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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="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 150768" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>And shes definitley RIGHT. How could Guru Gobind Singh possibly "deviate" from the GOAL set by the Fountain-Head Guru nanak Ji ? He DID NOT. ALL ten Gurus and SGGS follow the Same straight line of Gurmatt from A-Z..</p><p></p><p>Its a fallacy. First they said that Guru hargobind sahib deviated from the First Four gurus, and turned a "peaceful" religion militant and violent with His Miri Piri and all that fighting the mughals etc etc. They FAIL to see the "STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS" strong stance of Bhagat Kabir Ji and various Bhagats that came before Guru nanak ji and the strog stand taken By Guru nanak ji himself in standing up to Babar and other Tyrants, Guru Angad ji facing the naked sword of Mughal Humayun etc have set the stage for the direction Gurmatt/Sikhism has to take. The FOUNDATION of the Kakaars is already in MOOL MANTAR.. SATNAM - TRUTH....NIRBHAU and NIRVAIR....FEARLESS and WITHOUT ENMITY. TO STAND FOR TRUTH almost always entails BRAVERY - physical and Moral. A COWARD cannot stand by TRUTH. A WARRIOR is always FEARLESS..and the SIKH KIRPAAN is not a weapon of oppression but SANS ENMITY DEFENDER of..and.....for JUSTICE and RIGHTS of all. Is it that "impossible" to see how a "cowardly" so called "peaceful" person can be forcibly prevented even from praying ?? in the aftermath of Op Bluestar 1984..even small children and women and girls were FORCIBLY STOPPED outside the gates of Harmandar sahib to be STRIP SEARCHED by Armed Forces?? They were just going to Matha tek...peacefully...For a THOUSAND YEARS..the peaceful "HINDUS" of India were looted, raped and oppressed..and prevented from praying as and when they wished by the tyrants ruling them....even TAXED a special TAX just for being HINDU ??? SO even to "just PRAY...Matha TEK..in Peace..one has to be STRONG and WARRIOR able to DEFEND ones RIGHT to PRAY !! That is the message of SOORA SO PEHCHANNEAH Larreh deen ke KHET !! PURZA PURZA KATT MAREH..cut into pieces until death comes but refuse to surrender........and it was propogated by Bhagat KABIR JI and included by guru nanak ji in SGGS. GURU ARJUN Ji..showed one Facet of Gurmatt.. SPIRITUAL SOORA and Purza purza katt marreh......in SPIRITUAL PEACE......Guru hargobind sahib showed the other...Take up the SWORD on the battlefiled PHYSICAL WARRIOR..NIRBHAU/NIRVAIR......Bhai MANI SINGH showed one facet..... CUT FROM JOINT TO JOINT VOLUNTARILY......Baba DEEP SINGH the other...its always BOTH SIDES of the "Gurmatt COIN" right from Day one 1469..and not from 1699 only !!</p><p></p><p>Then they said...well Guur Hargobind Ji wasnt that bad per se..Now Guru Gobind Singh Ji with his Khalsa and 5 kakaars and panj Piyaras has gone and done a complete about turn form Guru Nanak ji. GGS has gone and started a compeltely "New religion". many who couldnt/wouldnt accept the kesh kirpan (the other 3 kakars seldom matter) began to say..OH we are only SIKHS of the First NINE Gurus..we dont want anything to dow ith the battling militant GGS and his Khalsa amrtidhareeism etc. </p><p></p><p>Its perfectly OK to stop at Nine and not complete the Course...its voluntary and even in Guru Jis time not every single one became a Khalsa..BUT to DENY others "RIGHTS" to be a KHALSA by claiming NINE=TEN is wrong in PRINCIPLE. Thats what IJ Singh has been also trying to put across. IF a Sikh wants to remain a MONA..its his choice....BUT IF he INSISTS hes the Exact SAME as a Keshadharee Amrtidharee then that puts the RIGHTS of the Amrtidharee at RISK and in Jeopardy becasue the NON-SIKH will then tell the Amrtidharee.......Its OK to remove the dastaar/kirpan/ as we have been told a MONA.sans-kirpan Sikh is also equally SIKH.WHY are YOU INSISTING on dastaar/Kirpan ?? On the INDIVIDUAL LEVEL..a sikh can be whatever he likes..mona..half mona..whatever....BUT on the COMMUNITY LEVEL the Dastardharee Keshadharee Kirpan gatradharee VISUAL IDENTITY of a SIKH has to be PROPOGATED as "SIKH" and as such only SUCH SIKHS have the RIGHT to hold office in Gurdwaras and Sikh Schools etc....simply because IF the Authorities can cite a MONA SIKH as President of a prominent Gurdwara/Sikh Association...then they can INSIST that a dastardharee keshadharee kirpan carrying SIKH REMOVE those as its OK and he remains a SIKH. THAT takes away the Legitimate Rights of a SIKH and that is WRONG. The same 3 mona doctors also took offense with IJ Singh on this issue in a recent discussion on Sikh identity...simply because they are MONA and they want to be Presidents and Committee members of GURDWARAS as well while remaining MONA. <strong><span style="color: Red">There is a VISIBLE COMMUNITY IDENTITY of a SIKH and that is of a Dastardharee kirpandharee Sikh. That is the DEFACTO STANDARD every SIKH should be measured by.IF You cant make it..its OK..but dotn try to LOWER the DEFACTO STANDARDS to suit your own. This IDENTITY comes from guru nanak ji.