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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_member14" data-source="post: 141202" data-attributes="member: 586"><p><strong>Re: Why Do You Think That Sikhism Is Right/From God?</strong></p><p></p><p>Shanger ji,</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>C: No, ‘sentient beings’ do not include plants or bacteria, not to speak of rocks and stones. Birth, aging, sickness and death are related to the one and not to the other.</p><p></p><p>=======</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>C: Good for the physical heart does not mean good for the mind, so to speak. ‘Forbidden’, why can’t it be read simply as an advice? Is the problem not your own tainted perception?</p><p></p><p>=======</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>C: I’m not unsure, I know, and think about it only when reading and discussing with others. There is no reason for me to conceive of the idea at all otherwise. </p><p></p><p>I wasn’t talking about the capacity for good, which people have regardless of whether they encounter any religion, but which if they do not have, religion can’t help anyway. What I was pointing to was the “development” of particular kinds of good aimed at mental purity. </p><p></p><p>Can we be good people without guidance? It depends on the capacity of each individual. But surely no one who does have that capacity and has any inkling regarding its true value, would reject any encouragement given by others, would they? </p><p></p><p>========</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>C: No, that was your cynicism talking.</p><p></p><p>========</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>C: So it is *not* a threat, but a good reminder in the eyes of those who *understand*. And those who teach it know that “fear” will not accomplish anything good. They were not however, required to anticipate objections from people like you who not only can’t appreciate the good intentions involved, but go on to project so much negativity into the situation.</p><p></p><p>=========</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>C: I get the impression that you believe that people have the capacity for good and would achieve fulfillment on their own anyway. This has led you to perceive religion as more or less unnecessarily coming in the way if not in fact a threat. On the other hand, although I do see harm in certain teachings, when it comes to such examples as you have given, namely advice against consumption of alcohol and the teaching on karma and rebirth, this I perceive as being in fact most necessary. The rule being that, left alone, we’d move towards ever greater tendency to ignorance and craving and this includes mistaking evil states for good and wrong understanding for right, leading to courses of action ultimately unbeneficial, but judged otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member14, post: 141202, member: 586"] [b]Re: Why Do You Think That Sikhism Is Right/From God?[/b] Shanger ji, C: No, ‘sentient beings’ do not include plants or bacteria, not to speak of rocks and stones. Birth, aging, sickness and death are related to the one and not to the other. ======= C: Good for the physical heart does not mean good for the mind, so to speak. ‘Forbidden’, why can’t it be read simply as an advice? Is the problem not your own tainted perception? ======= C: I’m not unsure, I know, and think about it only when reading and discussing with others. There is no reason for me to conceive of the idea at all otherwise. I wasn’t talking about the capacity for good, which people have regardless of whether they encounter any religion, but which if they do not have, religion can’t help anyway. What I was pointing to was the “development” of particular kinds of good aimed at mental purity. Can we be good people without guidance? It depends on the capacity of each individual. But surely no one who does have that capacity and has any inkling regarding its true value, would reject any encouragement given by others, would they? ======== C: No, that was your cynicism talking. ======== C: So it is *not* a threat, but a good reminder in the eyes of those who *understand*. And those who teach it know that “fear” will not accomplish anything good. They were not however, required to anticipate objections from people like you who not only can’t appreciate the good intentions involved, but go on to project so much negativity into the situation. ========= C: I get the impression that you believe that people have the capacity for good and would achieve fulfillment on their own anyway. This has led you to perceive religion as more or less unnecessarily coming in the way if not in fact a threat. On the other hand, although I do see harm in certain teachings, when it comes to such examples as you have given, namely advice against consumption of alcohol and the teaching on karma and rebirth, this I perceive as being in fact most necessary. The rule being that, left alone, we’d move towards ever greater tendency to ignorance and craving and this includes mistaking evil states for good and wrong understanding for right, leading to courses of action ultimately unbeneficial, but judged otherwise. [/QUOTE]
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