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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="IJSingh" data-source="post: 214339" data-attributes="member: 403"><p>While playing with two languages at the same time -- Punjabi and English – recently an oddity grabbed me.</p><p></p><p>In both, the preschooler or even one who is barely a toddler is happily labeled “student.” But so is the one in school, in college or in graduate school; no matter if he/she is barely able to master ABC, is a doctoral candidate or even way past it; no matter if he is still thumb-sucking or way past senior status, he remains a student if still pursuing a skill or formally mastering (learning) a stream of information. </p><p></p><p>In English, a person making a handsome living in law, medicine, or dentistry is “practicing” his calling, even when he is old as the hills. Practicing and learning a skill, then, become inseparable – joined at the hip. Expertise and skill, though complex and well rewarded, remain a “practice” indicating that the learning is never ever finished.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]20295[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>Sikhi was my label of identity for years before I awakened to it as a fascinating way of life. Be assured, it remains unfinished business, as it must. Acquiring a skill-set does not end with so many credit hours of study and training, mastery affirmed by suitable parchment earned at a given time in life. </p><p></p><p>It is self-evident that certain skills need to grow and change with life. We recognize similar constraints in our educational system; hence the many certified continuing education professional requirements that authenticate never ending training and progress by the student. Thus, systematically we keep our skills <em>au currant.</em> More importantly, we know that such systems are critically needed, more acutely in some disciplines than others -- medicine, dentistry, law, engineering, even accounting or cooking come to mind. </p><p></p><p>The Founder-Gurus of Sikhism recognized this so they labeled the followers “Sikh” and the system becomes Sikhi -- or Sikhism when the moniker comes from contemporary English. The educational objective: <em>how to make a life, not necessarily how to make a living</em>.</p><p></p><p>The word “Sikh” emerges from “<em>Shishya</em>” in Sanskrit, the root of Indo-European languages. And <em>shishya</em> literally means a student. In Punjabi, <em>Sikh</em> is a noun signifying any man or woman who is a follower of the Sikh faith. The word <em>Sikh</em> is also a directive and an exhortation to learn. Nothing could be plainer than this on the expectation from the follower; the least a Sikh can do is to hone in on the learning and keep the process going.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that a newborn is labeled a Sikh just as an oldster with one foot in the grave; there is no age limit to the student, nor is there a timeline with an end to the education. The skill set of a Sikh does not fit a box of limited capacity; instead, it expands with usage and practice. Something like the adage to “use it or lose it.”</p><p></p><p><strong>Since all religions speak of “a way of life,” don’t you think similar rules and skill sets prevail when we talk of any religion? In most professional disciplines like medicine, engineering, or law etc. the requirements of continuing education and licensure disappear at the end of a professional practice. But if the goal of training and skills is to lead a way of life, how can learning or its practice cease before life ends?</strong></p><p></p><p>In the Big Tent of Sikhi, therefore, be not alarmed when you come across Sikhs whose beliefs and practices vary somewhat from yours or from the mainstream, as we understand it. Who is right and who is not is important but in a different context. We need to be ever tolerant of the different beat of the distant drummer to which many choose to march. Look at them as runners in a marathon. Thousands enter; a few finish the race in record time, many more will reach the end in time for deserved applause; and then there will be slowpokes who might still be struggling on the tracks when the sun goes down. Just remember that all of them are on the same path, moving in the same direction.</p><p></p><p>Look at any academic program, any class with a sizeable number of dedicated students and any point along the run would yield a similar graph.</p><p></p><p>Making a life is a project that lasts as long as life does. Love the path and the process<em>; “<strong>the journey is the destination</strong>”.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IJSingh, post: 214339, member: 403"] While playing with two languages at the same time -- Punjabi and English – recently an oddity grabbed me. In both, the preschooler or even one who is barely a toddler is happily labeled “student.” But so is the one in school, in college or in graduate school; no matter if he/she is barely able to master ABC, is a doctoral candidate or even way past it; no matter if he is still thumb-sucking or way past senior status, he remains a student if still pursuing a skill or formally mastering (learning) a stream of information. In English, a person making a handsome living in law, medicine, or dentistry is “practicing” his calling, even when he is old as the hills. Practicing and learning a skill, then, become inseparable – joined at the hip. Expertise and skill, though complex and well rewarded, remain a “practice” indicating that the learning is never ever finished. [ATTACH=full]20295[/ATTACH] Sikhi was my label of identity for years before I awakened to it as a fascinating way of life. Be assured, it remains unfinished business, as it must. Acquiring a skill-set does not end with so many credit hours of study and training, mastery affirmed by suitable parchment earned at a given time in life. It is self-evident that certain skills need to grow and change with life. We recognize similar constraints in our educational system; hence the many certified continuing education professional requirements that authenticate never ending training and progress by the student. Thus, systematically we keep our skills [I]au currant.[/I] More importantly, we know that such systems are critically needed, more acutely in some disciplines than others -- medicine, dentistry, law, engineering, even accounting or cooking come to mind. The Founder-Gurus of Sikhism recognized this so they labeled the followers “Sikh” and the system becomes Sikhi -- or Sikhism when the moniker comes from contemporary English. The educational objective: [I]how to make a life, not necessarily how to make a living[/I]. The word “Sikh” emerges from “[I]Shishya[/I]” in Sanskrit, the root of Indo-European languages. And [I]shishya[/I] literally means a student. In Punjabi, [I]Sikh[/I] is a noun signifying any man or woman who is a follower of the Sikh faith. The word [I]Sikh[/I] is also a directive and an exhortation to learn. Nothing could be plainer than this on the expectation from the follower; the least a Sikh can do is to hone in on the learning and keep the process going. Keep in mind that a newborn is labeled a Sikh just as an oldster with one foot in the grave; there is no age limit to the student, nor is there a timeline with an end to the education. The skill set of a Sikh does not fit a box of limited capacity; instead, it expands with usage and practice. Something like the adage to “use it or lose it.” [B]Since all religions speak of “a way of life,” don’t you think similar rules and skill sets prevail when we talk of any religion? In most professional disciplines like medicine, engineering, or law etc. the requirements of continuing education and licensure disappear at the end of a professional practice. But if the goal of training and skills is to lead a way of life, how can learning or its practice cease before life ends?[/B] In the Big Tent of Sikhi, therefore, be not alarmed when you come across Sikhs whose beliefs and practices vary somewhat from yours or from the mainstream, as we understand it. Who is right and who is not is important but in a different context. We need to be ever tolerant of the different beat of the distant drummer to which many choose to march. Look at them as runners in a marathon. Thousands enter; a few finish the race in record time, many more will reach the end in time for deserved applause; and then there will be slowpokes who might still be struggling on the tracks when the sun goes down. Just remember that all of them are on the same path, moving in the same direction. Look at any academic program, any class with a sizeable number of dedicated students and any point along the run would yield a similar graph. Making a life is a project that lasts as long as life does. Love the path and the process[I]; “[B]the journey is the destination[/B]”.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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