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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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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)
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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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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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="rasingh1" data-source="post: 105954" data-attributes="member: 9012"><p>Sat Sri Akal,</p><p></p><p>I would like to thank you all for your informative, supportive and kind comments.</p><p></p><p>I am using my work, and paath, as a way to heal. Maybe some day I will get past what happened, and lose the deep sense of shame and loss that I live with on a daily basis.</p><p></p><p>Gyani Jarnail Singh Ji - as your anecdote of that fortunate Irish girl shows, it is possible to be parochial, culturally insular (though not desirable) etc. without being an out and out racist. If my family had insisted that she had to acquire a native Punjabi accent, or to memorize the entire SGGS, to get their blessings, it would have been one thing. But they insulted her as a human being, and questioned her honor. That is racism, pure and simple. If a white family had done that to a potential African-American daughter in law, I do not think you would have any issues calling it that. So, why the reticence in calling out these filthy rednecks among us ? They are racists, and they shame us, the Gurus, everything that we hold dear.</p><p></p><p>We have a growing, and I am sorry to say, persistent, reputation for racism. Just do a survey among other communities about how they think of Indians, and Punjabis in particular. How can we talk about our universalism on Sunday, and act like KKK style rednecks on Monday ? That smacks of empty ritual, and a split personality.</p><p></p><p>As human beings, we are defined by our moral values. Sure, we are born into a culture, but there is no law that says you cannot move from one culture to another, while keeping true to your faith or your moral values. Culture is man made - a part of maya, and hence completely disposable. Sikhi, moral values/sanskar, character, etc. are divine and are granted with Waheguru's grace. They are a part of the essential part of us - our soul.</p><p></p><p>Maybe we will disagree on this. This is just my opinion. It is not likely to change.</p><p></p><p>Getting to your analogy of the hand. If the palm of the hand is Sikhi, and Punjabi culture is a finger, then I will humbly submit that this finger is rotting. A physician might even suggest excising a gangrenous finger to save the rest of the hand. Our Gurus never accepted manmukhs into the faith just to make the faith look bigger than it is.</p><p></p><p>I have read that nearly 60-70% of all Sikhs in Punjab drink alcohol, something that is morally, rationally and medically wrong. Then there is the genocide of our sisters going on in Punjab, which has the lowest gender ratio of any place in the world. There are hardcoded, specific sanctions against these modes of behavior in the Rehat and in bani. It is contrary to our faith in its most basic way. I am not even talking about those that cut their kesh, or look at caste when marrying off their kids.</p><p></p><p>If Kaljug has brought things to such a pass that we have these many manmukhs, and the actual number of Sikhs in the world is only 10 million, and not this inflated figure of 30 million, then we should bite the bullet and accept that fact.</p><p></p><p>Maybe in 50 years, after another generation is born and raised, and empty ritual, racism and hypocrisy that so increasingly defines Punjabi Sikhism today will lead to large scale conversions out of the faith, and these white Sikhs, and Chinese Sikhs you speak of will be the only sapling left of the paneeri that our Gurus bequeathed to us.</p><p></p><p>If I am still alive then, I will only have this to say. "Good riddance".</p><p></p><p>I apologize if I have given any offense.</p><p></p><p>Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa,</p><p>Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.</p><p></p><p>Ranjeet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rasingh1, post: 105954, member: 9012"] Sat Sri Akal, I would like to thank you all for your informative, supportive and kind comments. I am using my work, and paath, as a way to heal. Maybe some day I will get past what happened, and lose the deep sense of shame and loss that I live with on a daily basis. Gyani Jarnail Singh Ji - as your anecdote of that fortunate Irish girl shows, it is possible to be parochial, culturally insular (though not desirable) etc. without being an out and out racist. If my family had insisted that she had to acquire a native Punjabi accent, or to memorize the entire SGGS, to get their blessings, it would have been one thing. But they insulted her as a human being, and questioned her honor. That is racism, pure and simple. If a white family had done that to a potential African-American daughter in law, I do not think you would have any issues calling it that. So, why the reticence in calling out these filthy rednecks among us ? They are racists, and they shame us, the Gurus, everything that we hold dear. We have a growing, and I am sorry to say, persistent, reputation for racism. Just do a survey among other communities about how they think of Indians, and Punjabis in particular. How can we talk about our universalism on Sunday, and act like KKK style rednecks on Monday ? That smacks of empty ritual, and a split personality. As human beings, we are defined by our moral values. Sure, we are born into a culture, but there is no law that says you cannot move from one culture to another, while keeping true to your faith or your moral values. Culture is man made - a part of maya, and hence completely disposable. Sikhi, moral values/sanskar, character, etc. are divine and are granted with Waheguru's grace. They are a part of the essential part of us - our soul. Maybe we will disagree on this. This is just my opinion. It is not likely to change. Getting to your analogy of the hand. If the palm of the hand is Sikhi, and Punjabi culture is a finger, then I will humbly submit that this finger is rotting. A physician might even suggest excising a gangrenous finger to save the rest of the hand. Our Gurus never accepted manmukhs into the faith just to make the faith look bigger than it is. I have read that nearly 60-70% of all Sikhs in Punjab drink alcohol, something that is morally, rationally and medically wrong. Then there is the genocide of our sisters going on in Punjab, which has the lowest gender ratio of any place in the world. There are hardcoded, specific sanctions against these modes of behavior in the Rehat and in bani. It is contrary to our faith in its most basic way. I am not even talking about those that cut their kesh, or look at caste when marrying off their kids. If Kaljug has brought things to such a pass that we have these many manmukhs, and the actual number of Sikhs in the world is only 10 million, and not this inflated figure of 30 million, then we should bite the bullet and accept that fact. Maybe in 50 years, after another generation is born and raised, and empty ritual, racism and hypocrisy that so increasingly defines Punjabi Sikhism today will lead to large scale conversions out of the faith, and these white Sikhs, and Chinese Sikhs you speak of will be the only sapling left of the paneeri that our Gurus bequeathed to us. If I am still alive then, I will only have this to say. "Good riddance". I apologize if I have given any offense. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. Ranjeet [/QUOTE]
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