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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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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)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
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)
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Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
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Suchajee (762)
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Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
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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)
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Dakhnee (929-938)
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Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
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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)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
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Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sikh Chela" data-source="post: 86847" data-attributes="member: 6850"><p>Sat Sri Akal to all, </p><p> </p><p>Stating that the reason for keeping long hair is 'because God gave you hair' is juvinille. God also gave you many other body parts which you end up removing... as someone mentioned earlier your fingernails and toenails. God gave you those didn't He? Or was that some other entity? Why then do you cut your nails? Why do many people get their appendix removed? How about wisdom teeth? Is Sikhi against dentists then? See how juvinille it gets? I don't have anything against keeping long hair but please don't dumb it down to such a contradictory and low level. There may be a scientific or credible reason for keeping long hair but I do not know of it, nor do I feel the need to justify it. My belief is that Guru Gobind Singh Ji needed to create a distinct army in trying times.</p><p> </p><p>Is Sikhi not actually declining? Any statistics that I can find state that it is. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, followed by Christianity. Why are these religions able to grow while Sikhi is not? I believe that it may have something to do with the focus on the turban and keeping long hair. The problem is that true Sikhi is not being progressed and propigated. The true message of Nanak and the GGS is not being told to our own children, much less the rest of the world. Rather, those in charge are worried about people cutting their hair. </p><p> </p><p>True Sikhi is much much deeper than long hair and a turban. Not that I have a problem with long hair or turbans but these should not be the focus of our religion. Keeping kesh and wearing a turban is a priviledge and shows utmost respect to all the Khalsa who have sacraficed for Sikhi. But we must remember that these great martyrs sacraficed for the beliefs and values of Sikhi, and not for simply the physical hair on their heads.</p><p> </p><p>Sikhi's (recent) focus on the turban has has confused us and made many of us (especially non-amridharis and westerners) forget what Sikhi is really all about. Some of us never really get a chance to learn because there is such a strong focus on hair that we are not given the opportunity to learn anything else. It seems like a condition: "if you want to be a Sikh, grow your hair first... otherwise you are just a fake." From reading the posts on this site it is obvious that most people that visit this site have some understanding of Sikh doctrines and most seem to have read at least parts of the GGS. But how many, out of the four hundred thousand or so Sikhs born in North America actually have read the GGS? I can guarantee they are few and far between.</p><p> </p><p>In fact I resent the comments of some bloggers that those who do not have unshorn hair are not Sikhs! <strong>Well, I have my hair cut and I am a proud Sikh</strong>, <strong>and no one can stop me from claiming so.</strong> One post actually said that people without turbans shouldn't be allowed in Gurdhwaras! Really? Do these people even know how Sikhism came about? It is a faith open to all: short, tall, dark, fair, bald, ugly, pretty, monay, etc. Ideally there is absolutely no discrimination in Sikhi, whether upon physical apprearance, caste, creed, race, or otherwise. Then how is it that our own are discriminating against us? </p><p> </p><p>A Sikh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sikh Chela, post: 86847, member: 6850"] Sat Sri Akal to all, Stating that the reason for keeping long hair is 'because God gave you hair' is juvinille. God also gave you many other body parts which you end up removing... as someone mentioned earlier your fingernails and toenails. God gave you those didn't He? Or was that some other entity? Why then do you cut your nails? Why do many people get their appendix removed? How about wisdom teeth? Is Sikhi against dentists then? See how juvinille it gets? I don't have anything against keeping long hair but please don't dumb it down to such a contradictory and low level. There may be a scientific or credible reason for keeping long hair but I do not know of it, nor do I feel the need to justify it. My belief is that Guru Gobind Singh Ji needed to create a distinct army in trying times. Is Sikhi not actually declining? Any statistics that I can find state that it is. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, followed by Christianity. Why are these religions able to grow while Sikhi is not? I believe that it may have something to do with the focus on the turban and keeping long hair. The problem is that true Sikhi is not being progressed and propigated. The true message of Nanak and the GGS is not being told to our own children, much less the rest of the world. Rather, those in charge are worried about people cutting their hair. True Sikhi is much much deeper than long hair and a turban. Not that I have a problem with long hair or turbans but these should not be the focus of our religion. Keeping kesh and wearing a turban is a priviledge and shows utmost respect to all the Khalsa who have sacraficed for Sikhi. But we must remember that these great martyrs sacraficed for the beliefs and values of Sikhi, and not for simply the physical hair on their heads. Sikhi's (recent) focus on the turban has has confused us and made many of us (especially non-amridharis and westerners) forget what Sikhi is really all about. Some of us never really get a chance to learn because there is such a strong focus on hair that we are not given the opportunity to learn anything else. It seems like a condition: "if you want to be a Sikh, grow your hair first... otherwise you are just a fake." From reading the posts on this site it is obvious that most people that visit this site have some understanding of Sikh doctrines and most seem to have read at least parts of the GGS. But how many, out of the four hundred thousand or so Sikhs born in North America actually have read the GGS? I can guarantee they are few and far between. In fact I resent the comments of some bloggers that those who do not have unshorn hair are not Sikhs! [B]Well, I have my hair cut and I am a proud Sikh[/B], [B]and no one can stop me from claiming so.[/B] One post actually said that people without turbans shouldn't be allowed in Gurdhwaras! Really? Do these people even know how Sikhism came about? It is a faith open to all: short, tall, dark, fair, bald, ugly, pretty, monay, etc. Ideally there is absolutely no discrimination in Sikhi, whether upon physical apprearance, caste, creed, race, or otherwise. Then how is it that our own are discriminating against us? A Sikh. [/QUOTE]
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