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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (595-634)
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Gurbani (660-685)
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Chhant (687-691)
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Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
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Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
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Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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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)
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Dakhnee (929-938)
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Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
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Gurbani (975-980)
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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)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
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Gurbani (1352-53)
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A Sikh's Cost Of Fitting In: Lopping Off Long Hair
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<blockquote data-quote="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 101085" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>When I migraeted to malaya in 1950..i was one year old...and when i went to the local Catholic Church Kindergarten...I was the ONLY ONE with a JOORRA....i faced absolutley NO PROBLEMS..id crisis, fitting in..whatever....ALL the others were chinese/madrassis tamils. malays and all ghonas...</p><p>Through out my school...no one bothered me about my long hair..turban....and all my children also went through the same school system..under the same conditions...except that they now had swimming classes and all....still the hair dastaar posed no problems...no one had to "fit IN"...</p><p>IMHO ALL THIS IS UTTER RUBBISH....harsh words..i admit...but I feel all these are excuses for personal fialures...</p><p>From as young as 2 or so..i was fed a strong diet of "Sikh History/shaheeds/sahibzadahs...our ardass..our Gurus...our Gurbani....and alwasy i wondered..IF ever push comes to shove..can I...stand up to my RELIGION/FAITH as well as the FIVE YEAR OLD ZORAWAR SINGH ?? It NEVER came to that..I didnt have to even cut my little finger...much less stand inside a wall to be bricked up alive !!or have my joints cut one by one like Bhai mani Singh or get sawed alive like Bhai Mati Dass !!</p><p></p><p>The BITTER TRUTH..the UNPALATABLE TRUTH is thta the SIKHS..Parents, the Gyanis, the ragis, the SGPCs the Gurdwaras..ALL have FAILED the YOUNGER GENERATION. A so callaed "SIKH" who cant even spell the name of GURU NANAK....HOW can he be facing suhc "trials and tribulations" such as described in the article....He DOESNT KNOW JILCH about SIKHI/GURMATT/HAIR...whay should he feel anything special about it ?? OF course he will feel it a BURDEN..and want to get rid of it asap....why balme him..BLAME the PARENTS..the Gurdwaras..the SIKH SOCIETY.</p><p></p><p>MY children can DEBATE for a few SOLID HOURS on Gurbani/gurmatt/sikh history....many Sikhs i know cant even spell the name of the First Sikh GURU ?? How are they SIKHS ?? joking ?? What is a SIKH ?? WHY should such a "SIKH" have any feelings for his hair ?? WHY ?? what purpose ??</p><p>And to top it all we have so called "Academics..pseudo scholars who having mastered the art of Googling GURBANI..or searching through Gurbani Sites...and reading the superficial translations etc by equally ignorant writers...go on a crusade about how the SGGS SUPPORTS cutting hair..etc etc...SIMPLY because they and their children FAILED to keep Dastaars....and now want justification through Gurbani...</p><p></p><p>Todays children want LOGICAL ANSWERS..not myths..and Follow what i say..do what i say...why should my son ridfe a bicycle to school simply because I DID IT...he has Daddys Car....parked in the Garage....and wants to DRIVE...BUT IF he is "shown" the way...PAY for the PETROL !! Pay for the maintenance...VIOLA..he suddenly FINDS the Bicycle is COOL....</p><p></p><p>Sikhism is the most logical modern religion..STOP making it into a mytholigical outdated version dished out by the sants babas with their tall tales and sakhis...TELL the TRUTH as told by the GURUS..and every sikh child will gladly follow despite the odds....DONT..and no body will want hair or dastaar !! what ever FOR ??:yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 101085, member: 189"] When I migraeted to malaya in 1950..i was one year old...and when i went to the local Catholic Church Kindergarten...I was the ONLY ONE with a JOORRA....i faced absolutley NO PROBLEMS..id crisis, fitting in..whatever....ALL the others were chinese/madrassis tamils. malays and all ghonas... Through out my school...no one bothered me about my long hair..turban....and all my children also went through the same school system..under the same conditions...except that they now had swimming classes and all....still the hair dastaar posed no problems...no one had to "fit IN"... IMHO ALL THIS IS UTTER RUBBISH....harsh words..i admit...but I feel all these are excuses for personal fialures... From as young as 2 or so..i was fed a strong diet of "Sikh History/shaheeds/sahibzadahs...our ardass..our Gurus...our Gurbani....and alwasy i wondered..IF ever push comes to shove..can I...stand up to my RELIGION/FAITH as well as the FIVE YEAR OLD ZORAWAR SINGH ?? It NEVER came to that..I didnt have to even cut my little finger...much less stand inside a wall to be bricked up alive !!or have my joints cut one by one like Bhai mani Singh or get sawed alive like Bhai Mati Dass !! The BITTER TRUTH..the UNPALATABLE TRUTH is thta the SIKHS..Parents, the Gyanis, the ragis, the SGPCs the Gurdwaras..ALL have FAILED the YOUNGER GENERATION. A so callaed "SIKH" who cant even spell the name of GURU NANAK....HOW can he be facing suhc "trials and tribulations" such as described in the article....He DOESNT KNOW JILCH about SIKHI/GURMATT/HAIR...whay should he feel anything special about it ?? OF course he will feel it a BURDEN..and want to get rid of it asap....why balme him..BLAME the PARENTS..the Gurdwaras..the SIKH SOCIETY. MY children can DEBATE for a few SOLID HOURS on Gurbani/gurmatt/sikh history....many Sikhs i know cant even spell the name of the First Sikh GURU ?? How are they SIKHS ?? joking ?? What is a SIKH ?? WHY should such a "SIKH" have any feelings for his hair ?? WHY ?? what purpose ?? And to top it all we have so called "Academics..pseudo scholars who having mastered the art of Googling GURBANI..or searching through Gurbani Sites...and reading the superficial translations etc by equally ignorant writers...go on a crusade about how the SGGS SUPPORTS cutting hair..etc etc...SIMPLY because they and their children FAILED to keep Dastaars....and now want justification through Gurbani... Todays children want LOGICAL ANSWERS..not myths..and Follow what i say..do what i say...why should my son ridfe a bicycle to school simply because I DID IT...he has Daddys Car....parked in the Garage....and wants to DRIVE...BUT IF he is "shown" the way...PAY for the PETROL !! Pay for the maintenance...VIOLA..he suddenly FINDS the Bicycle is COOL.... Sikhism is the most logical modern religion..STOP making it into a mytholigical outdated version dished out by the sants babas with their tall tales and sakhis...TELL the TRUTH as told by the GURUS..and every sikh child will gladly follow despite the odds....DONT..and no body will want hair or dastaar !! what ever FOR ??:yes::yes::yes::yes::yes: [/QUOTE]
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