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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
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Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
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Kaafee (365-409)
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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)
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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 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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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="BhagatSingh" data-source="post: 173011" data-attributes="member: 2610"><p>Gyani ji,</p><p>I love your passion for Sikhi, I just cannot see why you reject most of the things mentioned in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji without studying their background. </p><p></p><p>Because these things capture a part of the human experience that cannot be stated. That's why this has been there for Eons. </p><p></p><p>None. He himself says he is not bringing any new gyan, and judging by the birthdate of authors in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, which goes back to the 13th century, I would say he is not.</p><p></p><p>He is not bringing any new gyan but <em>GYAN</em> (spiritual knowledge) itself. There is no such thing as new gyan. Gyan if it is TRUE gyan gets discovered again and again, but it's always the SAME gyan. That's a test of whether it is TRUE. If it was different it would not be true. </p><p><table cellspacing="5"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਆਦਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਸਚੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਜੁਗਾਦਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਸਚੁ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">आदि सचु जुगादि सचु ॥</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'">Āḏ sacẖ jugāḏ sacẖ.</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="color: #000080">True In The Primal Beginning. True Throughout The Ages.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span> </td></tr> <tr><td> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਹੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਭੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਸਚੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95" target="_blank">ਨਾਨਕ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਹੋਸੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਭੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਸਚੁ </a> ॥੧॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">है भी सचु नानक होसी भी सचु ॥१॥</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'">Hai bẖī sacẖ Nānak hosī bẖī sacẖ. ||1||</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="color: #000080">True Here And Now. O Nanak, Forever And Ever True. ||1||</span></span></span> </p><p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p>If you are looking for novelty and new things, try the internet. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is not going to offer any cheap novelty.</p><p></p><p>Yes it is. What gurbani says has been said by so many Lao Tzu, Buddha, Ramanuja, Shankara.</p><p>It's there in the Dao De Ching, Bhagwad Gita, Upanishads. These in themselves are rehashes. Gyan needs to be constantly rehashed for the masses.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's one massive denial!</p><p>NO JANEAU - where is this coming from? All ancient paintings of Guru Nanak show him with one.</p><p></p><p>no agni wedding - this is how they got married back then.</p><p></p><p>no fasts - I doubt he ate during the 3 days he was in the water in his meeting with God.</p><p></p><p>no pilgrimages - He went to all the major pilgrimage spots in India and conversed with many enlightened and unenlightened people there. What else is a pilgrimage?</p><p></p><p>sutak and patak - impurity and sin? Really?</p><p></p><p> no torturing the body to please Him - Ya just go for the easy things. You don't have to struggle and work hard. </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਦੁਖੁ ਦਾਰੂ ਸੁਖੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਭਇਆ ਜਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਤਾਮਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">दुखु दारू सुखु रोगु भइआ जा सुखु तामि न होई ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Ḏukẖ ḏārū sukẖ rog bẖa▫i▫ā jā sukẖ ṯām na ho▫ī.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Suffering is the medicine, and pleasure the disease, because where there is pleasure, there is no desire for God.</span></span><span style="color: DarkGreen"> - page 469</span></p><p></p><p>no holy cows - really? During the 1700s whenever the Afghans invaded Harimandir Sahib, they would damage it and dump slaughtered cows in the sarovar to provoke us and humiliate us. And boy did we get ******, Baba Deep Singh is one example.</p><p>Then during 1800s we rebelled against cow slaughter in Amritsar <a href="http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/Martyrs/NamShaheeds/NamShaheeds.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/Martyrs/NamShaheeds/NamShaheeds.htm</a> </p><p></p><p>Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle and how Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims rebelled against it, contributing to the Indian rebellion because the rifle used beef and pork. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_1853_Enfield" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_1853_Enfield</a></p><p></p><p>no Castes - this is much more complicated to be responded to here.