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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_member15" data-source="post: 165329" data-attributes="member: 17438"><p>My dear brother Tiger ji mundahug</p><p> </p><p>Thank you for your reply! I appreciate your kind words! </p><p> </p><p>Yes we are all Sikhs - students, learners sitting before Waheguru within our hearts, trying our best to align our will with Him. </p><p> </p><p>Do you know that the Catholic perspective is that <em>spiritually </em>everyone is baptised by love, by their adherence to the Will of God as known to their conscience <em>into the Catholic Church and is therefore a spiritual Catholic</em>? </p><p> </p><p>You see our two beautiful, holy, divinely inspired religions compliment each other. I see in you a wonderful Catholic, and you see in me a Sikh! </p><p> </p><p>We are both devoted to our respective religions, and yet neither of us is blind to the equality of religious progress and the inspired truth that we find in both of our religions. </p><p> </p><p>I see the Holy Spirit fully at work in Sikhism. </p><p> </p><p>Indeed I am convinced that the majority of Sikhs are better Catholics and better Christians than many Catholics. This is because I feel that there is <em>poor education </em>in Catholic Churches today. Catholic schools do not educate children properly in their religion, and there is a real shortage of priests, which means a shortage of great preachers. </p><p> </p><p>I think that you have hit on something very true, and very important. </p><p> </p><p>For example, some Catholics, despite what the Pope says,could most likely be influenced by Western culture and think that heaven is a place, when the Catholic faith teaches the opposite. And yet the average Sikh knows full well that heaven is not a place - and so is closer to the true spirit of Catholicism than the average Catholic, since he is better educated in his faith and more enlightened in this respect. </p><p> </p><p>I find so much to love, cherish and respect in Sikhism. I would encourage all Catholics to study the Sikh faith, since I think that it would open their eyes more fully to the true teachings of their own faith, that has never been taught to them because it is resigned to the seminaries and the clergy. </p><p> </p><p>I think that one day, I am going to become a member of the Dominican Order - the Order of Preachers - as a lay preacher, and re-educate ordinary Catholics in their faith, and spread the Truth around. </p><p> </p><p>That is my plan anyways peacesignkaur</p><p> </p><p>I look forward to learning more and more about Sikhism. I have found nothing in Sikhi that I don't agree with. And I believe firmly that the Sikh Gurus were inspired and that the Guru Granth Sahib ji is a genuine book inspired by the Holy Spirit. I thus accept the Gurus and believe them to be exactly what they claimed to be. </p><p> </p><p>And yet I believe firmly in Christ and all the dogmas of my Church. And so because I owe my allegiance to Catholicism, I am not a <em>formal </em>Sikh even though I believe in One Immortal Being; in the ten Gurus,<span style="color: black"> from Guru Nanak Dev to Sri Guru Gobind Singh; in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji; in the teachings of the ten Gurus and in the validity for Sikhs of the the baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru. However the last requirement of the <em>Rehat Maryada</em> is where I fail the test, because I owe my allegiance to Catholicism and also fully believe in every dogma and doctrine of my faith, including the Trinity and the Incarnation. This is right of the Sikh faith, as with any religion, to have this last requirement since it prevents syncretism. </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">And so yes I am 100% a Sikh in the way you describe, as we all are even if not formally because of the inability of me agreeing to the last requirement. There is only one religion, ultimately, in the diversity of religious rites/faiths. Of that religion, of that philosophy, we are all members/followers and absolutely all brothers/sisters. </span></p><p> </p><p>I regard you in the same way vis-a-vis Catholicism ie not a formal Catholic but a spiritual member of the Church. </p><p> </p><p>So as confusing as that might be, I am a Catholic who also fully believes in Sikhism in every way! I think that this is a testament to the true lack of doctrine in Sikhism that I, a non-Sikh, can regard myself as in some way also a Sikh and can agree with practically everything Sikhism teaches, without feeling as if that compromises my Catholic faith. </p><p> </p><p>So yes, its a strange situation to be in but I do believe in the divine inspiration of all faiths, even if I have a particular "soft" spot for Sikhi. </p><p> </p><p>And you know what? I feel like this is perfectly fine from a Sikh perspective, from Guru's perspective, since the Granth teaches that there are many paths and ways to God. Catholicism is one of them and that's my path - but that doesn't mean that I can't recognise the same truth and equality of the other paths to God! </p><p> </p><p>In the end we will all ascend the same Mountain and reach the same summit!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the <em>Sukhmani</em> (<em>Ashtpadi</em>, 3, <em>Pauri</em> 8), Guru Arjun Dev affirms: </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><em>Of all Religions the best Religion is:</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><em>To utter the Holy Name with adoration,</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><em>And to do good deeds.