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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 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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Liberal MP Faces Death Threats, Called A Sikh Traitor?
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 125338" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Liberal MP faces death threats, </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">called 'Sikh traitor'</span></span></strong></p><p> <strong><span style="color: navy">Canwest News Service,with files from National Post </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Chris Wattie/Reuters </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">VANCOUVER -- Violent postings on Facebook condemn former B.C. premier and Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh as a traitor to the Sikh religion and threaten to "pierce him with bullets."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"Someone shoot him -- ASAP," wrote one member of a Facebook group called "Ujjal Dosanjh is a Sikh traitor."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Another branded the MP, who is a vocal opponent of Sikh extremism, as a "rat in our midst."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The group's page says the former federal Cabinet minister "betrayed his own people" and is a "scumbag traitor and an insult to the Sikh religion."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The threats come just days after an uproar over a controversial Sikh parade in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Before the parade last Saturday, organizers told Mr. Dosanjh and provincial MLA Dave Hayer -- also a Sikh -- that they would have to take their own security if they planned to attend the Vaisakhi event.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Vaisakhi is the celebration of the birth of Sikhism. The Surrey parade is one of the biggest Vaisakhi celebrations outside of India.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Just days before the event, Dasmesh Darbar temple director Inderjit Singh Bains said in a radio interview that Mr. Dosanjh and Mr. Hayer were not welcome at the parade, which featured a float displaying photographs of the leaders of banned terrorist groups.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Both Mr. Dosanjh and Mr. Hayer, as well as Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, lodged complaints with the RCMP over Mr. Bains' comments.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">About 100,000 people attended the parade, which was boycotted by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Mr. Campbell had denounced Mr. Bains' comments, saying, "People are free to express their political positions in Canada. But you are not in a position where you can single out individual elected representatives and say, ‘They'd better watch out if they come.' That is simply not acceptable in our country."</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">He added, "obviously, it's totally unacceptable, in Canada, that anyone would say those things about a public official."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Ms. Watts said the city intends to review the annual Vaisakhi celebration after a float depicting Sikh "martyrs" appeared in the parade.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"We had assurances by the organizers that that float was not going to be in there, and lo-and-behold, it showed up, which was really disappointing," she said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">This is not the first time the parade has stirred controversy. In 2008, the Indian government made a formal complaint to Canada over images displayed at the parade depicting the assassins of Indira Gandhi as martyrs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">This week, Mr. Dosanjh said it is alarming to see Sikh extremism rising again 25 years after the Air India bombing, which was suspected to have been the work of Sikh extremists.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">All 329 people aboard the June 1985 flight were killed in the terrorist attack.</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">"The extremism now is much more entrenched than it was," he said. "It is much more sophisticated."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The 62-year-old politician has been the target of violence and death threats before.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In February 1985, he was beaten with a lead pipe in Vancouver after many months of threats directed toward moderate Sikhs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">He wrote to then-prime minister Brian Mulroney that April, warning that something dire might happen if the government did not deal with the extremist threat. He received no reply.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 was blown up by a bomb in Irish airspace. The incident was the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history. The explosion and downing of the airliner occurred within an hour of a bombing at Japan's Narita Airport that is believed to have been related to the Air India bombing.</span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: navy">Canwest News Service,</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: navy">with files from National Post</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: navy"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: navy"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: navy">Source: </span></span><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: navy"><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2940360" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2940360</span></span></u></a></span></span></strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 125338, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Liberal MP faces death threats, [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]called 'Sikh traitor'[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=navy]Canwest News Service,with files from National Post [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Chris Wattie/Reuters [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]VANCOUVER -- Violent postings on Facebook condemn former B.C. premier and Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh as a traitor to the Sikh religion and threaten to "pierce him with bullets."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"Someone shoot him -- ASAP," wrote one member of a Facebook group called "Ujjal Dosanjh is a Sikh traitor."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Another branded the MP, who is a vocal opponent of Sikh extremism, as a "rat in our midst."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The group's page says the former federal Cabinet minister "betrayed his own people" and is a "scumbag traitor and an insult to the Sikh religion."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The threats come just days after an uproar over a controversial Sikh parade in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Before the parade last Saturday, organizers told Mr. Dosanjh and provincial MLA Dave Hayer -- also a Sikh -- that they would have to take their own security if they planned to attend the Vaisakhi event.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Vaisakhi is the celebration of the birth of Sikhism. The Surrey parade is one of the biggest Vaisakhi celebrations outside of India.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Just days before the event, Dasmesh Darbar temple director Inderjit Singh Bains said in a radio interview that Mr. Dosanjh and Mr. Hayer were not welcome at the parade, which featured a float displaying photographs of the leaders of banned terrorist groups.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Both Mr. Dosanjh and Mr. Hayer, as well as Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, lodged complaints with the RCMP over Mr. Bains' comments.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]About 100,000 people attended the parade, which was boycotted by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Mr. Campbell had denounced Mr. Bains' comments, saying, "People are free to express their political positions in Canada. But you are not in a position where you can single out individual elected representatives and say, ‘They'd better watch out if they come.' That is simply not acceptable in our country."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He added, "obviously, it's totally unacceptable, in Canada, that anyone would say those things about a public official."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Ms. Watts said the city intends to review the annual Vaisakhi celebration after a float depicting Sikh "martyrs" appeared in the parade.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"We had assurances by the organizers that that float was not going to be in there, and lo-and-behold, it showed up, which was really disappointing," she said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]This is not the first time the parade has stirred controversy. In 2008, the Indian government made a formal complaint to Canada over images displayed at the parade depicting the assassins of Indira Gandhi as martyrs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]This week, Mr. Dosanjh said it is alarming to see Sikh extremism rising again 25 years after the Air India bombing, which was suspected to have been the work of Sikh extremists.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]All 329 people aboard the June 1985 flight were killed in the terrorist attack.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"The extremism now is much more entrenched than it was," he said. "It is much more sophisticated."[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The 62-year-old politician has been the target of violence and death threats before.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In February 1985, he was beaten with a lead pipe in Vancouver after many months of threats directed toward moderate Sikhs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He wrote to then-prime minister Brian Mulroney that April, warning that something dire might happen if the government did not deal with the extremist threat. He received no reply.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 was blown up by a bomb in Irish airspace. The incident was the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history. The explosion and downing of the airliner occurred within an hour of a bombing at Japan's Narita Airport that is believed to have been related to the Air India bombing.[/COLOR] [I][COLOR=navy]Canwest News Service,[/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=navy]with files from National Post [/COLOR][B][SIZE=1][COLOR=navy]Source: [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=1][COLOR=navy][URL="http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2940360"][U][COLOR=#0000ff][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2940360[/COLOR][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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