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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="Astroboy" data-source="post: 86904" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px">Analogy of the Sky</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.puresilence.org/fall.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> There is a vastness within you. It is an infinite space of awareness of being this very moment. It is always here, always free and always tranquil. This is the core of your own being, which is really the core of Being itself. By stopping everything this moment you can come across this miracle. This shift of perception is very subtle but once noticed it changes lives and frees minds forever. The secret is that You must notice it for yourself; no one can do it for you: not me, not Buddha, not Jesus, no one but you yourself. What you must notice is the unchanging reality within you which has always been and will forever be. It is rather like the sky above.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> The sky appears above us and yet there is really no above at all, no, it is all around us. It appears blue sometimes; unless it is crowded with clouds and rain. It is simply clear atmosphere. Yet we know it is always there. It really has no color or shape and yet all shapes are visible when silhouetted against it. All colors are compared to it as its unmistakable blueness outshines all else and yet we can live an entire day and not see the sky at all. Instead, we can be distracted by everything else, by all the things in front of us, passing by. Those things around us are often so beautiful, so enchanting, we can miss the sky itself. Those things around us can be so ugly and so outright disturbing, the sky is not even noticed. How then do we see this sky? By merely turning our attention ever so </span><span style="font-size: 18px">slightly</span><span style="font-size: 18px"> from the particular subjects themselves, the circumstances, and instead allow our gaze to gently move beyond to the sky-the background of all. This is the analogy of realizing or attending to pure silence within. </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px"> Again, this is so simple it can appear disturbing, even ridiculous. In this moment, right now, right here, relax into the ever-present state of gentle peace and openness within. Simply allow the thoughts to subside and notice from where they have come and to where they go and very gradually you will come to rest in that space, that silence within. Now simply return to this as often as you can or wish.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"> <span style="font-size: 18px">The sky appears blue and vast and infinite, and so it is with this pure silence. Once discovered, life begins anew.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">"Look for the vastness within and do not be afraid of what you find for you will find that which you already are."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 86904, member: 4990"] [CENTER][SIZE=6]Analogy of the Sky[/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.puresilence.org/fall.JPG[/IMG][/CENTER] [LEFT] [SIZE=5] There is a vastness within you. It is an infinite space of awareness of being this very moment. It is always here, always free and always tranquil. This is the core of your own being, which is really the core of Being itself. By stopping everything this moment you can come across this miracle. This shift of perception is very subtle but once noticed it changes lives and frees minds forever. The secret is that You must notice it for yourself; no one can do it for you: not me, not Buddha, not Jesus, no one but you yourself. What you must notice is the unchanging reality within you which has always been and will forever be. It is rather like the sky above.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5] The sky appears above us and yet there is really no above at all, no, it is all around us. It appears blue sometimes; unless it is crowded with clouds and rain. It is simply clear atmosphere. Yet we know it is always there. It really has no color or shape and yet all shapes are visible when silhouetted against it. All colors are compared to it as its unmistakable blueness outshines all else and yet we can live an entire day and not see the sky at all. Instead, we can be distracted by everything else, by all the things in front of us, passing by. Those things around us are often so beautiful, so enchanting, we can miss the sky itself. Those things around us can be so ugly and so outright disturbing, the sky is not even noticed. How then do we see this sky? By merely turning our attention ever so [/SIZE][SIZE=5]slightly[/SIZE][SIZE=5] from the particular subjects themselves, the circumstances, and instead allow our gaze to gently move beyond to the sky-the background of all. This is the analogy of realizing or attending to pure silence within. [/SIZE] [SIZE=5] Again, this is so simple it can appear disturbing, even ridiculous. In this moment, right now, right here, relax into the ever-present state of gentle peace and openness within. Simply allow the thoughts to subside and notice from where they have come and to where they go and very gradually you will come to rest in that space, that silence within. Now simply return to this as often as you can or wish.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]The sky appears blue and vast and infinite, and so it is with this pure silence. Once discovered, life begins anew.[/SIZE][/LEFT] [CENTER][SIZE=5]"Look for the vastness within and do not be afraid of what you find for you will find that which you already are."[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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