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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)
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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: 153903" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Four Steps To God</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">By : Reena Singh </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The way to nirvana is actually quite simple, learnt Reena Singh at an inter-faith meet at the R K Mission in Delhi recently</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>See Him from a distance. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Get nearer to Him. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Get bound to Him.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>Finally, get immersed in Him. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">These were the four simple steps to knowing God outlined by J S Neki, Sikh scholar and poet at a recent inter-faith meet held at the capital’s Ramakrishna Mission on a Sunday morning on September 11 at a programme celebrating 150 years of Swami Vivekananda. God realisation can’t get any simpler than this, you will agree. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Octogenarian J S Neki has an interesting background. He has authored several books on the Sikhs, on the Sikh holy gurus and he is a poet, too. He is never short of scriptural gyan, and has a verse up his sleeve for every occasion, at every turn of conversation. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The Sikh scripture-expert and a former head of the department of psychiatry, AIIMS, Delhi and director, PGI, Chandigarh, had other simple tips to offer for God realisation at the meet. For instance, when you pray to God, don’t look for bargains, he suggested. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">What do you think this means? “I am referring to the ‘If-you-do-this-for-me-I-will-donate-Rs 500-prasad’ kind of prayer that many of us instinctively think up in our heads,” he elaborates. “Such a prayer is nothing short of a bribe.” So how does one pray? “Have a conversation with Him,” suggests J S Neki. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">In other words, pray to Him, talk to Him, ask Him, but finally leave it to Him to consent to your wishes or not. Trust Him, for He alone knows what is best for you. He suggests you thank, praise, love and want God, and then leave the rest to Him. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Sound advice. But how does one put this into practice? Given the fact that we are always rushing around, caught in a vortex of complex relationships in our materialistic give-and-take world? </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Coming out of the auditorium, I caught myself thinking about this and headed straight for the R K Mission’s bookshop on the premises. On one of the bookshelves, I found my answer in a Rs 10 booklet on Sadhanas Or Preparations For Higher Life by Swami Vivekananda. Armed with my pocket-sized wisdom, I set about reading it at the first available opportunity. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The first thing necessary is a quiet and peaceable life…for if you want to be a yogi, you must be free and place yourself in circumstances where you are alone and free from all anxiety, says Swami Vivekananda in the booklet. “He who desires a comfortable and nice life and at the same time wants to realise the Self is like the fool, who, wanting to cross the river, caught hold of a crocodile mistaking it for a log of wood,” he adds. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The point goes home. The first great step, then, “is the real desire for the ideal,” in the great Swami’s words. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Then comes the second big line in the tiny booklet. “If there is any road to heaven, it is through hell.” It must be…the first time I heard something quite like this was from a quote by L Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Hubbard talked about hitting rock-bottom first to find your way up — a line that firmly stuck in my head four years after I read it. Vivekananda continues to say that it is only after “the soul has wrestled with circumstance and has met death, a thousand times on the way...that the soul comes out as a giant and laughs at the ideal he has been struggling for, because he finds how much greater is he than the ideal.”</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">You will then learn to bless your mistakes, for they have been angels unawares... continues Vivekananda. Finally, he comes to the crux of the matter. “Meditate,” he tells you. “The greatest thing is meditation, the nearest approach to spiritual life. It is the one time in our daily life when we are not at all material,” he says. It is the time “when the soul thinks of itself, free from all matter…the marvellous touch of the Soul.” </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">At this stage, the soul becomes the witness, looking at things and events around you with a certain “non-attachment” implies the Swami. This is the point of all meditation — when you are at one with the Spirit and nothing external can touch you. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">This is also the stage when you have to abandon the Rs 10 pocket books of wisdom and move on to the scriptures in real earnest.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://www.speakingtree.in/public/view-article/Four-Steps-To-God" target="_blank">http://www.speakingtree.in/public/view-article/Four-Steps-To-God</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 153903, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B][SIZE="5"]Four Steps To God[/SIZE][/B] By : Reena Singh The way to nirvana is actually quite simple, learnt Reena Singh at an inter-faith meet at the R K Mission in Delhi recently [B]See Him from a distance. Get nearer to Him. Get bound to Him. Finally, get immersed in Him. [/B] These were the four simple steps to knowing God outlined by J S Neki, Sikh scholar and poet at a recent inter-faith meet held at the capital’s Ramakrishna Mission on a Sunday morning on September 11 at a programme celebrating 150 years of Swami Vivekananda. God realisation can’t get any simpler than this, you will agree. Octogenarian J S Neki has an interesting background. He has authored several books on the Sikhs, on the Sikh holy gurus and he is a poet, too. He is never short of scriptural gyan, and has a verse up his sleeve for every occasion, at every turn of conversation. The Sikh scripture-expert and a former head of the department of psychiatry, AIIMS, Delhi and director, PGI, Chandigarh, had other simple tips to offer for God realisation at the meet. For instance, when you pray to God, don’t look for bargains, he suggested. What do you think this means? “I am referring to the ‘If-you-do-this-for-me-I-will-donate-Rs 500-prasad’ kind of prayer that many of us instinctively think up in our heads,” he elaborates. “Such a prayer is nothing short of a bribe.” So how does one pray? “Have a conversation with Him,” suggests J S Neki. In other words, pray to Him, talk to Him, ask Him, but finally leave it to Him to consent to your wishes or not. Trust Him, for He alone knows what is best for you. He suggests you thank, praise, love and want God, and then leave the rest to Him. Sound advice. But how does one put this into practice? Given the fact that we are always rushing around, caught in a vortex of complex relationships in our materialistic give-and-take world? Coming out of the auditorium, I caught myself thinking about this and headed straight for the R K Mission’s bookshop on the premises. On one of the bookshelves, I found my answer in a Rs 10 booklet on Sadhanas Or Preparations For Higher Life by Swami Vivekananda. Armed with my pocket-sized wisdom, I set about reading it at the first available opportunity. The first thing necessary is a quiet and peaceable life…for if you want to be a yogi, you must be free and place yourself in circumstances where you are alone and free from all anxiety, says Swami Vivekananda in the booklet. “He who desires a comfortable and nice life and at the same time wants to realise the Self is like the fool, who, wanting to cross the river, caught hold of a crocodile mistaking it for a log of wood,” he adds. The point goes home. The first great step, then, “is the real desire for the ideal,” in the great Swami’s words. Then comes the second big line in the tiny booklet. “If there is any road to heaven, it is through hell.” It must be…the first time I heard something quite like this was from a quote by L Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology. Hubbard talked about hitting rock-bottom first to find your way up — a line that firmly stuck in my head four years after I read it. Vivekananda continues to say that it is only after “the soul has wrestled with circumstance and has met death, a thousand times on the way...that the soul comes out as a giant and laughs at the ideal he has been struggling for, because he finds how much greater is he than the ideal.” You will then learn to bless your mistakes, for they have been angels unawares... continues Vivekananda. Finally, he comes to the crux of the matter. “Meditate,” he tells you. “The greatest thing is meditation, the nearest approach to spiritual life. It is the one time in our daily life when we are not at all material,” he says. It is the time “when the soul thinks of itself, free from all matter…the marvellous touch of the Soul.” At this stage, the soul becomes the witness, looking at things and events around you with a certain “non-attachment” implies the Swami. This is the point of all meditation — when you are at one with the Spirit and nothing external can touch you. This is also the stage when you have to abandon the Rs 10 pocket books of wisdom and move on to the scriptures in real earnest. [B]source:[/B] [url]http://www.speakingtree.in/public/view-article/Four-Steps-To-God[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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