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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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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 146329" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><strong><strong><u><span style="color: Red">Soul_jyot: Signs of KALKI AVATAR ?</span></u></strong></strong></strong></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Iranian power struggle takes a bizarre turn</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><em>President's days may be numbered as 25 of his closest advisers, including personal prayer leader and chief of staff, face charges of 'sorcery'</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun - May 13, 2011</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">At first glance from outside, the struggle for authority in Iran between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become weird in the extreme.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">In the last few days, about 25 of Ahmadinejad's closest confidants have been arrested and charged with "sorcery" and being "magicians."</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">One of them, Ahmadinejad's personal exorcist, Abbas Ghaffari, is accused of summoning up a genie, or "djinn," while being questioned, which caused his interrogator to have a heart attack.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Ahmadinejad himself has been warned by his own religious mentor, Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi MesbahYazdi, that he is risking "apostasy" by allowing himself to be portrayed as Shu'ayb bin Salih, one of the figures who will accompany the Mahdi, the saviour, when he returns to bring justice and peace to the world.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">There is, however, nothing strange or unfamiliar about these events and accusations in the world of the Iranian Islamic Republic, the heartland of the Shiite faction of the Muslim world.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Ahmadinejad is playing a very calculated, bold but dangerous political game stemming from his own intense Messianic belief in the imminent reappearance of the Mahdi -the equivalent of the Messiah in Judaism or the second coming of Christ in Christianity.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Ahmadinejad speaks frequently about the Mahdi and his return within the next few years to cleanse the world.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">He has even made this a theme in two speeches at the General Assembly of the United Nations when, he said in a video interview later, the Mahdi bathed him in a green aura that transfixed his audience.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But by associating himself with the Mahdi, Ahmadinejad is claiming to have higher religious and thus, in the Iranian context, political authority than Supreme Leader Khamenei.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">There have been persistent rumours coming out of Iran in the last few days that Ahmadinejad has overplayed his hand and, at best, will be forced to resign.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">That may be, but it is hard to believe that a man prepared to play a high-stakes game involving some of the core beliefs of his society would go easily or willingly. One of the central beliefs in Shiism is that the Twelfth Imam of Islam, Muhammad al-Mahdi went into hiding -it's called "occultation" -in 873 CE.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Shiites believe the Mahdi is present in the world and at some point will reveal himself and usher in a period of revolutionary social and political change.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">He also will take vengeance on Sunni Muslims, whom Shiites believe have blocked the rights of the family of the Prophet Muhammad to rule the world, and he will slaughter Muslim religious leaders who have not established just Islamic law.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Since the ayatollahs came to power in Iran in 1979 they have downplayed the role of the return of the Mahdi in their theology, just as the second coming of Christ is not a central obsession for most Christians.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But the Mahdi and his imminent return is an aggressively promoted belief and driving force for Ahmadinejad.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Since he was elected president in 2005 he has put a great deal of political authority and money behind the development of the shrine at Jamkaran, near the holy city of Qom south of Tehran, which is one of the messianic sites associated with the reappearance of the Mahdi.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Under Ahmadinejad's patronage, the Jamkaran mosque has become a major hub for the publication of books and DVDs concerning the Mahdi and the imminent apocalypse.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">It was the content of one of these DVDs, published last month, that seems to have directly spurred the arrest of Ahmadinejad's associates for sorcery. One of those arrested, the president's personal prayer leader, Abbas Amirifar, has been singled out in state media in Iran as having been behind the DVD, which portrays Ahmadinejad as the Mahdi's right-hand man, Shu'ayb bin Salih.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Another of those arrested is said to be Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, who is a central figure in this story.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Unless he has some other plans to stay in power, Ahmadinejad must retire in 2013 after serving two terms.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">It is widely believed he wants Mashaei to succeed him. But the ayatollahs and other religious leaders think Mashaei is close to being a heretic.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Matters started coming to a head last month when Ahmadinejad attempted to fire his intelligence minister, Abdulhassan Banisadr, who he thought had authorized surveillance of Mashaei on behalf of the supreme leader.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Khamenei demanded the reinstatement of the minister, and Ahmadinejad reluctantly agreed after boycotting cabinet meetings for 11 days.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The last few days have seen the sorcery charges against Ahmadinejad's cohorts.