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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_Member16" data-source="post: 46142" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">Everyday Enlightenment</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">If we are on a path of conscious awareness, we may hold, as an ultimate goal, enlightenment. Truthfully, few of us see ourselves becoming enlightened masters, but still, we would like to learn some of the prerequisite skills. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Consider the possibility that enlightenment is not some nirvana-type experience that happens in a blinding flash, transforming us forever, but is a process. The experiences of daily life are the raw materials we are given to work with. Like a potter who begins with a lump of clay on the wheel, we shape and form our own development. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">We learn from our mistakes and sometimes have to start over. If we are serious students, we incorporate the lessons from every failed attempt, and, ultimately, are able to manifest in the physical world what was once only a vision of beauty in our mind¹s eye. Like the potter, the more centered and grounded we are, the more we are in control of our own inner processes. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">We become enlightened one life experience at a time. We may be very soulful and charitable in our volunteer service, or amongst members of our spiritual community. However, a rebellious teenaged child of ours, or a careless driver on the road may trigger a less charitable response. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The ecstatic, ethereal flash of enlightenment we read about in ancient texts may be, in the modern world, as simple as that sinking gut feeling that we lost our cool and should not have spoken that way. We all have those moments when our higher self seems to whisper information about a needed course correction in our behavior. We can ignore that voice for a long time. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The moment of enlightenment is when we take full responsibility for our reactions and decide we will not, cannot, do it that way any more. It is when we realize the impact of our behaviors upon the innocent souls of others. (At the level of soul, we are all innocent.) It is when we realize we each are microcosms of the bigger world, and as we are, so is our world. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">We cannot have polarity and conflict in our personal lives and, at the same time, be aghast at the rising levels of conflict on a global scale. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Enlightenment is more like the dawning of a glorious sunrise than a big bang. Slowly, slowly, the light of awareness begins dawning in our consciousness. Gradually that light begins to infiltrate all we do, every aspect of our lives. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The most beautiful part of the process comes when we begin to integrate that light into every aspect of our being, and our own radiance begins to shine. We then can begin to bring light into all kinds of dark corners in our world, and in our lives. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Enlightenment then, is a gift we all share as we work together to co-create it. That might just be what heaven on Earth is all about.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #810081"><a href="http://www.gwen.ca/html/higher/everyday_enlightenment.htm" target="_blank">Gwen Randall Young - Soul centered psychotherapist and internationally recognized author.</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #810081">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red">Sikh Spiritual Path = Seva + Simran + Sangat !</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 46142, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080]Everyday Enlightenment[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#000080]If we are on a path of conscious awareness, we may hold, as an ultimate goal, enlightenment. Truthfully, few of us see ourselves becoming enlightened masters, but still, we would like to learn some of the prerequisite skills. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Consider the possibility that enlightenment is not some nirvana-type experience that happens in a blinding flash, transforming us forever, but is a process. The experiences of daily life are the raw materials we are given to work with. Like a potter who begins with a lump of clay on the wheel, we shape and form our own development. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]We learn from our mistakes and sometimes have to start over. If we are serious students, we incorporate the lessons from every failed attempt, and, ultimately, are able to manifest in the physical world what was once only a vision of beauty in our mind¹s eye. Like the potter, the more centered and grounded we are, the more we are in control of our own inner processes. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]We become enlightened one life experience at a time. We may be very soulful and charitable in our volunteer service, or amongst members of our spiritual community. However, a rebellious teenaged child of ours, or a careless driver on the road may trigger a less charitable response. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The ecstatic, ethereal flash of enlightenment we read about in ancient texts may be, in the modern world, as simple as that sinking gut feeling that we lost our cool and should not have spoken that way. We all have those moments when our higher self seems to whisper information about a needed course correction in our behavior. We can ignore that voice for a long time. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The moment of enlightenment is when we take full responsibility for our reactions and decide we will not, cannot, do it that way any more. It is when we realize the impact of our behaviors upon the innocent souls of others. (At the level of soul, we are all innocent.) It is when we realize we each are microcosms of the bigger world, and as we are, so is our world. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]We cannot have polarity and conflict in our personal lives and, at the same time, be aghast at the rising levels of conflict on a global scale. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Enlightenment is more like the dawning of a glorious sunrise than a big bang. Slowly, slowly, the light of awareness begins dawning in our consciousness. Gradually that light begins to infiltrate all we do, every aspect of our lives. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The most beautiful part of the process comes when we begin to integrate that light into every aspect of our being, and our own radiance begins to shine. We then can begin to bring light into all kinds of dark corners in our world, and in our lives. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Enlightenment then, is a gift we all share as we work together to co-create it. That might just be what heaven on Earth is all about.[/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#810081][URL="http://www.gwen.ca/html/higher/everyday_enlightenment.htm"]Gwen Randall Young - Soul centered psychotherapist and internationally recognized author.[/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#810081]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=4][COLOR=red]Sikh Spiritual Path = Seva + Simran + Sangat ![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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