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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="Inderjeet Kaur" data-source="post: 206199" data-attributes="member: 16531"><p>I am a vegetarian and not a vegan. The idea of putting the corpse of a dead animal in my mouth nauseates me. I leave it to others to do as they please.</p><p></p><p>I just came across an article which clearly states that Sikhs ate meat in 1798.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 18px"><a href="http://dailysikhupdates.com/26530-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"><strong>Rare 1798 Welshman’s Account of Sikhs Discovered</strong></span></a></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">Extract from the book</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">“The city of Lahore is next, about a hundred and fifty miles distant from Moultan. It is the capital of the Seiks, a people which started up in the fifteenth century, under a Hindoo of the name of Nanuck, born in 1470. They are a set of religionists, tolerant in matters of faith like the Hindoos, but, unlike them, admit proselytes. They require conformity in certain</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">signs and ceremonies, but in other respects are pure monotheists; they worship God alone,</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">without image or intermediation. They may be called the reformers of India. They retain also a calvinistical principle, and take an oath ever to oppose a monarchical government.</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">They eat any kind of meat excepting beef, for like the Hindoos they hold the ox in the utmost veneration. Their general food is pork, probably because it is forbidden by the Mahometans, whom they hold in abhorrence. Their army consists wholly of horse; they can raise a hundred thousand cavalry, and make war in the most savage mode. They kept long concealed or unnoticed, at length became formidable by their courage and enterprize, and extended their conquests over Lahore, Moultan, and the western parts of Delhi.”2</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">Reference</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">1. The National Library of Wales</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">2. Thomas Pennant (1798): The View of Hindustan Vol 1 & 2. Printed by Henry Hughs,</span></strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><span style="color: #000000">London</span></strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Inderjeet Kaur, post: 206199, member: 16531"] I am a vegetarian and not a vegan. The idea of putting the corpse of a dead animal in my mouth nauseates me. I leave it to others to do as they please. I just came across an article which clearly states that Sikhs ate meat in 1798. [INDENT][SIZE=5][URL='http://dailysikhupdates.com/26530-2/'][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)][B]Rare 1798 Welshman’s Account of Sikhs Discovered[/B][/COLOR][/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]Extract from the book[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]“The city of Lahore is next, about a hundred and fifty miles distant from Moultan. It is the capital of the Seiks, a people which started up in the fifteenth century, under a Hindoo of the name of Nanuck, born in 1470. They are a set of religionists, tolerant in matters of faith like the Hindoos, but, unlike them, admit proselytes. They require conformity in certain[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]signs and ceremonies, but in other respects are pure monotheists; they worship God alone,[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]without image or intermediation. They may be called the reformers of India. They retain also a calvinistical principle, and take an oath ever to oppose a monarchical government.[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]They eat any kind of meat excepting beef, for like the Hindoos they hold the ox in the utmost veneration. Their general food is pork, probably because it is forbidden by the Mahometans, whom they hold in abhorrence. Their army consists wholly of horse; they can raise a hundred thousand cavalry, and make war in the most savage mode. They kept long concealed or unnoticed, at length became formidable by their courage and enterprize, and extended their conquests over Lahore, Moultan, and the western parts of Delhi.”2[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]Reference[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]1. The National Library of Wales[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]2. Thomas Pennant (1798): The View of Hindustan Vol 1 & 2. Printed by Henry Hughs,[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][COLOR=#000000]London[/COLOR][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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