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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
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="singhbj" data-source="post: 86971" data-attributes="member: 5360"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Important Things in Life</span></strong></span><span style="color: #000066"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066"></span><span style="color: #000066">Author: <em>Unknown</em></span> <span style="color: #000066"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.</span> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000066">As he stood in front of the group of high powered overachievers he said,</span> </span><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"Okay, time for a quiz."</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n34jHsvJD_A/SMjibHxvHbI/AAAAAAAAFDg/qHsJwJlo7yo/s1600-h/He.jars.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n34jHsvJD_A/SMjibHxvHbI/AAAAAAAAFDg/qHsJwJlo7yo/s200/He.jars.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><span style="color: #000066">Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, </span><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"Is this jar full?"</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">Everyone in the class said, </span><span style="color: #006600"><strong><em>"Yes."</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">Then he said, </span><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"Really?"</em></strong></span> <span style="color: #000066">He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks.</span> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000066">Then he asked the group once more,</span> </span><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"Is the jar full?"</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">By this time the class was on to him. </span><span style="color: #000066"><strong><em>"Probably not,"</em></strong></span><span style="color: #000066"> one of them answered. </span><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"Good!" </em></strong></span><span style="color: #000066">he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, </span><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"Is this jar full??"</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #006600"><strong><em>"No!" </em></strong></span><span style="color: #000066">the class shouted. Once again he said, </span><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"Good."</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked,</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"What is the point of this illustration?"</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">One eager beaver raised his hand and said, </span><span style="color: #000099"><strong><em>"The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit more things in it!"</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"No,"</em></strong></span><span style="color: #000066"> the speaker replied,</span> <span style="color: #FF0000"><strong><em>"that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all."</em></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">What are the 'big rocks' in your life?</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">WAHEGURU, NAAM SIMRAN, SEWA, and then your partner, your children, your loved ones, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others, doing things that you love, time for yourself, your health etc.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066">Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all. If you sweat the little stuff (the gravel, the sand) then you'll fill your life with little things you worry about that don't really matter, and you'll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff (the big rocks). So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question:</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066"><strong>What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first. </strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #000066"><strong>Source: <a href="http://manvirsingh.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Manvir Singh Khalsa</a></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="singhbj, post: 86971, member: 5360"] [INDENT][COLOR=#000066][B][SIZE=4]Important Things in Life[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000066] [/COLOR][COLOR=#000066]Author: [I]Unknown[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066] One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000066]As he stood in front of the group of high powered overachievers he said,[/COLOR] [/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"Okay, time for a quiz."[/I][/B][/COLOR] [URL="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n34jHsvJD_A/SMjibHxvHbI/AAAAAAAAFDg/qHsJwJlo7yo/s1600-h/He.jars.jpg"][IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n34jHsvJD_A/SMjibHxvHbI/AAAAAAAAFDg/qHsJwJlo7yo/s200/He.jars.jpg[/IMG][/URL][COLOR=#000066]Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, [/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"Is this jar full?"[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]Everyone in the class said, [/COLOR][COLOR=#006600][B][I]"Yes."[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]Then he said, [/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"Really?"[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000066]Then he asked the group once more,[/COLOR] [/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"Is the jar full?"[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]By this time the class was on to him. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000066][B][I]"Probably not,"[/I][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000066] one of them answered. [/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"Good!" [/I][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000066]he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, [/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"Is this jar full??"[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600][B][I]"No!" [/I][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000066]the class shouted. Once again he said, [/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"Good."[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"What is the point of this illustration?"[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]One eager beaver raised his hand and said, [/COLOR][COLOR=#000099][B][I]"The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit more things in it!"[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"No,"[/I][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#000066] the speaker replied,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#FF0000][B][I]"that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all."[/I][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]What are the 'big rocks' in your life?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]WAHEGURU, NAAM SIMRAN, SEWA, and then your partner, your children, your loved ones, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others, doing things that you love, time for yourself, your health etc.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066]Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all. If you sweat the little stuff (the gravel, the sand) then you'll fill your life with little things you worry about that don't really matter, and you'll never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff (the big rocks). So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066][B]What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first. [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066][B][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000066][B]Source: [url=http://manvirsingh.blogspot.com/]Manvir Singh Khalsa[/url][/B][/COLOR] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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