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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
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Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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Chhant (843-848)
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Gurbani (859-869)
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Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
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Bara Maha (1107-1110)
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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
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Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
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Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Partaal (1265-1273)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
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Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
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Gurmat Vichar - Discussions
Part III Liberation Mukti-Niravan
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<blockquote data-quote="Sikh80" data-source="post: 63054" data-attributes="member: 5290"><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">III-1</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Alternate Routes to liberation</span></span></strong></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">00</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">With the limited knowledge / intellect and the inputs received, it is my firm belief that one can get ‘Naam’ with patience and understanding self and the nature. It is through self- realization that one can realize Him. ‘Naam’ and ‘sabad’ are the two most important terms that has appeared in Gurbani literature. However, it seems that not enough can be stated on this as the material is scant and the persons who have been blessed with such a jewel [or the blessed state of mind] are fairly limited. After listening to Gyani Maskeen ji today morning, it became apparent that Gurmukhs who have realized HIM would only be few. I do not know any person who would state that one has received the grace. May be it is out of humility that person do not talk of this or admit so.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">01</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">This is not to suggest that the Sikhism has only one route available. ‘Naam’/’sabad’ may be the pen ultimate stage of liberation or merger. Dhan Sri Guru Granth sahib ji has various places indicated in more than one ways that suggests that one can reach the goal with confidence by following the edicts contained in Granth Sahib ji. It is the way that one looks at. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">We are all contemporarian undertaking this journey of life. No one is superior or inferior. We all have all the nuts and bolts that were produced and fitted in HIS workshop. He is the artist and the Creator; we are just like his paintings, all of us are entitled for the best that HE has to bless us with. None can be advisor. Our sole and single Guru is SGGS ji. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">ijs no ik®pw krY iqsu Awpn nwmu dyie ] </span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">[He Himself gives His Name to those, upon whom He bestows His Mercy.]</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">02.</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><span style="color: blue">No Sadhoo and no saint unless he falls within the definition as contained in SGGS ji, if there is some sadhoo and saint we shall meet Him if HE so directs to me and not otherwise.</span></em></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">03.</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Howsoever, knowledgeable one may be the above is a stated fact of Granth sahib ji. I may be an ignorant so far as the Gurbani is concerned but the above words infuse lot of confidence whenever I read these lines or when I feel discouraged by the various advisors and critiques and by their so called statements and pieces of advices. There are some experiences that I would like to share with you over a period of time. But if you are the one who is seriously pursuing Sikhism, do it with full force. He shall caste HIS glance when we are worthy of it. Let us try to be worthy of HIS glance. Let us beg for Mercy in collective manner that HE listens to us. If any living being has the courage to disappoint I have ten times the courage to beg for His mercy and beg for the mercy for the one who causes me to be in that state. I have started maintaining a diary and keep on putting on gems like above. The above line may not a stand- alone and may be pre-conditioned. His grace and Mercy cannot be pre-conditioned. It is HIS glance and Mercy that we come here and it will be with HIS glance that we shall depart. I am counting a few of the ways that should lead to the achievement of the elevated state of affairs. Let us analyse the bani and that has been stated in SGGs ji in this regard.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">04</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Bani-Sachi Bani- Significance therof</span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">siqgur kI bwxI siq siq kir jwxhu gurisKhu hir krqw Awip muhhu kFwey ] </span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipiHeavy'">(308-5, gauVI, mÚ 4)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">[O GurSikhs, know that the Bani, the Word of the True Guru, is true, absolutely true. The Creator Lord Himself causes the Guru to chant it.]</span></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Comments:</span></span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">In the above it has been emphasized that Bani, as contained in The SGGS, is a word from the Mouth of Almighty and everything contained in it is all but Truth and Sat. Bani is the recorded form of the hymns and the teachings of the Guru’s as contained in the sikh scriptures and by following the Bani one can find the destination Sachkhand. There are many who will try to deviate by showing that what we are doing is not the right way but carry on the way you feel is accorded and approved by the scripture, there is no one to tell us that what we practice is wrong. Anything done as per the SGGS ji is approved irrespective of the fact whether we have been blessed with ‘Naam’ or not. That stage will follow automatically. For me ‘Naam’ is ‘waheguru’. You may select that suits you. None dare suggest that what is to be done is to be incorrect. One need not listen to even the best commentator if his comments causes you to deviate from the truth or makes one sad for some time. If one slanders it would be his own fate and destiny. Let us see as to how the Guru Sahibans have condemned slandering. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px">05.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">Slandering and Condemnation</span></span></span></em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">ikrqu inMdk kw Duir hI pieAw</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The fate of the slanderer is pre-ordained from the very beginning of time.