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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 186412" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Bunky ji</p><p></p><p>I would not want you to apologize for any "ignorance." Nor should you apologize for "sounding like an idiot" which you do not. You actually have rephrased the problem if not the question. Thank you. I now have a better idea of what you are asking.</p><p></p><p>Guru Granth Sabhi ji is the GURU, and it contains the revelations of the 6 Gurus and all the bhagats and poets included by our 5th Guru Arjan Dev ji. So it is a book of inspiration, and it is something to take seriously as it is the everlasting Guru. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji contains within it the light, the jyote, of all the Sikh Gurus who came before the time when Guru Gobind Singh declared the granth to be guru.</p><p></p><p>The sticking point is the word "believe" --- and perhaps that is the way that this thread can really take off. What do each of us posting mean by "believe" and what is it that we "believe?" </p><p></p><p>I guess from that the transition to literal meaning is easier to see. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is a book of poetry, and so literal meanings will take us off course. Literal meanings cannot get us to the core of the meaning of poetry.</p><p></p><p>Poetry asks us to try to map our own experiences in life and our own reality onto the inspirations of the poet. In the case of Guru Nanak... Does he say anything that triggers a sense of a different truth in me? Can I learn from reading his words how to adjust to that truth? Do I learn anything about the hypocrisy and meanness in my own life? Learning, inspiring, being open to inspiration, seeing things differently, tuning into a greater truth than truths found in the narrowness of my own experience, triggering insight, wanting to change ... these are impulses that are very different from "believing" in literal meanings. Yet I believe. I believe that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the only Guru. I believe that the Mool Mantar lays the foundation for understanding Guru Nanak's message. By doing that the Mool Mantar is a framework for everything else I believe. </p><p></p><p>That is only one person's response to your question. There have to be others.</p><p></p><p>Now here is a link to a thread that might explain better literal meanings and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The discussion is about metaphor. There are other threads and I will post them from time to time.</p><p><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/gurmat-vichaar/32638-use-metaphor-gurbani-how-use-when.html" target="_blank">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/gurmat-vichaar/32638-use-metaphor-gurbani-how-use-when.html</a></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 186412, member: 35"] Bunky ji I would not want you to apologize for any "ignorance." Nor should you apologize for "sounding like an idiot" which you do not. You actually have rephrased the problem if not the question. Thank you. I now have a better idea of what you are asking. Guru Granth Sabhi ji is the GURU, and it contains the revelations of the 6 Gurus and all the bhagats and poets included by our 5th Guru Arjan Dev ji. So it is a book of inspiration, and it is something to take seriously as it is the everlasting Guru. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji contains within it the light, the jyote, of all the Sikh Gurus who came before the time when Guru Gobind Singh declared the granth to be guru. The sticking point is the word "believe" --- and perhaps that is the way that this thread can really take off. What do each of us posting mean by "believe" and what is it that we "believe?" I guess from that the transition to literal meaning is easier to see. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is a book of poetry, and so literal meanings will take us off course. Literal meanings cannot get us to the core of the meaning of poetry. Poetry asks us to try to map our own experiences in life and our own reality onto the inspirations of the poet. In the case of Guru Nanak... Does he say anything that triggers a sense of a different truth in me? Can I learn from reading his words how to adjust to that truth? Do I learn anything about the hypocrisy and meanness in my own life? Learning, inspiring, being open to inspiration, seeing things differently, tuning into a greater truth than truths found in the narrowness of my own experience, triggering insight, wanting to change ... these are impulses that are very different from "believing" in literal meanings. Yet I believe. I believe that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the only Guru. I believe that the Mool Mantar lays the foundation for understanding Guru Nanak's message. By doing that the Mool Mantar is a framework for everything else I believe. That is only one person's response to your question. There have to be others. Now here is a link to a thread that might explain better literal meanings and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The discussion is about metaphor. There are other threads and I will post them from time to time. [url]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/gurmat-vichaar/32638-use-metaphor-gurbani-how-use-when.html[/url] . [/QUOTE]
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