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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)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
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Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
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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)
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Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
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Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
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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)
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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
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
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Mundavanee Mehl 5
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<blockquote data-quote="luv4u" data-source="post: 55010" data-attributes="member: 4819"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">Fundamental Of Sikhism</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">CONCEPT OF GOD IN SIKHISM:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The definition of God is given in the very opening sentence of Guru Granth Sahib, which is called Mool-Mantar (Preamble of Japji):</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">There is but One God <br /> He is the Eternal Truth <br /> The Creator, All-Pervading Divine Spirit <br /> Unfearful, Without hate and enmity <br /> Immortal Entity, Unborn, Self-Existent, and<br /> He is realized by His Own Grace.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">Meditate upon <br /> Who was True before the Creation<br /> Who was True in the beginning of the Creation <br /> Who is True now, and <br /> O Nanak, Who shall be True for Ever.</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">As a matter of fact the whole of Guru Granth Sahib is the explanation of the above definition. The Guru elaborates the concept of God in Rag Sorath:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">The Unseen, Infinite, Inaccessible, Inapprehensible God is not subject to death or destiny. <br /> He is of no caste, unborn, self-existent, without fear or doubt.<br /> I am a sacrifice to the Truest of the true.<br /> He hath no form, or color, or outline; <br /> He becometh manifest by the true Word. <br /> He hath no mother, father, son, or kinsman; <br /> He feeleth not lust, and hath no wife <br /> Or family; He is pure, endless, and infinite; all light is Thine, O Lord. <br /> God is concealed in every heart; His light is in every heart.<br /> He whose understanding's adamantine doors are opened by<br /> the Guru's instruction, fixeth his gaze on the Fearless One.<br /> God having created animals made them subject to death, and retained all contrivances in His Own power. <br /> He who serveth the True Guru obtaineth the real boon, and is delivered by repeating the Word.<br /> Truth is contained in pure vessels; few there are whose acts are pure.<br /> By seeking Thy protection, saith Nanak, the soul blendeth with the Supreme Soul. </span><br /> (Sorath Mohalla 1, p-597)</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">God is both Impersonal (Nirgun) and Personal (Sargun). Impersonal God is Formless and beyond the human reach. When He reveals Himself through His Creation, He becomes related and personal. It is just like the rays coming out of the sun. The source is Formless, and the whole universe is His Personal form. No form howsoever unique it may be, is independent of Him. Infinite can manifest into unlimited number of finites, but any number of finites, alone or together, cannot be equal to the Infinite. <strong>So any finite form cannot be worshipped as God, Who is Infinite and Formless:</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">"God is Formless, colorless, markless, <br /> He is casteless, classless, creedless; <br /> His form, hue, shape and garb <br /> Cannot be described by any one, <br /> He is the Spirit of Eternity,<br /> Self-Radiant, He shineth in His Splendor."<br /> </span>(Guru Gobind Singh)</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">God neither takes birth nor does He die:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">"Burnt be the tongue that says<br /> The Lord takes birth and undergoes death." <br /> </span>(Bhairon Mohalla 5, p-1136) </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The Guru warned that he was not God, and those who called him God, should fall into hell:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">"Whosoever calleth me God <br /> May fall into hell." </span><br /> (Guru Gobind Singh)</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">i) God protects His saints and devotees from dangers, unless He wills that their sufferings and martyrdom should serve a higher purpose. To protect the righteous is His Sovereign Characteristic . <span style="color: blue">In the face of some acute dangers, saints have prayed for aid and intervention of God to help them in distress. God came to their help and protected them in a miraculous way</span>. The stories of Prahlad, Dhru and others, and the autobiographic statements of Namdev and Kabir in Guru Granth Sahib, show His Sovereign Power to protect the righteous. Such miracles are part of the doctrine of divine Providence and Preservation. These supernatural miracles of God should be distinguished from the miracles of human beings performed by their occult powers, which in Sikhism are considered dangerous and unbecoming.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">ii)<u><span style="color: darkorange"> 'As you sow, so shall you reap'</span></u>, leads to the <span style="color: darkorange"><u>theory of 'Karma</u></span>', actions, good or bad, where a person is rewarded for his good actions and punished for his bad deeds. Therefore, according to the theory of Karma, a worst sinner will always suffer for his deeds and can never attain salvation. Guru Nanak has rejected this stating that pardoning even the worst sinner is the Sovereign Characteristic (Birdh) of God:</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">"<span style="color: darkorange">Patat pavan prabh birdh tumaro." <br /> (Bilawal Mohalla 5, p-829)</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">'Redeeming the repentant sinner, is Thy Characteristic.'<br /> </span>(Translation of the above)</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The Guru emphasizes that the sinner whom no body affords protection in the whole world, if he surrenders before the Almighty, becomes pure, that is he is blessed by His Grace: </span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">"<span style="color: blue">Jis papi kau milai na dhoee Saran aawai ta nirmal hoee."