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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="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 11780" data-attributes="member: 189"><p><strong>Re: Truth is death and Living is a lie</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Thats not what is meant...LIVING is what everyone wants to DO FOREVER....wittness the search for longevity potions, wonder drugs that retard Ageing, make your hair regrow, change colour from grey to black, youthful creams and beauty treatments..NO ONE...really wants to Grow OLD ( and thus admit he is going to DIE)... Wittness how the Ancient Egyptians tried to "defeat Death" even when Physically DEAD..by building PYRAMIDS and such so that they will continue to "live on" even after they are dead...people want to GET SONS...to perpetuate their LEGACY ( continue to live after death )...everything people do is BASED on this ...HOW TO "ESCAPE" DEATH..the INEVITABLE....people are willing to pay millions for the BEST DOCTORS, Plastic Surgeons..for what ?? to DELAY the INEVITABLE..until the very last moment....when everything else FAILS and DEATH WINS..THAT is the ULTIMATE TRUTH.</p><p> </p><p>Guur nanak ji is trying to tell us that the INEVITABLE TRUTH..is DEATH...PREPARE for RETURNING TO THE CREATOR....not try to PROLONG what is inevitable..an END to lIFE as we know it...on this World.</p><p> </p><p>DEATH is the TRUTH we all have to FACE..no matter if we are "SON OF GOD" or PROPHET, or CEO, or PRESIDENT, or the Beggar on the street corner. Even those "revived from the dead" are LONG GONE...as that "revival" was TEMPORARY...Modern Doctors do that sometimes when they place Electric Shocks on the chest of a heart attack person..and he wakes up..BUT he will DIE one day !!!</p><p> </p><p>People always try to "run away from the TRUTH" as it is BITTER....who wants the TRUTH ?? NO ONE.Every body wants to live the LIE..until GOD leaves one NO CHANCE....Death comes BREAKING OPEN EVERY DOOR...YOU cannot HIDE from DEATH...not on the highest mountain...even in SPACE..on the deepest Ocean Floor, buried in the deepest pit..When GOD CALLS..YOU GO - INSTANTLY..NO BUTS and NO IFS. THAT is the MESSAGE of this Sakhi from the life of Guru Nanak Ji SAHIB.</p><p> </p><p>I find it rather interesting that some religions PROMISE the HEAVENS to be quite SIMILAR to this EARTH....Rivers FLOWING with HONEY and WINE, BEAUTIFUL DAMSELS, GOLD PALACES.... all this is "something" everyone DREAMS of getting here on EARTH..but only the Rich and Powerful manage to ATTAIN IT...so PERHAPS the religious leaders thought showing this DREAM can be "attained in HEAVEN" is like showing the carrot to a ******..a Clever way of enticing people to LIVE ON..even after DEATH has claimed their bodies...which everyone knows is INEVITABLE....so if you cant get it here..no matter just beleive in ME and I will get you all that in HEAVEN...seems to me is this message of "hope" ?? OF course the "hope" remains a hope as NO ONE has ever "come back" from this Heaven to tell the TRUTH. Further more the "rivers of wine/honey and beautiful DAMSELS..sounds like a MAN's DREAM to me...those that DRINK AWAY in the company of beautiful dancing girls... Which senbsible WOMAN would DREAM such a DREAM or be SWAYED by this PROMISE ???</p><p> </p><p>SIKHE of GURU NANAK makes NO SUCH PROMISES....it tells the STARK TRUTH..O man/Woman..LIVE this LIFE according to the Laws of GOD...or you will INEVITABLY DIE..and then the CREATOR will deal with you accordingly. Sikhe's Heaven and Hell are BOTH on this EARTH. Every moment we Sikhs spend AWAY from the Yaad of WAHEGURU is HELL and every moment spent in His Memeory (REMEMBERING HIM) is HEAVENLY BLISS...we ask of nothing more than be given the chance to REMEMBER GOD all the time as far as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 11780, member: 189"] [b]Re: Truth is death and Living is a lie[/b] Thats not what is meant...LIVING is what everyone wants to DO FOREVER....wittness the search for longevity potions, wonder drugs that retard Ageing, make your hair regrow, change colour from grey to black, youthful creams and beauty treatments..NO ONE...really wants to Grow OLD ( and thus admit he is going to DIE)... Wittness how the Ancient Egyptians tried to "defeat Death" even when Physically DEAD..by building PYRAMIDS and such so that they will continue to "live on" even after they are dead...people want to GET SONS...to perpetuate their LEGACY ( continue to live after death )...everything people do is BASED on this ...HOW TO "ESCAPE" DEATH..the INEVITABLE....people are willing to pay millions for the BEST DOCTORS, Plastic Surgeons..for what ?? to DELAY the INEVITABLE..until the very last moment....when everything else FAILS and DEATH WINS..THAT is the ULTIMATE TRUTH. Guur nanak ji is trying to tell us that the INEVITABLE TRUTH..is DEATH...PREPARE for RETURNING TO THE CREATOR....not try to PROLONG what is inevitable..an END to lIFE as we know it...on this World. DEATH is the TRUTH we all have to FACE..no matter if we are "SON OF GOD" or PROPHET, or CEO, or PRESIDENT, or the Beggar on the street corner. Even those "revived from the dead" are LONG GONE...as that "revival" was TEMPORARY...Modern Doctors do that sometimes when they place Electric Shocks on the chest of a heart attack person..and he wakes up..BUT he will DIE one day !!! People always try to "run away from the TRUTH" as it is BITTER....who wants the TRUTH ?? NO ONE.Every body wants to live the LIE..until GOD leaves one NO CHANCE....Death comes BREAKING OPEN EVERY DOOR...YOU cannot HIDE from DEATH...not on the highest mountain...even in SPACE..on the deepest Ocean Floor, buried in the deepest pit..When GOD CALLS..YOU GO - INSTANTLY..NO BUTS and NO IFS. THAT is the MESSAGE of this Sakhi from the life of Guru Nanak Ji SAHIB. I find it rather interesting that some religions PROMISE the HEAVENS to be quite SIMILAR to this EARTH....Rivers FLOWING with HONEY and WINE, BEAUTIFUL DAMSELS, GOLD PALACES.... all this is "something" everyone DREAMS of getting here on EARTH..but only the Rich and Powerful manage to ATTAIN IT...so PERHAPS the religious leaders thought showing this DREAM can be "attained in HEAVEN" is like showing the carrot to a ******..a Clever way of enticing people to LIVE ON..even after DEATH has claimed their bodies...which everyone knows is INEVITABLE....so if you cant get it here..no matter just beleive in ME and I will get you all that in HEAVEN...seems to me is this message of "hope" ?? OF course the "hope" remains a hope as NO ONE has ever "come back" from this Heaven to tell the TRUTH. Further more the "rivers of wine/honey and beautiful DAMSELS..sounds like a MAN's DREAM to me...those that DRINK AWAY in the company of beautiful dancing girls... Which senbsible WOMAN would DREAM such a DREAM or be SWAYED by this PROMISE ??? SIKHE of GURU NANAK makes NO SUCH PROMISES....it tells the STARK TRUTH..O man/Woman..LIVE this LIFE according to the Laws of GOD...or you will INEVITABLY DIE..and then the CREATOR will deal with you accordingly. Sikhe's Heaven and Hell are BOTH on this EARTH. Every moment we Sikhs spend AWAY from the Yaad of WAHEGURU is HELL and every moment spent in His Memeory (REMEMBERING HIM) is HEAVENLY BLISS...we ask of nothing more than be given the chance to REMEMBER GOD all the time as far as possible. [/QUOTE]
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