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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="Amarpal" data-source="post: 133183" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Dear Khalsa Ji,</p><p> </p><p>I respond to you post point- wise</p><p> </p><p>(i) Is there a purpose to our life here on this Earth ? Or are we just part of Darwin's evolution ?</p><p></p><p>The Answer is Yes; There are three components of every human (a) to pay for the pasr Karmas; (b) to evolve in all positive aspects of live and achieve greater spiritual heights; and (c) to act as intrument of 'The Sat' in propagating, preserving and help evolution in the creation of 'The Sat'. The weighing factors for these three componets vary for each person depending on its past Karmas.</p><p> </p><p>Once the basic premise for the creation including the being was created by 'The Sat' (I am not elaborating on it here) the natural evolutionay processes take over as discribed by Darwin and others. It is driven by the free will of the beings.</p><p> </p><p>(ii) Should we just enjoy life while we are here on this earth ? Or should we try to achieve a higher state of consciousness ?</p><p> </p><p>The answer is do both; Basic purpose of life is to evolve spiritually; higher consciousness is the out come of this evolution.</p><p> </p><p>Living on earth if in the natural process within the domain of ethics and morality if some pleasure comes your way one must enjoy it, but never develop craving for it nor be driven by it in one's life. If tasty food is served eat and relish it to the full, but do not keep memory of it or keep alking of looking for it again and again. Pleasures should not guide or drive you journy on this earth.</p><p> </p><p>(iii) CAN we attain a higher state of consciousness by choice ? </p><p> </p><p>The answer is yes . 'The Sat' has given us free will to do what ever we want to do with our lives. Only when one makes sincere decision i.e. makes a choice to evolve in that direction and puts in effort to achieve one can evolve and higer consciousness is an out come of that effort - it is not an independent parameter, it is an out come of a process.</p><p> </p><p>(iv) CAN we attain a higher state of consciousness without "God's" blessing ?</p><p></p><p>The answer is No; nothing can happen without the blessings of 'The Sat'. Even the idea to evolve in that direction comes from 'The voice of 'The Sat' within the person, if and only if the person has not accumulated too much worldly dirt in its functioning brain.</p><p></p><p>(v) Is our life pre-programmed and we are destined to do what "God" has planned for us ? </p><p> </p><p>The answer is; only our mission is preprogramed and destiny provides you the opportunity to fulfill this mission, but the free will can interfear with the journey and take the person away from the pre-programed mission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(vi) Do the scriptures not say that even the bad things we do are because we have not been "Blessed" by "God" ?</p><p></p><p>It is the vices that take hold of the person under whose influence the bad deed are done by the individual. These vices use the itellect to persude the person to obey them and do things that are undesirable or are sins. When these accumulate in the memory of the brain, they constitute the worldly dirt, which does not allow the voice from in inner self to reach out. thus the blessing of 'The Sat' one denies one-self.</p><p> </p><p>(vii) Are we just a vibration that coalesced into a human body, based on our past Karma ?</p><p> </p><p>I do not use the word vibration. </p><p> </p><p>In origin, we are the materialised form of Cosmic Intellegent Energy( which is 'The Sat'). This materialised form has been shaped and reshaped by our karmas of our past by the process of rebirths. </p><p> </p><p>(viii) Are we condemmend to this cycle of Birth and Death, for a crime we did not commit ? </p><p> </p><p>The answer is; No one is condemmed. Guru Nanak who was a very evolve high sol came to this wotld on its own help the lost humanity to evolve. we to are not compelled, we come to this world as it is the place to evolve spiritually. Justise of 'The Sat' is absolute, no one is punished for the sin it has not commited. I fact, my understanding is that 'The Sat' never punishes any one, it is our own subconscious that atracks events which look to us as punishment.</p><p> </p><p>(ix) Is years and years of Meditation; the only way out ?</p><p> </p><p>The answer is 'Truthfull living in accordance with the teachings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib is the way out'.</p><p> </p><p>(x) It does not seem fair to me.