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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)
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
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_member15" data-source="post: 161623" data-attributes="member: 17438"><p>mundahug My dear brother Ambarsaria mundahug</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>May God Bless and keep you! </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Thank you very much for your thoughts, questions and comments which I will answer to the best of my ability. Tonight I will focus solely on the first question. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>What an interesting question! If the TV miniseries was Evangelical Protestant, then I would not be surprised. If Catholic, then I would be, truly. </p><p> </p><p>The Catholic Church officially teaches that hell and heaven are not "places" but "states". It also teaches that we cannot ever be separated from the love of God and we are never deprived of it, whether our minds/hearts/souls are in the state of heaven or hell. How this doctrine is to be understood, is expressed and articulated by people in different ways using different sources, mystical writings etc. Catholicism is a Unity in Diversity. You will never find it expressed identically by two people, even though the truth that these two people both believe and are teaching is fundamentally the same, identical in essence. </p><p> </p><p>However ordinary Catholics might not properly understand this. And who can fault them? They are mostly good people following the faith tradition they have inherited but not delving all that deeply into it. You will even find apologetic websites and so on that teach errors of the faith. I just shake my head and refer people to the sources. Human beings are fallible. </p><p> </p><p>However I am honestly telling you what we believe. </p><p> </p><p>God is Absolute, Undifferentiated, Supreme Being. God is above all dualism, all opposites. Catholicism, courtesy of our beloved theologian Cardinal Cusa, teaches that god is the "coincidence of opposites" all opposites coincide in Him. He is the ground of being and existence, so in essence you can say that he does not "exist" because he created "existence". But neithee does he "NOT EXIST" because he is the ground of existence. This is called the "double negative". The great 13th century Catholic mystic Meister Eckhart noted: <span style="color: black">"</span><strong><em><span style="color: black">If I also say, God is a Being, it is not true; He is transcendent Being and superessential Nothingness. I say that God is neither a being nor intelligent and He doesn’t ‘know’ either this or that. God is free of everything and therefore He is everything. I pray God to make me free of God, for [His] unconditioned Being is above God and all distinctions...We ought not to have or let ourselves be satisfied with the god we have thought of, for when the thought slips the mind, that god slips with it. What we want is rather the reality of God, exalted far above any human thought or creature. God is above being. But if i say that God is not a being and that he is above being, I do not by doing so deny isness to God. On the contrary I embrace it in him</span><span style="color: black">..."</span></em></strong></p><p> </p><p>Catholicism teaches that he is the "ground of Being" and so he is not <em>a</em> Supreme Being but is <em>the</em> Supreme Being actually above mere being. According to Saint Thomas Aquinas (13th century theologian) he is Subsistent Being Itself, and all other beings are only beings by participating in His being. In Exodus God says He is "I am Who Am" which is the basis for stating that God is in all things. </p><p> </p><p>We thus cannot ever be separated from God and there simply cannot be a place called "hell". This doesn't make sense to Catholic theology since if there was a place outside God's love and presence called hell then nobody would exist to live in it anyway, because his total absence would be non-being. In this single logical conclusion, from Catholic theology, the whole idea of hell or heaven as a "place" collapses. It simply is not tenable to Catholics. Its irrational in fact, if you consider it carefully. </p><p> </p><p>So that's the official Catholic teaching and from that understanding theologians, saints, mystics and others have broadened our understanding through their own experience of the Holy Spirit. The Catholic Church believes that its teaching (the deposit of faith) never changes but that we eternally grow in our understanding of divine truths, through the gradual enlightenment of humanity, and the progression of civilisation. </p><p> </p><p>God is all and in all and will "will be all in all" as the Bible says, and God is love. </p><p> </p><p>One Byzantine Catholic theologian once said: </p><p> </p><p><strong>"...There is no true distinction between heaven, hell and the so-called purgatory: all souls partake differently in the same mystical fire (God's Love) but because of their spiritual change they are bound to different reactions: bliss for those who are in communion with him; purification for those in the process of being deified; and remorse for those who hated God during their earthly lives. Because of this [there is] confusion and inability of the human language to understand these realities..."</strong></p><p> </p><p>And this lack of comprehension of divine truths, which are far above our knowledge, has sadly but understandably led to dilution of the truth and out right mistruths in the minds of ordinary, unlearned [in terms of religion] Western people who are not versed in their religion but influenced more by culture. </p><p> </p><p>Sikhism is a truly wonderful religion. I have found and am finding much in common with my own faith (Catholicism in both its Western and Eastern forms). It confirms most of my already held convictions and inclinations. And as I said I do accept and firmly attest that the Sikh Gurus were divinely inspired of God and had true experiences of the Divine. </p><p> </p><p>Catholics reject nothing that we find to be true and holy in other religions: </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px">DECLARATION ON</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px">THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">NOSTRA AETATE</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">POPE PAUL VI</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">ON OCTOBER 28, 1965</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>"One is the community of all peoples, one their origin, for God made the whole human race to live over the face of the earth.