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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="Sinister" data-source="post: 90573" data-attributes="member: 2684"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: black">WOW tuff crowd here!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: black">I wanted to say something along these lines but i guess it came out wrong with a rather clownish post on high-five's. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: black">I think people should have the freedom to do what they want, and what we think is right. The clichés are the ways in which we designate 'appropriate behaviours'. With a tremendous amount of vigor and skill we divide sacred from the profane even with gestures. Dos and Donts from authority irritate me.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: black">What makes an honest reaction?…bowing for the sake of bowing does not accomplish anything…if you want to bow … you should be allowed to bow…if you want to do a high five you should be allowed to do a high five. The cliché is the bow itself…anyone who visits the guru should not feel inclined, mandated or obligated to bow. (but this is not the case)...no other gesture of respect would be as acceptable by the sangat or any other institutional sants/cardinals.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: black">I honestly don’t believe in bowing nor do I think it is a natural inclination of some spiritual mind, by any measure…in fact I view it as the opposite, unnatural. for example, Looking up at the night sky is an extraordinarily humbling spiritual experience that makes many “all tingly inside”…but we or I never bow to the sky nor have I felt week in my limbs while gazing with awe and appreciation.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: black">I think a bow, for most, is more about submission than showing humility. It’s history is so formal and so cold. Ordinary peasants did it when they surrendered to the corrupt authority of kings and nobles. So bowing is still not 'cool' with me even if it is a display of humility … it can just be a symbolic show similar to how pk70 described a high-five, full of some conceit and mostly fear (pascals wager). Humility comes when someone sits down and develops patience and like pk70 said develops curiosity. When humility arrives it will not be distinguishable with grand ritualized symbolic gestures like bowing. It will be far more discrete and will be seen in smaller almost sub-conscious expressions of curiosity, like a question or a peep over the shoulder (that is spirituality). If you were to go up to an idol and give it a great big bear hug, I </span><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: black">would be more inclined to call that person spiritually dedicated (but then again even a hug can be superficial just like a bow or a high five).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: black">opinions are opinions</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">we can disagree without being disagreeable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="color: black">Nudge Nudge, wink wink, say no more?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #5b5b5b"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinister, post: 90573, member: 2684"] [FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=black]WOW tuff crowd here![/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=black]I wanted to say something along these lines but i guess it came out wrong with a rather clownish post on high-five's. [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=black]I think people should have the freedom to do what they want, and what we think is right. The clichés are the ways in which we designate 'appropriate behaviours'. With a tremendous amount of vigor and skill we divide sacred from the profane even with gestures. Dos and Donts from authority irritate me.[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=black]What makes an honest reaction?…bowing for the sake of bowing does not accomplish anything…if you want to bow … you should be allowed to bow…if you want to do a high five you should be allowed to do a high five. The cliché is the bow itself…anyone who visits the guru should not feel inclined, mandated or obligated to bow. (but this is not the case)...no other gesture of respect would be as acceptable by the sangat or any other institutional sants/cardinals.[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=black]I honestly don’t believe in bowing nor do I think it is a natural inclination of some spiritual mind, by any measure…in fact I view it as the opposite, unnatural. for example, Looking up at the night sky is an extraordinarily humbling spiritual experience that makes many “all tingly inside”…but we or I never bow to the sky nor have I felt week in my limbs while gazing with awe and appreciation.[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]I think a bow, for most, is more about submission than showing humility. It’s history is so formal and so cold. Ordinary peasants did it when they surrendered to the corrupt authority of kings and nobles. So bowing is still not 'cool' with me even if it is a display of humility … it can just be a symbolic show similar to how pk70 described a high-five, full of some conceit and mostly fear (pascals wager). Humility comes when someone sits down and develops patience and like pk70 said develops curiosity. When humility arrives it will not be distinguishable with grand ritualized symbolic gestures like bowing. It will be far more discrete and will be seen in smaller almost sub-conscious expressions of curiosity, like a question or a peep over the shoulder (that is spirituality). If you were to go up to an idol and give it a great big bear hug, I [/COLOR][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=black]would be more inclined to call that person spiritually dedicated (but then again even a hug can be superficial just like a bow or a high five).[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=black]opinions are opinions[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=black][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma]we can disagree without being disagreeable.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#5b5b5b][COLOR=#5b5b5b][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Arial Black][COLOR=black]Nudge Nudge, wink wink, say no more?[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/COLOR][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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