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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="Claudia G. S. Martins" data-source="post: 961" data-attributes="member: 289"><p>This article was published at <a href="http://www.sikhe.com" target="_blank">www.sikhe.com</a> by the occasion of Guru Granth Gurgaddi Divas, last October .</p><p><a href="http://www.sikhe.com/gsdno/specialissue/gurugranthgurgaddidivas.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sikhe.com/gsdno/specialissue/gurugranthgurgaddidivas.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Insight</p><p></p><p>Guru Granth: A Portable Homeland</p><p></p><p></p><p>Claudia Gaspar Soares Martins</p><p></p><p> Fri Oct 19, 2001 </p><p></p><p> *</p><p>The words in Sri Guru Granth Sahib are infinitely plastic because they are infinitely meaningful. God is infinite, so is God language. Via creative interpretation Sikh Gurus dismantle and reassemble individual words, phrases and verses to pour new meanings into old vessels, turning an apparently static text into one that is ever in formation.</p><p></p><p>Gurbani verses give us luminous examples. A radical reading lifts a short verse out of its dense and dated context to imbue it with lasting religious significance. Even deprived of political sovereignty the Sikhs keep the source of their strength by taking refuge in the Gurbani. What matters can be carried in one's head. The Sri Guru Granth Sahib is a portable homeland that fills the void.</p><p></p><p>But it requires daily and lifelong attention to remain effective. Hence, there is supreme importance of study, individually and communally. Plumbing its depths and expanding its meaning is the right way to keep the Sri Guru Granth Sahib a living Guru and always invigorating.</p><p></p><p>It is important to stress the ideal of uninterrupted study till the very end of life. One should never desist from the study of Guru's teachings, even at the moment of death, that is, on the day of death one should be occupied with the Gurmat. Even on our deathbed, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, a touch of eternity in the midst of a passage and imperfect world, serves as a bridge to the eternal Bliss of the world beyond with the Lord. To study at death is to affirm the reality of life eternal merge with Naam.</p><p></p><p>In other words, we die as we lived, with Gurbani in our lips. We must be grateful to Guru for letting us go ceaselessly from the beginning to the end of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. A life of the mind sustains our engagement and growth.</p><p></p><p>The world endures solely by virtue of the breath of Guru's words. Discipleship and yearn for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan determine our destiny. The weight of the world rests on the recitation of Gurbani.</p><p></p><p>*</p><p></p><p>Note from the author:</p><p></p><p>The fundamental purpose of life is the search for truth. Although not encouraging proselytism, Sikhs have the universal commitment of propagating the Truth contained in the SGGS.</p><p></p><p>Why not bring Sikhi to Brazil, a country with 165 million people ? Like in other countries, they are living in a growing violent society where the hope horizons are going far away.</p><p></p><p>I believe Sikh community can start the project even in the midst of difficult times. It may grows largely because I believe Sikh scriptures have the potential to transform people and the world around, promoting peace, justice and inner enlightenment.</p><p></p><p></p><p>*</p><p></p><p>Claudia Gaspar Soares Martins is an Urban Geographer and is a former lay minister of the Anglican Church. She lives in Brasil and is interested in supporting Sikh missionary work in that country.</p><p></p><p><a href="mailto:sikhbrazil@yahoo.com">sikhbrazil@yahoo.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Claudia G. S. Martins, post: 961, member: 289"] This article was published at [url]www.sikhe.com[/url] by the occasion of Guru Granth Gurgaddi Divas, last October . [url]http://www.sikhe.com/gsdno/specialissue/gurugranthgurgaddidivas.htm[/url] Insight Guru Granth: A Portable Homeland Claudia Gaspar Soares Martins Fri Oct 19, 2001 * The words in Sri Guru Granth Sahib are infinitely plastic because they are infinitely meaningful. God is infinite, so is God language. Via creative interpretation Sikh Gurus dismantle and reassemble individual words, phrases and verses to pour new meanings into old vessels, turning an apparently static text into one that is ever in formation. Gurbani verses give us luminous examples. A radical reading lifts a short verse out of its dense and dated context to imbue it with lasting religious significance. Even deprived of political sovereignty the Sikhs keep the source of their strength by taking refuge in the Gurbani. What matters can be carried in one's head. The Sri Guru Granth Sahib is a portable homeland that fills the void. But it requires daily and lifelong attention to remain effective. Hence, there is supreme importance of study, individually and communally. Plumbing its depths and expanding its meaning is the right way to keep the Sri Guru Granth Sahib a living Guru and always invigorating. It is important to stress the ideal of uninterrupted study till the very end of life. One should never desist from the study of Guru's teachings, even at the moment of death, that is, on the day of death one should be occupied with the Gurmat. Even on our deathbed, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, a touch of eternity in the midst of a passage and imperfect world, serves as a bridge to the eternal Bliss of the world beyond with the Lord. To study at death is to affirm the reality of life eternal merge with Naam. In other words, we die as we lived, with Gurbani in our lips. We must be grateful to Guru for letting us go ceaselessly from the beginning to the end of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. A life of the mind sustains our engagement and growth. The world endures solely by virtue of the breath of Guru's words. Discipleship and yearn for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan determine our destiny. The weight of the world rests on the recitation of Gurbani. * Note from the author: The fundamental purpose of life is the search for truth. Although not encouraging proselytism, Sikhs have the universal commitment of propagating the Truth contained in the SGGS. Why not bring Sikhi to Brazil, a country with 165 million people ? Like in other countries, they are living in a growing violent society where the hope horizons are going far away. I believe Sikh community can start the project even in the midst of difficult times. It may grows largely because I believe Sikh scriptures have the potential to transform people and the world around, promoting peace, justice and inner enlightenment. * Claudia Gaspar Soares Martins is an Urban Geographer and is a former lay minister of the Anglican Church. She lives in Brasil and is interested in supporting Sikh missionary work in that country. [email]sikhbrazil@yahoo.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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