(1) One also is their final goal, God. His providence, His manifestations of goodness, His saving design extend to all men,(2) until that time when the elect will be united in the Holy City, the city ablaze with the glory of God, where the nations will walk in His light.(3) [<strong>Metaphorical of course <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></strong> ] </em></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 10px">Men expect from the various religions answers to the unsolved riddles of the human condition, which today, even as in former times, deeply stir the hearts of men: What is man? What is the meaning, the aim of our life? What is moral good, what sin? Whence suffering and what purpose does it serve? Which is the road to true happiness? What are death, judgment and retribution after death? What, finally, is that ultimate inexpressible mystery which encompasses our existence: whence do we come, and where are we going? </span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 10px">2. From ancient times down to the present, there is found among various peoples a certain perception of that hidden power which hovers over the course of things and over the events of human history; at times some indeed have come to the recognition of a Supreme Being, or even of a Father. This perception and recognition penetrates their lives with a profound religious sense. </span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 10px">Religions, however, that are bound up with an advanced culture have struggled to answer the same questions by means of more refined concepts and a more developed language. Thus in Hinduism, men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible abundance of myths and through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek freedom from the anguish of our human condition either through ascetical practices or profound meditation or a flight to God with love and trust. Again, Buddhism, in its various forms, realizes the radical insufficiency of this changeable world; it teaches a way by which men, in a devout and confident spirit, may be able either to acquire the state of perfect liberation, or attain, by their own efforts or through higher help, supreme illumination. Likewise, other religions found everywhere try to counter the restlessness of the human heart, each in its own manner, by proposing "ways," comprising teachings, rules of life, and sacred rites. <strong><u><span style="color: red">The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions</span></u></strong>. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life, those precepts and teachings which, though differing in many aspects from the ones she holds and sets forth, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men...The Church, therefore, exhorts her sons, that through dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions, carried out with prudence and love and in witness to the Christian faith and life, they recognize, preserve and promote the good things, spiritual and moral, as well as the socio-cultural values found among these men."</span></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Much love to you my dear brother :whatzpointkudi:</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member15, post: 161623, member: 17438"] mundahug My dear brother Ambarsaria mundahug May God Bless and keep you! Thank you very much for your thoughts, questions and comments which I will answer to the best of my ability. Tonight I will focus solely on the first question. What an interesting question! If the TV miniseries was Evangelical Protestant, then I would not be surprised. If Catholic, then I would be, truly. The Catholic Church officially teaches that hell and heaven are not "places" but "states". It also teaches that we cannot ever be separated from the love of God and we are never deprived of it, whether our minds/hearts/souls are in the state of heaven or hell. How this doctrine is to be understood, is expressed and articulated by people in different ways using different sources, mystical writings etc. Catholicism is a Unity in Diversity. You will never find it expressed identically by two people, even though the truth that these two people both believe and are teaching is fundamentally the same, identical in essence. However ordinary Catholics might not properly understand this. And who can fault them? They are mostly good people following the faith tradition they have inherited but not delving all that deeply into it. You will even find apologetic websites and so on that teach errors of the faith. I just shake my head and refer people to the sources. Human beings are fallible. However I am honestly telling you what we believe. God is Absolute, Undifferentiated, Supreme Being. God is above all dualism, all opposites. Catholicism, courtesy of our beloved theologian Cardinal Cusa, teaches that god is the "coincidence of opposites" all opposites coincide in Him. He is the ground of being and existence, so in essence you can say that he does not "exist" because he created "existence". But neithee does he "NOT EXIST" because he is the ground of existence. This is called the "double negative". The great 13th century Catholic mystic Meister Eckhart noted: [COLOR=black]"[/COLOR][B][I][COLOR=black]If I also say, God is a Being, it is not true; He is transcendent Being and superessential Nothingness. I say that God is neither a being nor intelligent and He doesn’t ‘know’ either this or that. God is free of everything and therefore He is everything. I pray God to make me free of God, for [His] unconditioned Being is above God and all distinctions...We ought not to have or let ourselves be satisfied with the god we have thought of, for when the thought slips the mind, that god slips with it. What we want is rather the reality of God, exalted far above any human thought or creature. God is above being. But if i say that God is not a being and that he is above being, I do not by doing so deny isness to God. On the contrary I embrace it in him[/COLOR][COLOR=black]..."