</p><p> </p><p>The answer is - fair and unfair are dualities based on the yardsticks used in assessment of our worldly life. With spiritual evolution taking place within the person, the dualities dualities get dissolve progressivly. Only 'The Sat' and 'The Sat' only remains. </p><p> </p><p>With love and respect for all.</p><p> </p><p>Amarpal Singh</p><p>Punjab, India</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amarpal, post: 133183, member: 10"] Dear Khalsa Ji, I respond to you post point- wise (i) Is there a purpose to our life here on this Earth ? Or are we just part of Darwin's evolution ? The Answer is Yes; There are three components of every human (a) to pay for the pasr Karmas; (b) to evolve in all positive aspects of live and achieve greater spiritual heights; and (c) to act as intrument of 'The Sat' in propagating, preserving and help evolution in the creation of 'The Sat'. The weighing factors for these three componets vary for each person depending on its past Karmas. Once the basic premise for the creation including the being was created by 'The Sat' (I am not elaborating on it here) the natural evolutionay processes take over as discribed by Darwin and others. It is driven by the free will of the beings. (ii) Should we just enjoy life while we are here on this earth ? Or should we try to achieve a higher state of consciousness ? The answer is do both; Basic purpose of life is to evolve spiritually; higher consciousness is the out come of this evolution. Living on earth if in the natural process within the domain of ethics and morality if some pleasure comes your way one must enjoy it, but never develop craving for it nor be driven by it in one's life. If tasty food is served eat and relish it to the full, but do not keep memory of it or keep alking of looking for it again and again. Pleasures should not guide or drive you journy on this earth. (iii) CAN we attain a higher state of consciousness by choice ? The answer is yes . 'The Sat' has given us free will to do what ever we want to do with our lives. Only when one makes sincere decision i.e. makes a choice to evolve in that direction and puts in effort to achieve one can evolve and higer consciousness is an out come of that effort - it is not an independent parameter, it is an out come of a process. (iv) CAN we attain a higher state of consciousness without "God's" blessing ? The answer is No; nothing can happen without the blessings of 'The Sat'. Even the idea to evolve in that direction comes from 'The voice of 'The Sat' within the person, if and only if the person has not accumulated too much worldly dirt in its functioning brain. (v) Is our life pre-programmed and we are destined to do what "God" has planned for us ? The answer is; only our mission is preprogramed and destiny provides you the opportunity to fulfill this mission, but the free will can interfear with the journey and take the person away from the pre-programed mission. (vi) Do the scriptures not say that even the bad things we do are because we have not been "Blessed" by "God" ? It is the vices that take hold of the person under whose influence the bad deed are done by the individual. These vices use the itellect to persude the person to obey them and do things that are undesirable or are sins. When these accumulate in the memory of the brain, they constitute the worldly dirt, which does not allow the voice from in inner self to reach out. thus the blessing of 'The Sat' one denies one-self. (vii) Are we just a vibration that coalesced into a human body, based on our past Karma ? I do not use the word vibration. In origin, we are the materialised form of Cosmic Intellegent Energy( which is 'The Sat'). This materialised form has been shaped and reshaped by our karmas of our past by the process of rebirths. (viii) Are we condemmend to this cycle of Birth and Death, for a crime we did not commit ? The answer is; No one is condemmed. Guru Nanak who was a very evolve high sol came to this wotld on its own help the lost humanity to evolve. we to are not compelled, we come to this world as it is the place to evolve spiritually. Justise of 'The Sat' is absolute, no one is punished for the sin it has not commited. I fact, my understanding is that 'The Sat' never punishes any one, it is our own subconscious that atracks events which look to us as punishment. (ix) Is years and years of Meditation; the only way out ? The answer is 'Truthfull living in accordance with the teachings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib is the way out'. (x) It does not seem fair to me. The answer is - fair and unfair are dualities based on the yardsticks used in assessment of our worldly life. With spiritual evolution taking place within the person, the dualities dualities get dissolve progressivly. Only 'The Sat' and 'The Sat' only remains. With love and respect for all. Amarpal Singh Punjab, India [/QUOTE]
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