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Gurbani (14-53)
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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)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
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Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
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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)
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)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Neutral Singh" data-source="post: 7467" data-attributes="member: 2"><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Taken from other resource on internet...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">-------------------------------------------------</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union launched a euro72 million (US$95 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">million) anti-smoking campaign targeted at young smokers Tuesday and the EU's </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">health chief said he wanted to see smoking bans in the member states expanded </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">soon. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said the new campaign -- "HELP: For a </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">life without tobacco'' -- would complement other drives to counter smoking, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">which he blamed for 650,000 deaths annually across the 25-nation EU. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">"The sickness and death caused by smoking costs EU countries euro100 billion </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">(US$133 billion) a year,'' Kyprianou told a news conference. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">"Prevention and information campaigns like "HELP'' are an investment in a </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">healthier and more prosperous future for our citizens.'' </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Ireland, Italy and Malta have already banned smoking in public places despite </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">sometimes fierce opposition and Kyprianou would like the other member states </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">to do likewise. At the moment though, he ruled out a common EU law on the </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">issue, preferring to let member states decide. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">"I want to see a major shift in our society, where being smoke-free becomes </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">the norm and the smoke-addicted are a dwindling minority,'' He said. "If all </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">EU countries followed the lead of Ireland, Italy and Malta and banned smoking </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">in public places it would go a long way to achieving this.'' </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">The EU head office also wants governments to put pictures -- from horrific to </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">humorous -- on cigarette packs to frighten or cajole smokers into quitting. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Tobacco is the single largest cause of avoidable death in the 25-nation EU. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">The Commission said it accounts for 15 percent of all deaths and 25 percent of </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">all cancer deaths. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">The HELP campaign will be targeted at teenagers and twenty-somethings, ages </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">where people might still be prevented from picking up the habit or still be </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">coaxed into quitting. Eighty-percent of smokers have picked up the habit in </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">their teenage years, Kyprianou said. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">"Once hooked, it is a habit that takes many of them to an early grave,'' he </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">concluded.--AP </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">___________________________________ </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">It is ironic, that we had realised from our Gurus the evil of smoking </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">centuries ago, and as Sikhs we have kept away from smoking generally,of course </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">some balck sheep are always present in any community. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">But very sadly, I fear we as Sikhs are missing another opportunity to </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">publicise and raise the profile of our community, and the Guru Sahib's message to </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">humanity about the evils of smoking and the other kurahits.Sikhs seem to </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">have retreated into a self reassured cocoon- we dont seem to be concerend </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">-outside our own little world. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Why can't our so called NATIONAL organisations use this opportunity at </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">national level;our gurduaras at their local levels to run </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">workshops/educational sessions etc for the Sikhs and general public about the evils of smoking </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">revealed to us four centurieis ago. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Why not work with the national organisations and raise the profile of the </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">good non-smoking Sikh public etc, among the non- Sikhs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Why not link in the naam simran sessions to wean people out of smoking and </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">other social nos.Mediataion is a way of relaxing for many people.After all </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">,it was through meditation Singh Sahib Bhai Harbhajan Singh ji ignited the </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">interest of the Sikh faith among the young americans. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">It is sad that one of the main kurahits of sikhi is to refrain from smoking </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">tobacco,but how many people out there really know this?How many people out </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">there know it is almost an insult to offer a Sikh a ciggerate ,no matter how </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">social and a good friendly gesture a practice it may be in another culture. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">How many times has this happened to Sikhs where, suddenly a non sikh offers a </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">ciggerrate?Many will quickly decline,but HOW many do take the opportunity to </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">explain to the person it is not regarded polite or friendly to offer a Sikh </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">a ciggerrete- but amounts to an almost insult to Sikhs.I am sure very few </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">have taken the trouble to do that. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">In todays Britain, we pride as the third largest religion,yet many a time, </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">I have been offered a ciggerrete,which I have always declined but ensured,I </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">also made the point to explain Sikhs do not smake ,and that it can be </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">regarded as an insult.Of course, the same person does not repeat the mistake again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">On the other hand, no one would offer non kosher food to a jew, or non halal </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">or pork pies to a muslim.Everybody knows that.But few people know about Sikhs </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">and smoking. