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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="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 4290" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH.</p><p></p><p>Some information ( a little may be tongue-in-cheek) about this word...</p><p>like the word SANT/BRAHGIANI this word "GYANI" is much MISUSED.</p><p></p><p>In GURBANI the GIANNI is a person who "knows" and is in "touch" with Waheguru...and elevated soul...</p><p>Gurbani says; The Hindu is Annah ( blind) because he is into idols...the Muslim is KANNA ( one eyed) because although he beleives in Allah as Supreme, he has many rituals as well...but the GIANNI is the SIANNA (wisest) because He beleives in the One SUPREME ONLY and has no rituals etc to tie him down..</p><p></p><p>IN "common" parlance every "man who is connected with anything to do with a Gurdwara/kirtan/degh preparation/Katha/Tabla player/ etc etc" is a GIANI JI... a "honoriifc term" used by people to describe these people..</p><p></p><p>In history there is a tradition of the GIANNI SAMPARDAA - whereby great academicians, writers, elevated souls like Bhai Veer Singh, for example were referrred to as GIANNIS.... the KNOWLEDGEABLE, the VENERABLES...The RESPECTED LUMINARIES...etc</p><p></p><p>The Last case is that this "word" is also used by the PUNJAB UNIVERSITIES - the earliest.... Punjab University Lahore...to the latest Guru nanak university Amrtisar, Punjabi University etc etc AWARD a "GYANI DEGREE" ( Academic Degree equivalent to B.A HONS - in PUNJABI). This last case scenario is applicable to myself as well. I went through teh Three Year Budhimani course/GYani Course of Punjab University Chandigarh ( from lahore- Simla- Chandigarh..as Punjab changed its status..)..and passed and got this "Gyani" title after my name !!... The earlier generation of GYANI JI's in MALAYSIA all sat for and passed this Degree Examination...now a days many ex- tabla players who graduate to "Giani Ji" ( after becoming paid Granthis in Gurdwaras) cant even write simple Punjabi.. but since thse youngsters come from Punjab and ahve gone through a rudimentary PUNJABI education, they know more Punjabi than the locals...so clealry a case of "Among the Blind, the One eyed is KING comes into play....so to a local who cant differentiate his "oora" from his "eerrie" (<span style="font-family: 'GurbaniLipi'"> a - e ) </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">this young "GIANI JI" from Punjab who can "read" Gurbani paath so well...( who knows what is being read and who cares anyway as long as it "sounds right"..) is a god send to do the Gurdwara ardass/paath....and whatever the Giani Ji says is MARYADA...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is a sad commentary on our Religious upbringing.... that while our GURU JI's wanted each SIKH to be self sufficient in doing his own Ardass/Paath, and that each Sikh should be his own "granthi" ( Sikhism actually HAS NO PRIESTLY CLASS/CLERGY)..we have let this slide..and now when ever someone suddenly passes away...there is a PANIC situation looking for a GRANTHI/GIANI JI to say the ardass..etc...do Kirtan....do paath..we are all so "helpless" without such a "giani ji"..so much so that now these GIANI JI's want to control our lives by passing Hukmnamas and ordering us around...</span></p><p></p><p>The SANT/BRAHMGIANI is another category all together...everyone is all to familiar with this category....way above an ordinary "granthi? giani ji.... these are the Super Giani Ji's... ( I am a firm beleiver in the idea that the BRAHMGIANI/SANT mentioned in GURBANI is the GURU/WAHEGURU only and NO Human can attain this position - proof that NO SUCH human existed in Siklh History prior to 1930....After 1940...they sprouted like mushrooms after a storm..and now we have more sants than we have sikhs.)</p><p></p><p>Jarnail Singh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 4290, member: 189"] WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH. Some information ( a little may be tongue-in-cheek) about this word... like the word SANT/BRAHGIANI this word "GYANI" is much MISUSED. In GURBANI the GIANNI is a person who "knows" and is in "touch" with Waheguru...and elevated soul... Gurbani says; The Hindu is Annah ( blind) because he is into idols...the Muslim is KANNA ( one eyed) because although he beleives in Allah as Supreme, he has many rituals as well...but the GIANNI is the SIANNA (wisest) because He beleives in the One SUPREME ONLY and has no rituals etc to tie him down.. IN "common" parlance every "man who is connected with anything to do with a Gurdwara/kirtan/degh preparation/Katha/Tabla player/ etc etc" is a GIANI JI... a "honoriifc term" used by people to describe these people.. In history there is a tradition of the GIANNI SAMPARDAA - whereby great academicians, writers, elevated souls like Bhai Veer Singh, for example were referrred to as GIANNIS.... the KNOWLEDGEABLE, the VENERABLES...The RESPECTED LUMINARIES...etc The Last case is that this "word" is also used by the PUNJAB UNIVERSITIES - the earliest.... Punjab University Lahore...to the latest Guru nanak university Amrtisar, Punjabi University etc etc AWARD a "GYANI DEGREE" ( Academic Degree equivalent to B.A HONS - in PUNJABI). This last case scenario is applicable to myself as well. I went through teh Three Year Budhimani course/GYani Course of Punjab University Chandigarh ( from lahore- Simla- Chandigarh..as Punjab changed its status..)..and passed and got this "Gyani" title after my name !!... The earlier generation of GYANI JI's in MALAYSIA all sat for and passed this Degree Examination...now a days many ex- tabla players who graduate to "Giani Ji" ( after becoming paid Granthis in Gurdwaras) cant even write simple Punjabi.. but since thse youngsters come from Punjab and ahve gone through a rudimentary PUNJABI education, they know more Punjabi than the locals...so clealry a case of "Among the Blind, the One eyed is KING comes into play....so to a local who cant differentiate his "oora" from his "eerrie" ([FONT=GurbaniLipi] a - e ) [/FONT][FONT=Arial]this young "GIANI JI" from Punjab who can "read" Gurbani paath so well...( who knows what is being read and who cares anyway as long as it "sounds right"..) is a god send to do the Gurdwara ardass/paath....and whatever the Giani Ji says is MARYADA... It is a sad commentary on our Religious upbringing.... that while our GURU JI's wanted each SIKH to be self sufficient in doing his own Ardass/Paath, and that each Sikh should be his own "granthi" ( Sikhism actually HAS NO PRIESTLY CLASS/CLERGY)..we have let this slide..and now when ever someone suddenly passes away...there is a PANIC situation looking for a GRANTHI/GIANI JI to say the ardass..etc...do Kirtan....do paath..we are all so "helpless" without such a "giani ji"..so much so that now these GIANI JI's want to control our lives by passing Hukmnamas and ordering us around...[/FONT] The SANT/BRAHMGIANI is another category all together...everyone is all to familiar with this category....way above an ordinary "granthi? giani ji.... these are the Super Giani Ji's... ( I am a firm beleiver in the idea that the BRAHMGIANI/SANT mentioned in GURBANI is the GURU/WAHEGURU only and NO Human can attain this position - proof that NO SUCH human existed in Siklh History prior to 1930....After 1940...they sprouted like mushrooms after a storm..and now we have more sants than we have sikhs.) Jarnail Singh [/QUOTE]
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