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hi i'd like to ask you about kirtan styles among Sikhs. i know about the rags, and i've listen some kirtan on youtube, but i want to know something else. i know that the Akj doesn't sing according to the rags, and that the Namdhari use only instruments from the time of Guru Nanak, but are there...

Apxw nwmu dyih jip jIvw pUrn hoie dws kI Gwl ]1] (683-1, DnwsrI, mÚ 5) Give me Your Name - chanting it, I live; please bring the efforts of Your slave to fruition. ||1|| ***************************************************** Shall be very grateful if someone can explain the 'tuk'.I always...

I shall be posting some material from a book published by Gita Press,INdia. The press publishes strictly hindu literature. You will find as to how close the lines are to that contained in Gurbani. As an exercise one may think of equivalent Gurbani Tuk and may post here. From Sl.1 ***QUOTE...

Gun gobind gayo nahi, janam akarath keen, kahe nanak, har bhaj mana, joi bid jal ko meen I have not sung the praises of Govind (Hari, Krishna) and wasted my entire life. Nanak says, o mind, sing the praises of Hari (Govind, Krishna) ceaselessly, and immerse yourself in this chant just like...

This Shabad is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Gauree on Pannaa 211 gauVI mhlw 5 ] rsnw jpIAY eyku nwm ] eIhw suKu Awnµdu Gnw AwgY jIA kY sMig kwm ]1] rhwau ] ktIAY qyrw AhM rogu ] qUM gur pRswid kir rwj jogu ]1] hir rsu ijin jin cwiKAw ] qw kI iqRsnw lwQIAw ]2] hir ibsRwm iniD pwieAw ] so bhuir...