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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="CaramelChocolate" data-source="post: 58101" data-attributes="member: 228"><p>It amazes me how many Sikhs follow semetic concepts. This is due to British influence to avoid being considered as a barbaric, ritualistic, superstitious, idolaterous Hindu. To be frank I think you people are forgetting that Sikhism is not a religion in the semetic sense. To reiterate what I have already said on this forum, there was once a time when namaaz was performed in HarMandir Sahib, when murti muja was just performed outside. The true message of Sikhism is unity of mankind. You can scream "we are monotheists all we like" to seem unbarbaric due to British influence and to please the Muslims, but the fact of the matter is, YOUR Guru talks about athiesm, monotheism, polytheism and duality. The same can be applied to this concept of sodomy - please show me where this concept is accepted/promoted anywhere in Sikh scriptures.</p><p>The concept of sodomy is NOT anal sex, it is "non procreative sexual acts" - masturbation, oral sex, anal sex and guess what...... KISSING! If you believe in the semetic concept of sodomy then why not accept others such as circumcision, halal/kosher meat, having a specific holy day... may be because the British did not follow some of those things? But the root cause did - Judaism. This proves my point even further that the stance against homosexuality was due to British influence.</p><p>When discussing matters like sexuality you have to separate act from desire. I am homosexual, and no hetero, no matter what pedestal of piety they put themselves on, is going to tell me that I have chosen my desire. I simply don't care. However what is a choice is acting upon that desire, and like most religions say you should, I will only engage in sexual activity with a marital framework, yes - with a man.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A few website quotes:</p><p><span style="color: #6468af"><a href="http://www.galva108.org/hinduism.html" target="_blank">Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association, Inc.</a></span></p><p><em>A marginal homophobic trend in pre-colonial India thus became dominant in modern India. Indian nationalists, including Hindus, internalized Victorian ideals of heterosexual monogamy and disowned indigenous traditions that contravened those ideals. Nevertheless, those traditions persisted, for example, in the very visible communities of <u>hijras</u>, transgendered males who have a semi-sacred status and often engage in sexual relations with men.</em> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #57708f"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sex_in_India#Colonial_era" target="_blank">History of sex in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #57708f"><span style="color: #000000"><em>However the main moral influence that led to </em></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_stigma" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff"><em>stigmatisation</em></span></u></a><span style="color: #000000"><em> of Indian sexual liberalism by Indians within India itself was the effect of the ideas of the </em></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff"><em>Victorian era</em></span></u></a><span style="color: #000000"><em>, in which other cultures were seen as primitive if they did not conform to the ideas of European culture. The pluralism of </em></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff"><em>Hinduism</em></span></u></a><span style="color: #000000"><em>, and its liberal attitudes were condemned as 'barbaric' by a colonial Europe and proof of inferiority of the East. The effects of British education, administration, scholarship of Indian history and biased literature all led to the effective 'colonization' of the Indian mind with European values. This led Indians eager to conform</em> their religious practices and moral values to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_morality" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Victorian</span></u></a><span style="color: #000000"> ideas of high civilisation.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaramelChocolate, post: 58101, member: 228"] It amazes me how many Sikhs follow semetic concepts. This is due to British influence to avoid being considered as a barbaric, ritualistic, superstitious, idolaterous Hindu. To be frank I think you people are forgetting that Sikhism is not a religion in the semetic sense. To reiterate what I have already said on this forum, there was once a time when namaaz was performed in HarMandir Sahib, when murti muja was just performed outside. The true message of Sikhism is unity of mankind. You can scream "we are monotheists all we like" to seem unbarbaric due to British influence and to please the Muslims, but the fact of the matter is, YOUR Guru talks about athiesm, monotheism, polytheism and duality. The same can be applied to this concept of sodomy - please show me where this concept is accepted/promoted anywhere in Sikh scriptures. The concept of sodomy is NOT anal sex, it is "non procreative sexual acts" - masturbation, oral sex, anal sex and guess what...... KISSING! If you believe in the semetic concept of sodomy then why not accept others such as circumcision, halal/kosher meat, having a specific holy day... may be because the British did not follow some of those things? But the root cause did - Judaism. This proves my point even further that the stance against homosexuality was due to British influence. When discussing matters like sexuality you have to separate act from desire. I am homosexual, and no hetero, no matter what pedestal of piety they put themselves on, is going to tell me that I have chosen my desire. I simply don't care. However what is a choice is acting upon that desire, and like most religions say you should, I will only engage in sexual activity with a marital framework, yes - with a man. A few website quotes: [COLOR=#6468af][url=http://www.galva108.org/hinduism.html]Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association, Inc.[/url][/COLOR] [I]A marginal homophobic trend in pre-colonial India thus became dominant in modern India. Indian nationalists, including Hindus, internalized Victorian ideals of heterosexual monogamy and disowned indigenous traditions that contravened those ideals. Nevertheless, those traditions persisted, for example, in the very visible communities of [U]hijras[/U], transgendered males who have a semi-sacred status and often engage in sexual relations with men.[/I] [B][/B] [B][COLOR=#57708f][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sex_in_India#Colonial_era]History of sex in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#57708f][COLOR=#000000][I]However the main moral influence that led to [/I][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_stigma"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][I]stigmatisation[/I][/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=#000000][I] of Indian sexual liberalism by Indians within India itself was the effect of the ideas of the [/I][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][I]Victorian era[/I][/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=#000000][I], in which other cultures were seen as primitive if they did not conform to the ideas of European culture. The pluralism of [/I][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][I]Hinduism[/I][/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=#000000][I], and its liberal attitudes were condemned as 'barbaric' by a colonial Europe and proof of inferiority of the East. The effects of British education, administration, scholarship of Indian history and biased literature all led to the effective 'colonization' of the Indian mind with European values. This led Indians eager to conform[/I] their religious practices and moral values to [/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_morality"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Victorian[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=#000000] ideas of high civilisation.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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