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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
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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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Baavan Akhari (250-262)
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Thittee (296-300)
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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)
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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="Archived_member15" data-source="post: 164886" data-attributes="member: 17438"><p>My dear brother Harry Haller ji peacesignkaur</p><p> </p><p>So very true and so very profoundly expressed! </p><p> </p><p>What you said above brings back fond memories for me, of when I was a child, about ten or eleven, and first read <em>His Dark Materials </em>by the atheist children's author <em>Philip Pullman. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>There is an absolutely stunning bit near the end of that book, which I personally think ascends to such lofty heights that it is truly a classic of world literature, even though expressed through so simple a language so as for a child to understand and in fantasy terminology. In it the two protagonists, Lyra and Will aged 13 and 14, are forced to part ways and sacrifice their love for each other so that they can essentially save the multiverse from collapsing, since they come from different universes and their travelling between the two, in order to meet each other, had damaged and would ultimately destroy the very frabric of the Reality. As they embrace, before parting ways forever, they promise that when they die their Dust particles - which in the book is particles of actual human conciousness which form part of the never-ending, flowing stream of reality - and their body particles will search for one another, floating throughout all the worlds, and find each other hovering over some distant field in another world, where they will join together in eternity. Only in death, will their particles be able to be together and do together what their bodies and hearts were denied in life. </em></p><p> </p><p>As a child this story had a great impact on me and it truly was a "spiritual eye-opener" and I will never forget the fact that it was an atheist/agnostic person who gave me this gift. </p><p> </p><p>When I was older and started reading the Catholic mystics, I found in the writings of Blessed Henry Suso a kind of Christian, much older, mystical, adult counterpart to what Pullman had expressed in that novel and I want to share it with you, if that's alright, since I think (and hope) that it will mean something to you: </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">"...<em>Before my inner eyes I placed myself along with all that I am, with my body, soul and all my powers; and around myself I placed all the creatures that God ever created in the heavens, on earth, and in the four elements, each with its own name, be it the bird of the air, the beast of the forest, the fish of the sea, the foliage and grass of the earth, the countless grains of sand of the sea, and, in addition, the tiny particles of dust reflected in the sunlight and all the drops of water, which as dew, snow or rain have ever fallen or will fall; and I wished that each of them was sending aloft a pleasant stringed melody torn from the essence of my heart and was thus playing a new exhilarating song of praise for the beloved gentle God from eternity to eternity. And then in joy the loving arms of his soul stretched out and reached towards the countless numbers of all these creatures. And his intention was to make them thereby happy, just as when a lusty, hearty lead singer urges his singing companions to sing cheerfully and to raise up their hearts to God...Come now, my dear Loved One, I shall uncover my heart and in this simple nakedness of all createdness I embrace your bare divinity. O you Love surpassing all love! The greatest love of an earthly lover for his beloved does not overcome the separation and difference of lover and beloved. But you, infinite Fullness of all love, flow into the heart of the beloved; you put yourself into the being of the soul, you who are simply All in All, so that not a single particle of the lover remains outside, but is lovingly united to the beloved...What is more, my Beloved One, I add this, the desire of a loving heart, that when my body will be reduced to the smallest particles of dust and covered with stone, some pleasing sound giving praise and glory may rise from every minutest particle, and piercing the hardest stone may rise to the heavens' heights, and may sound the proclamation of a loving praise, my body and my soul, united to one another, [and] may be joined to praise and glorify you eternally</em>..." </span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>- Blessed Henry Suso (1290-1365), Catholic mystic</strong></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member15, post: 164886, member: 17438"] My dear brother Harry Haller ji peacesignkaur So very true and so very profoundly expressed! What you said above brings back fond memories for me, of when I was a child, about ten or eleven, and first read [I]His Dark Materials [/I]by the atheist children's author [I]Philip Pullman. [/I] [I]There is an absolutely stunning bit near the end of that book, which I personally think ascends to such lofty heights that it is truly a classic of world literature, even though expressed through so simple a language so as for a child to understand and in fantasy terminology. In it the two protagonists, Lyra and Will aged 13 and 14, are forced to part ways and sacrifice their love for each other so that they can essentially save the multiverse from collapsing, since they come from different universes and their travelling between the two, in order to meet each other, had damaged and would ultimately destroy the very frabric of the Reality. As they embrace, before parting ways forever, they promise that when they die their Dust particles - which in the book is particles of actual human conciousness which form part of the never-ending, flowing stream of reality - and their body particles will search for one another, floating throughout all the worlds, and find each other hovering over some distant field in another world, where they will join together in eternity. Only in death, will their particles be able to be together and do together what their bodies and hearts were denied in life. [/I] As a child this story had a great impact on me and it truly was a "spiritual eye-opener" and I will never forget the fact that it was an atheist/agnostic person who gave me this gift. When I was older and started reading the Catholic mystics, I found in the writings of Blessed Henry Suso a kind of Christian, much older, mystical, adult counterpart to what Pullman had expressed in that novel and I want to share it with you, if that's alright, since I think (and hope) that it will mean something to you: [SIZE=3]"...[I]Before my inner eyes I placed myself along with all that I am, with my body, soul and all my powers; and around myself I placed all the creatures that God ever created in the heavens, on earth, and in the four elements, each with its own name, be it the bird of the air, the beast of the forest, the fish of the sea, the foliage and grass of the earth, the countless grains of sand of the sea, and, in addition, the tiny particles of dust reflected in the sunlight and all the drops of water, which as dew, snow or rain have ever fallen or will fall; and I wished that each of them was sending aloft a pleasant stringed melody torn from the essence of my heart and was thus playing a new exhilarating song of praise for the beloved gentle God from eternity to eternity. And then in joy the loving arms of his soul stretched out and reached towards the countless numbers of all these creatures. And his intention was to make them thereby happy, just as when a lusty, hearty lead singer urges his singing companions to sing cheerfully and to raise up their hearts to God...Come now, my dear Loved One, I shall uncover my heart and in this simple nakedness of all createdness I embrace your bare divinity. O you Love surpassing all love! The greatest love of an earthly lover for his beloved does not overcome the separation and difference of lover and beloved. But you, infinite Fullness of all love, flow into the heart of the beloved; you put yourself into the being of the soul, you who are simply All in All, so that not a single particle of the lover remains outside, but is lovingly united to the beloved...What is more, my Beloved One, I add this, the desire of a loving heart, that when my body will be reduced to the smallest particles of dust and covered with stone, some pleasing sound giving praise and glory may rise from every minutest particle, and piercing the hardest stone may rise to the heavens' heights, and may sound the proclamation of a loving praise, my body and my soul, united to one another, [and] may be joined to praise and glorify you eternally[/I]..." [/SIZE] [I][SIZE=3][B]- Blessed Henry Suso (1290-1365), Catholic mystic[/B][/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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