</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 150768, member: 189"] And shes definitley RIGHT. How could Guru Gobind Singh possibly "deviate" from the GOAL set by the Fountain-Head Guru nanak Ji ? He DID NOT. ALL ten Gurus and SGGS follow the Same straight line of Gurmatt from A-Z.. Its a fallacy. First they said that Guru hargobind sahib deviated from the First Four gurus, and turned a "peaceful" religion militant and violent with His Miri Piri and all that fighting the mughals etc etc. They FAIL to see the "STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS" strong stance of Bhagat Kabir Ji and various Bhagats that came before Guru nanak ji and the strog stand taken By Guru nanak ji himself in standing up to Babar and other Tyrants, Guru Angad ji facing the naked sword of Mughal Humayun etc have set the stage for the direction Gurmatt/Sikhism has to take. The FOUNDATION of the Kakaars is already in MOOL MANTAR.. SATNAM - TRUTH....NIRBHAU and NIRVAIR....FEARLESS and WITHOUT ENMITY. TO STAND FOR TRUTH almost always entails BRAVERY - physical and Moral. A COWARD cannot stand by TRUTH. A WARRIOR is always FEARLESS..and the SIKH KIRPAAN is not a weapon of oppression but SANS ENMITY DEFENDER of..and.....for JUSTICE and RIGHTS of all. Is it that "impossible" to see how a "cowardly" so called "peaceful" person can be forcibly prevented even from praying ?? in the aftermath of Op Bluestar 1984..even small children and women and girls were FORCIBLY STOPPED outside the gates of Harmandar sahib to be STRIP SEARCHED by Armed Forces?? They were just going to Matha tek...peacefully...For a THOUSAND YEARS..the peaceful "HINDUS" of India were looted, raped and oppressed..and prevented from praying as and when they wished by the tyrants ruling them....even TAXED a special TAX just for being HINDU ??? SO even to "just PRAY...Matha TEK..in Peace..one has to be STRONG and WARRIOR able to DEFEND ones RIGHT to PRAY !! That is the message of SOORA SO PEHCHANNEAH Larreh deen ke KHET !! PURZA PURZA KATT MAREH..cut into pieces until death comes but refuse to surrender........and it was propogated by Bhagat KABIR JI and included by guru nanak ji in SGGS. GURU ARJUN Ji..showed one Facet of Gurmatt.. SPIRITUAL SOORA and Purza purza katt marreh......in SPIRITUAL PEACE......Guru hargobind sahib showed the other...Take up the SWORD on the battlefiled PHYSICAL WARRIOR..NIRBHAU/NIRVAIR......Bhai MANI SINGH showed one facet..... CUT FROM JOINT TO JOINT VOLUNTARILY......Baba DEEP SINGH the other...its always BOTH SIDES of the "Gurmatt COIN" right from Day one 1469..and not from 1699 only !! Then they said...well Guur Hargobind Ji wasnt that bad per se..Now Guru Gobind Singh Ji with his Khalsa and 5 kakaars and panj Piyaras has gone and done a complete about turn form Guru Nanak ji. GGS has gone and started a compeltely "New religion". many who couldnt/wouldnt accept the kesh kirpan (the other 3 kakars seldom matter) began to say..OH we are only SIKHS of the First NINE Gurus..we dont want anything to dow ith the battling militant GGS and his Khalsa amrtidhareeism etc. Its perfectly OK to stop at Nine and not complete the Course...its voluntary and even in Guru Jis time not every single one became a Khalsa..BUT to DENY others "RIGHTS" to be a KHALSA by claiming NINE=TEN is wrong in PRINCIPLE. Thats what IJ Singh has been also trying to put across. IF a Sikh wants to remain a MONA..its his choice....BUT IF he INSISTS hes the Exact SAME as a Keshadharee Amrtidharee then that puts the RIGHTS of the Amrtidharee at RISK and in Jeopardy becasue the NON-SIKH will then tell the Amrtidharee.......Its OK to remove the dastaar/kirpan/ as we have been told a MONA.sans-kirpan Sikh is also equally SIKH.WHY are YOU INSISTING on dastaar/Kirpan ?? On the INDIVIDUAL LEVEL..a sikh can be whatever he likes..mona..half mona..whatever....BUT on the COMMUNITY LEVEL the Dastardharee Keshadharee Kirpan gatradharee VISUAL IDENTITY of a SIKH has to be PROPOGATED as "SIKH" and as such only SUCH SIKHS have the RIGHT to hold office in Gurdwaras and Sikh Schools etc....simply because IF the Authorities can cite a MONA SIKH as President of a prominent Gurdwara/Sikh Association...then they can INSIST that a dastardharee keshadharee kirpan carrying SIKH REMOVE those as its OK and he remains a SIKH. THAT takes away the Legitimate Rights of a SIKH and that is WRONG. The same 3 mona doctors also took offense with IJ Singh on this issue in a recent discussion on Sikh identity...simply because they are MONA and they want to be Presidents and Committee members of GURDWARAS as well while remaining MONA. [B][COLOR=Red]There is a VISIBLE COMMUNITY IDENTITY of a SIKH and that is of a Dastardharee kirpandharee Sikh. That is the DEFACTO STANDARD every SIKH should be measured by.IF You cant make it..its OK..but dotn try to LOWER the DEFACTO STANDARDS to suit your own. This IDENTITY comes from guru nanak ji.[/COLOR] [/B] [/QUOTE]
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