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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="clarkejoey" data-source="post: 60420" data-attributes="member: 5254"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">As a person who is no longer young – except in cosmic terms – I can imagine the agony of senior Sikhs as they watch younger ones casually tossing away their sacred ID… and as someone who still remembers being young, I can understand the yearning to feel that one is not singled out from ones peers… yearning to fit in.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It is sometimes easier for a convert (like myself) to keep traditions than it is for one born in a given tradition. The reason is simply this: if you’re born to it, you probably take it for granted.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I, for instance, used to take it for granted that I eat fish on a Friday, fast during Lent, receive Eucharist etc, etc… it was only in my adulthood I came to understand that people died so I could enjoy those privileges. Others suffered the insults of their neighbours. Many were tortured in ways we can barely imagine.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Similarly, I am sure it is easier to see 5k’s as a burden when you know nothing else, and perhaps have not considered what they are really worth. The lives of the martyrs, the struggles against the Mughals, even the events at Amritsar in 1984. And then there’s the idea of "privilege".</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">To me, my hair (when it’s grown out) and my distinct garb (when I earn the right to wear it) will be a privilege to me, something I will have to earn. So when I look at kara I will remember what I had to do to be worthy of it… I’ll remember these bareheaded months, and (hopefully) the effort and prayer – and Guru’s Grace – that will have carried me forward.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I suspect, reading these posts, that when they see kara, some young Sikhs remember Ma enforcing obedience, or Papa being conventional. In the face of peer pressure, those memories won’t help the young Sikh to keep tradition against friends’ acceptance. I wish I had some advice for traditional Sikhs sad at the way things are going, something to say to the young Sikh who considers a haircut – or his/her parents.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">All I can really say is: “Look at me!” </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I am planning to defy my 2.9 million neighbours – who are famous for resisting new things – to challenge my personal friends, put myself at professional risk, and open myself to all kinds of abuse, just so I can be a member of your society. I have no idea if all this big talk will take me anywhere, or if I’ll crumple under the pressure.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">But I am going for it. I want it. The holy hair, the turban… these are goals I mean to work for. I see these things as sacred, holy objectives worthy of my full attention, and any sacrifice. I am neither insane nor romantic; I am not a zealot nor an obsessive, neither stupid nor irrational (most of the time, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />).</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">If and when I earn the privilege to be fully among you, perhaps I’ll have more to say!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clarkejoey, post: 60420, member: 5254"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]As a person who is no longer young – except in cosmic terms – I can imagine the agony of senior Sikhs as they watch younger ones casually tossing away their sacred ID… and as someone who still remembers being young, I can understand the yearning to feel that one is not singled out from ones peers… yearning to fit in.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]It is sometimes easier for a convert (like myself) to keep traditions than it is for one born in a given tradition. The reason is simply this: if you’re born to it, you probably take it for granted.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I, for instance, used to take it for granted that I eat fish on a Friday, fast during Lent, receive Eucharist etc, etc… it was only in my adulthood I came to understand that people died so I could enjoy those privileges. Others suffered the insults of their neighbours. Many were tortured in ways we can barely imagine.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Similarly, I am sure it is easier to see 5k’s as a burden when you know nothing else, and perhaps have not considered what they are really worth. The lives of the martyrs, the struggles against the Mughals, even the events at Amritsar in 1984. And then there’s the idea of "privilege".[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]To me, my hair (when it’s grown out) and my distinct garb (when I earn the right to wear it) will be a privilege to me, something I will have to earn. So when I look at kara I will remember what I had to do to be worthy of it… I’ll remember these bareheaded months, and (hopefully) the effort and prayer – and Guru’s Grace – that will have carried me forward.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I suspect, reading these posts, that when they see kara, some young Sikhs remember Ma enforcing obedience, or Papa being conventional. In the face of peer pressure, those memories won’t help the young Sikh to keep tradition against friends’ acceptance. I wish I had some advice for traditional Sikhs sad at the way things are going, something to say to the young Sikh who considers a haircut – or his/her parents.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]All I can really say is: “Look at me!” [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I am planning to defy my 2.9 million neighbours – who are famous for resisting new things – to challenge my personal friends, put myself at professional risk, and open myself to all kinds of abuse, just so I can be a member of your society. I have no idea if all this big talk will take me anywhere, or if I’ll crumple under the pressure.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]But I am going for it. I want it. The holy hair, the turban… these are goals I mean to work for. I see these things as sacred, holy objectives worthy of my full attention, and any sacrifice. I am neither insane nor romantic; I am not a zealot nor an obsessive, neither stupid nor irrational (most of the time, ;)).[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]If and when I earn the privilege to be fully among you, perhaps I’ll have more to say![/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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