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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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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
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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
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<blockquote data-quote="drkhalsa" data-source="post: 21303" data-attributes="member: 384"><p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">[SIZE=+3]Soldiers’ God[/SIZE]</span></strong></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Author: Colonel Neeraj Bali, SM</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Publication: Rediff on Net</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Date: July 22, 2003</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">URL: <a href="http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jul/22diary.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jul/22diary.htm</a></span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">As a serving army officer, I never stop marvelling at the gullibility of our countrymen to be provoked with alacrity into virulence in the name of religion. I have never heard the word 'secular' during all my service -- and yet, the simple things that are done simply in the army make it appear like an island of sanity in a sea of hatred.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">In the army, each officer identifies with the religion of his troops. In regiments where the soldiers are from more than one religion, the officers -- and indeed all jawans – attend the weekly religious prayers of all the faiths. How many times have I trooped out of the battalion mandir and, having worn my shoes, entered the battalion church next door? A few years ago it all became simpler -- mandirs, masjids, gurudwars and churches began to share premises all over the army. It saved us the walk.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Perhaps it is so because the army genuinely believes in two central 'truths' -- oneness of god and victory in operations. Both are so sacred we cannot nitpick and question the basics.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">In fact, sometimes the army mixes up the two! On a visit to the holy cave at Amarnath a few years ago I saw a plaque mounted on the side of the hill by a battalion that had once guarded the annual Yatra. It said, 'Best wishes from -- battalion. Deployed for Operation Amarnath.'</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">On another instance, I remember a commanding officer ordered the battalion maulaviji to conduct the proceedings of Janamashtmi prayers because the panditji had to proceed on leave on compassionate grounds. No eyebrows were raised. It was the most rousing and best-prepared sermon on Lord Krishna I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">On the Line of Control, a company of Khemkhani Muslim soldiers replaced a Dogra battalion. Over the next few days, the post was shelled heavily by Pakistanis, and there were a few non-fatal casualties.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">One day, the junior commissioned officer of the company, Subedar Sarwar Khan walked up to the company commander Major Sharma and said, "Sahib, ever since the Dogras left, the mandir has been shut. Why don't you open it once every evening and do aarti? Why are we displeasing the gods?"</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Major Sharma shamefacedly confessed he did not know all the words of the aarti. Subedar Sarwar went away and that night, huddled over the radio set under a weak lantern light, painstakingly took down the words of the aarti from the post of another battalion!</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">How many of us know that along the entire border with Pakistan, our troops abstain from alcohol and non-vegetarian food on all Thursdays? The reason: It is called the Peer day -- essentially a day of religious significance for the Muslims.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">In 1984, after Operation Bluestar there was anguish in the Sikh community over the desecration of the holiest of their shrines. Some of this anger and hurt was visible in the army too.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">I remember the first Sikh festival days after the event -- the number of army personnel of every religious denomination that thronged the regimental gurudwara of the nearest Sikh battalion was the largest I had seen. I distinctly remember each officer and soldier who put his forehead to the ground to pay obeisance appeared to linger just a wee bit longer than usual. Was I imagining this? I do not think so. There was that empathy and caring implicit in the quality of the gesture that appeared to say, "You are hurt and we all understand."</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">We were deployed on the Line of Control those days. Soon after the news of disaffection among a small section of Sikh troops was broadcast on the BBC, Pakistani troops deployed opposite the Sikh battalion yelled across to express their 'solidarity' with the Sikhs.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">The Sikh havildar shouted back that the Pakistanis had better not harbour any wrong notions. "If you dare move towards this post, we will mow you down."</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Finally, a real -- and true -- gem. Two boys of a Sikh regiment battalion were overheard discussing this a day before Christmas.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">"Why are we having a holiday tomorrow?" asked Sepoy Singh.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">"It is Christmas," replied the wiser Naik Singh.</span></span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">"But what is Christmas?"