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'"> nwnk jo iqsu BwvY soeI iQAw </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue">[O Nanak, whatever pleases God's Will comes to pass.]</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">E&OE</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sikh80, post: 63054, member: 5290"] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]III-1[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]Alternate Routes to liberation[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]00[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue]With the limited knowledge / intellect and the inputs received, it is my firm belief that one can get ‘Naam’ with patience and understanding self and the nature. It is through self- realization that one can realize Him. ‘Naam’ and ‘sabad’ are the two most important terms that has appeared in Gurbani literature. However, it seems that not enough can be stated on this as the material is scant and the persons who have been blessed with such a jewel [or the blessed state of mind] are fairly limited. After listening to Gyani Maskeen ji today morning, it became apparent that Gurmukhs who have realized HIM would only be few. I do not know any person who would state that one has received the grace. May be it is out of humility that person do not talk of this or admit so.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]01[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue]This is not to suggest that the Sikhism has only one route available. ‘Naam’/’sabad’ may be the pen ultimate stage of liberation or merger. Dhan Sri Guru Granth sahib ji has various places indicated in more than one ways that suggests that one can reach the goal with confidence by following the edicts contained in Granth Sahib ji. It is the way that one looks at. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue]We are all contemporarian undertaking this journey of life. No one is superior or inferior. We all have all the nuts and bolts that were produced and fitted in HIS workshop. He is the artist and the Creator; we are just like his paintings, all of us are entitled for the best that HE has to bless us with. None can be advisor. Our sole and single Guru is SGGS ji. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=windowtext][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=windowtext][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick][SIZE=5][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]ijs no ik®pw krY iqsu Awpn nwmu dyie ] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue][He Himself gives His Name to those, upon whom He bestows His Mercy.][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]02.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][I][COLOR=blue]No Sadhoo and no saint unless he falls within the definition as contained in SGGS ji, if there is some sadhoo and saint we shall meet Him if HE so directs to me and not otherwise.[/COLOR][/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]03.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue]Howsoever, knowledgeable one may be the above is a stated fact of Granth sahib ji. I may be an ignorant so far as the Gurbani is concerned but the above words infuse lot of confidence whenever I read these lines or when I feel discouraged by the various advisors and critiques and by their so called statements and pieces of advices. There are some experiences that I would like to share with you over a period of time. But if you are the one who is seriously pursuing Sikhism, do it with full force. He shall caste HIS glance when we are worthy of it. Let us try to be worthy of HIS glance. Let us beg for Mercy in collective manner that HE listens to us. If any living being has the courage to disappoint I have ten times the courage to beg for His mercy and beg for the mercy for the one who causes me to be in that state. I have started maintaining a diary and keep on putting on gems like above. The above line may not a stand- alone and may be pre-conditioned. His grace and Mercy cannot be pre-conditioned. It is HIS glance and Mercy that we come here and it will be with HIS glance that we shall depart. I am counting a few of the ways that should lead to the achievement of the elevated state of affairs. Let us analyse the bani and that has been stated in SGGs ji in this regard.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]04[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue]Bani-Sachi Bani- Significance therof[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [COLOR=windowtext][/COLOR] [COLOR=windowtext][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]siqgur kI bwxI siq siq kir jwxhu gurisKhu hir krqw Awip muhhu kFwey ] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=AnmolLipiHeavy](308-5, gauVI, mÚ 4)[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][O GurSikhs, know that the Bani, the Word of the True Guru, is true, absolutely true. The Creator Lord Himself causes the Guru to chant it.][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]Comments:[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]In the above it has been emphasized that Bani, as contained in The SGGS, is a word from the Mouth of Almighty and everything contained in it is all but Truth and Sat. Bani is the recorded form of the hymns and the teachings of the Guru’s as contained in the sikh scriptures and by following the Bani one can find the destination Sachkhand. There are many who will try to deviate by showing that what we are doing is not the right way but carry on the way you feel is accorded and approved by the scripture, there is no one to tell us that what we practice is wrong. Anything done as per the SGGS ji is approved irrespective of the fact whether we have been blessed with ‘Naam’ or not. That stage will follow automatically. For me ‘Naam’ is ‘waheguru’. You may select that suits you. None dare suggest that what is to be done is to be incorrect. One need not listen to even the best commentator if his comments causes you to deviate from the truth or makes one sad for some time. If one slanders it would be his own fate and destiny. Let us see as to how the Guru Sahibans have condemned slandering. [/COLOR][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2]05.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue]Slandering and Condemnation[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B] [COLOR=windowtext][/COLOR] [COLOR=windowtext][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]ikrqu inMdk kw Duir hI pieAw[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=2]The fate of the slanderer is pre-ordained from the very beginning of time.[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=windowtext][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick] nwnk jo iqsu BwvY soeI iQAw [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT='Times New Roman'][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue][O Nanak, whatever pleases God's Will comes to pass.][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT='Times New Roman']E&OE[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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