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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="skeptik" data-source="post: 46523" data-attributes="member: 3353"><p><strong>Re: Need For Reforms In Sikh Practices,by Nanak Singh Nishter</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">Hey! Where did i say we worship these men? The way you've written that first sentence, it sounds as if you are holding Bhai Mani Singh and Banda Singh Bahadur in very high esteem indeed; typical of heros. Further, what have you got against Monty Panesar? Sure hes not jatt, but so what, he is an accomplished young sikh, who makes for a good role-model - nothing wrong with this, least of it him being a tharkan. I think you should watch more cricket kaur-1, maybe you'll begin to appreciate monty more.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">I have read the whole article, albeit begrudgingly, because the writer shows such malice and contempt for sikh society that I cannot at all take him seriously. It doesnt help that he resorts to gross end-of-the-world propaganda to make his points. Nanak Singh begins with the tired practise of paying homage to our sikh fore-fathers, setting the scene to condemn current sikhs because ofcourse they cannot match up to those great men and women of history. He seeks to shame us into guilt, and sets his agenda boldly: "to restore the dignity of Guru Granth and Guru Panth." This reveals himself straight away, for he is undoubtably a Neo-Sikh. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">Following this cliched prelude, Nanak Singh contends, "Fortunately, ours is the only faith, which is supposed to be governed by .. Guruship .. and in no way any individual, how ever high he may be, can be accorded more importance of respect." Right, no one can disagree with this, but where is this being done? He immediately gives the example of "A trend is widely growing .. for praising and coferring a Saropa to individuals .. in the Diwan." He continues, "This has much degraded the institution of Guruship and honour of a Saropa." </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">Nanak Singh's problem cannot be with giving Saropas, presumably, because otherwise the Saropa would never have any honour in the first place to be degraded. He then says, "We have fallen down from Gurbani practioners to the hero worshipers." Strong claims indeed! </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">I believe every Sikh will be liable to emotional blackmail by these words. How can we compare to those Sikhs in the past? Why they were brave men who sacrificed life and limb for Faith; ofcourse they deserved Sarope, and us? We deserve only contempt and shame in comparison. It is a cunning ruse, a favorite weapon in the {censored}nal of the Neo-Sikh, to guilt us into submission, and accept his agenda. But lets stop for a second and ask soberly, has Nanak Singh given a good reason for why he thinks contemporary sikhs have degraded 'the insitution of Guruship and honour of a Saropa?" He simply asserts it, and doesnt justify why he says so. We are left to fill in the gaps - and how easily we feel the gaps! For he speaks exactly to our insecurities; our modesty in the face of the lofty heights attained by the early Sikhs. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">By comparison, ofcourse, no contemporary Sikh deserves a Saropa, or even any praise at all. How can we praise achievements and accomplishments that pale in shadow of our ancestors? We simply cannot. And to do so is to insult Guru Sahib. It is to perform desecration of Guru Sahib! What a sick group we have become. Desecration indeed! We ought to be very ashamed of ourselves for even contemplating offering a Saropa to any of today's Sikhs. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">Finally, a genuine complaint is to be found; but did it really require all that heavy propaganda that came before it? Couldnt he simply have said this, and achieved his aim, if it was simply to bring to our attention this activity. To ask this question is to answer it. For every sikh knows that that Sri Guru Granth Sahib is our Guru, with all that, that entails. Nanak Singh though sees this complaint as a means to spew his toxic end-of-the-world propaganda, and shame Sikhs into sharing his agenda. It is actually a side-thought, for even such small issues to him, are proof of the decline of Sikhi - the end of Guru Nanak's civilization. Every sikh will agree with him about the quoted complaint. None will disagree. And yet, Nanak Singh resorts to such low tactics to bring this to our attention. Completely unnecessarily, and with reckless zeal, he slights and dismisses our whole society for its complicity in something few of us will agree with.