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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="dalsingh" data-source="post: 104436" data-attributes="member: 2883"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Okay Tony ji</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Cultural destruction:</span></span></u></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Seeing as you seem be able to grasp the average BNP mind could you give your opinions on the below? Feel free to get some BNP supporting friends to comment on the site, if you like. Tell them not to refer to Sikhs (or anyone else!) as P*kis beforehand though. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">One of the central planks of BNP policy is the protection of British identity, which they see as being under threat of destruction. What exactly is meant by this? From what I see this seems to be nonsense. Whilst it is true that some cultural practices seem to be on the decline:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/morris-dancing-facing-extinction-1226549.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #606420">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/morris-dancing-facing-extinction-1226549.html</span></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">This is not at all the fault of immigrants but British people themselves who are indifferent or plain embarrassed by them. If we were ashamed of bhangra I guess it would go the same way too. </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Education standards:</span></span></u></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Dropping language/educational standards also seem to be highlighted and again, immigration blamed. Anyone who meets today's youth, regardless of ethnicity could tell you that literacy is waning. BNP types seem to conveniently ignore the fact that other factors such as the emergence of the Internet and alternative entertainment systems such as games consoles play their part in deteriorating educational abilities. Besides, their thinking also fails to address why certain ethnic groups do far better in education than their white counterparts in the UK.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=461" target="_blank">http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=461</a></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Recently, even previously failing ethnic groups (i.e. Bangladeshis) seem to be catching up.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-418228/White-pupils-fall-GCSE-progress.html </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Tony ji, you rightly pointed out that the British are to be commended for allowing such opportunities. But now please explain why, given the equal opportunity to access education working class white Britons have failed to improve their performance? What is the excuse? Are immigrants to be blamed again?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I sometimes think that it may be down to centuries old suppression between classes that makes working class Brits feel unworthy of education or it could simply be down to the fact that many feel all of the effort in school/college/university is too much hard work? I don’t know? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Another factor totally ignored is the fact that many white only working class schools, with no immigrant children perform abysmally themselves. My end point is that poor educational performance by whites cannot be attributed to immigrants. So the BNP are scapegoating. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">That all being said, the use of the English language is still spreading across the globe unabatted. </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Come ‘ere and take all the jobs.</span></span></u></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">This one rears its head frequently when the chips are down. The first thing I want to say is that often migrants do the jobs Brits are ill trained to do or just do not want to do. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Construction work, nursing, cleaning, doctors etc. etc. The real issue here is the poor standards of training given to people here compared to overseas in the construction industry and the lack of applicants for higher level jobs from amongst the indigenous population (i.e. lawyers, doctors etc.)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Globalisation also means that many organizations prefer jobs to be filled with multi ethnic people to reflect their global client bases. That being said, there is still a ceiling where the highest level jobs are filled by whites only in the city. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Sad thing is, when the country is doing well, things are quiet, when things go sour, as they have recently, again migrants are to blame. However, the reason we are in a recession is nothing to do with any migrants but the poor decisions made by white bankers. BNP types need to accept this. </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><u><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Miscegenation</span></span></u></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">This is another pet hate of the BNP. Again what they are blinded to is the plain fact that it is British men who are at the forefront of inter-racial relationships. Whilst many other communities (rightly or wrongly) have fairly conservative views about inter-racial relationships, it is often the British man who sees no taboo in crossing these barriers. What will the BNP do about this? Let’s be brutally honest, most ethnic groups seem to have a preference to marry within their own (rightly or wrongly). It is usually the English man that sees this as nonsense. So is this not a matter of the norm cultural practices of the British being unacceptable to the BNP? </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I ask again are the BNP essentially a whining group who are scapegoating migrants for issues that are caused by people who look just like them?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Besides, behind all the politics are we not talking about people who are holocaust deniers and plain white supremacists, many with sympathies to Hitler? