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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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An Exploration Of Femininity And Sikh Women
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<blockquote data-quote="Mai Harinder Kaur" data-source="post: 145345" data-attributes="member: 3558"><p>In my generation, amongst those fighting for women's equality it was a must-believe tenet of faith that boys and girls were really the same aside from a few differences, mostly in the genitals. If girls were given trucks to play with and boys were given baby dolls, girls would develop "masculine" traits and boys would develop "feminine" traits.</p><p></p><p>When parents actually tried these experiments on their own children, what a surprise! Little girls would cuddle and nurture their Tonka trucks and little boys would rough house and even tear apart the baby dolls. Now, of course, we know that there are huge differences between the female and male brains. We have learned that these traits really are biologically ingrained. Females are hard-wired to be nurturers, males to be protectors. Of course, there are exceptions to this, and most humans have both sets of these traits to some degree, but they do fit the overwhelming majority of humans. </p><p></p><p>We sometimes surprise even ourselves. I was always expected to be able to do anything a man could do (except father a child, of course). It was expected that, like my brothers, I would have a lucrative career getting immense satisfaction from making gobs of money. In fact, by far the happiest, most fulfilling part of my life was when I was a wife and mother at home running our little farm, cooking and cleaning and raising our child. And milking the goats. I have since had a nice career, making money and doing what was expected of me by my family until I had the first stroke and was unable to be an effective breadwinner.</p><p></p><p>I have always felt like a woman to myself. I like my woman's body and my woman's brain and all that goes with that. I am sad that most women, especially Sikh women, are trapped in a long outdated patriarchal social system that doesn't allow them to develop anything like their full potential. When that system is overcome - and it will be - only then will we see femininity in full bloom. I am most impatient for that day!</p><p></p><p>I eagerly await the day that my Punjabi sisters will sing - and mean - this song which became the anthem of the Women's Movement in the Western world in the 1970s. We still have a long way to go, but let us not forget how far we have come. Singhnis of Punjab, Guru ji sanctions our equality. Let us now claim it, so we can be, inside and out, the beautiful strong, intelligent, feminine women we were made to be.</p><p></p><p>Now, let us sing. The words are on screen, for those who don't know them</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGMESM8JKOg" target="_blank">YouTube - Helen Reddy - I am woman (with lyrics on the screen)</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mai Harinder Kaur, post: 145345, member: 3558"] In my generation, amongst those fighting for women's equality it was a must-believe tenet of faith that boys and girls were really the same aside from a few differences, mostly in the genitals. If girls were given trucks to play with and boys were given baby dolls, girls would develop "masculine" traits and boys would develop "feminine" traits. When parents actually tried these experiments on their own children, what a surprise! Little girls would cuddle and nurture their Tonka trucks and little boys would rough house and even tear apart the baby dolls. Now, of course, we know that there are huge differences between the female and male brains. We have learned that these traits really are biologically ingrained. Females are hard-wired to be nurturers, males to be protectors. Of course, there are exceptions to this, and most humans have both sets of these traits to some degree, but they do fit the overwhelming majority of humans. We sometimes surprise even ourselves. I was always expected to be able to do anything a man could do (except father a child, of course). It was expected that, like my brothers, I would have a lucrative career getting immense satisfaction from making gobs of money. In fact, by far the happiest, most fulfilling part of my life was when I was a wife and mother at home running our little farm, cooking and cleaning and raising our child. And milking the goats. I have since had a nice career, making money and doing what was expected of me by my family until I had the first stroke and was unable to be an effective breadwinner. I have always felt like a woman to myself. I like my woman's body and my woman's brain and all that goes with that. I am sad that most women, especially Sikh women, are trapped in a long outdated patriarchal social system that doesn't allow them to develop anything like their full potential. When that system is overcome - and it will be - only then will we see femininity in full bloom. I am most impatient for that day! I eagerly await the day that my Punjabi sisters will sing - and mean - this song which became the anthem of the Women's Movement in the Western world in the 1970s. We still have a long way to go, but let us not forget how far we have come. Singhnis of Punjab, Guru ji sanctions our equality. Let us now claim it, so we can be, inside and out, the beautiful strong, intelligent, feminine women we were made to be. Now, let us sing. The words are on screen, for those who don't know them [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGMESM8JKOg"]YouTube - Helen Reddy - I am woman (with lyrics on the screen)[/url] [/QUOTE]
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