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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="Admin" data-source="post: 117076" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>No, I’m not seriously suggesting the monk with the sword that the Dalai Lama saw in a photograph was in fact the Dalai Lama himself — but the notion of a high lama receiving a sacred sword as a gift of honor, from a Sikh no less, does have a certain interest.</p><p> *</p><p> <a href="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/chinese-army-tibetan-robes.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/chinese-army-tibetan-robes.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> <a href="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/quolamawithsword.gif" target="_blank"> </a></p><p> </p><p></p><p>The photo above of Chinese soldiers carrying Tibetan monks’ robes which caused something of a stir in the blogosphere recently “was apparently made when monks refused to play as actors in a movie, so soldiers were ordered to put on robes” — so despite its featuring on the back cover of the <a href="http://www.tchrd.org/publications/annual_reports/" target="_blank">Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy’s 2003 sitrep</a>, it is hardly corroborative of the claim that Chinese soldiers dress up as Tibetan monks to foment violence, as reported by Gordon Thomas in the subscribers only G2 Bulletin, and <a href="http://en.epochtimes.com/tools/printer.asp?id=68095" target="_blank">reprinted in Epoch Times:</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Britain’s GCHQ, the government communications agency that electronically monitors half the world from space, has confirmed the claim by the Dalai Lama that agents of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the PLA, posing as monks, triggered the riots that have left hundreds of Tibetans dead or injured.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Similarly, the widely seen photo of a policeman about to hit a Buddhist monk:</p><p> <a href="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/quolamawithsword.gif" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/quolamawithsword.gif" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/chinese-army-tibetan-robes.jpg" target="_blank"> </a></p><p> was in fact taken in Nepal, where Chinese influence has been containing pro-Tibetan sentiment — quite forcefully, as this image suggests.</p><p> *</p><p> The moral of this story, if any?</p><p> In a world of photoshopping and other forms of propaganda, we need to be especially careful with evidence which appears to support our personal predilections. My own sympathies are clearly with the Tibetans as against the Han Chinese here — and His Holiness may well be right, the Chinese army may indeed be sending in some of their own, dressed in monks’ robes, to foment trouble.</p><p></p><p></p><p> And then again, as Samdhong Rinpoche, prime minister of the Tibetan Government in exile puts it:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>If monks want to fight, they have to disrobe and join the fighters.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>You just never can tell…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 117076, member: 1"] No, I’m not seriously suggesting the monk with the sword that the Dalai Lama saw in a photograph was in fact the Dalai Lama himself — but the notion of a high lama receiving a sacred sword as a gift of honor, from a Sikh no less, does have a certain interest. * [URL="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/chinese-army-tibetan-robes.jpg"][IMG]http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/chinese-army-tibetan-robes.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/quolamawithsword.gif"] [/URL] The photo above of Chinese soldiers carrying Tibetan monks’ robes which caused something of a stir in the blogosphere recently “was apparently made when monks refused to play as actors in a movie, so soldiers were ordered to put on robes” — so despite its featuring on the back cover of the [URL="http://www.tchrd.org/publications/annual_reports/"]Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy’s 2003 sitrep[/URL], it is hardly corroborative of the claim that Chinese soldiers dress up as Tibetan monks to foment violence, as reported by Gordon Thomas in the subscribers only G2 Bulletin, and [URL="http://en.epochtimes.com/tools/printer.asp?id=68095"]reprinted in Epoch Times:[/URL] [INDENT]Britain’s GCHQ, the government communications agency that electronically monitors half the world from space, has confirmed the claim by the Dalai Lama that agents of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the PLA, posing as monks, triggered the riots that have left hundreds of Tibetans dead or injured. [/INDENT] Similarly, the widely seen photo of a policeman about to hit a Buddhist monk: [URL="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/quolamawithsword.gif"] [/URL][URL="http://doublequotes.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/chinese-army-tibetan-robes.jpg"] [/URL] was in fact taken in Nepal, where Chinese influence has been containing pro-Tibetan sentiment — quite forcefully, as this image suggests. * The moral of this story, if any? In a world of photoshopping and other forms of propaganda, we need to be especially careful with evidence which appears to support our personal predilections. My own sympathies are clearly with the Tibetans as against the Han Chinese here — and His Holiness may well be right, the Chinese army may indeed be sending in some of their own, dressed in monks’ robes, to foment trouble. And then again, as Samdhong Rinpoche, prime minister of the Tibetan Government in exile puts it: [INDENT][I]If monks want to fight, they have to disrobe and join the fighters.[/I] [/INDENT] You just never can tell… [/QUOTE]
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