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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="seekingsikhi" data-source="post: 214125" data-attributes="member: 21867"><p>That's fair. In retrospect I think it wasn't so much the luxury itself as much as it was just how separate from the reality of the world it felt.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Perhaps it is. Or perhaps I poorly articulated my issue. Mayhap it has less to do with Sikhi, and more to do with my own efforts to become aware of the condition of individuals in less fortunate situations. While the two are related, they're by no means mutually exclusive.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well said, and I took your advice a couple of different times for the rest of the trip. Smiles were brought and problems solved. Everyone wins.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Admittedly, I've missed the point of this paragraph. Maybe I'm getting hung up on the Johnny Chimpo visuals.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Don't misunderstand, amigo. I ask for, nor expect, any sympathy - except maybe for her. I'm a big boy and can live with the consequences of my decisions. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, totally agreed. I mostly included all of that to make sure I didn't give anyone the wrong impression of my wife.</p><p></p><p></p><p>To use the word fate would simultaneously be inadequate and overcomplicated. Life is made up of decisions that are made by us and made for us. You wake up and decide to have cereal for breakfast. You go down and discover you're out of milk or your cornflakes have gone stale. You're not having cereal, and that decision was made for you. You can fight and rage against it and bring yourself more negativity, or you can accept it for what it is and move on. The same can be said for everything. </p><p></p><p>Hukam, for me, is like the river of life that we're moving down in the rowboat of our own existence. You can fight the current and try to head where you feel you need to go, paddling upstream until you exhaust yourself. Sometimes you'll get there and sometimes you won't. Sometimes you'll get there but be too tired to remember why you went that way to begin with. Similarly, you can use your oars to steer yourself toward a more desirable position if the current allows. Other times, you simply let the current take you wherever. The point is, the river wins, and we can be mad at the river or we can say "well, guess I'm not going to that shore." For me, it isn't even worth considering the question of fate or predestination. It's a pointless conversation. What's going to happen is going to happen; predestination or no. It's what we do when we get there that matters.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's some truth there. I think it's less trying to be what I'm not and more trying to be what I know I can be. I'm not going to obsess over it to the extent that I'll ruin my own life, but there's something to be said for wanting to live up to the standards you set for yourself; especially when they're not unreasonable.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Likewise, {censored}ing-Monkey ji!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seekingsikhi, post: 214125, member: 21867"] That's fair. In retrospect I think it wasn't so much the luxury itself as much as it was just how separate from the reality of the world it felt. Perhaps it is. Or perhaps I poorly articulated my issue. Mayhap it has less to do with Sikhi, and more to do with my own efforts to become aware of the condition of individuals in less fortunate situations. While the two are related, they're by no means mutually exclusive. Well said, and I took your advice a couple of different times for the rest of the trip. Smiles were brought and problems solved. Everyone wins. Admittedly, I've missed the point of this paragraph. Maybe I'm getting hung up on the Johnny Chimpo visuals. Don't misunderstand, amigo. I ask for, nor expect, any sympathy - except maybe for her. I'm a big boy and can live with the consequences of my decisions. Again, totally agreed. I mostly included all of that to make sure I didn't give anyone the wrong impression of my wife. To use the word fate would simultaneously be inadequate and overcomplicated. Life is made up of decisions that are made by us and made for us. You wake up and decide to have cereal for breakfast. You go down and discover you're out of milk or your cornflakes have gone stale. You're not having cereal, and that decision was made for you. You can fight and rage against it and bring yourself more negativity, or you can accept it for what it is and move on. The same can be said for everything. Hukam, for me, is like the river of life that we're moving down in the rowboat of our own existence. You can fight the current and try to head where you feel you need to go, paddling upstream until you exhaust yourself. Sometimes you'll get there and sometimes you won't. Sometimes you'll get there but be too tired to remember why you went that way to begin with. Similarly, you can use your oars to steer yourself toward a more desirable position if the current allows. Other times, you simply let the current take you wherever. The point is, the river wins, and we can be mad at the river or we can say "well, guess I'm not going to that shore." For me, it isn't even worth considering the question of fate or predestination. It's a pointless conversation. What's going to happen is going to happen; predestination or no. It's what we do when we get there that matters. There's some truth there. I think it's less trying to be what I'm not and more trying to be what I know I can be. I'm not going to obsess over it to the extent that I'll ruin my own life, but there's something to be said for wanting to live up to the standards you set for yourself; especially when they're not unreasonable. Likewise, {censored}ing-Monkey ji! [/QUOTE]
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