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Gurbani (151-185)
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Thintteen (343-344)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Suchajee (762)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
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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
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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<blockquote data-quote="Lionchild" data-source="post: 53526" data-attributes="member: 1295"><p>Hello Harjas Kaur Khalsa, salutations to you sister! Anyways, i never left SPN btw <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p><strong>Yes, we have read your criticisms of Sikh religion. Welcome back. I'm interested to engage you on your points of contention.</strong></p><p></p><p>Sure, although i'm not here to get into an aguement if thats what you are looking for.</p><p></p><p><strong>You are not a Sikhi of another manifestation. You publically rejected Guruji and Sikhism and declared faith in Bahai religion. You are not even a Sikh.</strong></p><p></p><p>If you have learned the literal term and meaning of the word "sikh" you would know that it means basically disciple, learner, for me, i am a sikh in another path. HKK, i am using the term on a philosophical level <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>If I rejected guru ji, or waheguru, wouldnt I be atheist? As i mentioned earlier, i am following a different path. Whaterver you call "him", waheguru, jehovah, etc, we are all sikhs of god.</p><p></p><p><strong>Can I honestly ask you, you say you followed Sikhi for over a year. You say you Who were you following? Was it Guruji's will as stated in Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj? Rehitnamas? Rehit Maryada?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Or are those things all man-made religion and rules to you and you follow your own interpretation and ideal of what Sikhi should be without ever once submitting yourself to established Sikh religion? Do you as a young man have any respect for Sikh elders and teachers? Or do you presume to teach them all?</strong></p><p></p><p>I followed waheguru, but i did my search in sikhi independently an didn't bother with the man made rehats, instead, i tried my best to stick with the source - the sggs and its teachings. I had an english version, and i read it as well as the nitnem too.</p><p></p><p>The path of independent truth seeking will take you off the beaten track, and as a result taken me away from the mainstream community. However, it was a very positive experience, and i would reccomend it to anyone entering sikhi. Another aspect of independent truth seeking is that it independent, and not for anyone else, which is one reason why i don't like debating or argueing about religion.</p><p></p><p>As for the elders, they didnt have much respect for a young aboriginal man, never really got any answers from them. That is way i went to the source and writtings of the gurus... you do what you have to do to learn, with or without the community. Kind of hard to talk to people who call you a "annoying native" wouldn't you say? :hmm: </p><p></p><p><strong>What kind of manifestation of Sikhi is this? Are you as a Bahai, who renounced Sikh faith and Guru, going to invent a new kind of manifestation to teach people all about Sikhi based on your experiences for a year rebelling and criticizing against everything it teaches?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>And if they remain faithful Sikhs, they are stagnant, brainwashed, dying. And if they listen to you and your version of new and improved Lionchild Sikhi, they are growing and open-minded, not in a box, wiser than all who came before, just like Darcy Cardinal the Bahai who abandoned Sikhi? This is the enlightenment you offer to people, abandon Guru?</strong></p><p></p><p>Manifestation are prophets and great teachers like guru nanak, Bahá'u'lláh, jesus, etc, i should have mentioned that before, sorry!</p><p></p><p>If people ask me about sikhi, i will foward them to books and writtings on the sikhi faith, namely the sggs and alike. Part of independent search is that its only for yourself, which is why i forward people to the source and other writtings other than tell it from my own understanding. Of course, i have mentioned my personal experiences to others, but i blame it on the actual people, not the religion.</p><p></p><p>Why don't you do research into what i am doing, instead of assuming what i'm doing.