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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 144288" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Green smoke swirled through a medical tent after a blast shook the ground at Forward Operating Base Courage.</p><p></p><p>The blast spurred combat medics into team mode at the dusty compound where yells for catheters, blood pressure and pulse readings echoed across the grounds.</p><p></p><p>“We got casualties at the east gate!” a medic screamed. “Let's go soldiers, let's go!” “Hurry up, doc,” a patient screamed. “Hurry up!”</p><p></p><p>Spec. Simran Preet Singh Lamba scribbled several injuries in his card-sized notebook, passing the data to a medic who collected casualty reports.</p><p></p><p>“Good job, Lamba,” the soldier said.</p><p></p><p>“I'm trying,” he said, as the controlled chaos moved around him.</p><p></p><p>Lamba, 27, and his unit were taking part in a 10-day field training exercise at Camp Bullis, where they faced realistic scenarios as they would in a real combat zone, and he was at ease. This is what he'd wanted to do since he was a small boy in New Delhi, where his parents snapped photos of him rendering crisp salutes in a military uniform.</p><p></p><p>Lamba is the first Sikh enlisted soldier to serve in the U.S. Army since 1984. He is due to graduate from the combat medic training course at Fort Sam Houston and then report to a military intelligence battalion at Fort Lewis, Wash., where he will put his expertise in the Punjabi and Hindi languages to use.</p><p></p><p>He is the third turbaned and bearded Sikh to join the Army after the reversal of a 30-year-old rule that excluded Sikhs from military service.</p><p></p><p>He came to America in 2006 and earned a master's degree in structural engineering at New York University three years later, but he wanted more than a 9-to-5 job.</p><p></p><p>He was inspired to enlist in the Army after Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan and Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, both Sikh officers, were allowed to practice their religion. The Army had banned wearing “conspicuous items of faith” starting in 1984.</p><p></p><p>The Army recruited Lamba in 2009 through the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest program for his language fluency.</p><p></p><p>He said he is like any other American trying to fight for the country.</p><p></p><p>“I feel no one should have to choose between their faith and service to their country,” Lamba said. “I feel great that the Army granted me this religious accommodation to serve with my faith. The life of a Sikh is to serve other people; this will help young Sikhs who want to join to see that if I do my job, then obviously then they can, too.”</p><p></p><p>The military initially denied his request for religious accommodation that would allow him to follow the Sikh articles of faith, which include wearing a dastaar, or turban, and unshorn beard and hair.</p><p></p><p>He appealed the decision through the Sikh Coalition, an organization dedicated to advocating for Sikhs to freely practice their faith.</p><p></p><p>The Army had reversed its stand after six U.S. senators and 43 members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on behalf of Rattan and Kalsi, but Lamba had to apply for his own exception.</p><p></p><p>According to an article in the Fort Sam Houston News Leader, Maj. Gen. Gina Farrisee said the Army decided that the men's cases “would not interfere with unit readiness, individual readiness, unit cohesion, morale, discipline, safety and/or health.”</p><p></p><p>Pvt. Aaron Long, 26, Lamba's battle buddy, said he respects his friend's commitment and attended a service at a local Sikh temple with him to learn more about his culture.</p><p></p><p>“Every morning he has to wake up, tie up his hair, beard and turban,” Long said. “It takes a long time to do all that and he's still able to do that without any problem; I think it's pretty impressive he can do that.”</p><p></p><p>“My hair and beard are like my right hand,” Lamba said. “Like an extension of my body.”</p><p></p><p>Sgt. 1st Class Amanda Dodd said when Lamba reported to the unit, he gave a cultural awareness class about his religion and always shared information.</p><p></p><p>“He's first and foremost a soldier. We've never treated him different,” Dodd said. “He doesn't look at it like he deserves special treatment. He actually wants to be like everyone else.”</p><p></p><p>Read more: <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/article/Army-made-an-exception-for-future-medic-1307113.php#ixzz1HktyyLFy" target="_blank">http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/article/Army-made-an-exception-for-future-medic-1307113.php#ixzz1HktyyLFy</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 144288, member: 35"] Green smoke swirled through a medical tent after a blast shook the ground at Forward Operating Base Courage. The blast spurred combat medics into team mode at the dusty compound where yells for catheters, blood pressure and pulse readings echoed across the grounds. “We got casualties at the east gate!” a medic screamed. “Let's go soldiers, let's go!” “Hurry up, doc,” a patient screamed. “Hurry up!” Spec. Simran Preet Singh Lamba scribbled several injuries in his card-sized notebook, passing the data to a medic who collected casualty reports. “Good job, Lamba,” the soldier said. “I'm trying,” he said, as the controlled chaos moved around him. Lamba, 27, and his unit were taking part in a 10-day field training exercise at Camp Bullis, where they faced realistic scenarios as they would in a real combat zone, and he was at ease. This is what he'd wanted to do since he was a small boy in New Delhi, where his parents snapped photos of him rendering crisp salutes in a military uniform. Lamba is the first Sikh enlisted soldier to serve in the U.S. Army since 1984. He is due to graduate from the combat medic training course at Fort Sam Houston and then report to a military intelligence battalion at Fort Lewis, Wash., where he will put his expertise in the Punjabi and Hindi languages to use. He is the third turbaned and bearded Sikh to join the Army after the reversal of a 30-year-old rule that excluded Sikhs from military service. He came to America in 2006 and earned a master's degree in structural engineering at New York University three years later, but he wanted more than a 9-to-5 job. He was inspired to enlist in the Army after Capt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan and Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, both Sikh officers, were allowed to practice their religion. The Army had banned wearing “conspicuous items of faith” starting in 1984. The Army recruited Lamba in 2009 through the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest program for his language fluency. He said he is like any other American trying to fight for the country. “I feel no one should have to choose between their faith and service to their country,” Lamba said. “I feel great that the Army granted me this religious accommodation to serve with my faith. The life of a Sikh is to serve other people; this will help young Sikhs who want to join to see that if I do my job, then obviously then they can, too.” The military initially denied his request for religious accommodation that would allow him to follow the Sikh articles of faith, which include wearing a dastaar, or turban, and unshorn beard and hair. He appealed the decision through the Sikh Coalition, an organization dedicated to advocating for Sikhs to freely practice their faith. The Army had reversed its stand after six U.S. senators and 43 members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on behalf of Rattan and Kalsi, but Lamba had to apply for his own exception. According to an article in the Fort Sam Houston News Leader, Maj. Gen. Gina Farrisee said the Army decided that the men's cases “would not interfere with unit readiness, individual readiness, unit cohesion, morale, discipline, safety and/or health.” Pvt. Aaron Long, 26, Lamba's battle buddy, said he respects his friend's commitment and attended a service at a local Sikh temple with him to learn more about his culture. “Every morning he has to wake up, tie up his hair, beard and turban,” Long said. “It takes a long time to do all that and he's still able to do that without any problem; I think it's pretty impressive he can do that.” “My hair and beard are like my right hand,” Lamba said. “Like an extension of my body.” Sgt. 1st Class Amanda Dodd said when Lamba reported to the unit, he gave a cultural awareness class about his religion and always shared information. “He's first and foremost a soldier. We've never treated him different,” Dodd said. “He doesn't look at it like he deserves special treatment. He actually wants to be like everyone else.” Read more: [url]http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/article/Army-made-an-exception-for-future-medic-1307113.php#ixzz1HktyyLFy[/url] [/QUOTE]
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