within it! lol</p><p> </p><p>Therefore when I pray the "Jesus Prayer" I am literally doing the Christian equivalent of meditating on the <em>Naam </em>within Sikhi. </p><p> </p><p>When you speak of the "navel", you remind me of a rather strange Catholic meditative practice using the breath and the Jesus Prayer, which is described by Saint Symeon the New Theologian. Its called, "Navel-gazing". </p><p> </p><p>It is from his work on contemplation known as, "The Three Methods of Prayer". He notes: </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px inset; BORDER-LEFT: 1px inset; BORDER-TOP: 1px inset; BORDER-RIGHT: 1px inset" class=alt2>There are three methods of prayer and attentiveness, by which the soul is either lifted up or cast down. Whoever applies these methods at the right time is uplifted, but whoever employs them foolishly or at the wrong time is cast down...Watchfulness and prayer should be as closely linked together as the body to the soul, for the one cannot stand without the other. Watchfulness first goes on ahead like a scout and engages sin in combat. Prayer then follows afterwards, and instantly destroys and exterminates all the evil thoughts which which watchfulness has already been battling, for attentiveness alone cannot exterminate them. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></p><p>The first two "methods of prayer", one of which is called the "way of imagination" (ie discursive, through images, concepts and "divine" thoughts), are condemned. The central theme in “The Three Methods” is the need to guard the heart. The first two methods of prayer described by the author are in his view defective, and indeed potentially dangerous, precisely because they neglect the need for such guarding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The third method is the prayer of the Heart for which Saint Symeon suggests the technique of "navel-gazing": </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>* "intellect" in Catholic mystical parlance was described by Saint Gregory Palamas by this definition: "The intellectual activity consisting of thought and intuition is called intellect, and the power that activates thought and intuition is likewise the intellect; and this power Scripture also calls the heart".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member15, post: 175865, member: 17438"] My dear brother Lucky ji gingerteakaur Thank you so much for your reply! Your technique is practically identical to my own. The Jesus Prayer is an ancient, Eastern Catholic breath-technique that can be dated to around the fourth century AD in origin in its systematic form although Christian ascetics had been doing similar things much earlier. I think that nearly every religion has a variation on this breathing technique with the exhalation and inhalation. I certainly know that there is a parralel in Buddhism and Islam. Sufi Muslims focus on the breath using the [I]Shahada [/I]"There is no God but God" ie "There is no God" - [I]inhale [/I] "But God" - [I]exhale [/I] There are many variants of the "Jesus Prayer" (a practice which is over a thousand and a half years old in Christian mysticism) and one of the other ones I use is simply, "Jesus Christ" ie "Jesus" - [I]inhale [/I] "Christ" - [I]exhale [/I] I know this can look rather "Christocentric" to non-Christians but one must reflect on what the name "Jesus" means. The name "Jesus" comes from the Aramaic [I]Y'shua [/I]which means, "[I]YHWH saves[/I]". YHWH is the Divine Name of God in Judaism/Christianity, which Moses taught us, it means "I AM WHO AM". So for Christians meditating on the Holy Name of Jesus is meditating on the Name of God, Jesus made this explicit: It is by calling on the Name of God that one is "saved" (attains enlightenment/liberation): He means that not only spiritually but literally - his Name (Jesus) literally has God's Name (YHWH) contained within it! lol Therefore when I pray the "Jesus Prayer" I am literally doing the Christian equivalent of meditating on the [I]Naam [/I]within Sikhi. When you speak of the "navel", you remind me of a rather strange Catholic meditative practice using the breath and the Jesus Prayer, which is described by Saint Symeon the New Theologian. Its called, "Navel-gazing". It is from his work on contemplation known as, "The Three Methods of Prayer". He notes: <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px inset; BORDER-LEFT: 1px inset; BORDER-TOP: 1px inset; BORDER-RIGHT: 1px inset" class=alt2>There are three methods of prayer and attentiveness, by which the soul is either lifted up or cast down. Whoever applies these methods at the right time is uplifted, but whoever employs them foolishly or at the wrong time is cast down...Watchfulness and prayer should be as closely linked together as the body to the soul, for the one cannot stand without the other. Watchfulness first goes on ahead like a scout and engages sin in combat. Prayer then follows afterwards, and instantly destroys and exterminates all the evil thoughts which which watchfulness has already been battling, for attentiveness alone cannot exterminate them. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> The first two "methods of prayer", one of which is called the "way of imagination" (ie discursive, through images, concepts and "divine" thoughts), are condemned. The central theme in “The Three Methods” is the need to guard the heart. The first two methods of prayer described by the author are in his view defective, and indeed potentially dangerous, precisely because they neglect the need for such guarding. The third method is the prayer of the Heart for which Saint Symeon suggests the technique of "navel-gazing": * "intellect" in Catholic mystical parlance was described by Saint Gregory Palamas by this definition: "The intellectual activity consisting of thought and intuition is called intellect, and the power that activates thought and intuition is likewise the intellect; and this power Scripture also calls the heart". [/QUOTE]
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