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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="ekmusafir_ajnabi" data-source="post: 50484" data-attributes="member: 4318"><p><span style="color: black">MY OPINION</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">Prayer is a way of expressing your guilt. How can you separate yourself from god in the first place? He is in each of your breath. If you only feel his presence during a prayer then you must be keeping detached from him. This is not worship; this is a sign of weakness. The benefits are only psychological and not spiritual.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">Again the lessons from Guru Granth Sahib ji has been forgotten</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">We are constantly seeking Waheguru for What. - more blessings - more requests. If we were seeking god 24/7 we would not need to pray. There is no way we turn our lives and will to him. We are being hypocritical here. O yes that is true he does hear our daily demands and he does give us what we want. The irony is that we do not live long enough. Our lives are too short our demands are too many and we have to keep taking birth again and again like the never ending story.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">Prayer has a psychological effect on people. We want to blame someone else for the things that are not going right with us. Who would listen and not respond "GOD". If there is no reaction to an action then there is no confrontation. No confrontation leads to peace. We human have it all worked out. </span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">One main answer is we have not earned it yet. Our spiritual bank balance is running low. We need a top up. We do not want to sit down to meditate - it is not exciting. So now at this stage we look for a babba who will perform some magic for us and we will pay him money. We will buy our wishes.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">Another free psychological advantage in the name of spirituality. Again hypocrisy.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">We do prayer bargaining. If we had learned our lessons, accept bhanna, remember his presence in yourself always then we would not be facing this.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">Who is the next person? It is not anybody else but us again. Difference is that the"next person" is a different version than us. We are all generated from the same source. Why do we look for sympathy? Why do we make ourself weak ? We are selfish and lazy. We want someone else to wash our laundry.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">We seem to be moving here into Christianity for another freeby. Babbe nahi mannde te dharam badal lavoo.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">Yes we are all children of god. Each one of us. We as individuals express each of his qualities. We are just a combination of his qualities. Sikhism does not just stop with Father and Mother relationship. He is our "Bandhu" friend. He is our "Bhratta" Brother. Why are we trying to tie ouselves with Christian philosophy? </span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">The above prayer is for those who did not listen to the message of our Guru. Yes a true confession. Love cannot be taught it is an inbuilt mechanism in us. We only need to activate it. We time and again use our own wisdom and then we are asking for his trust. Forgiveness for forgetting?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">The above is all a contradiction to the Sikh Philosophy. We pray for materialistic items. If we remember god always like a pregnant woman doing the daily chores throughout of the day and yet having the feeling that there is someone else with her all the time. As Sikhs of Guru Granth Sahib ji, we should do nishkaam sewa, simran, stay within the will of God, reduce our demands/prayers to god and our sufferings will reduce. We will have more time to do Simran and be with God. When our Bank balance of Simran will increase we will become more spiritually. Our awareness will increase and we will come to realise we were trapped in our own maze. We are the GOD.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">The above is my Blog. It is not meant to upset anyone or any group. As a student of Sikhism this is my awareness. My experience. My Journey. MY OPINION.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ekmusafir_ajnabi, post: 50484, member: 4318"] [COLOR=black]MY OPINION[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Prayer is a way of expressing your guilt. How can you separate yourself from god in the first place? He is in each of your breath. If you only feel his presence during a prayer then you must be keeping detached from him. This is not worship; this is a sign of weakness. The benefits are only psychological and not spiritual.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Again the lessons from Guru Granth Sahib ji has been forgotten[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]We are constantly seeking Waheguru for What. - more blessings - more requests. If we were seeking god 24/7 we would not need to pray. There is no way we turn our lives and will to him. We are being hypocritical here. O yes that is true he does hear our daily demands and he does give us what we want. The irony is that we do not live long enough. Our lives are too short our demands are too many and we have to keep taking birth again and again like the never ending story.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Prayer has a psychological effect on people. We want to blame someone else for the things that are not going right with us. Who would listen and not respond "GOD". If there is no reaction to an action then there is no confrontation. No confrontation leads to peace. We human have it all worked out. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]One main answer is we have not earned it yet. Our spiritual bank balance is running low. We need a top up. We do not want to sit down to meditate - it is not exciting. So now at this stage we look for a babba who will perform some magic for us and we will pay him money. We will buy our wishes.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Another free psychological advantage in the name of spirituality. Again hypocrisy.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]We do prayer bargaining. If we had learned our lessons, accept bhanna, remember his presence in yourself always then we would not be facing this.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Who is the next person? It is not anybody else but us again. Difference is that the"next person" is a different version than us. We are all generated from the same source. Why do we look for sympathy? Why do we make ourself weak ? We are selfish and lazy. We want someone else to wash our laundry.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]We seem to be moving here into Christianity for another freeby. Babbe nahi mannde te dharam badal lavoo.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Yes we are all children of god. Each one of us. We as individuals express each of his qualities. We are just a combination of his qualities. Sikhism does not just stop with Father and Mother relationship. He is our "Bandhu" friend. He is our "Bhratta" Brother. Why are we trying to tie ouselves with Christian philosophy? [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]The above prayer is for those who did not listen to the message of our Guru. Yes a true confession. Love cannot be taught it is an inbuilt mechanism in us. We only need to activate it. We time and again use our own wisdom and then we are asking for his trust. Forgiveness for forgetting?[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]The above is all a contradiction to the Sikh Philosophy. We pray for materialistic items. If we remember god always like a pregnant woman doing the daily chores throughout of the day and yet having the feeling that there is someone else with her all the time. As Sikhs of Guru Granth Sahib ji, we should do nishkaam sewa, simran, stay within the will of God, reduce our demands/prayers to god and our sufferings will reduce. We will have more time to do Simran and be with God. When our Bank balance of Simran will increase we will become more spiritually. Our awareness will increase and we will come to realise we were trapped in our own maze. We are the GOD.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]The above is my Blog. It is not meant to upset anyone or any group. As a student of Sikhism this is my awareness. My experience. My Journey. MY OPINION.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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