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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="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 166735" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>Get a hold of The Sikh history written by Khushwnat Singh....He was even more DEFINITE that that statement in RED..He wrote.. <span style="color: Blue"><strong>Within the Next 50 Years there will be NO SIKHS by 2000 !!</strong></span> Quote from a Blog below explains in detail....</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Green">When in 1953 the celebrated Sikh historian, Khushwant Singh, came to writing his seminal, and now classic, <em>The Sikhs</em><strong>,</strong> he lamented ruefully in the Preface that, “[t]he chief reason for my writing an account of my people is the melancholy thought that contemporary with my labours are being written the last chapters of the story of the Sikhs. By the end of the century, the Sikhs themselves will have passed into oblivion. Before that happens, it is proper that some estimate of their religion, traditions, political and cultural achievements should be made…..”. Yet, today, there are 20 million Sikhs world-wide with twelve million in India alone – though the distinctive history of the Sikhs, their religion, and their traditions, are not much better known in the world today than they were then. However, although they comprise two per cent of their country’s population, they are hardly unnoticeable. The Prime Minister of India, the world’s largest democracy, is a Sikh of immense distinction accredited with being the architect of modern India today. The Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, was until recently a Sikh by the name of General Joginder Jaswant Singh Marwaha, who was a consistent high-achiever. And, Bollywood recently brought out a film, “<em>Singh is Kinng</em>” which not only opened to full houses in India, but remarkably shattered records in Pakistan too. Further afield few adherents of English cricket could have failed to notice Monty Panesar<sup> </sup>assume a cult status in the UK. Sikhs proliferate in all walks of life, including the professions. In the words of Patwant Singh, a Delhi-based writer of some considerable renown, Sikhs today, “have come to be known for their commitment to education, their business acumen, and their enterprising spirit..” Indeed, for a religion that is only 500-years old, Sikhism is now the fourth largest religion in the world. It is all the more remarkable then, that the Sikh faith is little known and little understood by most people outside India. Indeed, on 27<sup>th</sup> November 2008 the European Court of Human Rights dismissed a legal challenge by one <em>Shingara Singh</em>, a 53-year old Parisian Sikh, to the French law requiring ID documents photos of motorists to appear “bareheaded and facing forward” when he argued that French law thereby imposed a ban on the wearing of turbans by Sikhs. Evidently, what Sikhism may have to generally contribute to the world today is hardly a matter of any concern anywhere. Indeed, half-a-century ago, Khushwant Singh’s laments about the Sikhs were not unfounded. The Sikh faith had indeed been struggling for survival. Decades of persecution in the seventeenth century followed by a half century of glorious sovereign rule under Maharajah Ranjit Singh was followed by annexation, partition, exodus and balkanisation of their territory in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries<sup> </sup>so that “Sikhism became virtually submerged in Hinduism.” Yet, Sikhism managed not only to survive. It even flourished. Today, as a faith it is respected the world over for its principles of pragmatism, rationalism, and service to humanity. It should be a matter of general interest to Sikhs and non-Sikhs alike, therefore, as to why the Sikh religion has flourished as much as it has in the last 50-years since Khushwant Singh wrote his melancholy book about the Sikhs in the immediate years after Indian independence.