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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)
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Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_member15" data-source="post: 182026" data-attributes="member: 17438"><p>I think that the UN suffers from similar problems to the EU, except that the EU has far more legislative clout due to it having not just soft law but hard law through treaties and its various directives. </p><p> </p><p>Van Rompuy, an administrative figure lacking in charisma, was made the first permanent President of the European Union - and he was unelected by the people of Europe I should add. </p><p> </p><p>There was debate at the time, back in 2009, as to whether Europe's first full-time President should be <em>presidential and have a presence </em>or merely be a generally out of sight executive. </p><p> </p><p>The Europe elites chose the later. If they'd chose the former, the EU would have moved towards closer integration. By choosing Van Rompuy they practically ensured that it would irrelevant to most ordinary people. The problem is that people are frightened of infringing on national sovereignty by having an imposing figure on the world stage. Imagine if a woman like Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, was made Secretary-General of the UN or EU President. </p><p> </p><p>People would relate to her as <em>our </em>Secretary-General, <em>our </em>President. This would make globalization and integration between countries more of a reality but national leaders don't want this. </p><p> </p><p>The great weakness of the UN is the fact that despite having all the trappings of a World Federation it lacks any real enabling power. It badly needs reformed. The Allies of World War Two - The Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, the United States of America and France - are still the permanent members, even though the British Empire is no longer, France has waned in international authority outside of its African sphere of influence and its junior role to Germany in Europe, the Soviet Empire is long caput and so on...Everyone says that the UN needs to engage people more, to democratize but it never happens because of nascent nationalisms. </p><p> </p><p>People are fearful of internationalism. Now don't get me wrong, national sovereignty is extremely important. However the whole reason the UN was founded was because three countries - Germany, Italy and Japan - took nationalism to idolatrous levels. </p><p> </p><p>I think that the UN has wandered from its original ideals in many respects. Its becoming increasingly irrelevant. </p><p> </p><p>Syria has exposed the meekness of the UN, much like how the Abyssinian crisis in the thirties and the Spanish Civil War exposed the façade of the League of Nations, the UN's predecessor. Ban Ki-Moon's peace efforts were utterly fruitless. Russia and China simply deadlocked any proposals from the US and Britain and Ban simply looked on agog, impotent, </p><p> </p><p>One of the really great UN Secretary-Generals was indeed Dag <span style="color: #000080">Hammarskjold. </span><span style="color: black">He was a mystic and a great visionary who had the flare of Pope Francis - that charismatic, <em>Presidential </em>air about him. </span></p><p> </p><p>If I may quote him: </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Dag is speaking about <em>seva </em>selfless action on behalf of humanity. That is what we need today for the UN but national leaders simply do not want such an imposing figure on the world stage.</p><p> </p><p>I think he'd have been great for EU President. Man, if only! Instead we have "Van Rompuy" - anyone else think it sounds like "Rumpelstiltskin" the fairy-tale gnome?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member15, post: 182026, member: 17438"] I think that the UN suffers from similar problems to the EU, except that the EU has far more legislative clout due to it having not just soft law but hard law through treaties and its various directives. Van Rompuy, an administrative figure lacking in charisma, was made the first permanent President of the European Union - and he was unelected by the people of Europe I should add. There was debate at the time, back in 2009, as to whether Europe's first full-time President should be [I]presidential and have a presence [/I]or merely be a generally out of sight executive. The Europe elites chose the later. If they'd chose the former, the EU would have moved towards closer integration. By choosing Van Rompuy they practically ensured that it would irrelevant to most ordinary people. The problem is that people are frightened of infringing on national sovereignty by having an imposing figure on the world stage. Imagine if a woman like Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, was made Secretary-General of the UN or EU President. People would relate to her as [I]our [/I]Secretary-General, [I]our [/I]President. This would make globalization and integration between countries more of a reality but national leaders don't want this. The great weakness of the UN is the fact that despite having all the trappings of a World Federation it lacks any real enabling power. It badly needs reformed. The Allies of World War Two - The Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, the United States of America and France - are still the permanent members, even though the British Empire is no longer, France has waned in international authority outside of its African sphere of influence and its junior role to Germany in Europe, the Soviet Empire is long caput and so on...Everyone says that the UN needs to engage people more, to democratize but it never happens because of nascent nationalisms. People are fearful of internationalism. Now don't get me wrong, national sovereignty is extremely important. However the whole reason the UN was founded was because three countries - Germany, Italy and Japan - took nationalism to idolatrous levels. I think that the UN has wandered from its original ideals in many respects. Its becoming increasingly irrelevant. Syria has exposed the meekness of the UN, much like how the Abyssinian crisis in the thirties and the Spanish Civil War exposed the façade of the League of Nations, the UN's predecessor. Ban Ki-Moon's peace efforts were utterly fruitless. Russia and China simply deadlocked any proposals from the US and Britain and Ban simply looked on agog, impotent, One of the really great UN Secretary-Generals was indeed Dag [COLOR=#000080]Hammarskjold. [/COLOR][COLOR=black]He was a mystic and a great visionary who had the flare of Pope Francis - that charismatic, [I]Presidential [/I]air about him. [/COLOR] If I may quote him: Dag is speaking about [I]seva [/I]selfless action on behalf of humanity. That is what we need today for the UN but national leaders simply do not want such an imposing figure on the world stage. I think he'd have been great for EU President. Man, if only! Instead we have "Van Rompuy" - anyone else think it sounds like "Rumpelstiltskin" the fairy-tale gnome? [/QUOTE]
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