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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: 88492" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"> <span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px">ਗੁਰ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਹੀਣਸ੍ਯ੍ਯ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੰਤ ਜਨਮ ਭ੍ਰਸਟਣਹ ॥ ਕੂਕਰਹ ਸੂਕਰਹ ਗਰਧਭਹ ਕਾਕਹ ਸਰਪਨਹ ਤੁਲਿ ਖਲਹ ॥੩੩॥ </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: DarkRed">"That mortal who lacks the Guru's Mantra - cursed and contaminated is his life. That blockhead is just a dog, a pig, a jackass, a crow, a snake. || 33 || <span style="color: Purple">(panna 1356)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Purple"></span> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Black">Sent to me by forum member Soul_Jyot ji -- I would like to share this article with forum members.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span><strong>Use, misuse of sacred texts pondered</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Canwest News Service; Montreal Gazette</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080">Published: Saturday, October 25, 2008</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">Sikhs invoke the Guru Granth Sahib to justify men wearing turbans instead of hard hats on work sites.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">Muslims point to the Qur'an as proof the prophet Mohammed wanted women to dress modestly to avoid the gaze of men.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">Christians quote apocalyptic passages from the New Testament to say global warning is unavoidable.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">All are examples of how age-old scripture is used -- or misused -- to dictate behaviour in the modern world, scholars said recently at a McGill University interfaith conference on the role sacred texts play in religion.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">"The texts are more than a source -- they're an anchor, and they give you a certain authority when you quote from them," said organizer Manjit Singh, who runs McGill's chaplaincy services and also heads the Canadian Sikh Council in Montreal.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">For example, he said, Sikh truck drivers in Quebec are using scripture in their fight to keep their turbans on when driving through the Port of Montreal, where helmets are mandatory.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">The truckers have invoked their religion's three-century-old scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, as evidence their faith requires them to wear their hair long and uncut and wrapped up, Singh said during a break in the day-long conference at McGill's Birks Chapel.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">But scripture can be taken too literally, other experts warned. In older religions, the teachings of founders like Jesus and Buddha were only written down decades or even centuries after they died, making their "truth" inaccurate, its inconsistencies resolvable only by faith, they said.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">"Each religion claims that its texts are legitimate, but very often there's little historical evidence of that," said Buddhist scholar Mathieu Boisvert, a religion professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">And "when religion is used for political ends, it definitely gets distorted," added Concordia University Hindu scholar T.S. Rukmani.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">History has shown that devotees of one religion don't let their ignorance of another religion stop them from criticizing it, added Muslim scholar Sheila McDonough, a Concordia professor emeritus. People will pick and choose among the rival religion's sacred texts to "prove" a misconstrued point, she said.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">In the Internet age there's also a danger of people one-click shopping for religious truth, said Ellen Aitken, dean of McGill's religious studies faculty, which hosted the event with the Canadian Sikh Council. Christians have used a single verse to justify an entire point of view, she said.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">For example, Christian fundamentalists in the U.S. have used passages from the Bible to oppose everything from abortion and homosexuality to the ordination of women and the global environmental campaign against climate change, Aitken said.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">Attended by about 75 people, the conference featured six scholars representing the world's major world religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. They spoke from the pulpit at the front of the neo-Gothic chapel, against a backdrop of a towering stained-glass window depicting the ascension of Christ.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span><a href="http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=13205360-4395-4838-acb2-8aa2d39ae56c" target="_blank">http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=13205360-4395-4838-acb2-8aa2d39ae56c</a></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 88492, member: 35"] [FONT=Bookman Old Style][COLOR=#000080] [COLOR=#000080][SIZE=3]ਗੁਰ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਹੀਣਸ੍ਯ੍ਯ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੰਤ ਜਨਮ ਭ੍ਰਸਟਣਹ ॥ ਕੂਕਰਹ ਸੂਕਰਹ ਗਰਧਭਹ ਕਾਕਹ ਸਰਪਨਹ ਤੁਲਿ ਖਲਹ ॥੩੩॥[COLOR=purple] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000080][COLOR=DarkRed]"That mortal who lacks the Guru's Mantra - cursed and contaminated is his life. That blockhead is just a dog, a pig, a jackass, a crow, a snake. || 33 || [COLOR=Purple](panna 1356) [/COLOR] [/COLOR] [FONT=Arial Narrow][SIZE=3][COLOR=Black]Sent to me by forum member Soul_Jyot ji -- I would like to share this article with forum members.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/COLOR][/SIZE][B]Use, misuse of sacred texts pondered[/B] [B]Canwest News Service; Montreal Gazette[/B] Published: Saturday, October 25, 2008 [COLOR=Black]Sikhs invoke the Guru Granth Sahib to justify men wearing turbans instead of hard hats on work sites.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]Muslims point to the Qur'an as proof the prophet Mohammed wanted women to dress modestly to avoid the gaze of men.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]Christians quote apocalyptic passages from the New Testament to say global warning is unavoidable.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]All are examples of how age-old scripture is used -- or misused -- to dictate behaviour in the modern world, scholars said recently at a McGill University interfaith conference on the role sacred texts play in religion.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]"The texts are more than a source -- they're an anchor, and they give you a certain authority when you quote from them," said organizer Manjit Singh, who runs McGill's chaplaincy services and also heads the Canadian Sikh Council in Montreal.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]For example, he said, Sikh truck drivers in Quebec are using scripture in their fight to keep their turbans on when driving through the Port of Montreal, where helmets are mandatory.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]The truckers have invoked their religion's three-century-old scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, as evidence their faith requires them to wear their hair long and uncut and wrapped up, Singh said during a break in the day-long conference at McGill's Birks Chapel.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]But scripture can be taken too literally, other experts warned. In older religions, the teachings of founders like Jesus and Buddha were only written down decades or even centuries after they died, making their "truth" inaccurate, its inconsistencies resolvable only by faith, they said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]"Each religion claims that its texts are legitimate, but very often there's little historical evidence of that," said Buddhist scholar Mathieu Boisvert, a religion professor at the University of Quebec in Montreal.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]And "when religion is used for political ends, it definitely gets distorted," added Concordia University Hindu scholar T.S. Rukmani.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]History has shown that devotees of one religion don't let their ignorance of another religion stop them from criticizing it, added Muslim scholar Sheila McDonough, a Concordia professor emeritus. People will pick and choose among the rival religion's sacred texts to "prove" a misconstrued point, she said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]In the Internet age there's also a danger of people one-click shopping for religious truth, said Ellen Aitken, dean of McGill's religious studies faculty, which hosted the event with the Canadian Sikh Council. Christians have used a single verse to justify an entire point of view, she said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]For example, Christian fundamentalists in the U.S. have used passages from the Bible to oppose everything from abortion and homosexuality to the ordination of women and the global environmental campaign against climate change, Aitken said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]Attended by about 75 people, the conference featured six scholars representing the world's major world religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. They spoke from the pulpit at the front of the neo-Gothic chapel, against a backdrop of a towering stained-glass window depicting the ascension of Christ. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][URL]http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=13205360-4395-4838-acb2-8aa2d39ae56c[/URL] [FONT=Bookman Old Style][COLOR=#000080] [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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