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Will Sikh bodies take on this opportunity to participate in helping people </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">come off smoking, and rais ethe Sikh view about smoking is bad for health. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Gurduaras can open up areas where people can pop in to discuss the evils of </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">smoking and explore ways to come of smoking, through the Sikh perspective. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Such activities can be also directed for Sikh alcoholics.Help them through </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Nam simran and counselling to wean off alcohol.Alcohol is one of the biggest </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">vices o the Sikh people today. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">One can travel from Malaysia to Australia, to USA, Canada to UK and Germany </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">to India,alcohol is the root cause of many problems with todays Sikh </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">families. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Gurduaras are a major centre of Sikh lives and activities,as well as of </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">spiritual enlightenment.Therefore they have a real role to play in countering </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">such vices.They should be working in partnership with the local sangat and its </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">needs. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">The problem is how to change the mindset prevalent presently among Gurduaras </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">and the sangats?It is only by involving together, and woking in partnership </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">that we can reaslise the dream of our community and work for its better </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">health and unity. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neutral Singh, post: 7467, member: 2"] [font=Courier New]Taken from other resource on internet...[/font] [font=Courier New]-------------------------------------------------[/font] [font=Courier New][/font] [font=Courier New]BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union launched a euro72 million (US$95 million) anti-smoking campaign targeted at young smokers Tuesday and the EU's health chief said he wanted to see smoking bans in the member states expanded soon. EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said the new campaign -- "HELP: For a life without tobacco'' -- would complement other drives to counter smoking, which he blamed for 650,000 deaths annually across the 25-nation EU. "The sickness and death caused by smoking costs EU countries euro100 billion (US$133 billion) a year,'' Kyprianou told a news conference. "Prevention and information campaigns like "HELP'' are an investment in a healthier and more prosperous future for our citizens.'' Ireland, Italy and Malta have already banned smoking in public places despite sometimes fierce opposition and Kyprianou would like the other member states to do likewise. At the moment though, he ruled out a common EU law on the issue, preferring to let member states decide. "I want to see a major shift in our society, where being smoke-free becomes the norm and the smoke-addicted are a dwindling minority,'' He said. "If all EU countries followed the lead of Ireland, Italy and Malta and banned smoking in public places it would go a long way to achieving this.'' The EU head office also wants governments to put pictures -- from horrific to humorous -- on cigarette packs to frighten or cajole smokers into quitting. Tobacco is the single largest cause of avoidable death in the 25-nation EU. The Commission said it accounts for 15 percent of all deaths and 25 percent of all cancer deaths. The HELP campaign will be targeted at teenagers and twenty-somethings, ages where people might still be prevented from picking up the habit or still be coaxed into quitting. Eighty-percent of smokers have picked up the habit in their teenage years, Kyprianou said. "Once hooked, it is a habit that takes many of them to an early grave,'' he concluded.--AP ___________________________________ It is ironic, that we had realised from our Gurus the evil of smoking centuries ago, and as Sikhs we have kept away from smoking generally,of course some balck sheep are always present in any community. But very sadly, I fear we as Sikhs are missing another opportunity to publicise and raise the profile of our community, and the Guru Sahib's message to humanity about the evils of smoking and the other kurahits.Sikhs seem to have retreated into a self reassured cocoon- we dont seem to be concerend -outside our own little world. Why can't our so called NATIONAL organisations use this opportunity at national level;our gurduaras at their local levels to run workshops/educational sessions etc for the Sikhs and general public about the evils of smoking revealed to us four centurieis ago. Why not work with the national organisations and raise the profile of the good non-smoking Sikh public etc, among the non- Sikhs. Why not link in the naam simran sessions to wean people out of smoking and other social nos.Mediataion is a way of relaxing for many people.After all ,it was through meditation Singh Sahib Bhai Harbhajan Singh ji ignited the interest of the Sikh faith among the young americans. It is sad that one of the main kurahits of sikhi is to refrain from smoking tobacco,but how many people out there really know this?How many people out there know it is almost an insult to offer a Sikh a ciggerate ,no matter how social and a good friendly gesture a practice it may be in another culture. How many times has this happened to Sikhs where, suddenly a non sikh offers a ciggerrate?Many will quickly decline,but HOW many do take the opportunity to explain to the person it is not regarded polite or friendly to offer a Sikh a ciggerrete- but amounts to an almost insult to Sikhs.I am sure very few have taken the trouble to do that. In todays Britain, we pride as the third largest religion,yet many a time, I have been offered a ciggerrete,which I have always declined but ensured,I also made the point to explain Sikhs do not smake ,and that it can be regarded as an insult.Of course, the same person does not repeat the mistake again. On the other hand, no one would offer non kosher food to a jew, or non halal or pork pies to a muslim.Everybody knows that.But few people know about Sikhs and smoking. Will Sikh bodies take on this opportunity to participate in helping people come off smoking, and rais ethe Sikh view about smoking is bad for health. Gurduaras can open up areas where people can pop in to discuss the evils of smoking and explore ways to come of smoking, through the Sikh perspective. Such activities can be also directed for Sikh alcoholics.Help them through Nam simran and counselling to wean off alcohol.Alcohol is one of the biggest vices o the Sikh people today. One can travel from Malaysia to Australia, to USA, Canada to UK and Germany to India,alcohol is the root cause of many problems with todays Sikh families. Gurduaras are a major centre of Sikh lives and activities,as well as of spiritual enlightenment.Therefore they have a real role to play in countering such vices.They should be working in partnership with the local sangat and its needs. The problem is how to change the mindset prevalent presently among Gurduaras and the sangats?It is only by involving together, and woking in partnership that we can reaslise the dream of our community and work for its better health and unity. [/font] [/QUOTE]
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