</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 9px">"Christmas," replied Naik Singh, with his eyes half shut in reverence and hands in a spontaneous prayer-clasp, "is the guruparb of the Christians."</span></span> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drkhalsa, post: 21303, member: 384"] [B][B][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=+3]Soldiers’ God[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/B] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]Author: Colonel Neeraj Bali, SM[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]Publication: Rediff on Net[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]Date: July 22, 2003[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]URL: [url]http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/jul/22diary.htm[/url][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]As a serving army officer, I never stop marvelling at the gullibility of our countrymen to be provoked with alacrity into virulence in the name of religion. I have never heard the word 'secular' during all my service -- and yet, the simple things that are done simply in the army make it appear like an island of sanity in a sea of hatred.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]In the army, each officer identifies with the religion of his troops. In regiments where the soldiers are from more than one religion, the officers -- and indeed all jawans – attend the weekly religious prayers of all the faiths. How many times have I trooped out of the battalion mandir and, having worn my shoes, entered the battalion church next door? A few years ago it all became simpler -- mandirs, masjids, gurudwars and churches began to share premises all over the army. It saved us the walk.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]Perhaps it is so because the army genuinely believes in two central 'truths' -- oneness of god and victory in operations. Both are so sacred we cannot nitpick and question the basics.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]In fact, sometimes the army mixes up the two! On a visit to the holy cave at Amarnath a few years ago I saw a plaque mounted on the side of the hill by a battalion that had once guarded the annual Yatra. It said, 'Best wishes from -- battalion. Deployed for Operation Amarnath.'[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]On another instance, I remember a commanding officer ordered the battalion maulaviji to conduct the proceedings of Janamashtmi prayers because the panditji had to proceed on leave on compassionate grounds. No eyebrows were raised. It was the most rousing and best-prepared sermon on Lord Krishna I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]On the Line of Control, a company of Khemkhani Muslim soldiers replaced a Dogra battalion. Over the next few days, the post was shelled heavily by Pakistanis, and there were a few non-fatal casualties.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]One day, the junior commissioned officer of the company, Subedar Sarwar Khan walked up to the company commander Major Sharma and said, "Sahib, ever since the Dogras left, the mandir has been shut. Why don't you open it once every evening and do aarti? Why are we displeasing the gods?"[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]Major Sharma shamefacedly confessed he did not know all the words of the aarti. Subedar Sarwar went away and that night, huddled over the radio set under a weak lantern light, painstakingly took down the words of the aarti from the post of another battalion![/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]How many of us know that along the entire border with Pakistan, our troops abstain from alcohol and non-vegetarian food on all Thursdays? The reason: It is called the Peer day -- essentially a day of religious significance for the Muslims.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]In 1984, after Operation Bluestar there was anguish in the Sikh community over the desecration of the holiest of their shrines. Some of this anger and hurt was visible in the army too.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]I remember the first Sikh festival days after the event -- the number of army personnel of every religious denomination that thronged the regimental gurudwara of the nearest Sikh battalion was the largest I had seen. I distinctly remember each officer and soldier who put his forehead to the ground to pay obeisance appeared to linger just a wee bit longer than usual. Was I imagining this? I do not think so. There was that empathy and caring implicit in the quality of the gesture that appeared to say, "You are hurt and we all understand."[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]We were deployed on the Line of Control those days. Soon after the news of disaffection among a small section of Sikh troops was broadcast on the BBC, Pakistani troops deployed opposite the Sikh battalion yelled across to express their 'solidarity' with the Sikhs.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]The Sikh havildar shouted back that the Pakistanis had better not harbour any wrong notions. "If you dare move towards this post, we will mow you down."[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]Finally, a real -- and true -- gem. Two boys of a Sikh regiment battalion were overheard discussing this a day before Christmas.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]"Why are we having a holiday tomorrow?" asked Sepoy Singh.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]"It is Christmas," replied the wiser Naik Singh.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]"But what is Christmas?"[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=1]"Christmas," replied Naik Singh, with his eyes half shut in reverence and hands in a spontaneous prayer-clasp, "is the guruparb of the Christians."[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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