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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
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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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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 114865" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">source: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Householders-Way-To-Spiritual-Salvation/articleshow/5186480.cms" target="_blank">Householder's Way To Spiritual Salvation - Edit Page - Opinion - Home - The Times of India</a></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">Householder's Way To Spiritual Salvation</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Kulbir Kaur - 2 November 2009</span> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The world is real and withdrawal is considered as the negation of faith in Sikhism. Liberation is to be experienced in the world itself ''amidst its laughter and sport, fineries and foods'' because the spirit of affirmation is the basic tenet of Guru Nanak's teachings. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The spiritual path revealed by Guru Nanak was not the lonely path of an ascetic who renounces the world. The path of salvation could be pursued while living the normal life of a householder by combining meditation in the form of Nam or the Divine Word while fulfilling all the responsibilities of everyday life. Nanak explains this idea through the metaphor of the lotus: ''Just as the lotus in the lake remains undisturbed by the water/ in the same way by linking one's consciousness with the supreme consciousness/ through utterance of the Holy name, one crosses the world ocean.'' </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Lovingly called 'Baba' and 'Sachcha Padshah', the true king, the founder-guru of the Sikh faith proclaims the world to be the creation of God. The Almighty reveals himself through his Creation only. Nanak rejected idolatry and propounded instead a simple monotheism. In his hymns, he emphasises the unity and uniqueness of the Supreme Being. The one God is Omnipotent and Omniscient, is both sat, truth and nirankar, formless. God is also Omnipresent. By meditating on his Creation and through devotion, one could attain Self-realisation and experience mystical union with the Divine. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">While describing the pleasure of knowing God, Nanak asserts that He is to be found in one's own heart. God is everywhere. Nanak sees the hand of God in everything. He sees Him even in objects like numbers. When he was employed as a shopkeeper, while weighing objects, on reaching the number 13 (tera, a word that denotes the numeral as well as meaning 'yours') Nanak would slip into a trance and repeatedly chant: ''Tera, tera, tera'' ...everything is yours, everything is yours, O God. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Guru Nanak's spirituality was based on work ethics: kirt karo work hard, vand chhako share, and Nam japo remember the Source. He emphasised the virtues of simple living and high thinking. He preferred staying at the house of a poor carpenter, Lalo, rather than accept the hospitality of a rich man, Malik Bhago: ''The bread served by Lalo, earned by the sweat of his brow, is like sweet milk but what you offer me is the blood of the poor,'' he said to Bhago. Nanak institutionalised the tradition of sangat spiritual congregation of followers and pangat or guru-ka-langar, the community kitchen where all were welcomed with open arms. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Nanak's poetry appeals as it reveals spiritual truths in simple language. He did not dismiss mundane duties as being inconsequential; rather, he taught how to infuse spirituality in everyday chores. To a farmer, Nanak said: ''The body is a field, let the mind be the plough/ good deeds thy ploughing/ let thine honest stirring be the channels, that irrigate the field/ sow the seed of the Holy name, make the clods of the field level with contentment/ wear, as a farmer the pleasant garb of humility.'' </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrates all this and more, for every act of sustenance and every thought, word and deed can be transformed to a higher plane with the spiritual insight that Nanak provided. In the words of Bhai Gurdas: ''By manifesting the Eternal Name, the Guru redeemed all the four corners and all the nine realms of the earth.'' </span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: #000080">Today is Guru Nanak Jayanti.</span> </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 114865, member: 884"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]source: [URL="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Householders-Way-To-Spiritual-Salvation/articleshow/5186480.cms"]Householder's Way To Spiritual Salvation - Edit Page - Opinion - Home - The Times of India[/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080]Householder's Way To Spiritual Salvation[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#000080]Kulbir Kaur - 2 November 2009[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The world is real and withdrawal is considered as the negation of faith in Sikhism. Liberation is to be experienced in the world itself ''amidst its laughter and sport, fineries and foods'' because the spirit of affirmation is the basic tenet of Guru Nanak's teachings. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The spiritual path revealed by Guru Nanak was not the lonely path of an ascetic who renounces the world. The path of salvation could be pursued while living the normal life of a householder by combining meditation in the form of Nam or the Divine Word while fulfilling all the responsibilities of everyday life. Nanak explains this idea through the metaphor of the lotus: ''Just as the lotus in the lake remains undisturbed by the water/ in the same way by linking one's consciousness with the supreme consciousness/ through utterance of the Holy name, one crosses the world ocean.'' [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Lovingly called 'Baba' and 'Sachcha Padshah', the true king, the founder-guru of the Sikh faith proclaims the world to be the creation of God. The Almighty reveals himself through his Creation only. Nanak rejected idolatry and propounded instead a simple monotheism. In his hymns, he emphasises the unity and uniqueness of the Supreme Being. The one God is Omnipotent and Omniscient, is both sat, truth and nirankar, formless. God is also Omnipresent. By meditating on his Creation and through devotion, one could attain Self-realisation and experience mystical union with the Divine. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]While describing the pleasure of knowing God, Nanak asserts that He is to be found in one's own heart. God is everywhere. Nanak sees the hand of God in everything. He sees Him even in objects like numbers. When he was employed as a shopkeeper, while weighing objects, on reaching the number 13 (tera, a word that denotes the numeral as well as meaning 'yours') Nanak would slip into a trance and repeatedly chant: ''Tera, tera, tera'' ...everything is yours, everything is yours, O God. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Guru Nanak's spirituality was based on work ethics: kirt karo work hard, vand chhako share, and Nam japo remember the Source. He emphasised the virtues of simple living and high thinking. He preferred staying at the house of a poor carpenter, Lalo, rather than accept the hospitality of a rich man, Malik Bhago: ''The bread served by Lalo, earned by the sweat of his brow, is like sweet milk but what you offer me is the blood of the poor,'' he said to Bhago. Nanak institutionalised the tradition of sangat spiritual congregation of followers and pangat or guru-ka-langar, the community kitchen where all were welcomed with open arms. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Nanak's poetry appeals as it reveals spiritual truths in simple language. He did not dismiss mundane duties as being inconsequential; rather, he taught how to infuse spirituality in everyday chores. To a farmer, Nanak said: ''The body is a field, let the mind be the plough/ good deeds thy ploughing/ let thine honest stirring be the channels, that irrigate the field/ sow the seed of the Holy name, make the clods of the field level with contentment/ wear, as a farmer the pleasant garb of humility.'' [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrates all this and more, for every act of sustenance and every thought, word and deed can be transformed to a higher plane with the spiritual insight that Nanak provided. In the words of Bhai Gurdas: ''By manifesting the Eternal Name, the Guru redeemed all the four corners and all the nine realms of the earth.'' [/COLOR] [I][COLOR=#000080]Today is Guru Nanak Jayanti.[/COLOR] [/I] [/QUOTE]
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