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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="Astroboy" data-source="post: 86860" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">Reverential Silence</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.puresilence.org/revere2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 18px">On a very practical level, think of the times in your life when silence, even mere physical, auditory silence has been prominent or evident. Have you ever been to a funeral? Do you remember how thick, how reverential the silence was, especially near the gravesite before the burial of a friend or a loved one? The silence was probably filled with a lot of emotion, perhaps sorrow, perhaps fear.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> Or how about when you had ever fallen in love, do you remember a moment looking in your beloved's eyes? Remember a gaze, eye to eye without speaking a word. Was there silence then? Was that special? What was that?</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> Or what about the silence during Church, or Synagogue or in a Mosque, or in a temple, or even in a court room? Is there a reason for that silence? Silence is respectful and reverential. Why and how is that? It is in every culture, every faith, every tradition, indeed, every species of life.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> Pure Silence has always been there in these events and others, as well. Sometimes the silence is deafening, sometimes very uncomfortable. Imagine yourself at an important gathering or formal meeting, imagine a speaker who stood at the podium, looked up at the audience and did not say anything. I'm sure you would feel very uncomfortable. Most people would. Why? Why in all of the above examples of silence do humans act a certain way? What is it about silence, even the silence of no sound? There must be something to this. Please, for yourself investigate this very well.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> Go to some beautiful scene in nature: a mountain, the ocean, a river, the sky; go to any scene and see what is there. Awe and wonder are found in the silence of the moment. It is as if the mountain or ocean or sky actually speak to us in the silence; they speak to us of their beauty, their wonder. You must try this if you have never done this before. You will see what it is I am saying.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> Physical silence is a most profound thing and this is only the fringe, the edge, a small facet of that which encompasses even this, that which is Pure Silence itself, that which is the whole itself. That which is is-ness itself.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> "Silence is Golden." Is it??? or is it much more than that???</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 86860, member: 4990"] [CENTER][SIZE=6]Reverential Silence[/SIZE][/CENTER] [CENTER][IMG]http://www.puresilence.org/revere2.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [LEFT][SIZE=5]On a very practical level, think of the times in your life when silence, even mere physical, auditory silence has been prominent or evident. Have you ever been to a funeral? Do you remember how thick, how reverential the silence was, especially near the gravesite before the burial of a friend or a loved one? The silence was probably filled with a lot of emotion, perhaps sorrow, perhaps fear.[/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT] [SIZE=5] Or how about when you had ever fallen in love, do you remember a moment looking in your beloved's eyes? Remember a gaze, eye to eye without speaking a word. Was there silence then? Was that special? What was that?[/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT] [SIZE=5] Or what about the silence during Church, or Synagogue or in a Mosque, or in a temple, or even in a court room? Is there a reason for that silence? Silence is respectful and reverential. Why and how is that? It is in every culture, every faith, every tradition, indeed, every species of life.[/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT] [SIZE=5] Pure Silence has always been there in these events and others, as well. Sometimes the silence is deafening, sometimes very uncomfortable. Imagine yourself at an important gathering or formal meeting, imagine a speaker who stood at the podium, looked up at the audience and did not say anything. I'm sure you would feel very uncomfortable. Most people would. Why? Why in all of the above examples of silence do humans act a certain way? What is it about silence, even the silence of no sound? There must be something to this. Please, for yourself investigate this very well.[/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT] [SIZE=5] Go to some beautiful scene in nature: a mountain, the ocean, a river, the sky; go to any scene and see what is there. Awe and wonder are found in the silence of the moment. It is as if the mountain or ocean or sky actually speak to us in the silence; they speak to us of their beauty, their wonder. You must try this if you have never done this before. You will see what it is I am saying.[/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT] [SIZE=5] Physical silence is a most profound thing and this is only the fringe, the edge, a small facet of that which encompasses even this, that which is Pure Silence itself, that which is the whole itself. That which is is-ness itself.[/SIZE][/LEFT] [LEFT] [SIZE=5] "Silence is Golden." Is it??? or is it much more than that???[/SIZE][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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