[/COLOR][/I][/B] Catholicism teaches that he is the "ground of Being" and so he is not [I]a[/I] Supreme Being but is [I]the[/I] Supreme Being actually above mere being. According to Saint Thomas Aquinas (13th century theologian) he is Subsistent Being Itself, and all other beings are only beings by participating in His being. In Exodus God says He is "I am Who Am" which is the basis for stating that God is in all things. We thus cannot ever be separated from God and there simply cannot be a place called "hell". This doesn't make sense to Catholic theology since if there was a place outside God's love and presence called hell then nobody would exist to live in it anyway, because his total absence would be non-being. In this single logical conclusion, from Catholic theology, the whole idea of hell or heaven as a "place" collapses. It simply is not tenable to Catholics. Its irrational in fact, if you consider it carefully. So that's the official Catholic teaching and from that understanding theologians, saints, mystics and others have broadened our understanding through their own experience of the Holy Spirit. The Catholic Church believes that its teaching (the deposit of faith) never changes but that we eternally grow in our understanding of divine truths, through the gradual enlightenment of humanity, and the progression of civilisation. God is all and in all and will "will be all in all" as the Bible says, and God is love. One Byzantine Catholic theologian once said: [B]"...There is no true distinction between heaven, hell and the so-called purgatory: all souls partake differently in the same mystical fire (God's Love) but because of their spiritual change they are bound to different reactions: bliss for those who are in communion with him; purification for those in the process of being deified; and remorse for those who hated God during their earthly lives. Because of this [there is] confusion and inability of the human language to understand these realities..."[/B] And this lack of comprehension of divine truths, which are far above our knowledge, has sadly but understandably led to dilution of the truth and out right mistruths in the minds of ordinary, unlearned [in terms of religion] Western people who are not versed in their religion but influenced more by culture. Sikhism is a truly wonderful religion. I have found and am finding much in common with my own faith (Catholicism in both its Western and Eastern forms). It confirms most of my already held convictions and inclinations. And as I said I do accept and firmly attest that the Sikh Gurus were divinely inspired of God and had true experiences of the Divine. Catholics reject nothing that we find to be true and holy in other religions: [SIZE=4][SIZE=2]DECLARATION ON[/SIZE] [/SIZE][SIZE=2]THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]NOSTRA AETATE[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]POPE PAUL VI[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]ON OCTOBER 28, 1965[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][I]"One is the community of all peoples, one their origin, for God made the whole human race to live over the face of the earth.(1) One also is their final goal, God. His providence, His manifestations of goodness, His saving design extend to all men,(2) until that time when the elect will be united in the Holy City, the city ablaze with the glory of God, where the nations will walk in His light.(3) [[B]Metaphorical of course ;)[/B] ] [/I][/SIZE] [I][SIZE=2]Men expect from the various religions answers to the unsolved riddles of the human condition, which today, even as in former times, deeply stir the hearts of men: What is man? What is the meaning, the aim of our life? What is moral good, what sin? Whence suffering and what purpose does it serve? Which is the road to true happiness? What are death, judgment and retribution after death? What, finally, is that ultimate inexpressible mystery which encompasses our existence: whence do we come, and where are we going? [/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=2]2. From ancient times down to the present, there is found among various peoples a certain perception of that hidden power which hovers over the course of things and over the events of human history; at times some indeed have come to the recognition of a Supreme Being, or even of a Father. This perception and recognition penetrates their lives with a profound religious sense. [/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=2]Religions, however, that are bound up with an advanced culture have struggled to answer the same questions by means of more refined concepts and a more developed language. Thus in Hinduism, men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible abundance of myths and through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek freedom from the anguish of our human condition either through ascetical practices or profound meditation or a flight to God with love and trust. Again, Buddhism, in its various forms, realizes the radical insufficiency of this changeable world; it teaches a way by which men, in a devout and confident spirit, may be able either to acquire the state of perfect liberation, or attain, by their own efforts or through higher help, supreme illumination. Likewise, other religions found everywhere try to counter the restlessness of the human heart, each in its own manner, by proposing "ways," comprising teachings, rules of life, and sacred rites. [B][U][COLOR=red]The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions[/COLOR][/U][/B]. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life, those precepts and teachings which, though differing in many aspects from the ones she holds and sets forth, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men...The Church, therefore, exhorts her sons, that through dialogue and collaboration with the followers of other religions, carried out with prudence and love and in witness to the Christian faith and life, they recognize, preserve and promote the good things, spiritual and moral, as well as the socio-cultural values found among these men."[/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=2]Much love to you my dear brother :whatzpointkudi:[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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