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Gurbani (14-53)
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Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
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<blockquote data-quote="Rajwinder" data-source="post: 46896" data-attributes="member: 2677"><p><span style="color: black">Few things from my side i would like to add :</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">1. In todays world people follow sikhsim because , there parents were sikhs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">2. In the old age they dont have any thing else to do so why not better go to gurdwara.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">3.We are doing sins , manipulating things so we should go to gurdwara so that god should spare us.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">4. we have asked something from god and to fulfill that we should do prayers and go to gurdwara.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">we are accepting the “DEGRADE VERSION” of sikhism without any opposition, I give u an example , i was looking for a girl to get married and found lot of families which says " boy should be gursikh" and when u talk to them they say " All we meant was should be wearing turban and having beard plus non drinker". There is another term coined "boy should be maintaining "Saroop". I cant understand will that make any boy a sikh ? but it is widely accepted. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">There are so many saints around in punajb only ( some are international saints i should say). what this shows ??? is our sikhism not capable to telling what is the way of life ??? but u will find more people believing in these saints rather then "Guru Granth Sahib ji ". And what we are doing NOTHING... who should go ahead and stood agianst these guys ??</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">We are having portraits of our gurus around in gurduwars , in our homes .. what are these ??? who told these are our gurus ... from where these pictures came ???/</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">People go to Religious places in india ... more of adventure rather then religious purpose ???</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">At this time only there are so many divisions in sikhs only , from where they came ??? are we doing something about it ?? </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">I am working in a MNC and people call me sardar ... they dont even have slightest idea what is a sikh ?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">If u r wearing a turban and keeping the hairs then u r answerable for many questions in todays world and ironically our parents them selves are not aware of these answers then why todays generation will opt for this extra tension of questions ???? Very common scenrios are :</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">1. if a boy ask his parents that he will not wear turban and want to be clean shaven .... normal response is " Our gurus have given lives because of sikhi and u say it is bourdon ??? " what kind of logic is this ... our gurus haven’t given the lives cause they want to wear turban or they want to keep hairs... it is because of the way of life that they think is perfect and in tune with nature. Muslims do have beard and they wear turban...</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">2. Ladies in sikh families follow sikhism to the extent they feel "OK"... like go to gurdwara ( plus evening walk) , go to kirtan ( plus get together) , do path ( because sikhs do path ) , that's it ...</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">3. Check out gurdwaras abroad ... purpose :</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">a. Big money making machines .</span></p><p><span style="color: black">b. On sundays we get free indian food called langar.</span></p><p><span style="color: black">c. Old champs get time for get together.</span></p><p><span style="color: black">d. Ladies after week long of " Odd jobs" got time for chit chat.</span></p><p><span style="color: black">e. Kids got to see other " Punjabi" kids and may learn some punjabi.</span></p><p><span style="color: black">f . 80 % of the so called " sangat" is clean shaven ..</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">who will oppose them and what u will do... </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">In villages todays generation hardly prefer to wear turban... u can imagine the scene in cities. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">Can u imagine that in todays time if somebody will say that muslims in kashmir or people in assam are having hardships due to terrorism then some sikh youths will go there and fight them and give there lives ... forget about it !! ...</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">Punjabi language in todays time is a dead language what all additions in words we did in the last few years ??? and what does this mean ???</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">So I personally believe </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black">1. Very first thing and above all is " Nature"</span></p><p><span style="color: black">2. Human learnt the way to survive on earth from the past experiences.</span></p><p><span style="color: black">3. Religions are made to polish the way of life and to keep it in synch with Nature.</span></p><p><span style="color: black">4. Sikhsim is one of the youngest and practical religion created by our gurus .</span></p><p><span style="color: black">5. Todays generation will firstly ask " why we need religion " before " why we should follow sikhsim". </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I don’t want to start about the marriages in Sikhism as that will make this post so big … so ending here only … Please rectify my mistakes if any in the above saying.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Regards</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rajwinder, post: 46896, member: 2677"] [COLOR=black]Few things from my side i would like to add :[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]1. In todays world people follow sikhsim because , there parents were sikhs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]2. In the old age they dont have any thing else to do so why not better go to gurdwara.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]3.We are doing sins , manipulating things so we should go to gurdwara so that god should spare us.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]4. we have asked something from god and to fulfill that we should do prayers and go to gurdwara.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]we are accepting the “DEGRADE VERSION” of sikhism without any opposition, I give u an example , i was looking for a girl to get married and found lot of families which says " boy should be gursikh" and when u talk to them they say " All we meant was should be wearing turban and having beard plus non drinker". There is another term coined "boy should be maintaining "Saroop". I cant understand will that make any boy a sikh ? but it is widely accepted. [/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]There are so many saints around in punajb only ( some are international saints i should say). what this shows ??? is our sikhism not capable to telling what is the way of life ??? but u will find more people believing in these saints rather then "Guru Granth Sahib ji ". And what we are doing NOTHING... who should go ahead and stood agianst these guys ??[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]We are having portraits of our gurus around in gurduwars , in our homes .. what are these ??? who told these are our gurus ... from where these pictures came ???/[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]People go to Religious places in india ... more of adventure rather then religious purpose ???[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]At this time only there are so many divisions in sikhs only , from where they came ??? are we doing something about it ?? [/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]I am working in a MNC and people call me sardar ... they dont even have slightest idea what is a sikh ?[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]If u r wearing a turban and keeping the hairs then u r answerable for many questions in todays world and ironically our parents them selves are not aware of these answers then why todays generation will opt for this extra tension of questions ???? Very common scenrios are :[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]1. if a boy ask his parents that he will not wear turban and want to be clean shaven .... normal response is " Our gurus have given lives because of sikhi and u say it is bourdon ??? " what kind of logic is this ... our gurus haven’t given the lives cause they want to wear turban or they want to keep hairs... it is because of the way of life that they think is perfect and in tune with nature. Muslims do have beard and they wear turban...[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]2. Ladies in sikh families follow sikhism to the extent they feel "OK"... like go to gurdwara ( plus evening walk) , go to kirtan ( plus get together) , do path ( because sikhs do path ) , that's it ...[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]3. Check out gurdwaras abroad ... purpose :[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]a. Big money making machines .[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]b. On sundays we get free indian food called langar.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]c. Old champs get time for get together.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]d. Ladies after week long of " Odd jobs" got time for chit chat.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]e. Kids got to see other " Punjabi" kids and may learn some punjabi.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]f . 80 % of the so called " sangat" is clean shaven ..[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]who will oppose them and what u will do... [/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]In villages todays generation hardly prefer to wear turban... u can imagine the scene in cities. [/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Can u imagine that in todays time if somebody will say that muslims in kashmir or people in assam are having hardships due to terrorism then some sikh youths will go there and fight them and give there lives ... forget about it !! ...[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Punjabi language in todays time is a dead language what all additions in words we did in the last few years ??? and what does this mean ???[/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]So I personally believe [/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]1. Very first thing and above all is " Nature"[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]2. Human learnt the way to survive on earth from the past experiences.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]3. Religions are made to polish the way of life and to keep it in synch with Nature.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]4. Sikhsim is one of the youngest and practical religion created by our gurus .[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]5. Todays generation will firstly ask " why we need religion " before " why we should follow sikhsim". [/COLOR] [COLOR=black] [/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I don’t want to start about the marriages in Sikhism as that will make this post so big … so ending here only … Please rectify my mistakes if any in the above saying.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Regards[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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