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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="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 92092" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>is "bowing down" a mere formality or is there a deeper meaning to it ?</p><p>IN Gurmatt.."matha tek" (bowing down" is NOT a Formality - it really MEANS..I Leave MY Manmatt and take Your GURMATT. The Panj Piyaras "gave" their heads..we do the same. So a SIKH cannot be "giving" his head to every tom **** and harry - anyway we all have only "1" head..and that belongs to the GURU and GURU ONLY.</p><p></p><p>2. Its another matter that most "Sikhs" bow down before the GURU....but retain their own Manmatt. That type of bowing can be done to anything..the peepal tree..the fakir samadhee....the Ganesh idol... as it is a mere "formality" only.....no meaning either to the GURU..or the peepal tree...Apradhi doona niveh !! the wrongdoer bows lower than most !! says Gurbani ???? Perhaps thats why we can see "sikhs" bowing all over the place....</p><p></p><p>3. What is "respect" ?? Is it just lip service....merely bowing..or removing ones hat as in case of the Westerners..as in Church..at funerals..etc. Is "respect"...a desire to genuinely FOLLOW the TEACHINGS....of the one "respected" ?? Gurbani's Namdev states quite bluntly....the Idol is same as the stone step.... those steps people step on their way up the mandir....and the idol sitting inside are the SAME STONE....the Idol maker first holds the idol in his FEET as he fashions it....he steps on it..while making it...the point is an IDOL has NO TEACHINGS....to be followed by the "respecter"...one can bow a few hundred times on each "step" even before entering a mandir..to bow to the idol...its all the same.</p><p></p><p>4. We "bow" to our parents..grandparents..elders... this is also to show that we FOLLOW their EXAMPLE/TEACHINGS..etc. Sure this can be a mere "formality"...as they say...Jeeondiah maa baap nu rukhi rotinahin dittee..mareh de moohn shudh desi ghee da dabba !! so lots may be just bowing/touching the feet etc simply out of habit..peer pressure..or just because its done....</p><p></p><p>So there is bowing....... Bowing........ BOWing....... BOWING....B^ow~~ing !!!..take your pick !!!</p><p></p><p>Personally speaking..I BOW to NO ONE except my GURU. "respect" to others religion/parents etc can be shown in many many other ways....Thus I have no problems going to the mosque..the Mandir..the Buddhist Vihara..the Radha Soami Complex at Beas to see the "MAN"..or to the Church to see the "Son of MAN"..I have been everywhere..BUT Bow only in a GURDWARA where the SGGS is Parkash.:happy:</p><p></p><p>Gyani jarnail Singh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 92092, member: 189"] is "bowing down" a mere formality or is there a deeper meaning to it ? IN Gurmatt.."matha tek" (bowing down" is NOT a Formality - it really MEANS..I Leave MY Manmatt and take Your GURMATT. The Panj Piyaras "gave" their heads..we do the same. So a SIKH cannot be "giving" his head to every tom **** and harry - anyway we all have only "1" head..and that belongs to the GURU and GURU ONLY. 2. Its another matter that most "Sikhs" bow down before the GURU....but retain their own Manmatt. That type of bowing can be done to anything..the peepal tree..the fakir samadhee....the Ganesh idol... as it is a mere "formality" only.....no meaning either to the GURU..or the peepal tree...Apradhi doona niveh !! the wrongdoer bows lower than most !! says Gurbani ???? Perhaps thats why we can see "sikhs" bowing all over the place.... 3. What is "respect" ?? Is it just lip service....merely bowing..or removing ones hat as in case of the Westerners..as in Church..at funerals..etc. Is "respect"...a desire to genuinely FOLLOW the TEACHINGS....of the one "respected" ?? Gurbani's Namdev states quite bluntly....the Idol is same as the stone step.... those steps people step on their way up the mandir....and the idol sitting inside are the SAME STONE....the Idol maker first holds the idol in his FEET as he fashions it....he steps on it..while making it...the point is an IDOL has NO TEACHINGS....to be followed by the "respecter"...one can bow a few hundred times on each "step" even before entering a mandir..to bow to the idol...its all the same. 4. We "bow" to our parents..grandparents..elders... this is also to show that we FOLLOW their EXAMPLE/TEACHINGS..etc. Sure this can be a mere "formality"...as they say...Jeeondiah maa baap nu rukhi rotinahin dittee..mareh de moohn shudh desi ghee da dabba !! so lots may be just bowing/touching the feet etc simply out of habit..peer pressure..or just because its done.... So there is bowing....... Bowing........ BOWing....... BOWING....B^ow~~ing !!!..take your pick !!! Personally speaking..I BOW to NO ONE except my GURU. "respect" to others religion/parents etc can be shown in many many other ways....Thus I have no problems going to the mosque..the Mandir..the Buddhist Vihara..the Radha Soami Complex at Beas to see the "MAN"..or to the Church to see the "Son of MAN"..I have been everywhere..BUT Bow only in a GURDWARA where the SGGS is Parkash.:happy: Gyani jarnail Singh [/QUOTE]
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