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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="skeptik2" data-source="post: 46164" data-attributes="member: 3358"><p>dalsingh you are mistaken if you think that conservatives do not have ideals. For we do. Our ideals though, as i've described already, are captured in the conservative method, and in beliefs of good society everywhere. They are those of opposing pressing evil, of fighting just wars, of defending the weak against brutal oppression. These are entirely reasonable ideals which almost everyone shares. These ideals though are different from liberal ideals, because they do not require one to create a perfect society: only one where it is good enough, which we conservatives assume is almost always the case. Ofcourse sometimes things get particularly bad, perhaps a world war, or a mughal invasion, or something like that. Still our challenge, then, is to maintain good society through those turbulent times, and to come out of them having faced those problems, but without giving up our society and its ways. </p><p></p><p>These are perfectly sikh ideals, and infact, if you take sikhism seriously, you'll find that the gurus welcomed good men of all backgrounds and all societies. This means no one group has a monopoly on good living: not even us, the 'enlightened' sikhs. Infact there is nothing 'enlightened' about us, we are just ordinary human beings, but with an impressive history, and a perfectly admirable philosophy of avoiding doing evil. It is not, to go further, a perfect society, nor does it wish to be a perfect society, it is just a good society. There were good sikhs who lived and died even before guru nanak was born, according to sikh philosophy. </p><p></p><p>In the west, for what capacity are sikhs admired? Why, for our bravery, for our perfectly conservative thoughts. For our unwavering commitment to our society and its values. These are perfectly universal things which are admired from Africa, to America. They are ideals of good society everywhere. But we do a great diservice to ourselves, and to our ancestors by claiming they were something other than what they were: which is traditional men, with strong morals.</p><p></p><p>So i do not think you have understood me fairly, if you think I wish to say ideals are bad. Idealists are bad: and specifically utopian idealists are bad. But I am perfectly happy, with qualification, with for example, Sikhs who wish to practise sikhi in a very orthodox manner. Because I believe, and must believe (as a sikh), that such a person, would be a good person to have in society. I have a real problem with pakhandi idealists, who miss the big picture, and over-insist on form over substance. For they are worthy only of contempt: to me a (conservative and thus normal) sikh is marked first and foremost by substance: although form is crucial and important too. For example a pakhandi who unkindly chastises a sikh who cuts his hair, or a pakhandi who dismisses a sikh man who wishes to marry within caste, or a pakhandi who takes such trivial things too seriously and blows them: to me such a person is over-insisting on form, and missing the point, which a conservative viewpoint would afford him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeptik2, post: 46164, member: 3358"] dalsingh you are mistaken if you think that conservatives do not have ideals. For we do. Our ideals though, as i've described already, are captured in the conservative method, and in beliefs of good society everywhere. They are those of opposing pressing evil, of fighting just wars, of defending the weak against brutal oppression. These are entirely reasonable ideals which almost everyone shares. These ideals though are different from liberal ideals, because they do not require one to create a perfect society: only one where it is good enough, which we conservatives assume is almost always the case. Ofcourse sometimes things get particularly bad, perhaps a world war, or a mughal invasion, or something like that. Still our challenge, then, is to maintain good society through those turbulent times, and to come out of them having faced those problems, but without giving up our society and its ways. These are perfectly sikh ideals, and infact, if you take sikhism seriously, you'll find that the gurus welcomed good men of all backgrounds and all societies. This means no one group has a monopoly on good living: not even us, the 'enlightened' sikhs. Infact there is nothing 'enlightened' about us, we are just ordinary human beings, but with an impressive history, and a perfectly admirable philosophy of avoiding doing evil. It is not, to go further, a perfect society, nor does it wish to be a perfect society, it is just a good society. There were good sikhs who lived and died even before guru nanak was born, according to sikh philosophy. In the west, for what capacity are sikhs admired? Why, for our bravery, for our perfectly conservative thoughts. For our unwavering commitment to our society and its values. These are perfectly universal things which are admired from Africa, to America. They are ideals of good society everywhere. But we do a great diservice to ourselves, and to our ancestors by claiming they were something other than what they were: which is traditional men, with strong morals. So i do not think you have understood me fairly, if you think I wish to say ideals are bad. Idealists are bad: and specifically utopian idealists are bad. But I am perfectly happy, with qualification, with for example, Sikhs who wish to practise sikhi in a very orthodox manner. Because I believe, and must believe (as a sikh), that such a person, would be a good person to have in society. I have a real problem with pakhandi idealists, who miss the big picture, and over-insist on form over substance. For they are worthy only of contempt: to me a (conservative and thus normal) sikh is marked first and foremost by substance: although form is crucial and important too. For example a pakhandi who unkindly chastises a sikh who cuts his hair, or a pakhandi who dismisses a sikh man who wishes to marry within caste, or a pakhandi who takes such trivial things too seriously and blows them: to me such a person is over-insisting on form, and missing the point, which a conservative viewpoint would afford him. [/QUOTE]
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