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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="Tejwant Singh" data-source="post: 179315" data-attributes="member: 138"><p>Let's think aloud a bit and ask ourselves the following in an honest manner:</p><p>1. How many of us recycle our trash by separating it?</p><p>2. How many of us do not let the water run while brushing our teeth?</p><p>3. How many of us volunteer in cleaning our own neighbourhoods?</p><p>4. How many of us keep trash bags in our vehicles?</p><p>5. How many of us throw things out of our car windows?</p><p>6. How many of us use re-usable bags when we go grocery shopping?</p><p>7. How many of us use steel plates rather than plastic plates in our Gurdwaras?</p><p></p><p>The questions are endless that we can ask ourselves in order to have a green mindset. By asking these questions we can find the solutions. Our Gurus demand this from us. Sikhi demands this from us.</p><p></p><p>OK, let’s stipulate that we can play our parts here wherever we live but, if the honchos of Sikhis just want the marble white elephants, gold domed Gurdwaras and plush offices with lazy boy chairs for themselves at SGPC rather than opening hospitals and other facilities to help the needy,then we have become Barbie and Ken Sikhs. Nothing more.</p><p></p><p>Just one more anecdote of observation. In 2000, when I went to India, Jaskeerat wanted to see Kiratpur where by custom, all the Sikhs go with the ashes to drop them in the river.The reason was, she wanted to see where my brother and I took Papa ji's ashes.</p><p></p><p>As bodies are cremated on open pyres, the ashes are bones unlike the crushed ones when they are cremated in crematoriums which is becoming common in India. In Sikhi, ashes can be dropped in any running stream anywhere. There is no particular place but these old habits are hard to die. Jaskeerat, who was 10 then, saw people dropping bones/ashes from a little bridge into a small stream. They were all in the plastic bags. They threw the plastic bags along with the ashes. She was shocked to see that. Eventually, I was able to convince the caretakers of the Gurdwara and was able to arrange 10 large barrels which said in Punjabi, Hindi and English asking people to throw the plastic bags in them. I had asked my cousin for this seva as my trip was very short. First, no one followed the directions or cared to do anything. They kept their habit of throwing the plastic bags into the stream. My cousin was able to arrange some paid sevadaars to train people to do it but to no avail. He went there every month after having arranged these big trash cans and suddenly, one day they disappeared. No one knows what happened to them or who took them. We arranged the same thing 6 times but every time they disappeared. This is the condition of the Sikhi mindset, unfortunately.</p><p></p><p>The water wells in Punjab are drying. The farmers are committing suicide. The drug and the liquor use are rampant in Punjab. As a result, Christian missionaries are creeping in. Many Gurdwaras are being converted into churches where turbaned Sikhs read the Gospel in Punjabi while sitting on the floor. They have been bribed with schools and other amenities while the caretakers of the Sikhi are found nowhere. I do not fault these people who have no one to teach them how to practice Sikhi. They have been taught to parrot so many Japji's in order to get rid of any mals they may suffer like some snake oil rub.</p><p></p><p>This is the dire state our Sikhi is in, for which our 10 Gurus fought against Babar to Aurengzeb to make it <strong>the true land of the free and the home of the brave.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p>Tejwant Singh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tejwant Singh, post: 179315, member: 138"] Let's think aloud a bit and ask ourselves the following in an honest manner: 1. How many of us recycle our trash by separating it? 2. How many of us do not let the water run while brushing our teeth? 3. How many of us volunteer in cleaning our own neighbourhoods? 4. How many of us keep trash bags in our vehicles? 5. How many of us throw things out of our car windows? 6. How many of us use re-usable bags when we go grocery shopping? 7. How many of us use steel plates rather than plastic plates in our Gurdwaras? The questions are endless that we can ask ourselves in order to have a green mindset. By asking these questions we can find the solutions. Our Gurus demand this from us. Sikhi demands this from us. OK, let’s stipulate that we can play our parts here wherever we live but, if the honchos of Sikhis just want the marble white elephants, gold domed Gurdwaras and plush offices with lazy boy chairs for themselves at SGPC rather than opening hospitals and other facilities to help the needy,then we have become Barbie and Ken Sikhs. Nothing more. Just one more anecdote of observation. In 2000, when I went to India, Jaskeerat wanted to see Kiratpur where by custom, all the Sikhs go with the ashes to drop them in the river.The reason was, she wanted to see where my brother and I took Papa ji's ashes. As bodies are cremated on open pyres, the ashes are bones unlike the crushed ones when they are cremated in crematoriums which is becoming common in India. In Sikhi, ashes can be dropped in any running stream anywhere. There is no particular place but these old habits are hard to die. Jaskeerat, who was 10 then, saw people dropping bones/ashes from a little bridge into a small stream. They were all in the plastic bags. They threw the plastic bags along with the ashes. She was shocked to see that. Eventually, I was able to convince the caretakers of the Gurdwara and was able to arrange 10 large barrels which said in Punjabi, Hindi and English asking people to throw the plastic bags in them. I had asked my cousin for this seva as my trip was very short. First, no one followed the directions or cared to do anything. They kept their habit of throwing the plastic bags into the stream. My cousin was able to arrange some paid sevadaars to train people to do it but to no avail. He went there every month after having arranged these big trash cans and suddenly, one day they disappeared. No one knows what happened to them or who took them. We arranged the same thing 6 times but every time they disappeared. This is the condition of the Sikhi mindset, unfortunately. The water wells in Punjab are drying. The farmers are committing suicide. The drug and the liquor use are rampant in Punjab. As a result, Christian missionaries are creeping in. Many Gurdwaras are being converted into churches where turbaned Sikhs read the Gospel in Punjabi while sitting on the floor. They have been bribed with schools and other amenities while the caretakers of the Sikhi are found nowhere. I do not fault these people who have no one to teach them how to practice Sikhi. They have been taught to parrot so many Japji's in order to get rid of any mals they may suffer like some snake oil rub. This is the dire state our Sikhi is in, for which our 10 Gurus fought against Babar to Aurengzeb to make it [B]the true land of the free and the home of the brave. [/B] Tejwant Singh [/QUOTE]
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