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">But perhaps most indicative that Ahmadinejad's days in power may be numbered are some remarks by the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards, the ultimate bulwark of power in Iran.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"The Islamic Republic cannot survive without the existence of the supreme leader," Mohammadw Ali Jafari was quoted as saying last week by an Iranian newspaper.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><a href="mailto:jmanthorpe@{censored}">jmanthorpe@{censored}</a></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://www.{censored}/life/Iranian+power+struggle+takes+bizarre+turn/4777323/story.html" target="_blank">http://www.{censored}/life/Iranian+power+struggle+takes+bizarre+turn/4777323/story.html</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 146329, member: 884"] [B][B][B][U][COLOR=Red]Soul_jyot: Signs of KALKI AVATAR ?[/COLOR][/U][/B][/B][/B] [COLOR=Navy] [B][SIZE=5]Iranian power struggle takes a bizarre turn[/SIZE][/B] [B][I]President's days may be numbered as 25 of his closest advisers, including personal prayer leader and chief of staff, face charges of 'sorcery'[/I][/B] By Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun - May 13, 2011 At first glance from outside, the struggle for authority in Iran between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become weird in the extreme. In the last few days, about 25 of Ahmadinejad's closest confidants have been arrested and charged with "sorcery" and being "magicians." One of them, Ahmadinejad's personal exorcist, Abbas Ghaffari, is accused of summoning up a genie, or "djinn," while being questioned, which caused his interrogator to have a heart attack. Ahmadinejad himself has been warned by his own religious mentor, Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi MesbahYazdi, that he is risking "apostasy" by allowing himself to be portrayed as Shu'ayb bin Salih, one of the figures who will accompany the Mahdi, the saviour, when he returns to bring justice and peace to the world. There is, however, nothing strange or unfamiliar about these events and accusations in the world of the Iranian Islamic Republic, the heartland of the Shiite faction of the Muslim world. Ahmadinejad is playing a very calculated, bold but dangerous political game stemming from his own intense Messianic belief in the imminent reappearance of the Mahdi -the equivalent of the Messiah in Judaism or the second coming of Christ in Christianity. Ahmadinejad speaks frequently about the Mahdi and his return within the next few years to cleanse the world. He has even made this a theme in two speeches at the General Assembly of the United Nations when, he said in a video interview later, the Mahdi bathed him in a green aura that transfixed his audience. But by associating himself with the Mahdi, Ahmadinejad is claiming to have higher religious and thus, in the Iranian context, political authority than Supreme Leader Khamenei. There have been persistent rumours coming out of Iran in the last few days that Ahmadinejad has overplayed his hand and, at best, will be forced to resign. That may be, but it is hard to believe that a man prepared to play a high-stakes game involving some of the core beliefs of his society would go easily or willingly. One of the central beliefs in Shiism is that the Twelfth Imam of Islam, Muhammad al-Mahdi went into hiding -it's called "occultation" -in 873 CE. Shiites believe the Mahdi is present in the world and at some point will reveal himself and usher in a period of revolutionary social and political change. He also will take vengeance on Sunni Muslims, whom Shiites believe have blocked the rights of the family of the Prophet Muhammad to rule the world, and he will slaughter Muslim religious leaders who have not established just Islamic law. Since the ayatollahs came to power in Iran in 1979 they have downplayed the role of the return of the Mahdi in their theology, just as the second coming of Christ is not a central obsession for most Christians. But the Mahdi and his imminent return is an aggressively promoted belief and driving force for Ahmadinejad. Since he was elected president in 2005 he has put a great deal of political authority and money behind the development of the shrine at Jamkaran, near the holy city of Qom south of Tehran, which is one of the messianic sites associated with the reappearance of the Mahdi. Under Ahmadinejad's patronage, the Jamkaran mosque has become a major hub for the publication of books and DVDs concerning the Mahdi and the imminent apocalypse. It was the content of one of these DVDs, published last month, that seems to have directly spurred the arrest of Ahmadinejad's associates for sorcery. One of those arrested, the president's personal prayer leader, Abbas Amirifar, has been singled out in state media in Iran as having been behind the DVD, which portrays Ahmadinejad as the Mahdi's right-hand man, Shu'ayb bin Salih. Another of those arrested is said to be Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, who is a central figure in this story. Unless he has some other plans to stay in power, Ahmadinejad must retire in 2013 after serving two terms. It is widely believed he wants Mashaei to succeed him. But the ayatollahs and other religious leaders think Mashaei is close to being a heretic. Matters started coming to a head last month when Ahmadinejad attempted to fire his intelligence minister, Abdulhassan Banisadr, who he thought had authorized surveillance of Mashaei on behalf of the supreme leader. Khamenei demanded the reinstatement of the minister, and Ahmadinejad reluctantly agreed after boycotting cabinet meetings for 11 days. The last few days have seen the sorcery charges against Ahmadinejad's cohorts. But perhaps most indicative that Ahmadinejad's days in power may be numbered are some remarks by the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards, the ultimate bulwark of power in Iran. "The Islamic Republic cannot survive without the existence of the supreme leader," Mohammadw Ali Jafari was quoted as saying last week by an Iranian newspaper. [EMAIL="jmanthorpe@{censored}"]jmanthorpe@{censored}[/EMAIL] © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun [B] source:[/B] [URL]http://www.{censored}/life/Iranian+power+struggle+takes+bizarre+turn/4777323/story.html[/URL][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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