</span></p><p><span style="color: Green"></span> ...Lets see who has the LAST LAUGH Dr Sahib !! The HUGE TREE that Guru nanak ji planted has so much BLOOD in its ROOTS that SIKHI will OUTLAST even the coming 2102 Apocalypse...Everything on Earth may be destroyed..BUT a SIKH will be standing to WELCOME the Alien Spaceships !! Tongue in cheek..really !!! EMPERORS that RULED over Vast Empires..those that ruled the WORLD where the Sun Never set..Worlds largest democracy..etc etc have cherished deep seated INNER DESIRE to see the LAST SIKH Disappear before their EYES..alas this wish never came true..not for Jehangir, aurengzeb, Queens Victoria..Indira Gandhi...and it WONT EVER happen...some "trees" just NEVER DIE/DRY UP..:interestedsingh::interestedsingh::interestedsingh::interestedsingh::interestedsingh:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 166735, member: 189"] Get a hold of The Sikh history written by Khushwnat Singh....He was even more DEFINITE that that statement in RED..He wrote.. [COLOR=Blue][B]Within the Next 50 Years there will be NO SIKHS by 2000 !![/B][/COLOR] Quote from a Blog below explains in detail.... [COLOR=Green]When in 1953 the celebrated Sikh historian, Khushwant Singh, came to writing his seminal, and now classic, [I]The Sikhs[/I][B],[/B] he lamented ruefully in the Preface that, “[t]he chief reason for my writing an account of my people is the melancholy thought that contemporary with my labours are being written the last chapters of the story of the Sikhs. By the end of the century, the Sikhs themselves will have passed into oblivion. Before that happens, it is proper that some estimate of their religion, traditions, political and cultural achievements should be made…..”. Yet, today, there are 20 million Sikhs world-wide with twelve million in India alone – though the distinctive history of the Sikhs, their religion, and their traditions, are not much better known in the world today than they were then. However, although they comprise two per cent of their country’s population, they are hardly unnoticeable. The Prime Minister of India, the world’s largest democracy, is a Sikh of immense distinction accredited with being the architect of modern India today. The Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army, was until recently a Sikh by the name of General Joginder Jaswant Singh Marwaha, who was a consistent high-achiever. And, Bollywood recently brought out a film, “[I]Singh is Kinng[/I]” which not only opened to full houses in India, but remarkably shattered records in Pakistan too. Further afield few adherents of English cricket could have failed to notice Monty Panesar<sup> </sup>assume a cult status in the UK. Sikhs proliferate in all walks of life, including the professions. In the words of Patwant Singh, a Delhi-based writer of some considerable renown, Sikhs today, “have come to be known for their commitment to education, their business acumen, and their enterprising spirit..” Indeed, for a religion that is only 500-years old, Sikhism is now the fourth largest religion in the world. It is all the more remarkable then, that the Sikh faith is little known and little understood by most people outside India. Indeed, on 27<sup>th</sup> November 2008 the European Court of Human Rights dismissed a legal challenge by one [I]Shingara Singh[/I], a 53-year old Parisian Sikh, to the French law requiring ID documents photos of motorists to appear “bareheaded and facing forward” when he argued that French law thereby imposed a ban on the wearing of turbans by Sikhs. Evidently, what Sikhism may have to generally contribute to the world today is hardly a matter of any concern anywhere. Indeed, half-a-century ago, Khushwant Singh’s laments about the Sikhs were not unfounded. The Sikh faith had indeed been struggling for survival. Decades of persecution in the seventeenth century followed by a half century of glorious sovereign rule under Maharajah Ranjit Singh was followed by annexation, partition, exodus and balkanisation of their territory in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries<sup> </sup>so that “Sikhism became virtually submerged in Hinduism.” Yet, Sikhism managed not only to survive. It even flourished. Today, as a faith it is respected the world over for its principles of pragmatism, rationalism, and service to humanity. It should be a matter of general interest to Sikhs and non-Sikhs alike, therefore, as to why the Sikh religion has flourished as much as it has in the last 50-years since Khushwant Singh wrote his melancholy book about the Sikhs in the immediate years after Indian independence. [/COLOR] ...Lets see who has the LAST LAUGH Dr Sahib !! The HUGE TREE that Guru nanak ji planted has so much BLOOD in its ROOTS that SIKHI will OUTLAST even the coming 2102 Apocalypse...Everything on Earth may be destroyed..BUT a SIKH will be standing to WELCOME the Alien Spaceships !! Tongue in cheek..really !!! EMPERORS that RULED over Vast Empires..those that ruled the WORLD where the Sun Never set..Worlds largest democracy..etc etc have cherished deep seated INNER DESIRE to see the LAST SIKH Disappear before their EYES..alas this wish never came true..not for Jehangir, aurengzeb, Queens Victoria..Indira Gandhi...and it WONT EVER happen...some "trees" just NEVER DIE/DRY UP..:interestedsingh::interestedsingh::interestedsingh::interestedsingh::interestedsingh: [/QUOTE]
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