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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
ਜਪੁ | Jup
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="Caspian" data-source="post: 138137" data-attributes="member: 5962"><p>I think what jasbir is trying to suggest is that their is no "personal effort" on your part or my part, there is no free will to choose. Everything is god's will. The reason why im an atheist is because its all part of gods plan so how dare anyone suggest i'm wrong <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>IMO, you use alot of meaningless adjectives or ur speaking in highly figuritive/poetic language which is fine and dandy but it reduces the impact of what you have to say. I'm trying to make sense of what you just said but i cant wrap my head around stuff like:</p><p></p><p>"its about recognizing the wholeness of your own self" (Because I too, recognise myself as whole? and im an atheist)</p><p></p><p>"external circumstances can never be more severe than that of your own mind in finishing you off." (dont even know what this means? how can your mind ever work against your... mind? to finish it off?)</p><p></p><p>"the more vibrationally in tune you are with god's will, those are the moments you actually experience life." (?)</p><p></p><p>Any 4rth grade poet can say something like "God is life" and get an A. (Which is what i feel like your entire post sounded like, an appeal to one's "soul" and i use the term "soul" in the figurative sense. but i have a feeling you mean everything u say quite literally and not figuratively. i guess thats where we differ—at worst these kinds of ideas are simplistic and dangerous and at best their poetic but rarely ever can they be translated to say anything meaningful about real life).</p><p></p><p>Im not saying poetry is meaningless. I love poetry. But peotry is highly subjective—and you seem to be speaking as if everything you say is an objective truth, a matter of fact. You cannot say for sure, that your experience of life is any more or less "whole" then my experience of life simply because i dont believe in god. To you it may seem like im suffering or something. Believe me, I feel the same way about you. Everything is relative though. I can acknowledge the fact that religous people can lead deeply meaningful lives. Why cant you think the same for atheists? </p><p></p><p>Im a cognitive science major (i realize your an english prof, lol please dont take my "txtspeak" literally, the way I write in internet forums is only a fraction of my writing ability, but i do minor in english/creative writing) and one of the philosophical problems we come across has to do with the theory of mind (especially in artificial intelligence). Forexample, how do i know that you have a mind like mines? What if you are simply acting as if you have a mind, but u dont really have an internal thought process? Because I cannot be for sure about whether or not you have a mind, I simply assume you have a mind because you act similarly enough to the way i act—and i know i have a mind. </p><p></p><p>Similarily, I assume you live a meaningful life because I know i live a meaningful life. If i was there, and i could see your happiness, i would more readily believe you live a meaningful life; yet, would u not be convinced that i lived a meaningful life? that i was whole too? even if i was as happy, as spiritually fulfilled, charitable and as nice as you?</p><p></p><p>I guess what im saying is that. Let assume you had an identicle twin who was like you in almost every way—except she/he did not believe in god. Are they somehow missing out on life? I think not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caspian, post: 138137, member: 5962"] I think what jasbir is trying to suggest is that their is no "personal effort" on your part or my part, there is no free will to choose. Everything is god's will. The reason why im an atheist is because its all part of gods plan so how dare anyone suggest i'm wrong :P IMO, you use alot of meaningless adjectives or ur speaking in highly figuritive/poetic language which is fine and dandy but it reduces the impact of what you have to say. I'm trying to make sense of what you just said but i cant wrap my head around stuff like: "its about recognizing the wholeness of your own self" (Because I too, recognise myself as whole? and im an atheist) "external circumstances can never be more severe than that of your own mind in finishing you off." (dont even know what this means? how can your mind ever work against your... mind? to finish it off?) "the more vibrationally in tune you are with god's will, those are the moments you actually experience life." (?) Any 4rth grade poet can say something like "God is life" and get an A. (Which is what i feel like your entire post sounded like, an appeal to one's "soul" and i use the term "soul" in the figurative sense. but i have a feeling you mean everything u say quite literally and not figuratively. i guess thats where we differ—at worst these kinds of ideas are simplistic and dangerous and at best their poetic but rarely ever can they be translated to say anything meaningful about real life). Im not saying poetry is meaningless. I love poetry. But peotry is highly subjective—and you seem to be speaking as if everything you say is an objective truth, a matter of fact. You cannot say for sure, that your experience of life is any more or less "whole" then my experience of life simply because i dont believe in god. To you it may seem like im suffering or something. Believe me, I feel the same way about you. Everything is relative though. I can acknowledge the fact that religous people can lead deeply meaningful lives. Why cant you think the same for atheists? Im a cognitive science major (i realize your an english prof, lol please dont take my "txtspeak" literally, the way I write in internet forums is only a fraction of my writing ability, but i do minor in english/creative writing) and one of the philosophical problems we come across has to do with the theory of mind (especially in artificial intelligence). Forexample, how do i know that you have a mind like mines? What if you are simply acting as if you have a mind, but u dont really have an internal thought process? Because I cannot be for sure about whether or not you have a mind, I simply assume you have a mind because you act similarly enough to the way i act—and i know i have a mind. Similarily, I assume you live a meaningful life because I know i live a meaningful life. If i was there, and i could see your happiness, i would more readily believe you live a meaningful life; yet, would u not be convinced that i lived a meaningful life? that i was whole too? even if i was as happy, as spiritually fulfilled, charitable and as nice as you? I guess what im saying is that. Let assume you had an identicle twin who was like you in almost every way—except she/he did not believe in god. Are they somehow missing out on life? I think not. [/QUOTE]
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