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeptik, post: 46523, member: 3353"] [b]Re: Need For Reforms In Sikh Practices,by Nanak Singh Nishter[/b] [SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][COLOR=Black]Hey! Where did i say we worship these men? The way you've written that first sentence, it sounds as if you are holding Bhai Mani Singh and Banda Singh Bahadur in very high esteem indeed; typical of heros. Further, what have you got against Monty Panesar? Sure hes not jatt, but so what, he is an accomplished young sikh, who makes for a good role-model - nothing wrong with this, least of it him being a tharkan. I think you should watch more cricket kaur-1, maybe you'll begin to appreciate monty more. I have read the whole article, albeit begrudgingly, because the writer shows such malice and contempt for sikh society that I cannot at all take him seriously. It doesnt help that he resorts to gross end-of-the-world propaganda to make his points. Nanak Singh begins with the tired practise of paying homage to our sikh fore-fathers, setting the scene to condemn current sikhs because ofcourse they cannot match up to those great men and women of history. He seeks to shame us into guilt, and sets his agenda boldly: "to restore the dignity of Guru Granth and Guru Panth." This reveals himself straight away, for he is undoubtably a Neo-Sikh. Following this cliched prelude, Nanak Singh contends, "Fortunately, ours is the only faith, which is supposed to be governed by .. Guruship .. and in no way any individual, how ever high he may be, can be accorded more importance of respect." Right, no one can disagree with this, but where is this being done? He immediately gives the example of "A trend is widely growing .. for praising and coferring a Saropa to individuals .. in the Diwan." He continues, "This has much degraded the institution of Guruship and honour of a Saropa." [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][COLOR=Black]Nanak Singh's problem cannot be with giving Saropas, presumably, because otherwise the Saropa would never have any honour in the first place to be degraded. He then says, "We have fallen down from Gurbani practioners to the hero worshipers." Strong claims indeed! I believe every Sikh will be liable to emotional blackmail by these words. How can we compare to those Sikhs in the past? Why they were brave men who sacrificed life and limb for Faith; ofcourse they deserved Sarope, and us? We deserve only contempt and shame in comparison. It is a cunning ruse, a favorite weapon in the {censored}nal of the Neo-Sikh, to guilt us into submission, and accept his agenda. But lets stop for a second and ask soberly, has Nanak Singh given a good reason for why he thinks contemporary sikhs have degraded 'the insitution of Guruship and honour of a Saropa?" He simply asserts it, and doesnt justify why he says so. We are left to fill in the gaps - and how easily we feel the gaps! For he speaks exactly to our insecurities; our modesty in the face of the lofty heights attained by the early Sikhs. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][COLOR=Black]By comparison, ofcourse, no contemporary Sikh deserves a Saropa, or even any praise at all. How can we praise achievements and accomplishments that pale in shadow of our ancestors? We simply cannot. And to do so is to insult Guru Sahib. It is to perform desecration of Guru Sahib! What a sick group we have become. Desecration indeed! We ought to be very ashamed of ourselves for even contemplating offering a Saropa to any of today's Sikhs. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][COLOR=Black]Finally, a genuine complaint is to be found; but did it really require all that heavy propaganda that came before it? Couldnt he simply have said this, and achieved his aim, if it was simply to bring to our attention this activity. To ask this question is to answer it. For every sikh knows that that Sri Guru Granth Sahib is our Guru, with all that, that entails. Nanak Singh though sees this complaint as a means to spew his toxic end-of-the-world propaganda, and shame Sikhs into sharing his agenda. It is actually a side-thought, for even such small issues to him, are proof of the decline of Sikhi - the end of Guru Nanak's civilization. Every sikh will agree with him about the quoted complaint. None will disagree. And yet, Nanak Singh resorts to such low tactics to bring this to our attention. Completely unnecessarily, and with reckless zeal, he slights and dismisses our whole society for its complicity in something few of us will agree with. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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