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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 125397" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-size: 9px">source: </span><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Against+extremism/2946672/story.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #890b00">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Against+extremism/2946672/story.html</span></span></a></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Against extremism</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: red"><u>Editorial:</u></span> <strong>The Ottawa Citizen</strong> - April 24, 2010 - 8:11 AM</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">A Canadian Member of Parliament has done something courageous, and now he needs -- and deserves -- the support of all Canadians. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Ujjal Dosanjh, the Liberal MP for Vancouver South, issued some public statements in favour of moderation, peace, order and the rule of law -- which ought not to be controversial for a politician or anyone else to make, but in this case could be very dangerous for Dosanjh. He was speaking about the rise of extremism in his own religious community, Canadian Sikhs. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Opposing Sikh militancy has caused grief for Dosanjh before. In 1985, he was savagely beaten with a metal bar for expressing his views on the debate over Khalistan, the homeland some Sikhs want to establish in India. Eleven years later, someone threw a Molotov {censored}tail into his office. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Now he faces more threats. First, organizers of a major Sikh parade in Surrey had told Dosanjh and another B.C. Sikh politician, MLA Dave Hayer, that they weren't welcome at the event. The men should bring bodyguards if they showed up, organizers warned. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The parade featured prominent photos of Sikh "martyrs" -- terrorists -- but when Dosanjh spoke out publicly against this, and against extremism generally, death threats against him appeared on Facebook. The parade organizers have tried to suggest that these weren't threats, but simply warnings that Dosanjh would find useful, but Dosanjh himself knows a threat when he sees one. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In a parallel event last week, an American group calling itself Muslim Revolution issued death threats of its own against the creators of the TV show South Park, who portrayed a cartoon version of the prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. This militant group also denied that it was threatening murder, but rather simply passing on useful information for the South Park crew to consider (specifically, urging them to remember that a Dutch filmmaker was murdered for a film that Muslims considered insulting). </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Canadians used to hear this sort of cynical, extortionist rhetoric -- albeit on a lesser scale -- from Jean-Claude Parrot when he was head of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers during fractious times. During labour disputes, Parrot would say with great flourish that of course he didn't condone violence from his members ... though of course he and other union leaders would understand how those members might lose control, what with the great provocations they have had to endure from management. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Parrot was making a threat, as are Sikh extremists who tell Hayer and Dosanjh that they had better bring bodyguards if they want to attend public events. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The Sikh case occurs against a backdrop of violence not limited to the Air India bombing of 1985, or the fatal shootings by Kuldip Singh Samra in a Toronto courtroom in 1982. There have been serious injuries this spring at two Toronto-area Sikh temples where members fought with knives, machetes and hammers. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Officials from India have noted Sikhs in Canada are often more extreme that those in India, which raises the uncomfortable possibility that Canada can be an incubator for people who immigrate here and nurse hatred for political opponents in their native countries. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Dosanjh and Hayer should be applauded for standing up to goons who, one hopes, represent a small fringe of Canadian Sikhs yet have the ability to damage the whole community. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Ottawa Citizen </span><span style="color: navy">© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen</span></p><p>____________________________________________</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: red"><u>If anyone desires to express your opinion on this editorial:</u></span></p><p> </p><p>You can email your letter directly to <strong><a href="mailto:letters@thecitizen.canwest.com"><span style="color: #000080">letters@thecitizen.canwest.com</span></a></strong>, or fax it to <strong>613-726-5858</strong>, or send it to: </p><p> </p><p><strong>Ottawa Citizen</strong></p><p><strong>Letters to the Editor</strong></p><p><strong><strong>1101 Baxter Road</strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Box 5020</strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>Ottawa, ON</strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>K2C 3M4</strong></strong></strong></p><p> </p><p>This will be much more effective & productive action, rather than argue among ourselves.