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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 98671" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><span style="color: Blue">Kulbir Singh ji</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Please forgive my inline reactions.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Everyone on the moderation and mentor team thanks you for recognizing this fact. </span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">This is what makes moderation a challenge. And because SPN has a broad and diverse platform of members anything can happen at any time. We don't as I said previously have a "party platform" where specific topics or perspectives are automatically banned. That makes everything even more complicated. Sometimes people are put off by what looks like an attitude of "not caring" however we are actually very busy behind the scenes discussing comments that are the edge of undermining Sikhism. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">There are forums, such as e-Sangha a Buddhist forum, that say right out in the Terms of Service that if you talk about x, y or z, your post will be deleted. Sometimes I think they have taken the easy path instead of the middle path <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Here controversy is inevitable. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Thank you for mentioning all of these contingencies. We are aware of them and the psychological conditions, scars and traumas, provocations and taunts are the kinds of things we discuss behind the scenes. Just based on my limited time here at SPN, the pattern has been to care for the humanity of the problem poster. First we try to redirect the conversation, oftentimes cautioning and warning as a next step, and all the time we try to understand where all the "panga" is coming from. As a last resort we block the user. We may not act as quickly as you would like. That is because we believe that human nature is fundamentally "good." Most of the moderators will forgive and forgive, until the time when a particular person and his/her negativity has made healthy discussion impossible. Of course we are not connected at the head. We are on a range of very tolerant to less tolerant. When a decision is made, everyone has had input and we take a vote. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">You have described the type of forum member that is familiar to me. But what percentage of members are really like that? Here the number is less than 5 percent -- my estimate only. Some of these people eventually give up and go away. Sometimes they have to be blocked, but rarely. Guru ji has asked us to find the patience within ourselves to see his light even in these people. When all else fails tough love has to take over. Also keep in mind that these ridiculous positions are not equally problematic. When someone persists in arguing that God has Hands because he read somewhere in Gurbani that God has hands, Or he starts a thread stating that Waheguru had a guru, or that God had a mother -- well you know right away that these are going to belong discussions. The person is driving home a message about his spiritual authority and is making a debauchery of the Shabad Guru to do this. The member who posted these ideas is gone now. Other people persist because they have a neurotic need to have the last word and win arguments. These people are the ones that will receive infractions, perhaps be blocked later, or they will be tired out by the fortitude of other members. But not every "impossible" argument is equally damaging. So SPN tries to sort this out and be proportional in its responses. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Isn't it better to allow readers to see how schooled many of our members are in Gurubani by permitting the discussion to take place. I myself obtained more depth of understanding by reading what other members and moderators had to say to the difficult poster. I also learned how to humble myself by watching the wise and restrained way that they continued discussions. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Grandiose mania is in each of us in the form of ego to a greater or lesser extent. Only a realised soul is without that. Something tells me that realised souls do not frequent forums. Some of us have more self-control than others. Many of us bring our karma everywhere with us. One thing a forum can be is a place to learn how we are blinded by ego and bound by karma -- how truly lacking we are. There are others who can teach us how to overcome this. Sometimes things do start to look like a therapy session -- I know. But Guru Teg Bahadur teaches us to move to a place where dust and gold look the same. In the end cutting down our opponents breeds only more bitterness within. </span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">A point of view that is grounded in Truth cannot be dimmed by the neurosis of another person. </span><span style="color: Blue">So in the end we enforce forum guidelines and do not presume as individuals to be more advanced spiritually or emotionally than those who offer us opposition. </span><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong>Readers, please note that attempts to undermine Sikhism will be deleted without warning. Differences of opinion are encouraged. It is not always easy to find the dividing line, but we try.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><strong></strong> </span> </p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Sat Nam,</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Antonia</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 98671, member: 35"] [COLOR=Blue]Kulbir Singh ji Please forgive my inline reactions.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue] Everyone on the moderation and mentor team thanks you for recognizing this fact. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]This is what makes moderation a challenge. And because SPN has a broad and diverse platform of members anything can happen at any time. We don't as I said previously have a "party platform" where specific topics or perspectives are automatically banned. That makes everything even more complicated. Sometimes people are put off by what looks like an attitude of "not caring" however we are actually very busy behind the scenes discussing comments that are the edge of undermining Sikhism. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]There are forums, such as e-Sangha a Buddhist forum, that say right out in the Terms of Service that if you talk about x, y or z, your post will be deleted. Sometimes I think they have taken the easy path instead of the middle path :D Here controversy is inevitable. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]Thank you for mentioning all of these contingencies. We are aware of them and the psychological conditions, scars and traumas, provocations and taunts are the kinds of things we discuss behind the scenes. Just based on my limited time here at SPN, the pattern has been to care for the humanity of the problem poster. First we try to redirect the conversation, oftentimes cautioning and warning as a next step, and all the time we try to understand where all the "panga" is coming from. As a last resort we block the user. We may not act as quickly as you would like. That is because we believe that human nature is fundamentally "good." Most of the moderators will forgive and forgive, until the time when a particular person and his/her negativity has made healthy discussion impossible. Of course we are not connected at the head. We are on a range of very tolerant to less tolerant. When a decision is made, everyone has had input and we take a vote. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]You have described the type of forum member that is familiar to me. But what percentage of members are really like that? Here the number is less than 5 percent -- my estimate only. Some of these people eventually give up and go away. Sometimes they have to be blocked, but rarely. Guru ji has asked us to find the patience within ourselves to see his light even in these people. When all else fails tough love has to take over. Also keep in mind that these ridiculous positions are not equally problematic. When someone persists in arguing that God has Hands because he read somewhere in Gurbani that God has hands, Or he starts a thread stating that Waheguru had a guru, or that God had a mother -- well you know right away that these are going to belong discussions. The person is driving home a message about his spiritual authority and is making a debauchery of the Shabad Guru to do this. The member who posted these ideas is gone now. Other people persist because they have a neurotic need to have the last word and win arguments. These people are the ones that will receive infractions, perhaps be blocked later, or they will be tired out by the fortitude of other members. But not every "impossible" argument is equally damaging. So SPN tries to sort this out and be proportional in its responses. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]Isn't it better to allow readers to see how schooled many of our members are in Gurubani by permitting the discussion to take place. I myself obtained more depth of understanding by reading what other members and moderators had to say to the difficult poster. I also learned how to humble myself by watching the wise and restrained way that they continued discussions. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue] Grandiose mania is in each of us in the form of ego to a greater or lesser extent. Only a realised soul is without that. Something tells me that realised souls do not frequent forums. Some of us have more self-control than others. Many of us bring our karma everywhere with us. One thing a forum can be is a place to learn how we are blinded by ego and bound by karma -- how truly lacking we are. There are others who can teach us how to overcome this. Sometimes things do start to look like a therapy session -- I know. But Guru Teg Bahadur teaches us to move to a place where dust and gold look the same. In the end cutting down our opponents breeds only more bitterness within. A point of view that is grounded in Truth cannot be dimmed by the neurosis of another person. [/COLOR][COLOR=Blue]So in the end we enforce forum guidelines and do not presume as individuals to be more advanced spiritually or emotionally than those who offer us opposition. [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkRed] [B]Readers, please note that attempts to undermine Sikhism will be deleted without warning. Differences of opinion are encouraged. It is not always easy to find the dividing line, but we try. [/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Blue]Sat Nam, Antonia[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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