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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 63157" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/McRae_Earl/2007/11/23/4678232.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #810081"><u>http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/McRae_Earl/2007/11/23/4678232.html</u></span></span></a></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Making sense of the senseless</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px">By EARL McRAE - OTTAWA SUN</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><em>"Our religion views suicide as a cowardly act." -- Dr. Harpreet Kochhar, Ottawa Sikh Society</em> </p><p> </p><p>And none of the world's great religions condones cold-blooded murder of the innocent. But no matter how devout a person might be to one's religion, no matter who that passionate adherent might be, evil has shown its ability to invade the human mind, trumping the precepts of love and peace and goodwill. </p><p> </p><p>Is the Pope himself -- head of the world's largest religion -- immune to his mind suddenly or slowly snapping, with him committing an act of unspeakable violence simply because of his transcendent religious devoutness, simply because he's the Pope? </p><p> </p><p>Popes are not God. </p><p> </p><p>Popes are human beings. </p><p> </p><p>Four human beings who belonged to another of the world's great religions, Sikhism, are dead today -- the murderer of three of them then murdering himself -- and while we don't know how religiously devout the murderer was, Harpreet Kochhar does know that what happened in the house at 175 Grandpark Circle went against all the canons of the religion, one of the reasons he expresses the feelings of Ottawa's Sikh community: "We are all shell-shocked." </p><p> </p><p>Sikhism believes in human death as a liberation, that one is reincarnated, that there are multiple lives to the soul, "but human life is the most cherished form." Sikhism, he said, is a religion of caring for others, of "protecting the weak and downtrodden in society," a religion of "strong, loving, family values where women are equal to men." </p><p> </p><p>Death, as a liberator from this life to another life "means through natural causes" and not --in the case of the Sikh father who shot to death his wife and two daughters -- his suicide by turning the rifle on himself. </p><p> </p><p>Sikhism, says Kochhar, regards the body as a temple built by God to be cared for, respected, and maintained. And that suffering is understood and accepted without complaint as part of life's journey. </p><p> </p><p>"Our religion views suicide as a cowardly act. If somebody murders, or commits suicide, we consider it a very, very, inhumane act. Our religion is to be a protector, not a destroyer." </p><p> </p><p>What motivated the father at 175 Grandpark to kill his wife and two young daughters before killing himself is still a mystery, and it's also a mystery why he had a rifle, bullets, and where and when he got them. There would seem to be only three reasons any person has a rifle: He's a collector. He's a hunter. He's planning a murder. </p><p> </p><p>Dr. Harpreet Kochhar, senior adviser in animal research with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, says Sikhism does not have a position against ownership of guns. "It's not encouraged or discouraged, it's a personal choice. But, we are a peace-loving religion." </p><p> </p><p>Culture clash? </p><p> </p><p>Owning a rifle for hunting? "We're not necessarily against hunting. But what is very, very much discouraged in our religion is killing for pleasure, killing for sport, or killing for no reason. If a gun is used to protect your life from an animal, that's different, that's okay." </p><p> </p><p>Sikhism is a religion of strict dress codes, abstinence from alcohol and smoking, and being that there are heretics in every religion, is it possible a cultural clash was behind the slayings at 175 Grandpark? </p><p> </p><p>"I would not venture an opinion. None of us knows. We've done some networking, and haven't found anyone who knew them. They were not members of our society. They kept to themselves." </p><p> </p><p>Does the Sikh religion provide for so-called "honour killings," as some religious sects have been known to condone, even though misguided conscience assuagers? </p><p> </p><p>"No. It is not considered. It is not seen as normal in the Sikh religion. It is not encouraged at all. As I said, we are the ones who should be the protectors. Our religion teaches a non-violent approach to life." </p><p> </p><p>Murder-suicide. Four people dead. </p><p> </p><p>People are talking about the weather. Life moves on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 63157, member: 884"] [B][URL="http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/McRae_Earl/2007/11/23/4678232.html"][SIZE=2][COLOR=#810081][U]http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/McRae_Earl/2007/11/23/4678232.html[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/B] [B][SIZE=4]Making sense of the senseless[/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=2]By EARL McRAE - OTTAWA SUN[/SIZE][/B] [I]"Our religion views suicide as a cowardly act." -- Dr. Harpreet Kochhar, Ottawa Sikh Society[/I] And none of the world's great religions condones cold-blooded murder of the innocent. But no matter how devout a person might be to one's religion, no matter who that passionate adherent might be, evil has shown its ability to invade the human mind, trumping the precepts of love and peace and goodwill. Is the Pope himself -- head of the world's largest religion -- immune to his mind suddenly or slowly snapping, with him committing an act of unspeakable violence simply because of his transcendent religious devoutness, simply because he's the Pope? Popes are not God. Popes are human beings. Four human beings who belonged to another of the world's great religions, Sikhism, are dead today -- the murderer of three of them then murdering himself -- and while we don't know how religiously devout the murderer was, Harpreet Kochhar does know that what happened in the house at 175 Grandpark Circle went against all the canons of the religion, one of the reasons he expresses the feelings of Ottawa's Sikh community: "We are all shell-shocked." Sikhism believes in human death as a liberation, that one is reincarnated, that there are multiple lives to the soul, "but human life is the most cherished form." Sikhism, he said, is a religion of caring for others, of "protecting the weak and downtrodden in society," a religion of "strong, loving, family values where women are equal to men." Death, as a liberator from this life to another life "means through natural causes" and not --in the case of the Sikh father who shot to death his wife and two daughters -- his suicide by turning the rifle on himself. Sikhism, says Kochhar, regards the body as a temple built by God to be cared for, respected, and maintained. And that suffering is understood and accepted without complaint as part of life's journey. "Our religion views suicide as a cowardly act. If somebody murders, or commits suicide, we consider it a very, very, inhumane act. Our religion is to be a protector, not a destroyer." What motivated the father at 175 Grandpark to kill his wife and two young daughters before killing himself is still a mystery, and it's also a mystery why he had a rifle, bullets, and where and when he got them. There would seem to be only three reasons any person has a rifle: He's a collector. He's a hunter. He's planning a murder. Dr. Harpreet Kochhar, senior adviser in animal research with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, says Sikhism does not have a position against ownership of guns. "It's not encouraged or discouraged, it's a personal choice. But, we are a peace-loving religion." Culture clash? Owning a rifle for hunting? "We're not necessarily against hunting. But what is very, very much discouraged in our religion is killing for pleasure, killing for sport, or killing for no reason. If a gun is used to protect your life from an animal, that's different, that's okay." Sikhism is a religion of strict dress codes, abstinence from alcohol and smoking, and being that there are heretics in every religion, is it possible a cultural clash was behind the slayings at 175 Grandpark? "I would not venture an opinion. None of us knows. We've done some networking, and haven't found anyone who knew them. They were not members of our society. They kept to themselves." Does the Sikh religion provide for so-called "honour killings," as some religious sects have been known to condone, even though misguided conscience assuagers? "No. It is not considered. It is not seen as normal in the Sikh religion. It is not encouraged at all. As I said, we are the ones who should be the protectors. Our religion teaches a non-violent approach to life." Murder-suicide. Four people dead. People are talking about the weather. Life moves on. [/QUOTE]
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