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Gurbani (14-53)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 50451" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #810081">source: <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/opinion/ny-opsin145051496jan14,0,7649458.story?coll=ny-opinion-print" target="_blank">Another path to peace - Newsday.com</a></span></span></u></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #000080">Another path to peace</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Interviewed by Newsday editor Jim Smith.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">January 14, 2007</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The country is debating troop levels and logistics in the war in Iraq. But <strong>Rajinderjit K. Singh</strong> offers a different way to think about achieving peace. The retired Locust Valley teacher co-founded the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum in 1993 and the East and West Association of Sikh Women in 2001, both dedicated to fostering harmony. Now, at 72, she represents North America on the board of the World Council of Religions for Peace. She was interviewed by Newsday editor Jim Smith. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Why is peace your issue?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">I was hurt by war as a child, when my family fled east from Rawalpindi (then in India, now in Pakistan), so I have an emotional connection to people who suffer insecurity from violence.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>What would you like to see?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Peace in every heart, peace in the whole world.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>How would you know there was world peace?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">When there are no wars, and every human being has the basic necessities.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Isn't the world less peaceful than ever?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">There are fewer people being killed than during the world wars. I think we're moving in the right direction.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>But aren't religious rivalries driving most of the world's violence?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Religious violence is a negative force. There is a positive force we need to create. More and more people are joining the interfaith movement, meeting and exchanging ideas. More and more people are meditating. Meditating gives you peace inside; understanding gives you peace outside. As understanding and togetherness increase, it will bring peace.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>People meditating never have stopped a war.</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">That's true, but there are more people on Earth meditating, and that will make a difference. The interfaith movement gives me hope because people are talking to each other, trying to really know each other. People are finding out that the other's not that bad.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">We can't give up. I can see the whole world becoming one. In the Multi-Faith Forum, we visit thousands of people in high schools and middle schools every year; I can feel a difference over the last 10, 12 years - how open the students have become to trying things from different cultures. The kids are open to asking questions; they're not afraid, because they are reading. They come with deep questions.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>How else have you worked for peace?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">In the Locust Valley school district I helped raise money for people in Africa and sent it through CARE. It started in my class and spread throughout the school. I've also done education projects in my temple. I worship in Glen Cove and Plainview. We've invited people [of other faiths] to let them know who we are, have a meal together. We've invited non-Sikh children and tried to sensitize them about the head-wrap, the patka, that males wear.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>How did the Multi-Faith Forum come about?</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The LI Council of Churches received a grant for a pilot program. The idea stemmed from an interfaith meeting. Then, we all visited each other's places of worship. We made a logo with 12 branches - 12 symbols of different religions. We created a 24- member board and got hundreds of volunteers [to run education programs]. I've been a board member ever since. We created a program called 'Building Bridges.' We do it at fairs, schools, banks ... we've talked to hospital employees, IRS employees. We send panelists representing three or four religions. They talk about their religions, and people see that all religions have common rules and ethics.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>How were you named to the board of the World Council of Religions?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">I attended two days of meetings and a four-day conference in Kyoto, Japan, with about 1,000 men, women and children. People from my religion nominated me. I think it was God's gift. All my life I felt that God puts me where he wants me. They called me to come to the stage, and I couldn't find my shoes. It was a big surprise.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>How many speaking engagements do you do?</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">I was involved in 11 programs in October, seven in November and six in December in schools, my temple, New York City and on Long Island. My message is: Peace is achievable if we use education. But if you're hungry, you're not peaceful. And you need to be free from disease. ... We can't have people saying, 'My religion is better than yours.' They need to say, 'I'm OK in my religion, you're OK in yours, and we're all OK in this world if we respect each other.'" </span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Copyright 2007 Newsday Inc.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p></p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>----------------------------------------</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 50451, member: 884"] [B][U][SIZE=2][COLOR=#810081]source: [URL="http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/opinion/ny-opsin145051496jan14,0,7649458.story?coll=ny-opinion-print"]Another path to peace - Newsday.com[/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/B] [B][SIZE=6][COLOR=#000080]Another path to peace[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#000080]Interviewed by Newsday editor Jim Smith.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]January 14, 2007[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The country is debating troop levels and logistics in the war in Iraq. But [B]Rajinderjit K. Singh[/B] offers a different way to think about achieving peace. The retired Locust Valley teacher co-founded the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum in 1993 and the East and West Association of Sikh Women in 2001, both dedicated to fostering harmony. Now, at 72, she represents North America on the board of the World Council of Religions for Peace. She was interviewed by Newsday editor Jim Smith. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]Why is peace your issue?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]I was hurt by war as a child, when my family fled east from Rawalpindi (then in India, now in Pakistan), so I have an emotional connection to people who suffer insecurity from violence.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]What would you like to see?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Peace in every heart, peace in the whole world.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]How would you know there was world peace?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]When there are no wars, and every human being has the basic necessities.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]Isn't the world less peaceful than ever?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]There are fewer people being killed than during the world wars. I think we're moving in the right direction.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]But aren't religious rivalries driving most of the world's violence?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Religious violence is a negative force. There is a positive force we need to create. More and more people are joining the interfaith movement, meeting and exchanging ideas. More and more people are meditating. Meditating gives you peace inside; understanding gives you peace outside. As understanding and togetherness increase, it will bring peace.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]People meditating never have stopped a war.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]That's true, but there are more people on Earth meditating, and that will make a difference. The interfaith movement gives me hope because people are talking to each other, trying to really know each other. People are finding out that the other's not that bad.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]We can't give up. I can see the whole world becoming one. In the Multi-Faith Forum, we visit thousands of people in high schools and middle schools every year; I can feel a difference over the last 10, 12 years - how open the students have become to trying things from different cultures. The kids are open to asking questions; they're not afraid, because they are reading. They come with deep questions.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]How else have you worked for peace?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]In the Locust Valley school district I helped raise money for people in Africa and sent it through CARE. It started in my class and spread throughout the school. I've also done education projects in my temple. I worship in Glen Cove and Plainview. We've invited people [of other faiths] to let them know who we are, have a meal together. We've invited non-Sikh children and tried to sensitize them about the head-wrap, the patka, that males wear.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]How did the Multi-Faith Forum come about?[/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The LI Council of Churches received a grant for a pilot program. The idea stemmed from an interfaith meeting. Then, we all visited each other's places of worship. We made a logo with 12 branches - 12 symbols of different religions. We created a 24- member board and got hundreds of volunteers [to run education programs]. I've been a board member ever since. We created a program called 'Building Bridges.' We do it at fairs, schools, banks ... we've talked to hospital employees, IRS employees. We send panelists representing three or four religions. They talk about their religions, and people see that all religions have common rules and ethics.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]How were you named to the board of the World Council of Religions?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]I attended two days of meetings and a four-day conference in Kyoto, Japan, with about 1,000 men, women and children. People from my religion nominated me. I think it was God's gift. All my life I felt that God puts me where he wants me. They called me to come to the stage, and I couldn't find my shoes. It was a big surprise.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]How many speaking engagements do you do?[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]I was involved in 11 programs in October, seven in November and six in December in schools, my temple, New York City and on Long Island. My message is: Peace is achievable if we use education. But if you're hungry, you're not peaceful. And you need to be free from disease. ... We can't have people saying, 'My religion is better than yours.' They need to say, 'I'm OK in my religion, you're OK in yours, and we're all OK in this world if we respect each other.'" [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000080]Copyright 2007 Newsday Inc.[/COLOR][/B] ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- [/QUOTE]
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