</p><p></p><p><strong>These "little rules" as you call them are a part of the religious practice, that is the Rehit Maryada of Sikhism. Sikhism is not just a Holy Book, like Christianity where you can debate Sola Scriptora and individual interpretation. Sikhism is an institution of spiritual authority (Panj Piare who are the sargun saroop of Guru Himself; the Akal Takht which is the sargun sarooop of Guruji Himself.) Unlike Christianity in which the words were spoken by the Master, and hundreds years later written down, then translated and changed for two thousand years so that anybody could have an opinion and debate authority. </strong></p><p> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Guruji wrote the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj in His own hand. Moreover, there are Hukamnamas written in Guruji's own hand to clarify things. And besides, there were brahmgyanis who assisted Guruji such as Bhai Gurdas and recorded His instructions, also as in the Rehitnamas. Anyone who studies Sikhism will see it is complete, and when individuals give individual interpretations, these can be checked against reliable first-hand sources... for errors.</strong></p><p></p><p>This occurs in the bahai faith as well! Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá wrote down the scripts as well, like guru nanak and the 10 gurus. The bahais also have the universal house of justice... if you take a look at the two, the two faiths are not that different. And we do not denounce other prophets, in fact we are told to look into other faiths knowledge too.</p><p></p><p><strong>Now, are you going to say you know better than Guruji? Yet, deceptively retain the Sikh facade while not being a follower of anyone but yourself?</strong></p><p></p><p>Did i say that, or did you? :wink: </p><p> </p><p><strong>You are not a Sikh, yet you use confusing terms like "Sikhi of another manifestation" and "Sikhi of another faith." You do not read Gurbani. You do not accept the Rehitnamas or the Rehit Maryada as authoritative. Yet you continue to preach what's wrong in Sikh religion and your personal ideas of what will make it right, even though you don't even understand this faith?</strong></p><p></p><p>Well that is not true, I am currently reading with another friend the sggs from cover to cover, and I still read the nitnem from time to time... sorry to disappoint you :wink: And when i tell people of that way of life, when they do ask me, i tell them that its a "noble and respectable" way of life, and from there if they want more info, i will forward them to books and etc.</p><p></p><p><strong>Veerji, doesn't that seem a little "off" to you? You spent a year "in Sikhi" and now you are qualified to correct everything about Sikhi? Yet Sikhi is about Guruji. May I ask, what is your relationship to Guruji? Do you believe in Guru?</strong></p><p></p><p>Not really, i still don't tell people about some aspects of sikhi, due to my own understanding. As i mentioned before, its much better to direct people to the source and books than tell it through personal experience.</p><p></p><p>I am puzzled Harjas Kaur Khalsa, why do you want to stir debate with others? I'm not here to argue with you or anyone else.</p><p></p><p>best wishes to you sister Harjas!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lionchild, post: 53526, member: 1295"] Hello Harjas Kaur Khalsa, salutations to you sister! Anyways, i never left SPN btw :) [B]Yes, we have read your criticisms of Sikh religion. Welcome back. I'm interested to engage you on your points of contention.[/B] Sure, although i'm not here to get into an aguement if thats what you are looking for. [B]You are not a Sikhi of another manifestation. You publically rejected Guruji and Sikhism and declared faith in Bahai religion. You are not even a Sikh.[/B] If you have learned the literal term and meaning of the word "sikh" you would know that it means basically disciple, learner, for me, i am a sikh in another path. HKK, i am using the term on a philosophical level :) If I rejected guru ji, or waheguru, wouldnt I be atheist? As i mentioned earlier, i am following a different path. Whaterver you call "him", waheguru, jehovah, etc, we are all sikhs of god. [B]Can I honestly ask you, you say you followed Sikhi for over a year. You say you Who were you following? Was it Guruji's will as stated in Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj? Rehitnamas? Rehit Maryada? Or are those things all man-made religion and rules to you and you follow your own interpretation and ideal of what Sikhi should be without ever once submitting yourself to established Sikh religion? Do you as a young man have any respect for Sikh elders and teachers? Or do you presume to teach them all?