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Guru Granth Sahib
Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="Sinister" data-source="post: 64473" data-attributes="member: 2684"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I believe in the freedom of practicing religion and what not.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">And I hate preaching morality to others because I am hardly a beacon of morality myself... BUT .... as a humanist…some things just get me going. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">instead of giving an offering to the gods why not give an offering to the poor. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I'm sure there is some kid in India suffering from a potassium deficiency that could have used that banana (or some kid going to bed hungry). Why not give them the banana? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Now, I’m not going to pick on just the Hindu’s… I wish to tell everyone a true story.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I saw something equally disturbing at a Gurdwara that I visited long ago. The Gurdwara I was present at had a podium made of marble stone where the Granth sahib sits while it is being read. The sole purpose of the podium is to elevate the Granth sahib above others and support a canopy complete with pillars (beautifully constructed). Every week when the Granth is supposedly “put to bed” (a ritual as fixated and ludicrous as any other) the 10 by 10 foot podium is washed with a fresh bucket of milk and then dried off with fresh towels (mind you, this is a MARBLE PODIUM). I watched in disarray as this took place, 10-15Liters of milk being wasted on Marble that in actuality is in desperate need of treatment with a small amount of cleaning agent and water. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Once the cultic chanting coupled with the rhythmic swaying of the towels stopped the ritual was far from finished. A lady in her mid to elderly years took a dab of the milk and applied it to her forehead and smeared a large blob onto her son’s turban (despite his initial struggles to dodge the cupped hand). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">So I assume she thinks this milk (that had been used to clean the podium) contains a concoction that will bless her and her son. This is obviously paganism at its core (the washing of the podium, The over-treatment of the Granth which is drowned in colorful silk/satin sheets and the application of liquids to the forehead, etc, etc). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">But couldn’t that milk be put to a better use? Instead of washing a marble podium? Just a thought.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Judging from the actions of institutionalized rituals, it is difficult for a Sikh to internalize Guru Nanak’s message of simplicity. Especially when the daily Hukamnama is coming from a temple armored with gold.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Just my thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sinister, post: 64473, member: 2684"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]I believe in the freedom of practicing religion and what not.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]And I hate preaching morality to others because I am hardly a beacon of morality myself... BUT .... as a humanist…some things just get me going. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]instead of giving an offering to the gods why not give an offering to the poor. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]I'm sure there is some kid in India suffering from a potassium deficiency that could have used that banana (or some kid going to bed hungry). Why not give them the banana? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Now, I’m not going to pick on just the Hindu’s… I wish to tell everyone a true story.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]I saw something equally disturbing at a Gurdwara that I visited long ago. The Gurdwara I was present at had a podium made of marble stone where the Granth sahib sits while it is being read. The sole purpose of the podium is to elevate the Granth sahib above others and support a canopy complete with pillars (beautifully constructed). Every week when the Granth is supposedly “put to bed” (a ritual as fixated and ludicrous as any other) the 10 by 10 foot podium is washed with a fresh bucket of milk and then dried off with fresh towels (mind you, this is a MARBLE PODIUM). I watched in disarray as this took place, 10-15Liters of milk being wasted on Marble that in actuality is in desperate need of treatment with a small amount of cleaning agent and water. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Once the cultic chanting coupled with the rhythmic swaying of the towels stopped the ritual was far from finished. A lady in her mid to elderly years took a dab of the milk and applied it to her forehead and smeared a large blob onto her son’s turban (despite his initial struggles to dodge the cupped hand). [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]So I assume she thinks this milk (that had been used to clean the podium) contains a concoction that will bless her and her son. This is obviously paganism at its core (the washing of the podium, The over-treatment of the Granth which is drowned in colorful silk/satin sheets and the application of liquids to the forehead, etc, etc). [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]But couldn’t that milk be put to a better use? Instead of washing a marble podium? Just a thought.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Judging from the actions of institutionalized rituals, it is difficult for a Sikh to internalize Guru Nanak’s message of simplicity. Especially when the daily Hukamnama is coming from a temple armored with gold.[/FONT][/COLOR] Just my thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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