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Lets discuss some of these issues without getting personal Tony ji. </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PS - Regarding your last post. Sikhs being with nonSikhs is not unusual these days and I see it as their personal choice. But I reiterate that I support the view of the Akal Takhat in this area - that Sikhs should marry Sikhs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dalsingh, post: 104436, member: 2883"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Okay Tony ji[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Cultural destruction:[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Seeing as you seem be able to grasp the average BNP mind could you give your opinions on the below? Feel free to get some BNP supporting friends to comment on the site, if you like. Tell them not to refer to Sikhs (or anyone else!) as P*kis beforehand though. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]One of the central planks of BNP policy is the protection of British identity, which they see as being under threat of destruction. What exactly is meant by this? From what I see this seems to be nonsense. Whilst it is true that some cultural practices seem to be on the decline:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma][URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/morris-dancing-facing-extinction-1226549.html"][COLOR=#606420]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/morris-dancing-facing-extinction-1226549.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]This is not at all the fault of immigrants but British people themselves who are indifferent or plain embarrassed by them. If we were ashamed of bhangra I guess it would go the same way too. [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Education standards:[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Dropping language/educational standards also seem to be highlighted and again, immigration blamed. Anyone who meets today's youth, regardless of ethnicity could tell you that literacy is waning. BNP types seem to conveniently ignore the fact that other factors such as the emergence of the Internet and alternative entertainment systems such as games consoles play their part in deteriorating educational abilities. Besides, their thinking also fails to address why certain ethnic groups do far better in education than their white counterparts in the UK.[/FONT][/COLOR] [URL]http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=461[/URL] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Recently, even previously failing ethnic groups (i.e. Bangladeshis) seem to be catching up.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-418228/White-pupils-fall-GCSE-progress.html [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Tony ji, you rightly pointed out that the British are to be commended for allowing such opportunities. But now please explain why, given the equal opportunity to access education working class white Britons have failed to improve their performance? What is the excuse? Are immigrants to be blamed again?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]I sometimes think that it may be down to centuries old suppression between classes that makes working class Brits feel unworthy of education or it could simply be down to the fact that many feel all of the effort in school/college/university is too much hard work? I don’t know? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Another factor totally ignored is the fact that many white only working class schools, with no immigrant children perform abysmally themselves. My end point is that poor educational performance by whites cannot be attributed to immigrants. So the BNP are scapegoating. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]That all being said, the use of the English language is still spreading across the globe unabatted. [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Come ‘ere and take all the jobs.[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]This one rears its head frequently when the chips are down. The first thing I want to say is that often migrants do the jobs Brits are ill trained to do or just do not want to do. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Construction work, nursing, cleaning, doctors etc. etc. The real issue here is the poor standards of training given to people here compared to overseas in the construction industry and the lack of applicants for higher level jobs from amongst the indigenous population (i.e. lawyers, doctors etc.)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Globalisation also means that many organizations prefer jobs to be filled with multi ethnic people to reflect their global client bases. That being said, there is still a ceiling where the highest level jobs are filled by whites only in the city. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Sad thing is, when the country is doing well, things are quiet, when things go sour, as they have recently, again migrants are to blame. However, the reason we are in a recession is nothing to do with any migrants but the poor decisions made by white bankers. BNP types need to accept this. [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Miscegenation[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]This is another pet hate of the BNP. Again what they are blinded to is the plain fact that it is British men who are at the forefront of inter-racial relationships. Whilst many other communities (rightly or wrongly) have fairly conservative views about inter-racial relationships, it is often the British man who sees no taboo in crossing these barriers. What will the BNP do about this? Let’s be brutally honest, most ethnic groups seem to have a preference to marry within their own (rightly or wrongly). It is usually the English man that sees this as nonsense. So is this not a matter of the norm cultural practices of the British being unacceptable to the BNP? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]I ask again are the BNP essentially a whining group who are scapegoating migrants for issues that are caused by people who look just like them?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Besides, behind all the politics are we not talking about people who are holocaust deniers and plain white supremacists, many with sympathies to Hitler? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]Lets discuss some of these issues without getting personal Tony ji. [/FONT][/COLOR] PS - Regarding your last post. Sikhs being with nonSikhs is not unusual these days and I see it as their personal choice. But I reiterate that I support the view of the Akal Takhat in this area - that Sikhs should marry Sikhs. [/QUOTE]
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