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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="Ishna" data-source="post: 147544" data-attributes="member: 2709"><p>Having had my little rant in the new thread, I will say that having a non-Sikh relationship and environment around you can make things very challenging for you spiritually and personally the further along the path you go.</p><p></p><p>I think having a Sikh partner would be ideal, and I sometimes wish I'd become a Sikh before I became a wife! I feel guilty that the person my husband married is now very different, and I worry he feels let down because the manicured gardens have become the jungles of Congo, if you know what I mean. lol</p><p></p><p>But it can also be difficult when you consider things like:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your own funeral service - you're probably going to want a Sikh cremation, how is your non-Sikh (or even Sikh-oblivious) family going to feel about that?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You want to get married but you partner doesn't. You're going to feel weird about that the more Sikh you become.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your children's up-bringing, if you see good Sikh principles you want to pass on to your children, that might get complicated if your partner disagrees. But let me tell you, when you find one of those perfect gems of Sikh wisdom, you very nearly burst to tell the world about it, and the first thing you want to do is show it to your children (I do, anyway, and when I try to share it with my atheist step-children, I am laughed at... which I find upsetting because I care about them)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Basic things like getting up eaaaarly in the morning -- you know how hard that is when the rest of the house is asleep? You don't want to wake them up, you don't want to annoy them, so you whisper your bani when you're so overjoyed with it you just want to get into it</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changes in your personal appearance -- you're a guy, if you start keeping your kesh you can't shave, you grown your hair long, you start wearing a turban. How will your family feel about that? My husband doesn't like turbans, which is easy for me as a female to get around, but I have a painting on the wall of a beautiful Singhni in a white dastaar and I wonder how I'm going to get there from here. Then I feel guilty again thta my husband married a hairless agnostic and now has a hairly possibly turban-wearing wife on his hands.</li> </ul><p>There are other examples, but you get the idea. It's not an easy road to go down, personally.</p><p></p><p>My experiences with Sikhs in real life is they have been accepting of me and my situation. It's only on the Internet I've run into problems. Maybe the Sikhs in my city are just really laid-back?</p><p></p><p>I'd be interested to find out other "converts" stories.</p><p></p><p>And for the Indian "convert" it might be more complicated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ishna, post: 147544, member: 2709"] Having had my little rant in the new thread, I will say that having a non-Sikh relationship and environment around you can make things very challenging for you spiritually and personally the further along the path you go. I think having a Sikh partner would be ideal, and I sometimes wish I'd become a Sikh before I became a wife! I feel guilty that the person my husband married is now very different, and I worry he feels let down because the manicured gardens have become the jungles of Congo, if you know what I mean. lol But it can also be difficult when you consider things like: [LIST] [*]Your own funeral service - you're probably going to want a Sikh cremation, how is your non-Sikh (or even Sikh-oblivious) family going to feel about that? [*]You want to get married but you partner doesn't. You're going to feel weird about that the more Sikh you become. [*]Your children's up-bringing, if you see good Sikh principles you want to pass on to your children, that might get complicated if your partner disagrees. But let me tell you, when you find one of those perfect gems of Sikh wisdom, you very nearly burst to tell the world about it, and the first thing you want to do is show it to your children (I do, anyway, and when I try to share it with my atheist step-children, I am laughed at... which I find upsetting because I care about them) [*]Basic things like getting up eaaaarly in the morning -- you know how hard that is when the rest of the house is asleep? You don't want to wake them up, you don't want to annoy them, so you whisper your bani when you're so overjoyed with it you just want to get into it [*]Changes in your personal appearance -- you're a guy, if you start keeping your kesh you can't shave, you grown your hair long, you start wearing a turban. How will your family feel about that? My husband doesn't like turbans, which is easy for me as a female to get around, but I have a painting on the wall of a beautiful Singhni in a white dastaar and I wonder how I'm going to get there from here. Then I feel guilty again thta my husband married a hairless agnostic and now has a hairly possibly turban-wearing wife on his hands. [/LIST] There are other examples, but you get the idea. It's not an easy road to go down, personally. My experiences with Sikhs in real life is they have been accepting of me and my situation. It's only on the Internet I've run into problems. Maybe the Sikhs in my city are just really laid-back? I'd be interested to find out other "converts" stories. And for the Indian "convert" it might be more complicated. [/QUOTE]
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