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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="Mai Harinder Kaur" data-source="post: 100596" data-attributes="member: 3558"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I have a few thoughts reading this. They may or may not be relevant. They are personal.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">After the events of November 1984, which to me included the murder of several family members, I failed the chardi kala test pretty badly. For a bit over 20 years, I lived life in a fog. I fled family and sangat. I broke most of the taboos of a Khalsa. I threw away all of my kakkars. To outsiders it looked like I did OK. I held jobs, supported myself, got remarried, did all that was expected of me and no one guessed that I was in a pretty deep state of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But it was all very mechanical. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Eventually, slowly, I began to awaken just a bit, just enough to see how crazy I had become. Just enough to remember about something called "chardi kala." Just enough to get homesick for my home among the Sikhs, my sisters and brothers.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Then I had a major stroke and died. I can't say much about that except that I learned two things: Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj (Guru Papa Ji) does not easily give up on his children and that each of us has inside an infinite well of this chardi kala stuff, sometimes buried deeply and seemingly unaccessable, and there. Personally, I believe it is a gift given when we are blessed with Amrit and which we cannot lose.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">From this long and difficult exile and an equally difficult return, I have learned - just for myself - that these intellectual debates/arguments/discussions are very interesting, and unproductive. Perhaps it is better for me to leave threm to those Singhnis and Singhs who are more advanced than I.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The only thing of any value I can add to this discussion - I hope it is of value to someone - is that when my chardi kala was unavailable to me, I fell and fell and fell and was gently and lovingly caught and gently and lovingly nursed back to spiritual health and given the resources to regain much of my physical health as well. I was caught and restored and have become a better person than I could have become otherwise. In an odd way, I must be grateful to Akaal Purakh for what I experienced in November 1984 and after because I can see growth through this that I doubt could have happened any other way.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I doubt this has much to do with nirgun/sargun, and I wanted to say it anyway.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Regarding nirgun/sargun, may I suggest that "panentheism" might be relevant. Maybe.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Chardi kala to all! :ice:</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mai Harinder Kaur, post: 100596, member: 3558"] [FONT=Verdana]I have a few thoughts reading this. They may or may not be relevant. They are personal.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]After the events of November 1984, which to me included the murder of several family members, I failed the chardi kala test pretty badly. For a bit over 20 years, I lived life in a fog. I fled family and sangat. I broke most of the taboos of a Khalsa. I threw away all of my kakkars. To outsiders it looked like I did OK. I held jobs, supported myself, got remarried, did all that was expected of me and no one guessed that I was in a pretty deep state of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But it was all very mechanical. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Eventually, slowly, I began to awaken just a bit, just enough to see how crazy I had become. Just enough to remember about something called "chardi kala." Just enough to get homesick for my home among the Sikhs, my sisters and brothers.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Then I had a major stroke and died. I can't say much about that except that I learned two things: Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj (Guru Papa Ji) does not easily give up on his children and that each of us has inside an infinite well of this chardi kala stuff, sometimes buried deeply and seemingly unaccessable, and there. Personally, I believe it is a gift given when we are blessed with Amrit and which we cannot lose.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]From this long and difficult exile and an equally difficult return, I have learned - just for myself - that these intellectual debates/arguments/discussions are very interesting, and unproductive. Perhaps it is better for me to leave threm to those Singhnis and Singhs who are more advanced than I.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The only thing of any value I can add to this discussion - I hope it is of value to someone - is that when my chardi kala was unavailable to me, I fell and fell and fell and was gently and lovingly caught and gently and lovingly nursed back to spiritual health and given the resources to regain much of my physical health as well. I was caught and restored and have become a better person than I could have become otherwise. In an odd way, I must be grateful to Akaal Purakh for what I experienced in November 1984 and after because I can see growth through this that I doubt could have happened any other way.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I doubt this has much to do with nirgun/sargun, and I wanted to say it anyway.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Regarding nirgun/sargun, may I suggest that "panentheism" might be relevant. Maybe.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Chardi kala to all! :ice:[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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