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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
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Thintteen (343-344)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
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Gurbani (660-685)
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Chhant (687-691)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
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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)
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Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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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)
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Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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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="Sinister" data-source="post: 56399" data-attributes="member: 2684"><p>Hello,</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">"It is this duality which makes one forget the Lord and attracts the man to wealth, beauty, power, or scholarship". (Soul_Jyot)</span></p><p> </p><p>- I see very little wrong in being attracted to scholarship. In fact the interface through which we communicate now is a product of scholarship and remarkable engineering. To be completely engrossed in scholarship and have complete faith in science may be an arrogant approach to life but in the 21st century it has become the entity which ensures our survival.</p><p> </p><p>"How wrong it is to consider what man cannot obtain from knowledge that it can obtain from the divine" (freudian)</p><p>or</p><p>"The God's help those who help themselves"</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This subject has already been discussed in a thread I started called "Sikhi and Capitalism".</p><p> </p><p>here is my input from "Sikhi and Capitalism":</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><u>I guess "common sense" is the knee-jerk answer to all problems, except it is inadequate of a conclusion considering us Sikhs are very much empiricists and practioners. Common sense is not an innate property but something that is at all times learnt. Common sense is in all regards Knowledge of the performance of a task.</u></em></p><p> </p><p><u><em>and somehow i doubt we can build and irrigate 1000 acre farms from mere innate common sense? </em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>A MOTIVATION MUST BE PRESENT IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN SURVIVAL!!!!</em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>And so again I ask;</em></u></p><p><u><em>What <span style="color: red">force</span> should <span style="color: red">motivate</span> us as Sikhs to sustain ourselves for physical survival if it is not maya (lust for material goods)?..... </em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>example: </em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>1) I get hungary and my stomach lets out a rumble</em></u></p><p><u><em>2) My first recourse is not to pray to God for food or for that matter result to my common senses </em></u></p><p><u><em>3) My first recourse is to lust for food (maya). The lust brings about <span style="color: red">awareness</span> (<span style="color: red">arousal</span>), change in the bodily state and then <span style="color: red">MOTIVATION</span>.</em></u></p><p><u><em>4) The Motivation activates the so called "common senses" (knowledge of how to attain food) </em></u></p><p><u><em>5) I activate all my motor systems </em></u></p><p><u><em>6) I eat!</em></u></p><p><u><em>7) My lust is satisfied, but only temporarily.</em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>refer to Robert C Solomon "as-if loop" of emotion/sensation.</em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em><strong>Scientific Proof: Mice injected with Obestatin (a hormone that supresses the region of the brain that has gastrin receptor (a hormone that initiates hunger sensation)) refuse to eat and die becasue of a lack of motivation to feed. The mice have not forgotten how to eat they just dont eat because they beleive they are full!</strong></em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>Humanity is not sustained only upon common sense but also motivation and lust. Unless Motivation/Lust are a part of the vague term of "COMMON SENSE"</em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>A question so simple yet at the same time so complex?</em></u></p><p><u><em>I have been reading Gurbaani and trying to figure this one out on my own but have not come across anything....most of the stuff i have come across is distinctly a negative portrait of maya (aka lust).</em></u></p><p><u><em><span style="color: red">Although Maya it seems is the the duality of humanity : It is responsible for both misery and sustenance</span>!</em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>why is sikhism so against it, is what is so baffling!