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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)
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="satnamr46" data-source="post: 103697" data-attributes="member: 8586"><p><a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews" target="_blank">http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews</a><strong>Sikh funeral in Christian church denied</strong></p><p>Published: June 15, 2009 4:00 PM </p><p>Updated: June 15, 2009 4:56 PM </p><p></p><p>Abbotsford’s Sevenoaks Alliance Church has drawn ire from the Indo-Canadian community, after refusing to allow a Sikh funeral to take place there.</p><p></p><p>Jasmer Singh ‘Sher’ Braich, a successful farmer in Abbotsford for more than 45 years, and with extended family in the Abbotsford-Mission area, passed away June 4 after a stroke. He was active in the Mission Gur Sikh Temple, and a generous donor to many causes, according to good friend Charan Gill.</p><p></p><p>“He wanted to help people all the time,” said Gill, a well-known figure in the Lower Mainland for his advocacy work on farm labour, and other social issues.</p><p></p><p>In a media advisory issued Friday, Gill criticized the church for not allowing Braich’s funeral in its facilities. He described how the Braich family was unable to find a funeral home with the capacity for 1,700 guests. He said Sevenoaks Alliance initially took a booking, but withdrew the offer upon learning that Sikh prayers would be said during the service.</p><p></p><p>“We are very disappointed with the management of Sevenoaks Alliance Church who discriminated against the grieving Braich family,” said Gill, the CEO of Progressive Intercultural Community Services in Surrey. “We are curious to know what kind of sermons are being preached in a church which does not value and accept other faiths to freely practice their customs and prayers.”</p><p></p><p>The story has been picked up by Radio India and other media outlets, Gill said.</p><p>The funeral was conducted at Cascade Community Church, run by the Salvation Army. It has seating for 700, so many attendees were forced to stand.</p><p></p><p>Pastor Lyle Magnus said the Sevenoaks Alliance was never booked, and the church informed the Braich family that the event “does not fit into our facility usage policy.”</p><p>Magnus said the Sikh prayers alone were not the issue.</p><p></p><p>“It may have been part of it, but it’s a bigger issue than that,” said Magnus, who did not make the decision to deny the funeral.</p><p></p><p>“If I went to the Sikh temple and asked to do a Christian funeral there, what would the response be?” he asked. “It would be a flat-out ‘no,’ I suspect. To call us a church that is prejudicial is unfair.”</p><p></p><p>Gill would like to mend fences.</p><p></p><p>“We might go with a delegation to meet with them. They should be helpful, rather than hurtful. If there’s a big facility they have, why not share it, and charge reasonable rent.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satnamr46, post: 103697, member: 8586"] [URL="http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/abbynews"][SIZE=1][COLOR=#006699][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][B]Sikh funeral in Christian church denied[/B] Published: June 15, 2009 4:00 PM Updated: June 15, 2009 4:56 PM Abbotsford’s Sevenoaks Alliance Church has drawn ire from the Indo-Canadian community, after refusing to allow a Sikh funeral to take place there. Jasmer Singh ‘Sher’ Braich, a successful farmer in Abbotsford for more than 45 years, and with extended family in the Abbotsford-Mission area, passed away June 4 after a stroke. He was active in the Mission Gur Sikh Temple, and a generous donor to many causes, according to good friend Charan Gill. “He wanted to help people all the time,” said Gill, a well-known figure in the Lower Mainland for his advocacy work on farm labour, and other social issues. In a media advisory issued Friday, Gill criticized the church for not allowing Braich’s funeral in its facilities. He described how the Braich family was unable to find a funeral home with the capacity for 1,700 guests. He said Sevenoaks Alliance initially took a booking, but withdrew the offer upon learning that Sikh prayers would be said during the service. “We are very disappointed with the management of Sevenoaks Alliance Church who discriminated against the grieving Braich family,” said Gill, the CEO of Progressive Intercultural Community Services in Surrey. “We are curious to know what kind of sermons are being preached in a church which does not value and accept other faiths to freely practice their customs and prayers.” The story has been picked up by Radio India and other media outlets, Gill said. The funeral was conducted at Cascade Community Church, run by the Salvation Army. It has seating for 700, so many attendees were forced to stand. Pastor Lyle Magnus said the Sevenoaks Alliance was never booked, and the church informed the Braich family that the event “does not fit into our facility usage policy.” Magnus said the Sikh prayers alone were not the issue. “It may have been part of it, but it’s a bigger issue than that,” said Magnus, who did not make the decision to deny the funeral. “If I went to the Sikh temple and asked to do a Christian funeral there, what would the response be?” he asked. “It would be a flat-out ‘no,’ I suspect. To call us a church that is prejudicial is unfair.” Gill would like to mend fences. “We might go with a delegation to meet with them. They should be helpful, rather than hurtful. If there’s a big facility they have, why not share it, and charge reasonable rent.” [/QUOTE]
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