<br /> </span>(Bhairon Mohalla 5, p-1141)</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">'The sinner who is patronless in the world When surrenders before God, gets deliverance.</span>' <br /> (Translation of the above) </span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The Guru reiterates that to save the saints, to protect the righteous, and even to redeem the repentant sinners is Paramount Characteristic of God.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luv4u, post: 55010, member: 4819"] [B][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]Fundamental Of Sikhism[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]CONCEPT OF GOD IN SIKHISM:[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Georgia]The definition of God is given in the very opening sentence of Guru Granth Sahib, which is called Mool-Mantar (Preamble of Japji):[/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]There is but One God He is the Eternal Truth The Creator, All-Pervading Divine Spirit Unfearful, Without hate and enmity Immortal Entity, Unborn, Self-Existent, and He is realized by His Own Grace.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]Meditate upon Who was True before the Creation Who was True in the beginning of the Creation Who is True now, and O Nanak, Who shall be True for Ever.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia]As a matter of fact the whole of Guru Granth Sahib is the explanation of the above definition. The Guru elaborates the concept of God in Rag Sorath:[/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]The Unseen, Infinite, Inaccessible, Inapprehensible God is not subject to death or destiny. He is of no caste, unborn, self-existent, without fear or doubt. I am a sacrifice to the Truest of the true. He hath no form, or color, or outline; He becometh manifest by the true Word. He hath no mother, father, son, or kinsman; He feeleth not lust, and hath no wife Or family; He is pure, endless, and infinite; all light is Thine, O Lord. God is concealed in every heart; His light is in every heart. He whose understanding's adamantine doors are opened by the Guru's instruction, fixeth his gaze on the Fearless One. God having created animals made them subject to death, and retained all contrivances in His Own power. He who serveth the True Guru obtaineth the real boon, and is delivered by repeating the Word. Truth is contained in pure vessels; few there are whose acts are pure. By seeking Thy protection, saith Nanak, the soul blendeth with the Supreme Soul. [/COLOR] (Sorath Mohalla 1, p-597)[/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia]God is both Impersonal (Nirgun) and Personal (Sargun). Impersonal God is Formless and beyond the human reach. When He reveals Himself through His Creation, He becomes related and personal. It is just like the rays coming out of the sun. The source is Formless, and the whole universe is His Personal form. No form howsoever unique it may be, is independent of Him. Infinite can manifest into unlimited number of finites, but any number of finites, alone or together, cannot be equal to the Infinite. [B]So any finite form cannot be worshipped as God, Who is Infinite and Formless:[/B][/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]"God is Formless, colorless, markless, He is casteless, classless, creedless; His form, hue, shape and garb Cannot be described by any one, He is the Spirit of Eternity, Self-Radiant, He shineth in His Splendor." [/COLOR](Guru Gobind Singh)[/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia]God neither takes birth nor does He die:[/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]"Burnt be the tongue that says The Lord takes birth and undergoes death." [/COLOR](Bhairon Mohalla 5, p-1136) [/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia]The Guru warned that he was not God, and those who called him God, should fall into hell:[/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]"Whosoever calleth me God May fall into hell." [/COLOR] (Guru Gobind Singh)[/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia]i) God protects His saints and devotees from dangers, unless He wills that their sufferings and martyrdom should serve a higher purpose. To protect the righteous is His Sovereign Characteristic . [COLOR=blue]In the face of some acute dangers, saints have prayed for aid and intervention of God to help them in distress. God came to their help and protected them in a miraculous way[/COLOR]. The stories of Prahlad, Dhru and others, and the autobiographic statements of Namdev and Kabir in Guru Granth Sahib, show His Sovereign Power to protect the righteous. Such miracles are part of the doctrine of divine Providence and Preservation. These supernatural miracles of God should be distinguished from the miracles of human beings performed by their occult powers, which in Sikhism are considered dangerous and unbecoming.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]ii)[U][COLOR=darkorange] 'As you sow, so shall you reap'[/COLOR][/U], leads to the [COLOR=darkorange][U]theory of 'Karma[/U][/COLOR]', actions, good or bad, where a person is rewarded for his good actions and punished for his bad deeds. Therefore, according to the theory of Karma, a worst sinner will always suffer for his deeds and can never attain salvation. Guru Nanak has rejected this stating that pardoning even the worst sinner is the Sovereign Characteristic (Birdh) of God:[/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia]"[COLOR=darkorange]Patat pavan prabh birdh tumaro." (Bilawal Mohalla 5, p-829)[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]'Redeeming the repentant sinner, is Thy Characteristic.' [/COLOR](Translation of the above)[/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia]The Guru emphasizes that the sinner whom no body affords protection in the whole world, if he surrenders before the Almighty, becomes pure, that is he is blessed by His Grace: [/FONT] [LIST][FONT=Georgia]"[COLOR=blue]Jis papi kau milai na dhoee Saran aawai ta nirmal hoee." [/COLOR](Bhairon Mohalla 5, p-1141)[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]'The sinner who is patronless in the world When surrenders before God, gets deliverance.[/COLOR]' (Translation of the above) [/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Georgia]The Guru reiterates that to save the saints, to protect the righteous, and even to redeem the repentant sinners is Paramount Characteristic of God. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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