</em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>And I find it hard to beleive that a human does not have a "lust" for survival </em></u></p><p><u><em>All my arguments are further expressed by Robert C. Solomon in a paper of psychology : "From emotions and Choice" (a good read)</em></u></p><p><u><em>The Mice experiments are also true being performed by leading endocrinologist of our time there are a couple of leading papers on obestatin (their thinking on using it to shave the fat off Americans...hehe). </em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>It seems that the more sceince develops the more we become materialistic and the more Religion loses ground and authority. Especially when we have discoveries in the neurological sciences. </em></u></p><p> </p><p><u><em>I will try to read more Religious texts but I need somewhere to start and much more clarification!</em></u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinister, post: 56399, member: 2684"] Hello, [COLOR=#000080]"It is this duality which makes one forget the Lord and attracts the man to wealth, beauty, power, or scholarship". (Soul_Jyot)[/COLOR] - I see very little wrong in being attracted to scholarship. In fact the interface through which we communicate now is a product of scholarship and remarkable engineering. To be completely engrossed in scholarship and have complete faith in science may be an arrogant approach to life but in the 21st century it has become the entity which ensures our survival. "How wrong it is to consider what man cannot obtain from knowledge that it can obtain from the divine" (freudian) or "The God's help those who help themselves" This subject has already been discussed in a thread I started called "Sikhi and Capitalism". here is my input from "Sikhi and Capitalism": [I][U]I guess "common sense" is the knee-jerk answer to all problems, except it is inadequate of a conclusion considering us Sikhs are very much empiricists and practioners. Common sense is not an innate property but something that is at all times learnt. Common sense is in all regards Knowledge of the performance of a task.[/U][/I] [U][I]and somehow i doubt we can build and irrigate 1000 acre farms from mere innate common sense? [/I][/U] [U][I]A MOTIVATION MUST BE PRESENT IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN SURVIVAL!!!![/I][/U] [U][I]And so again I ask;[/I][/U] [U][I]What [COLOR=red]force[/COLOR] should [COLOR=red]motivate[/COLOR] us as Sikhs to sustain ourselves for physical survival if it is not maya (lust for material goods)?..... [/I][/U] [U][I]example: [/I][/U] [U][I]1) I get hungary and my stomach lets out a rumble[/I][/U] [U][I]2) My first recourse is not to pray to God for food or for that matter result to my common senses [/I][/U] [U][I]3) My first recourse is to lust for food (maya). The lust brings about [COLOR=red]awareness[/COLOR] ([COLOR=red]arousal[/COLOR]), change in the bodily state and then [COLOR=red]MOTIVATION[/COLOR].[/I][/U] [U][I]4) The Motivation activates the so called "common senses" (knowledge of how to attain food) [/I][/U] [U][I]5) I activate all my motor systems [/I][/U] [U][I]6) I eat![/I][/U] [U][I]7) My lust is satisfied, but only temporarily.[/I][/U] [U][I]refer to Robert C Solomon "as-if loop" of emotion/sensation.[/I][/U] [U][I][B]Scientific Proof: Mice injected with Obestatin (a hormone that supresses the region of the brain that has gastrin receptor (a hormone that initiates hunger sensation)) refuse to eat and die becasue of a lack of motivation to feed. The mice have not forgotten how to eat they just dont eat because they beleive they are full![/B][/I][/U] [U][I]Humanity is not sustained only upon common sense but also motivation and lust. Unless Motivation/Lust are a part of the vague term of "COMMON SENSE"[/I][/U] [U][I]A question so simple yet at the same time so complex?[/I][/U] [U][I]I have been reading Gurbaani and trying to figure this one out on my own but have not come across anything....most of the stuff i have come across is distinctly a negative portrait of maya (aka lust).[/I][/U] [U][I][COLOR=red]Although Maya it seems is the the duality of humanity : It is responsible for both misery and sustenance[/COLOR]![/I][/U] [U][I]why is sikhism so against it, is what is so baffling![/I][/U] [U][I]And I find it hard to beleive that a human does not have a "lust" for survival [/I][/U] [U][I]All my arguments are further expressed by Robert C. Solomon in a paper of psychology : "From emotions and Choice" (a good read)[/I][/U] [U][I]The Mice experiments are also true being performed by leading endocrinologist of our time there are a couple of leading papers on obestatin (their thinking on using it to shave the fat off Americans...hehe). [/I][/U] [U][I]It seems that the more sceince develops the more we become materialistic and the more Religion loses ground and authority. Especially when we have discoveries in the neurological sciences. [/I][/U] [U][I]I will try to read more Religious texts but I need somewhere to start and much more clarification![/I][/U] [/QUOTE]
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