</p><p> </p><p>Harbhajan S. Sangha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 125397, member: 884"] [B][COLOR=navy][SIZE=1]source: [/SIZE][URL="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Against+extremism/2946672/story.html"][SIZE=1][COLOR=#890b00]http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Against+extremism/2946672/story.html[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/COLOR][/B] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Against extremism[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=navy][SIZE=3][COLOR=red][U]Editorial:[/U][/COLOR] [B]The Ottawa Citizen[/B] - April 24, 2010 - 8:11 AM[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]A Canadian Member of Parliament has done something courageous, and now he needs -- and deserves -- the support of all Canadians. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Ujjal Dosanjh, the Liberal MP for Vancouver South, issued some public statements in favour of moderation, peace, order and the rule of law -- which ought not to be controversial for a politician or anyone else to make, but in this case could be very dangerous for Dosanjh. He was speaking about the rise of extremism in his own religious community, Canadian Sikhs. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Opposing Sikh militancy has caused grief for Dosanjh before. In 1985, he was savagely beaten with a metal bar for expressing his views on the debate over Khalistan, the homeland some Sikhs want to establish in India. Eleven years later, someone threw a Molotov {censored}tail into his office. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Now he faces more threats. First, organizers of a major Sikh parade in Surrey had told Dosanjh and another B.C. Sikh politician, MLA Dave Hayer, that they weren't welcome at the event. The men should bring bodyguards if they showed up, organizers warned. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The parade featured prominent photos of Sikh "martyrs" -- terrorists -- but when Dosanjh spoke out publicly against this, and against extremism generally, death threats against him appeared on Facebook. The parade organizers have tried to suggest that these weren't threats, but simply warnings that Dosanjh would find useful, but Dosanjh himself knows a threat when he sees one. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In a parallel event last week, an American group calling itself Muslim Revolution issued death threats of its own against the creators of the TV show South Park, who portrayed a cartoon version of the prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. This militant group also denied that it was threatening murder, but rather simply passing on useful information for the South Park crew to consider (specifically, urging them to remember that a Dutch filmmaker was murdered for a film that Muslims considered insulting). [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Canadians used to hear this sort of cynical, extortionist rhetoric -- albeit on a lesser scale -- from Jean-Claude Parrot when he was head of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers during fractious times. During labour disputes, Parrot would say with great flourish that of course he didn't condone violence from his members ... though of course he and other union leaders would understand how those members might lose control, what with the great provocations they have had to endure from management. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Parrot was making a threat, as are Sikh extremists who tell Hayer and Dosanjh that they had better bring bodyguards if they want to attend public events. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The Sikh case occurs against a backdrop of violence not limited to the Air India bombing of 1985, or the fatal shootings by Kuldip Singh Samra in a Toronto courtroom in 1982. There have been serious injuries this spring at two Toronto-area Sikh temples where members fought with knives, machetes and hammers. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Officials from India have noted Sikhs in Canada are often more extreme that those in India, which raises the uncomfortable possibility that Canada can be an incubator for people who immigrate here and nurse hatred for political opponents in their native countries. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Dosanjh and Hayer should be applauded for standing up to goons who, one hopes, represent a small fringe of Canadian Sikhs yet have the ability to damage the whole community. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Ottawa Citizen [/COLOR][COLOR=navy]© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen[/COLOR] ____________________________________________ [COLOR=red][U]If anyone desires to express your opinion on this editorial:[/U][/COLOR] You can email your letter directly to [B][EMAIL="letters@thecitizen.canwest.com"][COLOR=#000080]letters@thecitizen.canwest.com[/COLOR][/EMAIL][/B], or fax it to [B]613-726-5858[/B], or send it to: [B]Ottawa Citizen[/B] [B]Letters to the Editor[/B] [B][B]1101 Baxter Road[/B] [B][B]Box 5020[/B][/B] [B][B]Ottawa, ON[/B][/B] [B][B]K2C 3M4[/B][/B][/B] This will be much more effective & productive action, rather than argue among ourselves. Harbhajan S. Sangha [/QUOTE]
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