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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 130858" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>There seems to be fear or buried assumption that a picture/statue/animation will lead to idolatry. Almost automatically and without awareness on the part of the one looking at the image. That is where I am truly struggling, because i have no desire to hang a picture of any Guru in my home, nor do I purchase posters, calendars, postcards with pictures of the Gurus on them. At the same time, a picture of Guru Nanak or Guru Arjan Dev in a video of a Gurbani Kirtan does not move me to want to worship the video. Take a look at Post 2 in the thread. Many of the examples of images have never raised an eyebrow. Yet the animations have raised a furor. <strong>That led in the following days to injunctions against all images of our Gurus. </strong></p><p></p><p>A fear runs through the discussion that Sikhs will revert to Hindu beliefs and practices (granted some Sikhs have never left them in the past). I find it remarkable that the Internet outrage was about the "animations" and images, but there was no outrage against the content of the stories. When I watched the videos, the content was in places reminiscent of superstitious thinking. That should have disturbed someone. It did not.</p><p></p><p> But the Sikh Rehat Maryada is always extremely clear when it forbids a practice, giving the context from Hindu or Muslim worship -- with the objective of clarifying why Sikhs are neither Hindu nor Muslim. The Sikh Rehat Maryada is also extremely clear in forbidding idolatry. Yet <strong>nowhere have I found that the SRM forbids images.</strong> It requires as follows, </p><p></p><p>Living in Consonance with Guru’s Tenets</p><p>Article XVI </p><p></p><p>A Sikh’s living, earning livelihood, thinking and conduct should accord with the Guru’s tenets. The Guru’s tenets are: </p><p></p><p>(a) Worship should be rendered only to the One Timeless Being and to no god or goddess. </p><p><span style="color: Blue">(b) Regarding the ten Gurus, the Guru Granth and the ten Gurus word alone as saviors and holy objects of veneration.</span></p><p>(c) Regarding ten Gurus as the effulgence of one light and one single entity.</p><p></p><p>Why do we jump ahead and assume that creating an image/animation will result in using the image as an object of veneration? Does looking at an image equal idolatry? Is the caution against Hindu practices? Is a Muslim practice the cure?</p><p></p><p>Next post lists what is forbidden and why. Rituals and practices are forbidden. Idolatry is forbidden. Are we free to add to the SRM and progress onward to additional taboos based on our fears?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 130858, member: 35"] There seems to be fear or buried assumption that a picture/statue/animation will lead to idolatry. Almost automatically and without awareness on the part of the one looking at the image. That is where I am truly struggling, because i have no desire to hang a picture of any Guru in my home, nor do I purchase posters, calendars, postcards with pictures of the Gurus on them. At the same time, a picture of Guru Nanak or Guru Arjan Dev in a video of a Gurbani Kirtan does not move me to want to worship the video. Take a look at Post 2 in the thread. Many of the examples of images have never raised an eyebrow. Yet the animations have raised a furor. [B]That led in the following days to injunctions against all images of our Gurus. [/B] A fear runs through the discussion that Sikhs will revert to Hindu beliefs and practices (granted some Sikhs have never left them in the past). I find it remarkable that the Internet outrage was about the "animations" and images, but there was no outrage against the content of the stories. When I watched the videos, the content was in places reminiscent of superstitious thinking. That should have disturbed someone. It did not. But the Sikh Rehat Maryada is always extremely clear when it forbids a practice, giving the context from Hindu or Muslim worship -- with the objective of clarifying why Sikhs are neither Hindu nor Muslim. The Sikh Rehat Maryada is also extremely clear in forbidding idolatry. Yet [B]nowhere have I found that the SRM forbids images.[/B] It requires as follows, Living in Consonance with Guru’s Tenets Article XVI A Sikh’s living, earning livelihood, thinking and conduct should accord with the Guru’s tenets. The Guru’s tenets are: (a) Worship should be rendered only to the One Timeless Being and to no god or goddess. [COLOR=Blue](b) Regarding the ten Gurus, the Guru Granth and the ten Gurus word alone as saviors and holy objects of veneration.[/COLOR] (c) Regarding ten Gurus as the effulgence of one light and one single entity. Why do we jump ahead and assume that creating an image/animation will result in using the image as an object of veneration? Does looking at an image equal idolatry? Is the caution against Hindu practices? Is a Muslim practice the cure? Next post lists what is forbidden and why. Rituals and practices are forbidden. Idolatry is forbidden. Are we free to add to the SRM and progress onward to additional taboos based on our fears? [/QUOTE]
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