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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
ਜਪੁ | Jup
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="Jass Singh" data-source="post: 21077" data-attributes="member: 1904"><p><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jatinder Singh</span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I wish to be honest & transparent. I do not intend to offend you but my initial reaction to your uninvited response out of the blue was surprise for I was specifically looking for harsimiritkaur’s response to understand her reasoning. This is because she had considerable knowledge of both the Bible and SGGS and we had already dialogued in great depth. I was not looking for reasons why Sikhs in general believe in the SGGS. I thought it was very rude of you to intrude and give the impression that harsimiritkaur was incapable of defending her own views. I was concerned about how you made her look. You could have shown more sensitivity by at least waiting for her to reply. After this your input would have been most welcome and more appropriate. My brother this was as I said my initial reaction but that is history and I have already forgiven your eagerness and zeal to respond. </span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Now let me briefly respond to your post. The first thing that struck me was your use of the word Akal” as a noun. If you do some research and I stand ready to be corrected if wrong, I think you will find that the SGGS never uses this word as a noun. I could be wrong but from my recollections, it is used only as an adjective and never occurs by itself. It usually is accompanied by moorat. The reason I bring this up is that it pays to be very precise. After all there is a reason why the guru used the word in the manner they did. For that reason and for respect for the SGGS the words must be used in an appropriate manner. In my experience the normal manner of reference to God by Sikhs who want to use the adjective akal is “Akal Prurukh.” This is the phrase that I also use. </span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I agree with you that if the one God (Akal Purukh) had sent various messengers throughout history with His inspired messages then there should not be any contradictions in their messages. Unfortunately this is not the case and that is the problem. To think otherwise is naïve. The other thing is that the SGGS was not written by the gurus themselves. The original manuscript the Kartpuri Bir was penned by Bhai Gurdas, and is in Kartarpur with the Sodhi family, the descendents of Dhirmal. </span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: green"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jass Singh</span></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jass Singh, post: 21077, member: 1904"] [B][COLOR=green][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Jatinder Singh[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=green][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=green][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I wish to be honest & transparent. I do not intend to offend you but my initial reaction to your uninvited response out of the blue was surprise for I was specifically looking for harsimiritkaur’s response to understand her reasoning. This is because she had considerable knowledge of both the Bible and SGGS and we had already dialogued in great depth. I was not looking for reasons why Sikhs in general believe in the SGGS. I thought it was very rude of you to intrude and give the impression that harsimiritkaur was incapable of defending her own views. I was concerned about how you made her look. You could have shown more sensitivity by at least waiting for her to reply. After this your input would have been most welcome and more appropriate. My brother this was as I said my initial reaction but that is history and I have already forgiven your eagerness and zeal to respond. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=green][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=green][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Now let me briefly respond to your post. The first thing that struck me was your use of the word Akal” as a noun. If you do some research and I stand ready to be corrected if wrong, I think you will find that the SGGS never uses this word as a noun. I could be wrong but from my recollections, it is used only as an adjective and never occurs by itself. It usually is accompanied by moorat. The reason I bring this up is that it pays to be very precise. After all there is a reason why the guru used the word in the manner they did. For that reason and for respect for the SGGS the words must be used in an appropriate manner. In my experience the normal manner of reference to God by Sikhs who want to use the adjective akal is “Akal Prurukh.” This is the phrase that I also use. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=green][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=green][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I agree with you that if the one God (Akal Purukh) had sent various messengers throughout history with His inspired messages then there should not be any contradictions in their messages. Unfortunately this is not the case and that is the problem. To think otherwise is naïve. The other thing is that the SGGS was not written by the gurus themselves. The original manuscript the Kartpuri Bir was penned by Bhai Gurdas, and is in Kartarpur with the Sodhi family, the descendents of Dhirmal. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=green][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=green][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Jass Singh[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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