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Bara Maha (133-136)
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Gurbani (151-185)
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Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Gurbani (347-348)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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Gurbani (595-634)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
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Gurbani (721-727)
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Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
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Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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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)
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Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
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Gurbani (889-1008)
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Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
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Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mai Harinder Kaur" data-source="post: 151821" data-attributes="member: 3558"><p>I wrote this in The Road To Khalistan. spnadmin, please forgive me the copy/paste. I want to share, but I just don't have it in me to write this again,</p><p></p><p>"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.</p><p></p><p>All my very best,</p><p>Jack Layton"</p><p></p><p>With those words, he bids us farewell. Jack Layton is no more. Jack Layton has gone to his heavenly abode. Jack Layton has passed on. Jack Layton is dead. Jack is dead. </p><p></p><p>I am stunned, at a loss for words. The Sikh Kaum has lost our staunchest ally and friend in Canada. The loss there is incalculable. But Jack Layton was more than a friend and ally; he was proof that it is possible to be a moral, upright, strong, uncorrupted human being - and a politician. </p><p></p><p>Like myself he was a native of Montreal and a graduate of McGill University. Like myself, he was a social democratic. I really am at a loss what to say about him. He took the New Democratic Party (NDP) from a sort of fading bunch of would-be do-gooders in 2003 to becoming Canada's official Opposition Party in 2011. He died of prostate cancer. Mani was an oncologist, a cancer doctor. Perhaps he could have cured him. Again, those saddest words, "What might have been."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think the best way to describe Jack Layton is to let him speak for himself. When he realised he might be dying, he wrote this final statement to us.</p><p></p><p>[His final letter is in the preceding post.]</p><p> </p><p></p><p>I am watching CBC news as I write this. I smile as I hear the announcers and the people talk about "Jack." Not "Jack Layton." Not "Mr. Layton." Jack. Our Jack. </p><p></p><p>He belonged to all of us, the people of Canada, people of hope and love and goodwill everywhere. Even those who opposed his politics liked him. That bright infectious smile was no act. Writing now is difficult for me now; I suppose you can feel this.</p><p></p><p>I asked a friend when I first received the news, "Can I cry?" The response was, " You are a kharkoo. You are not allowed to cry." All I could say was, "Too late."</p><p></p><p>We will go on. Of course, we will go on, but things will not be the same. A Great Soul has left us. I cannot help but think of a sort of obituary I wrote a few months ago about Osama bin Laden. The good die. The evil die. And each death diminishes us in one way or another. I am going to quote in this post, as I quoted in the one before, John Donne's words:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">No man is an island, entire of itself; </p> <p style="text-align: center">every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; </p> <p style="text-align: center">if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, </p> <p style="text-align: center">as well as if a promontory were, </p> <p style="text-align: center">as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; </p> <p style="text-align: center">any man's death diminishes me, </p> <p style="text-align: center">because I am involved in mankind,</p> <p style="text-align: center">and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; </p> <p style="text-align: center">it tolls for thee. </p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>I must correct myself. Earlier I wrote, "Jack Layton is no more." We write that, but in this case it is not true. As long as we hold true to his hopes, his dreams, his optimism, Jack Layton is still with us. I ask each of my readers to please take a moment to say a prayer for his family, for Canada, and for the world; our world has been diminished by his death.</p><p></p><p>I just heard him described as "relentlessly optimistic." I wonder if he knew the phrase "chardi kala." Whether or not, he certainly lived that way. </p><p></p><p>Good-bye, Jack. I love you.</p><p></p><p>-- </p><p></p><p>JACK LAYTON 1950-2011</p><p></p><p>My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.</p><p></p><p>Mes amis, l'amour est cent fois meilleur que la haine. L'espoir est meilleur que la peur. L'optimisme est meilleur que le désespoir. Alors aimons, gardons espoir et restons optimistes. Et nous changerons le monde.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mai Harinder Kaur, post: 151821, member: 3558"] I wrote this in The Road To Khalistan. spnadmin, please forgive me the copy/paste. I want to share, but I just don't have it in me to write this again, "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. All my very best, Jack Layton" With those words, he bids us farewell. Jack Layton is no more. Jack Layton has gone to his heavenly abode. Jack Layton has passed on. Jack Layton is dead. Jack is dead. I am stunned, at a loss for words. The Sikh Kaum has lost our staunchest ally and friend in Canada. The loss there is incalculable. But Jack Layton was more than a friend and ally; he was proof that it is possible to be a moral, upright, strong, uncorrupted human being - and a politician. Like myself he was a native of Montreal and a graduate of McGill University. Like myself, he was a social democratic. I really am at a loss what to say about him. He took the New Democratic Party (NDP) from a sort of fading bunch of would-be do-gooders in 2003 to becoming Canada's official Opposition Party in 2011. He died of prostate cancer. Mani was an oncologist, a cancer doctor. Perhaps he could have cured him. Again, those saddest words, "What might have been." I think the best way to describe Jack Layton is to let him speak for himself. When he realised he might be dying, he wrote this final statement to us. [His final letter is in the preceding post.] I am watching CBC news as I write this. I smile as I hear the announcers and the people talk about "Jack." Not "Jack Layton." Not "Mr. Layton." Jack. Our Jack. He belonged to all of us, the people of Canada, people of hope and love and goodwill everywhere. Even those who opposed his politics liked him. That bright infectious smile was no act. Writing now is difficult for me now; I suppose you can feel this. I asked a friend when I first received the news, "Can I cry?" The response was, " You are a kharkoo. You are not allowed to cry." All I could say was, "Too late." We will go on. Of course, we will go on, but things will not be the same. A Great Soul has left us. I cannot help but think of a sort of obituary I wrote a few months ago about Osama bin Laden. The good die. The evil die. And each death diminishes us in one way or another. I am going to quote in this post, as I quoted in the one before, John Donne's words: [CENTER]No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. [/CENTER] I must correct myself. Earlier I wrote, "Jack Layton is no more." We write that, but in this case it is not true. As long as we hold true to his hopes, his dreams, his optimism, Jack Layton is still with us. I ask each of my readers to please take a moment to say a prayer for his family, for Canada, and for the world; our world has been diminished by his death. I just heard him described as "relentlessly optimistic." I wonder if he knew the phrase "chardi kala." Whether or not, he certainly lived that way. Good-bye, Jack. I love you. -- JACK LAYTON 1950-2011 My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. Mes amis, l'amour est cent fois meilleur que la haine. L'espoir est meilleur que la peur. L'optimisme est meilleur que le désespoir. Alors aimons, gardons espoir et restons optimistes. Et nous changerons le monde. [/QUOTE]
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