</em></strong></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In my honest opinion we are both, my dear brother, already members of that one, common, universal religion of the Naam/Word! </p><p> </p><p>I identify this religion with Catholicism, and you identify it with Sikhism. In this way I see all people of good will as in some way, spiritually Catholic whilst you see all people of good will as spiritually Sikhs. </p><p> </p><p>And so we are one - followers of the same religion, if that makes sense!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member15, post: 165329, member: 17438"] My dear brother Tiger ji mundahug Thank you for your reply! I appreciate your kind words! Yes we are all Sikhs - students, learners sitting before Waheguru within our hearts, trying our best to align our will with Him. Do you know that the Catholic perspective is that [I]spiritually [/I]everyone is baptised by love, by their adherence to the Will of God as known to their conscience [I]into the Catholic Church and is therefore a spiritual Catholic[/I]? You see our two beautiful, holy, divinely inspired religions compliment each other. I see in you a wonderful Catholic, and you see in me a Sikh! We are both devoted to our respective religions, and yet neither of us is blind to the equality of religious progress and the inspired truth that we find in both of our religions. I see the Holy Spirit fully at work in Sikhism. Indeed I am convinced that the majority of Sikhs are better Catholics and better Christians than many Catholics. This is because I feel that there is [I]poor education [/I]in Catholic Churches today. Catholic schools do not educate children properly in their religion, and there is a real shortage of priests, which means a shortage of great preachers. I think that you have hit on something very true, and very important. For example, some Catholics, despite what the Pope says,could most likely be influenced by Western culture and think that heaven is a place, when the Catholic faith teaches the opposite. And yet the average Sikh knows full well that heaven is not a place - and so is closer to the true spirit of Catholicism than the average Catholic, since he is better educated in his faith and more enlightened in this respect. I find so much to love, cherish and respect in Sikhism. I would encourage all Catholics to study the Sikh faith, since I think that it would open their eyes more fully to the true teachings of their own faith, that has never been taught to them because it is resigned to the seminaries and the clergy. I think that one day, I am going to become a member of the Dominican Order - the Order of Preachers - as a lay preacher, and re-educate ordinary Catholics in their faith, and spread the Truth around. That is my plan anyways peacesignkaur I look forward to learning more and more about Sikhism. I have found nothing in Sikhi that I don't agree with. And I believe firmly that the Sikh Gurus were inspired and that the Guru Granth Sahib ji is a genuine book inspired by the Holy Spirit. I thus accept the Gurus and believe them to be exactly what they claimed to be. And yet I believe firmly in Christ and all the dogmas of my Church. And so because I owe my allegiance to Catholicism, I am not a [I]formal [/I]Sikh even though I believe in One Immortal Being; in the ten Gurus,[COLOR=black] from Guru Nanak Dev to Sri Guru Gobind Singh; in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji; in the teachings of the ten Gurus and in the validity for Sikhs of the the baptism bequeathed by the tenth Guru. However the last requirement of the [I]Rehat Maryada[/I] is where I fail the test, because I owe my allegiance to Catholicism and also fully believe in every dogma and doctrine of my faith, including the Trinity and the Incarnation. This is right of the Sikh faith, as with any religion, to have this last requirement since it prevents syncretism. [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]And so yes I am 100% a Sikh in the way you describe, as we all are even if not formally because of the inability of me agreeing to the last requirement. There is only one religion, ultimately, in the diversity of religious rites/faiths. Of that religion, of that philosophy, we are all members/followers and absolutely all brothers/sisters. [/COLOR] I regard you in the same way vis-a-vis Catholicism ie not a formal Catholic but a spiritual member of the Church. So as confusing as that might be, I am a Catholic who also fully believes in Sikhism in every way! I think that this is a testament to the true lack of doctrine in Sikhism that I, a non-Sikh, can regard myself as in some way also a Sikh and can agree with practically everything Sikhism teaches, without feeling as if that compromises my Catholic faith. So yes, its a strange situation to be in but I do believe in the divine inspiration of all faiths, even if I have a particular "soft" spot for Sikhi. And you know what? I feel like this is perfectly fine from a Sikh perspective, from Guru's perspective, since the Granth teaches that there are many paths and ways to God. Catholicism is one of them and that's my path - but that doesn't mean that I can't recognise the same truth and equality of the other paths to God! In the end we will all ascend the same Mountain and reach the same summit! In the [I]Sukhmani[/I] ([I]Ashtpadi[/I], 3, [I]Pauri[/I] 8), Guru Arjun Dev affirms: [SIZE=3][B][I]Of all Religions the best Religion is:[/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B][I]To utter the Holy Name with adoration,[/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B][I]And to do good deeds.[/I][/B][/SIZE] In my honest opinion we are both, my dear brother, already members of that one, common, universal religion of the Naam/Word! I identify this religion with Catholicism, and you identify it with Sikhism. In this way I see all people of good will as in some way, spiritually Catholic whilst you see all people of good will as spiritually Sikhs. And so we are one - followers of the same religion, if that makes sense! [/QUOTE]
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