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Pahre (74-78)
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
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Gurbani (151-185)
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Gurbani (347-348)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (557-564)
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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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ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
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Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
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Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
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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)
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Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
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Gurbani (975-980)
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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)
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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)
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Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 102562" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>Re: SFC: Language - A barrier for New Sikhs?</strong></p><p></p><p>unbiasedview ji</p><p></p><p>Valuable comments you have added to the conversation. One thing about reading Gurbani however is this. Once you have some working vocabulary and knowledge of the Gurmukhi script, the next step, and the only next step, toward conquering all the very real difficulties you mentioned is this. A constant and stubborn practice of taking shabads one at a time, and reading, pulling out vocabulary words and memorzing them, and thinking, and trying to understand, and going online in a forum like this to get learned input from knowledgeable forum members, experimenting with online dictionaries to get at the vocabularies of other languages. There are two parts: learning the language of the Guru; and learning the meaning of the Guru. It is learning by doing and doing and doing. It comes hard, but each month means progress, however slow. There are Gurmat courses in English in some gurdwaras -- but they really do not achieve what you really want to achieve. Sometimes they are nothing more than feel good sessions, and the people who can read the Gurmukhi end up the only ones who can read Gurmukhi.</p><p></p><p>As for learning Punjabi -- that is sometimes not an answer. From my experience only: Modern Punjabi is just different enough from the language of Sri Guru Granth Sahib to be unhelpful in many instances. Having a Sanskirt glossary on hand is often more helpful because the Guru's Punjabi is just a couple of generations away from old Punjabi which is itself closer to classical Sanskrit than to modern Punjabi. When Punjabi speakers write modern Punjabi in transliteration, they don't even use a standard system of spelling. This means major chaos. I really do not understand modern Punjabi. But another thing I have noticed is that when a katha makes use of the vocabulary and shabads of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, then it is easy to understand. When the katha takes off into personal and subjective directions, it is hard to understand. Guess which kathas i like best.</p><p></p><p>P/S We had an assistant granthi whose kathas in Punjabi were really good by my definition of "good." I could follow the flow of his thinking because he related EVERYTHING to the Shabad Guru. Then he disappeared. No one I knew at the gurdwara knew why he left. The man who replaced him comes from Delhi and wore a black turban and black vest (I have seen this kind of uniform on the Internet but don't know if it means he belongs to a particular group or not). He seemed to be driven around in a black SUV by other men in black turbans and vests and the SUV had a chanda on the back window. His kathas are - as far as i can make out - when I listen - all about how we are always making mistakes and walking down the wrong path. Very negative, and hard to follow. His kathas are terrible. Original thinking is never as good as the Shabad itself. Apologies for this little rant and digression on my part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 102562, member: 35"] [b]Re: SFC: Language - A barrier for New Sikhs?[/b] unbiasedview ji Valuable comments you have added to the conversation. One thing about reading Gurbani however is this. Once you have some working vocabulary and knowledge of the Gurmukhi script, the next step, and the only next step, toward conquering all the very real difficulties you mentioned is this. A constant and stubborn practice of taking shabads one at a time, and reading, pulling out vocabulary words and memorzing them, and thinking, and trying to understand, and going online in a forum like this to get learned input from knowledgeable forum members, experimenting with online dictionaries to get at the vocabularies of other languages. There are two parts: learning the language of the Guru; and learning the meaning of the Guru. It is learning by doing and doing and doing. It comes hard, but each month means progress, however slow. There are Gurmat courses in English in some gurdwaras -- but they really do not achieve what you really want to achieve. Sometimes they are nothing more than feel good sessions, and the people who can read the Gurmukhi end up the only ones who can read Gurmukhi. As for learning Punjabi -- that is sometimes not an answer. From my experience only: Modern Punjabi is just different enough from the language of Sri Guru Granth Sahib to be unhelpful in many instances. Having a Sanskirt glossary on hand is often more helpful because the Guru's Punjabi is just a couple of generations away from old Punjabi which is itself closer to classical Sanskrit than to modern Punjabi. When Punjabi speakers write modern Punjabi in transliteration, they don't even use a standard system of spelling. This means major chaos. I really do not understand modern Punjabi. But another thing I have noticed is that when a katha makes use of the vocabulary and shabads of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, then it is easy to understand. When the katha takes off into personal and subjective directions, it is hard to understand. Guess which kathas i like best. P/S We had an assistant granthi whose kathas in Punjabi were really good by my definition of "good." I could follow the flow of his thinking because he related EVERYTHING to the Shabad Guru. Then he disappeared. No one I knew at the gurdwara knew why he left. The man who replaced him comes from Delhi and wore a black turban and black vest (I have seen this kind of uniform on the Internet but don't know if it means he belongs to a particular group or not). He seemed to be driven around in a black SUV by other men in black turbans and vests and the SUV had a chanda on the back window. His kathas are - as far as i can make out - when I listen - all about how we are always making mistakes and walking down the wrong path. Very negative, and hard to follow. His kathas are terrible. Original thinking is never as good as the Shabad itself. Apologies for this little rant and digression on my part. [/QUOTE]
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