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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 177297" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>By Kathleen O'Brien/The Star-Ledger </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/12/doomsday_end_of_the_world_2012.html" target="_blank">http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/12/doomsday_end_of_the_world_2012.html</a></p><p></p><p>It's official: NASA has already reassured a grateful nation that civilization will not come to a screeching halt tomorrow, courtesy of the Mayans.</p><p></p><p>The pre-Columbian calendar that had folks in a tizzy merely cycles back to the beginning, the space geeks say. Even the Vatican's head astronomer has jumped into the fray, asserting that life will go on.</p><p></p><p>Assuming we wake up intact tomorrow, however, doesn't mean we've escaped the clutches of doomsday. Instead, we'll be facing a whole new list of apocalyptic predictions.</p><p></p><p>Turns out there's always a new kid on the End Times block.</p><p></p><p>With the Mayans out of the way, what takes their place at the top of the worry list?</p><p></p><p>Please give a warm welcome to ... solar flares.</p><p></p><p>The website 2013solarflare.com touts a prediction of an uptick of flares the likes of which hasn't been seen since 1859. That magnetic storm disrupted telegraphs and put on an evening light show so bright, people could read the newspaper by it.</p><p></p><p>Were a similar storm to hit today, the website says, cell phones would be rendered useless, the electrical grid trashed and the landscape would soon be littered with roving bands of the hungry unwashed.</p><p></p><p>In short, marginally worse than Hurricane Sandy.</p><p></p><p>By contrast, NASA says that while there will be more solar flares in 2013-14, the result will be similar to the last time the sun was at its maximum 11-year cycle of flares in 2002. (Did your cell phone die? Didn't think so.)</p><p></p><p>Stuart Charme, a professor of religion at Rutgers University-Camden, has an entire bookcase filled with obsolete writings that predicted the end of the world.</p><p></p><p></p><p>A NASA-predicted uptick in solar flares the next two years might make life interesting.</p><p>ALAMY </p><p>"You don't have to be really smart to figure out everyone's been wrong up till now," he said.</p><p></p><p>It was always preposterous to think the Mayans had predicted the stone-cold end of the world, Charme said. Pre-modern civilizations have always had an awareness of nature's cycle of birth, growth, decay and decline.</p><p></p><p>By contrast, Western civilization has never been without doomsday speculation.</p><p></p><p>The current crop of predictions is different for being non-religious. Unlike the classic Biblical predictions -- remember all those May 21st billboards? -- these warnings have secular origins. They warn of:</p><p></p><p>•Too many people ("The Population Bomb"), or not enough (What to Expect When No One's Expecting -- America's Coming Demographic Disaster").</p><p></p><p>• Running out of oil and/or food by the year ... (fill in the blank).</p><p></p><p>• …Climate change to a degree that is already completely irreversible.</p><p></p><p>• …Pandemic swine flu, bird flu or an antibiotic-resistant superbug epidemic.</p><p></p><p>• …And an oldie-but-goodie, nuclear annihilation, as the "Doomsday Clock," run by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, is at five minutes to midnight and may move closer next month.</p><p></p><p>Charme just finished teaching a course on End Times -- one overseen by a large countdown clock.</p><p></p><p>From his review of apocalyptic thinking, he observed that predictions used to emerge from marginalized people -- the Jews of the 1st Century B.C., or the Christians under the rule of the Romans. Both groups yearned for a time when their oppressors would be vanquished by a force of good and came up with predictions that their liberation was around the apocalyptic corner.</p><p></p><p>Now, says Charme, apocalyptic thought has "entered the mainstream," right down to the zombie movie playing at the local mall.</p><p></p><p>From his book collection, he's calculated that the optimal time to beat the drums of warning is four or five years before one's specific day of doom. That gives the proponent enough time to build up anxiety, acquire followers and ... sell books.</p><p></p><p>"People always find some calculation to say the world's going to end. There's a really narrow shelf life for apocalyptic predictions. People are not interested in the world ending in 2050," he said.</p><p></p><p>After all, the sandwich-sign motto is, "the end is nigh," not "the end is eventually."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 177297, member: 35"] By Kathleen O'Brien/The Star-Ledger [url]http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/12/doomsday_end_of_the_world_2012.html[/url] It's official: NASA has already reassured a grateful nation that civilization will not come to a screeching halt tomorrow, courtesy of the Mayans. The pre-Columbian calendar that had folks in a tizzy merely cycles back to the beginning, the space geeks say. Even the Vatican's head astronomer has jumped into the fray, asserting that life will go on. Assuming we wake up intact tomorrow, however, doesn't mean we've escaped the clutches of doomsday. Instead, we'll be facing a whole new list of apocalyptic predictions. Turns out there's always a new kid on the End Times block. With the Mayans out of the way, what takes their place at the top of the worry list? Please give a warm welcome to ... solar flares. The website 2013solarflare.com touts a prediction of an uptick of flares the likes of which hasn't been seen since 1859. That magnetic storm disrupted telegraphs and put on an evening light show so bright, people could read the newspaper by it. Were a similar storm to hit today, the website says, cell phones would be rendered useless, the electrical grid trashed and the landscape would soon be littered with roving bands of the hungry unwashed. In short, marginally worse than Hurricane Sandy. By contrast, NASA says that while there will be more solar flares in 2013-14, the result will be similar to the last time the sun was at its maximum 11-year cycle of flares in 2002. (Did your cell phone die? Didn't think so.) Stuart Charme, a professor of religion at Rutgers University-Camden, has an entire bookcase filled with obsolete writings that predicted the end of the world. A NASA-predicted uptick in solar flares the next two years might make life interesting. ALAMY "You don't have to be really smart to figure out everyone's been wrong up till now," he said. It was always preposterous to think the Mayans had predicted the stone-cold end of the world, Charme said. Pre-modern civilizations have always had an awareness of nature's cycle of birth, growth, decay and decline. By contrast, Western civilization has never been without doomsday speculation. The current crop of predictions is different for being non-religious. Unlike the classic Biblical predictions -- remember all those May 21st billboards? -- these warnings have secular origins. They warn of: •Too many people ("The Population Bomb"), or not enough (What to Expect When No One's Expecting -- America's Coming Demographic Disaster"). • Running out of oil and/or food by the year ... (fill in the blank). • …Climate change to a degree that is already completely irreversible. • …Pandemic swine flu, bird flu or an antibiotic-resistant superbug epidemic. • …And an oldie-but-goodie, nuclear annihilation, as the "Doomsday Clock," run by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, is at five minutes to midnight and may move closer next month. Charme just finished teaching a course on End Times -- one overseen by a large countdown clock. From his review of apocalyptic thinking, he observed that predictions used to emerge from marginalized people -- the Jews of the 1st Century B.C., or the Christians under the rule of the Romans. Both groups yearned for a time when their oppressors would be vanquished by a force of good and came up with predictions that their liberation was around the apocalyptic corner. Now, says Charme, apocalyptic thought has "entered the mainstream," right down to the zombie movie playing at the local mall. From his book collection, he's calculated that the optimal time to beat the drums of warning is four or five years before one's specific day of doom. That gives the proponent enough time to build up anxiety, acquire followers and ... sell books. "People always find some calculation to say the world's going to end. There's a really narrow shelf life for apocalyptic predictions. People are not interested in the world ending in 2050," he said. After all, the sandwich-sign motto is, "the end is nigh," not "the end is eventually." [/QUOTE]
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