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Gurbani (14-53)
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Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
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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)
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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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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="dattaswami" data-source="post: 12415" data-attributes="member: 1315"><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Let Me answer your question straight with a simple example</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">You have caught a hot iron rod with your hand and you are weeping</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">You are asking Me to remove the heat from the rod and give you happiness</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">For this you are constantly praying the Lord to use His special power.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I have to laugh at this situation because the easiest solution is to remove </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">Your hand from the rod to be happy, which you are not doing at all</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">You cannot get rid of your attachment to the rod, but you pray the Lord</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To cool the rod using His Maya, is this prayer justified in any way?</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Why don’t you get detached from your family bonds and be happy?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The hand with which you have caught your family members is your mind</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">You detach your mind from the bonds of your family members </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">And be peaceful always and there is no need of praying the Lord for this</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When the solution is in your hand why do you ask the Lord for it?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When the solution is out of your hands there may be justice in asking the Lord</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In the first stage you detach your mind from them and be worry less</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In course of time when your detachment by mind becomes complete </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You will spontaneously leave your duties also and attain bliss</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The detachment from the family comes by your attachment with the Lord </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As the bond with the Lord becomes more and more strong, your family bonds </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Become weaker and weaker and finally all the bonds disappear </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In this state you are left over only with the bond with the Lord</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This state is called “Eka Bhakthih” in Gita or the single pointed devotion</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Devotion means love and this is related to the plane of mind </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As the faculty of intelligence becomes more and more sharp </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By the knowledge preached by the Lord, the devotion to Lord </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Becomes more and more strong<strong>,</strong> thus knowledge is acting as </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Both fertilizer as well as pesticide on both the sides simultaneously</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It acts as a fertilizer for the bond with the Lord, which is like a plant</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The plant grows slowly and becomes a huge tree by this fertilizer</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The family bonds are like the insects that attack this devotion plant</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">For those insects this divine knowledge acts as a pesticide also</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The knowledge is also the generating factor like the water for the seed</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Only by the knowledge of the Lord, the devotion is generated </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Devotion is the love or attraction towards the Lord to attain Him</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It ends in agony or Vedana as told by Ramanuja, thus knowledge is </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The generating factor, the fertilizer and the pesticide simultaneously </span></span></p><p> </p><p>ANIL ANTONY</p><p><a href="mailto:antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org">antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org</a></p><p><a href="http://www.universal-spirituality.org" target="_blank">http://www.universal-spirituality.org</a></p><p>Universal Spirituality for World Peace</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dattaswami, post: 12415, member: 1315"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Let Me answer your question straight with a simple example[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]You have caught a hot iron rod with your hand and you are weeping[/COLOR][COLOR=blue][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]You are asking Me to remove the heat from the rod and give you happiness[/COLOR][COLOR=blue][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]For this you are constantly praying the Lord to use His special power.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I have to laugh at this situation because the easiest solution is to remove [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]Your hand from the rod to be happy, which you are not doing at all[/COLOR][COLOR=blue][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]You cannot get rid of your attachment to the rod, but you pray the Lord[/COLOR][COLOR=blue][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=blue][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]To cool the rod using His Maya, is this prayer justified in any way?[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Why don’t you get detached from your family bonds and be happy?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The hand with which you have caught your family members is your mind[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]You detach your mind from the bonds of your family members [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]And be peaceful always and there is no need of praying the Lord for this[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]When the solution is in your hand why do you ask the Lord for it?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]When the solution is out of your hands there may be justice in asking the Lord[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In the first stage you detach your mind from them and be worry less[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In course of time when your detachment by mind becomes complete [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]You will spontaneously leave your duties also and attain bliss[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The detachment from the family comes by your attachment with the Lord [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]As the bond with the Lord becomes more and more strong, your family bonds [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Become weaker and weaker and finally all the bonds disappear [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In this state you are left over only with the bond with the Lord[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]This state is called “Eka Bhakthih” in Gita or the single pointed devotion[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Devotion means love and this is related to the plane of mind [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]As the faculty of intelligence becomes more and more sharp [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]By the knowledge preached by the Lord, the devotion to Lord [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Becomes more and more strong[B],[/B] thus knowledge is acting as [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Both fertilizer as well as pesticide on both the sides simultaneously[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It acts as a fertilizer for the bond with the Lord, which is like a plant[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The plant grows slowly and becomes a huge tree by this fertilizer[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The family bonds are like the insects that attack this devotion plant[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]For those insects this divine knowledge acts as a pesticide also[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The knowledge is also the generating factor like the water for the seed[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Only by the knowledge of the Lord, the devotion is generated [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Devotion is the love or attraction towards the Lord to attain Him[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It ends in agony or Vedana as told by Ramanuja, thus knowledge is [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The generating factor, the fertilizer and the pesticide simultaneously [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] ANIL ANTONY [EMAIL="antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org"]antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org[/EMAIL] [URL="http://www.universal-spirituality.org"]http://www.universal-spirituality.org[/URL] Universal Spirituality for World Peace [/QUOTE]
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