[/B] I followed waheguru, but i did my search in sikhi independently an didn't bother with the man made rehats, instead, i tried my best to stick with the source - the sggs and its teachings. I had an english version, and i read it as well as the nitnem too. The path of independent truth seeking will take you off the beaten track, and as a result taken me away from the mainstream community. However, it was a very positive experience, and i would reccomend it to anyone entering sikhi. Another aspect of independent truth seeking is that it independent, and not for anyone else, which is one reason why i don't like debating or argueing about religion. As for the elders, they didnt have much respect for a young aboriginal man, never really got any answers from them. That is way i went to the source and writtings of the gurus... you do what you have to do to learn, with or without the community. Kind of hard to talk to people who call you a "annoying native" wouldn't you say? :hmm: [B]What kind of manifestation of Sikhi is this? Are you as a Bahai, who renounced Sikh faith and Guru, going to invent a new kind of manifestation to teach people all about Sikhi based on your experiences for a year rebelling and criticizing against everything it teaches? And if they remain faithful Sikhs, they are stagnant, brainwashed, dying. And if they listen to you and your version of new and improved Lionchild Sikhi, they are growing and open-minded, not in a box, wiser than all who came before, just like Darcy Cardinal the Bahai who abandoned Sikhi? This is the enlightenment you offer to people, abandon Guru?[/B] Manifestation are prophets and great teachers like guru nanak, Bahá'u'lláh, jesus, etc, i should have mentioned that before, sorry! If people ask me about sikhi, i will foward them to books and writtings on the sikhi faith, namely the sggs and alike. Part of independent search is that its only for yourself, which is why i forward people to the source and other writtings other than tell it from my own understanding. Of course, i have mentioned my personal experiences to others, but i blame it on the actual people, not the religion. Why don't you do research into what i am doing, instead of assuming what i'm doing. [B]These "little rules" as you call them are a part of the religious practice, that is the Rehit Maryada of Sikhism. Sikhism is not just a Holy Book, like Christianity where you can debate Sola Scriptora and individual interpretation. Sikhism is an institution of spiritual authority (Panj Piare who are the sargun saroop of Guru Himself; the Akal Takht which is the sargun sarooop of Guruji Himself.) Unlike Christianity in which the words were spoken by the Master, and hundreds years later written down, then translated and changed for two thousand years so that anybody could have an opinion and debate authority. Guruji wrote the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaaj in His own hand. Moreover, there are Hukamnamas written in Guruji's own hand to clarify things. And besides, there were brahmgyanis who assisted Guruji such as Bhai Gurdas and recorded His instructions, also as in the Rehitnamas. Anyone who studies Sikhism will see it is complete, and when individuals give individual interpretations, these can be checked against reliable first-hand sources... for errors.[/B] This occurs in the bahai faith as well! Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá wrote down the scripts as well, like guru nanak and the 10 gurus. The bahais also have the universal house of justice... if you take a look at the two, the two faiths are not that different. And we do not denounce other prophets, in fact we are told to look into other faiths knowledge too. [B]Now, are you going to say you know better than Guruji? Yet, deceptively retain the Sikh facade while not being a follower of anyone but yourself?[/B] Did i say that, or did you? :wink: [B]You are not a Sikh, yet you use confusing terms like "Sikhi of another manifestation" and "Sikhi of another faith." You do not read Gurbani. You do not accept the Rehitnamas or the Rehit Maryada as authoritative. Yet you continue to preach what's wrong in Sikh religion and your personal ideas of what will make it right, even though you don't even understand this faith?[/B] Well that is not true, I am currently reading with another friend the sggs from cover to cover, and I still read the nitnem from time to time... sorry to disappoint you :wink: And when i tell people of that way of life, when they do ask me, i tell them that its a "noble and respectable" way of life, and from there if they want more info, i will forward them to books and etc. [B]Veerji, doesn't that seem a little "off" to you? You spent a year "in Sikhi" and now you are qualified to correct everything about Sikhi? Yet Sikhi is about Guruji. May I ask, what is your relationship to Guruji? Do you believe in Guru?[/B] Not really, i still don't tell people about some aspects of sikhi, due to my own understanding. As i mentioned before, its much better to direct people to the source and books than tell it through personal experience. I am puzzled Harjas Kaur Khalsa, why do you want to stir debate with others? I'm not here to argue with you or anyone else. best wishes to you sister Harjas! [/QUOTE]
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