</p><p></p><p>No paaths no poojas..no aartees - </p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%A8" target="_blank">ਗਗਨ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਮੈ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਥਾਲੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਰਵਿ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਚੰਦੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%95" target="_blank">ਦੀਪਕ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਬਨੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਤਾਰਿਕਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%B2" target="_blank">ਮੰਡਲ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95" target="_blank">ਜਨਕ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਮੋਤੀ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">गगन मै थालु रवि चंदु दीपक बने तारिका मंडल जनक मोती ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Gagan mai thāl rav cẖanḏ ḏīpak bane ṯārikā mandal janak moṯī.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Upon that cosmic plate of the sky, the sun and the moon are the lamps. The stars and their orbs are the studded pearls.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A7%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਧੂਪੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8B" target="_blank">ਮਲਆਨਲੋ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਪਵਣੁ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8B" target="_blank">ਚਵਰੋ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਕਰੇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B2" target="_blank">ਸਗਲ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87" target="_blank">ਬਨਰਾਇ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4" target="_blank">ਫੂਲੰਤ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਜੋਤੀ </a> ॥੧॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">धूपु मलआनलो पवणु चवरो करे सगल बनराइ फूलंत जोती ॥१॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Ḏẖūp mal▫ānlo pavaṇ cẖavro kare sagal banrā▫e fūlanṯ joṯī. ||1||</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">The fragrance of sandalwood in the air is the temple incense, and the wind is the fan. All the plants of the world are the altar flowers in offering to You, O Luminous Lord. ||1||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਕੈਸੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਆਰਤੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87" target="_blank">ਹੋਇ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">कैसी आरती होइ ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Kaisī ārṯī ho▫e.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">What a beautiful Aartee, lamp-lit worship service this is!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%B5" target="_blank">ਭਵ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਖੰਡਨਾ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਤੇਰੀ </a> <a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਆਰਤੀ </a> ॥</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">भव खंडना तेरी आरती ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Bẖav kẖandnā ṯerī ārṯī.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">O Destroyer of Fear, this is Your Ceremony of Light.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">page 13</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: Black">Why is the dance of the universe being compared to the ritual of Arti? Is it such a bad thing? Or it something Guru Nanak held in high esteem to be making such metaphors?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Let`s end this on a positive, productive note. This I want to hear, and will be a good discussion to have. There have been comparisons drawn between quantum physics and spirituality by many spiritual teachers of our time. The truths revealed by Quantum physics though hard to grasp sometimes echo ancient Indian wisdom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BhagatSingh, post: 173011, member: 2610"] Gyani ji, I love your passion for Sikhi, I just cannot see why you reject most of the things mentioned in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji without studying their background. Because these things capture a part of the human experience that cannot be stated. That's why this has been there for Eons. None. He himself says he is not bringing any new gyan, and judging by the birthdate of authors in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, which goes back to the 13th century, I would say he is not. He is not bringing any new gyan but [I]GYAN[/I] (spiritual knowledge) itself. There is no such thing as new gyan. Gyan if it is TRUE gyan gets discovered again and again, but it's always the SAME gyan. That's a test of whether it is TRUE. If it was different it would not be true. <table cellspacing="5"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td> [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF"]ਆਦਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%81"]ਸਚੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF"]ਜੁਗਾਦਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%81"]ਸਚੁ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [COLOR=#008080]आदि सचु जुगादि सचु ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [FONT=TAHOMA]Āḏ sacẖ jugāḏ sacẖ.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [FONT=TAHOMA][COLOR=#000080]True In The Primal Beginning. True Throughout The Ages.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] </td></tr> <tr><td> [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%88"]ਹੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%80"]ਭੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%81"]ਸਚੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95"]ਨਾਨਕ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80"]ਹੋਸੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%80"]ਭੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%81"]ਸਚੁ [/URL] ॥੧॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [COLOR=#008080]है भी सचु नानक होसी भी सचु ॥१॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [FONT=TAHOMA]Hai bẖī sacẖ Nānak hosī bẖī sacẖ. ||1||[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [FONT=TAHOMA][COLOR=#000080]True Here And Now. O Nanak, Forever And Ever True. ||1||[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] </td></tr></tbody></table> If you are looking for novelty and new things, try the internet. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is not going to offer any cheap novelty. Yes it is. What gurbani says has been said by so many Lao Tzu, Buddha, Ramanuja, Shankara. It's there in the Dao De Ching, Bhagwad Gita, Upanishads. These in themselves are rehashes. Gyan needs to be constantly rehashed for the masses. That's one massive denial! NO JANEAU - where is this coming from? All ancient paintings of Guru Nanak show him with one. no agni wedding - this is how they got married back then. no fasts - I doubt he ate during the 3 days he was in the water in his meeting with God. no pilgrimages - He went to all the major pilgrimage spots in India and conversed with many enlightened and unenlightened people there. What else is a pilgrimage? sutak and patak - impurity and sin? Really? no torturing the body to please Him - Ya just go for the easy things. You don't have to struggle and work hard. [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=DarkGreen]ਦੁਖੁ ਦਾਰੂ ਸੁਖੁ ਰੋਗੁ ਭਇਆ ਜਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਤਾਮਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2][COLOR=DarkGreen] दुखु दारू सुखु रोगु भइआ जा सुखु तामि न होई ॥ Ḏukẖ ḏārū sukẖ rog bẖa▫i▫ā jā sukẖ ṯām na ho▫ī. Suffering is the medicine, and pleasure the disease, because where there is pleasure, there is no desire for God.[/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=DarkGreen] - page 469[/COLOR] no holy cows - really? During the 1700s whenever the Afghans invaded Harimandir Sahib, they would damage it and dump slaughtered cows in the sarovar to provoke us and humiliate us. And boy did we get ******, Baba Deep Singh is one example. Then during 1800s we rebelled against cow slaughter in Amritsar [URL]http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/Martyrs/NamShaheeds/NamShaheeds.htm[/URL] Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle and how Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims rebelled against it, contributing to the Indian rebellion because the rifle used beef and pork. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_1853_Enfield[/url] no Castes - this is much more complicated to be responded to here. No paaths no poojas..no aartees - [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%A8"]ਗਗਨ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%88"]ਮੈ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%81"]ਥਾਲੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF"]ਰਵਿ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%81"]ਚੰਦੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%95"]ਦੀਪਕ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%87"]ਬਨੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE"]ਤਾਰਿਕਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%B2"]ਮੰਡਲ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95"]ਜਨਕ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80"]ਮੋਤੀ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [COLOR=#008080]गगन मै थालु रवि चंदु दीपक बने तारिका मंडल जनक मोती ॥[/COLOR] Gagan mai thāl rav cẖanḏ ḏīpak bane ṯārikā mandal janak moṯī. [COLOR=#000080]Upon that cosmic plate of the sky, the sun and the moon are the lamps. The stars and their orbs are the studded pearls.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A7%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81"]ਧੂਪੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8B"]ਮਲਆਨਲੋ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%81"]ਪਵਣੁ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8B"]ਚਵਰੋ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87"]ਕਰੇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%B2"]ਸਗਲ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87"]ਬਨਰਾਇ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A4"]ਫੂਲੰਤ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80"]ਜੋਤੀ [/URL] ॥੧॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [COLOR=#008080]धूपु मलआनलो पवणु चवरो करे सगल बनराइ फूलंत जोती ॥१॥[/COLOR] Ḏẖūp mal▫ānlo pavaṇ cẖavro kare sagal banrā▫e fūlanṯ joṯī. ||1|| [COLOR=#000080]The fragrance of sandalwood in the air is the temple incense, and the wind is the fan. All the plants of the world are the altar flowers in offering to You, O Luminous Lord. ||1||[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80"]ਕੈਸੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80"]ਆਰਤੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87"]ਹੋਇ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [COLOR=#008080]कैसी आरती होइ ॥[/COLOR] Kaisī ārṯī ho▫e. [COLOR=#000080]What a beautiful Aartee, lamp-lit worship service this is![/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%B5"]ਭਵ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A1%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE"]ਖੰਡਨਾ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80"]ਤੇਰੀ [/URL] [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80"]ਆਰਤੀ [/URL] ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=2] [COLOR=#008080]भव खंडना तेरी आरती ॥[/COLOR] Bẖav kẖandnā ṯerī ārṯī. [COLOR=#000080]O Destroyer of Fear, this is Your Ceremony of Light.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]page 13[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][COLOR=Black]Why is the dance of the universe being compared to the ritual of Arti? Is it such a bad thing? Or it something Guru Nanak held in high esteem to be making such metaphors?[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/SIZE] Let`s end this on a positive, productive note. This I want to hear, and will be a good discussion to have. There have been comparisons drawn between quantum physics and spirituality by many spiritual teachers of our time. The truths revealed by Quantum physics though hard to grasp sometimes echo ancient Indian wisdom. [/QUOTE]
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