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Guru Granth Sahib
Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="max314" data-source="post: 47549" data-attributes="member: 2817"><p>I think what you're looking for is a conversion into the Khalsa panth. There is actually no 'conversion' process for becoming 'a Sikkh'.</p><p></p><p>A Khalsa warrior is one who dedicates his or her life to the service of humanity by suscribing to a regime of emotional and physical discipline as outlined by the Tenth Guru. It is not a path for everyone, as it demands a lot of a person. Of course, one who is truly devoted to any discipline will find it much easier, but let there be no illusions about the fact that this is a path the width of a sword's edge.</p><p></p><p>The ceremony by which one joins this 'Brotherhood of Humanitarian Knights', as it were, is a process referred to as "taking <em>amrit</em>", which involves the recital of certain prayers and the drinking of a particular type of water known as <em>amrit</em>, which is essentially just water with sugar mixed with a steel blade.</p><p></p><p>It's actually a very deliberate political and ideological statement by the Tenth Guru, in which he replaced the ceremony of people drinking the water in which the feet of a Gurus or Sant of the old whom they followed would have been dipped. Guru Gobind Singh Ji was essentially saying "worship only the power of the sword, for it has the power to change destiny" by dipping the blade into the water instead of the ritualised (and wrong) dipping of feet.</p><p></p><p>The Sikkh community at large as you probably see and understand it undergoes no ritual of 'baptism', however. I suppose you'd just go to the Gurudwara regularly and listen and absorb <em>gurbani</em>.</p><p></p><p>It may be of interest for you to know that nowhere in the Guru Granth Sahib is the keeping of hair or the formation of the Khalsa mentioned. It is mentioned only in the Dassam Granth; a volume whose authorship and authenticity is still highly debated, but whose devout followers are the Khalsa of today. The Tenth Master never dubbed this volume as a 'Guru' as he did the Granth Sahib, and I think it's very important that people recognise his choice in doing so. It has always occured to me that the Khalsa is a cult of Knights created for a specific purpose. Whilst it contradicts certain passages in the Granth (such as the useless nature of wearing particular clothes, or the uselessness of the keeping of hair), it is a 'necessary evil' in that it allowed these Knights to rally around a particular image (that of a Khalsa) and to allow this to invigorate their fighting spirit to preserve the text that would preserve humanity's freedom.</p><p></p><p>They were the isolated and often violent shell comprised of men and women who sacrificed their lives to this way of life in order to protect the universal and peaceful philosophy of the Granth, and who took it upon themselves to fight for those who could not fight for themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="max314, post: 47549, member: 2817"] I think what you're looking for is a conversion into the Khalsa panth. There is actually no 'conversion' process for becoming 'a Sikkh'. A Khalsa warrior is one who dedicates his or her life to the service of humanity by suscribing to a regime of emotional and physical discipline as outlined by the Tenth Guru. It is not a path for everyone, as it demands a lot of a person. Of course, one who is truly devoted to any discipline will find it much easier, but let there be no illusions about the fact that this is a path the width of a sword's edge. The ceremony by which one joins this 'Brotherhood of Humanitarian Knights', as it were, is a process referred to as "taking [I]amrit[/I]", which involves the recital of certain prayers and the drinking of a particular type of water known as [I]amrit[/I], which is essentially just water with sugar mixed with a steel blade. It's actually a very deliberate political and ideological statement by the Tenth Guru, in which he replaced the ceremony of people drinking the water in which the feet of a Gurus or Sant of the old whom they followed would have been dipped. Guru Gobind Singh Ji was essentially saying "worship only the power of the sword, for it has the power to change destiny" by dipping the blade into the water instead of the ritualised (and wrong) dipping of feet. The Sikkh community at large as you probably see and understand it undergoes no ritual of 'baptism', however. I suppose you'd just go to the Gurudwara regularly and listen and absorb [I]gurbani[/I]. It may be of interest for you to know that nowhere in the Guru Granth Sahib is the keeping of hair or the formation of the Khalsa mentioned. It is mentioned only in the Dassam Granth; a volume whose authorship and authenticity is still highly debated, but whose devout followers are the Khalsa of today. The Tenth Master never dubbed this volume as a 'Guru' as he did the Granth Sahib, and I think it's very important that people recognise his choice in doing so. It has always occured to me that the Khalsa is a cult of Knights created for a specific purpose. Whilst it contradicts certain passages in the Granth (such as the useless nature of wearing particular clothes, or the uselessness of the keeping of hair), it is a 'necessary evil' in that it allowed these Knights to rally around a particular image (that of a Khalsa) and to allow this to invigorate their fighting spirit to preserve the text that would preserve humanity's freedom. They were the isolated and often violent shell comprised of men and women who sacrificed their lives to this way of life in order to protect the universal and peaceful philosophy of the Granth, and who took it upon themselves to fight for those who could not fight for themselves. [/QUOTE]
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