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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="Mai Harinder Kaur" data-source="post: 100414" data-attributes="member: 3558"><p><strong>Re: Anti-Sikh riot victims burn Rahul Gandhi effigy</strong></p><p></p><p>Gyani Jarnail Singh,</p><p> </p><p>Your appreciation is appreciated.</p><p> </p><p>I do feel the need to remind those who were not there that it is difficult for us survivors to speak/write about these experiences. Twenty-five years? Yesterday? Two Hundred Fifty years? Sometimes it's easy to lose count.</p><p> </p><p>I said nothing for 20 years. I left my family and the sangat and lived among people who knew nothing of my past, who wouldn't know what questions to ask. I wanted only to escape from it all. I learned that Guru Ji doesn't easily let go of his children.</p><p> </p><p>I got a terrible longing to return which I did. Almost immediately I had a debilitating stroke that, among other things, left my Punjabi memory banks almost totally erased. In fact, I had only one Punjabi word: "Vaheguru." <img src="/images/smilies/whatsapp/wah.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wah:" title="Wah :wah:" data-shortname=":wah:" /></p><p> </p><p>This is not the time or place to tell the whole story (much of it is in The Road To Khalistan.) The point is that these things are very painful to talk about. If your mother or aunt or grandmother - or even yourself - hesitates, please be gentle. A broken heart can be mended, but it has still been broken.</p><p> </p><p>To other survivors, if any read this, please force yourself to tell what you went through and are still going through. This is the legacy, the history we give to our children, living and dead. This generation need to understand that being a Sikh means much more than going to gurudwara or not, tying a turban or not, even taking Amrit or not. All these things are - imo - vital to being a Sikh. However, actually being a Sikh goes deep into the soul. It is not merely what I do, it is what I am. How can our children understand this if we don't get past our own pain and teach them. Please indulge me a bit and let me post the lyrics to an old song from the late 1960s.</p><p> </p><p>Please from my generation to yours:</p><p>"...And know [we] love you."</p><p> </p><p>And from this wonderful new generation to us:</p><p>"...And know [we] love you."</p><p> </p><p>We all need each other.</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">Teach Your Children</p> <p style="text-align: center">by Graham Nash</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">You, who are on the road</p> <p style="text-align: center">Must have a code</p> <p style="text-align: center">That you can live by.</p> <p style="text-align: center">And so, become yourself</p> <p style="text-align: center">Because the past</p> <p style="text-align: center">Is just a goodbye.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">Teach, your children well</p> <p style="text-align: center">Their parents' hell</p> <p style="text-align: center">Did slowly go by </p> <p style="text-align: center">And feed them on your dreams</p> <p style="text-align: center">The one they pick's </p> <p style="text-align: center">The one you'll know by.</p> <p style="text-align: center">Don't you ever ask them why</p> <p style="text-align: center">If they told you, you would cry</p> <p style="text-align: center">So just look at them and sigh</p> <p style="text-align: center">And know they love you.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">And you (Can you hear and) </p> <p style="text-align: center">Of tender years (Do you care and)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Can't know the fears (Can you see we)</p> <p style="text-align: center">That your elders grew by (Must be free to)</p> <p style="text-align: center">And so please help (Teach your children)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Them with your youth (You believe and)</p> <p style="text-align: center">They seek the truth (Make a world that)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Before they can die (We can live in)</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">Teach your parents well</p> <p style="text-align: center">Their children’s hell</p> <p style="text-align: center">Will slowly go by</p> <p style="text-align: center">And feed them on your dreams</p> <p style="text-align: center">The one they pick's</p> <p style="text-align: center">The one you’ll know by.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">Don’t you ever ask them why</p> <p style="text-align: center">If they told you, you would cry</p> <p style="text-align: center">So just look at them and sigh</p> <p style="text-align: center">And know they love you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mai Harinder Kaur, post: 100414, member: 3558"] [b]Re: Anti-Sikh riot victims burn Rahul Gandhi effigy[/b] Gyani Jarnail Singh, Your appreciation is appreciated. I do feel the need to remind those who were not there that it is difficult for us survivors to speak/write about these experiences. Twenty-five years? Yesterday? Two Hundred Fifty years? Sometimes it's easy to lose count. I said nothing for 20 years. I left my family and the sangat and lived among people who knew nothing of my past, who wouldn't know what questions to ask. I wanted only to escape from it all. I learned that Guru Ji doesn't easily let go of his children. I got a terrible longing to return which I did. Almost immediately I had a debilitating stroke that, among other things, left my Punjabi memory banks almost totally erased. In fact, I had only one Punjabi word: "Vaheguru." :wah: This is not the time or place to tell the whole story (much of it is in The Road To Khalistan.) The point is that these things are very painful to talk about. If your mother or aunt or grandmother - or even yourself - hesitates, please be gentle. A broken heart can be mended, but it has still been broken. To other survivors, if any read this, please force yourself to tell what you went through and are still going through. This is the legacy, the history we give to our children, living and dead. This generation need to understand that being a Sikh means much more than going to gurudwara or not, tying a turban or not, even taking Amrit or not. All these things are - imo - vital to being a Sikh. However, actually being a Sikh goes deep into the soul. It is not merely what I do, it is what I am. How can our children understand this if we don't get past our own pain and teach them. Please indulge me a bit and let me post the lyrics to an old song from the late 1960s. Please from my generation to yours: "...And know [we] love you." And from this wonderful new generation to us: "...And know [we] love you." We all need each other. [CENTER]Teach Your Children by Graham Nash[/CENTER] [CENTER]You, who are on the road Must have a code That you can live by. And so, become yourself Because the past Is just a goodbye.[/CENTER] [CENTER]Teach, your children well Their parents' hell Did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick's The one you'll know by. Don't you ever ask them why If they told you, you would cry So just look at them and sigh And know they love you.[/CENTER] [CENTER]And you (Can you hear and) Of tender years (Do you care and) Can't know the fears (Can you see we) That your elders grew by (Must be free to) And so please help (Teach your children) Them with your youth (You believe and) They seek the truth (Make a world that) Before they can die (We can live in)[/CENTER] [CENTER]Teach your parents well Their children’s hell Will slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they pick's The one you’ll know by.[/CENTER] [CENTER]Don’t you ever ask them why If they told you, you would cry So just look at them and sigh And know they love you.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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