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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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_Member5" data-source="post: 90626" data-attributes="member: 2249"><p><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">Prayer, the daily recitation of mool mantra and bani serves to instil in mankind his purpose and meaning of life and living. It is also a reminder to Parmatma and Waheguru, the giver and sustainer of this life force to guide and lead us from the prevailing wickedness, seemingly insurmountable at times. It is a contract between the pure and upright saintly souls who have entrusted and vested their life path to him, and the moral duty of each being to honour their divine parent and uphold Waheguru’s statutes and doctrines.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">This matter of bowing, of prostrating oneself to a deity or Guru is a non issue. ‘’What care I if you bow your head, if you bow not in your heart’’. I think it was spoken by Guru Nanak means for what purpose is a person’s repetitive chanting is he has not fidelity and steadfastness to the Waheguru. Some boast loudly of their good fortune and luck, and voice loudly their prayers, scoff at any who may question them, this is wrong, these scoffers are a hellish breed. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'">The concept of obescience, of submission, of bowing is I feel not fully understood, and a tad misinterpreted. One is able to bow in faith to the integrity of the Bani, or one bows mind and heart because one understands its living word, its meaning, comprehends the truths and guidance in each pearl. The heart and mind incline naturally towards such moral and spiritual sustenance. Any matter of bowing does not arise. It is a concern only for the souls who lack faith or lack understanding, one or the either. Without these two essential mindsets persons simply pay lip service to something they neither understand nor hold faith of, probably because it conflicts with the knowledge thrown at them from modernists, atheists and the uncultured vultures of peace and order. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">These types who lack faith or understanding of the fundamental and deep truth and wisdom of scriptures adhere to the thinking that one should sing praises of a God one neither understands of loves, because if he exists you gain heaven, and if he doesn’t you gain the prestige of being affiliated with the saintly, a veritable Eden in itself. This thinking is baseless and for the aforementioned nouveau educated types who on studying the ants and the grains of sand, cannot require their brains to contemplate matters spiritual and cosmological, a necessity if one seek to attain the ultimate objective of swarg and nirvana that is release from the mortal being and entry into the Supernal Universal Spirit that is Waheguru.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member5, post: 90626, member: 2249"] [FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333]Prayer, the daily recitation of mool mantra and bani serves to instil in mankind his purpose and meaning of life and living. It is also a reminder to Parmatma and Waheguru, the giver and sustainer of this life force to guide and lead us from the prevailing wickedness, seemingly insurmountable at times. It is a contract between the pure and upright saintly souls who have entrusted and vested their life path to him, and the moral duty of each being to honour their divine parent and uphold Waheguru’s statutes and doctrines.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333]This matter of bowing, of prostrating oneself to a deity or Guru is a non issue. ‘’What care I if you bow your head, if you bow not in your heart’’. I think it was spoken by Guru Nanak means for what purpose is a person’s repetitive chanting is he has not fidelity and steadfastness to the Waheguru. Some boast loudly of their good fortune and luck, and voice loudly their prayers, scoff at any who may question them, this is wrong, these scoffers are a hellish breed. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Baskerville Old Face]The concept of obescience, of submission, of bowing is I feel not fully understood, and a tad misinterpreted. One is able to bow in faith to the integrity of the Bani, or one bows mind and heart because one understands its living word, its meaning, comprehends the truths and guidance in each pearl. The heart and mind incline naturally towards such moral and spiritual sustenance. Any matter of bowing does not arise. It is a concern only for the souls who lack faith or lack understanding, one or the either. Without these two essential mindsets persons simply pay lip service to something they neither understand nor hold faith of, probably because it conflicts with the knowledge thrown at them from modernists, atheists and the uncultured vultures of peace and order. [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333]These types who lack faith or understanding of the fundamental and deep truth and wisdom of scriptures adhere to the thinking that one should sing praises of a God one neither understands of loves, because if he exists you gain heaven, and if he doesn’t you gain the prestige of being affiliated with the saintly, a veritable Eden in itself. This thinking is baseless and for the aforementioned nouveau educated types who on studying the ants and the grains of sand, cannot require their brains to contemplate matters spiritual and cosmological, a necessity if one seek to attain the ultimate objective of swarg and nirvana that is release from the mortal being and entry into the Supernal Universal Spirit that is Waheguru.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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