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ਜਪੁ | Jup
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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 19473" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Meditators have thicker brains</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff">study says: The popular mental exercise may increase grey matter, U.S. researchers say</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sharon Kirkey</span><span style="color: #0000ff">CanWest News Service</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Monday, November 14, 2005</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">People who meditate have thicker brains, according to scientists who believe they have found the first structural evidence the popular mental exercise may increase grey matter.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Using magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, Boston researchers found that parts of the brain important for attention and sensory processing, meaning how we take in and make sense of things, were thicker in meditators.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">While all were extensively experienced in Buddhist Insight meditation, "these are normal people with jobs and families" who meditated, on average, 40 minutes per day, said Dr. Jeremy Gray, assistant professor of psychology at Yale University and co-author of the study. "You don't have to be a monk to see these changes in the actual structure of the brain."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The sample size was small, just 35 people. So were the differences in brain thickness.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">"It's not like they grew a new chunk of the brain," Gray said. "These were not huge differences but they were statistically significant. The exciting part was that there was any difference at all."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the MIND Institute and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the research is published in the journal, NeuroReport. It was presented Sunday at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington, D.C.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Earlier research has found Transcendental Meditation lowers blood pressure, reduces cholesterol and hardening of the arteries. A study published in May in the American Journal of Cardiology found Transcendental Meditation reduces death rates by 23 per cent.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">People who meditate report less stress, and scientists have linked long-term stress to shrinking of the part of the brain involved in memory and learning.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">By contrast, meditation might promote brain "plasticity" -- meaning its ability to be moulded or shaped.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Studies, mostly in Buddhist monks, have found meditation changes brain activity as measured by an EEG.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The Boston scientists hypothesized that it might change the brain's actual physical structure, too.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Led by Dr. Sara Lazar, of the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, the researchers measured cortical thickness in 20 people trained in Buddhist Insight meditation, a popular form of the mental exercise that doesn't use mantra or chanting, but rather focuses on "mindfulness", being aware of sensations, feelings and state of mind.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The average age was 38 and people had, on average, nine years of meditation experience. Two were full-time mediation teachers.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">They were matched by age, gender and education to 15 people who had never meditated or done yoga.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">MRI studies found parts of the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain, were thicker in those who meditated.</span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">© The Vancouver Sun 2005</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=d621e44e-8b74-44c6-9522-8b5cccd18df5" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800080"><strong>http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=d621e44e-8b74-44c6-9522-8b5cccd18df5</strong></span></span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 19473, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff]Meditators have thicker brains [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=#0000ff]study says: The popular mental exercise may increase grey matter, U.S. researchers say[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#0000ff]Sharon Kirkey[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]CanWest News Service[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Monday, November 14, 2005[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]People who meditate have thicker brains, according to scientists who believe they have found the first structural evidence the popular mental exercise may increase grey matter.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Using magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, Boston researchers found that parts of the brain important for attention and sensory processing, meaning how we take in and make sense of things, were thicker in meditators.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]While all were extensively experienced in Buddhist Insight meditation, "these are normal people with jobs and families" who meditated, on average, 40 minutes per day, said Dr. Jeremy Gray, assistant professor of psychology at Yale University and co-author of the study. "You don't have to be a monk to see these changes in the actual structure of the brain."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The sample size was small, just 35 people. So were the differences in brain thickness.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]"It's not like they grew a new chunk of the brain," Gray said. "These were not huge differences but they were statistically significant. The exciting part was that there was any difference at all."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the MIND Institute and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the research is published in the journal, NeuroReport. It was presented Sunday at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington, D.C.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Earlier research has found Transcendental Meditation lowers blood pressure, reduces cholesterol and hardening of the arteries. A study published in May in the American Journal of Cardiology found Transcendental Meditation reduces death rates by 23 per cent.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]People who meditate report less stress, and scientists have linked long-term stress to shrinking of the part of the brain involved in memory and learning.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]By contrast, meditation might promote brain "plasticity" -- meaning its ability to be moulded or shaped.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Studies, mostly in Buddhist monks, have found meditation changes brain activity as measured by an EEG.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The Boston scientists hypothesized that it might change the brain's actual physical structure, too.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Led by Dr. Sara Lazar, of the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, the researchers measured cortical thickness in 20 people trained in Buddhist Insight meditation, a popular form of the mental exercise that doesn't use mantra or chanting, but rather focuses on "mindfulness", being aware of sensations, feelings and state of mind.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The average age was 38 and people had, on average, nine years of meditation experience. Two were full-time mediation teachers.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]They were matched by age, gender and education to 15 people who had never meditated or done yoga.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]MRI studies found parts of the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the brain, were thicker in those who meditated.[/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#0000ff]© The Vancouver Sun 2005[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] [URL="http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=d621e44e-8b74-44c6-9522-8b5cccd18df5"][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800080][B]http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=d621e44e-8b74-44c6-9522-8b5cccd18df5[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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