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Guru Granth Sahib
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="Neutral Singh" data-source="post: 2475" data-attributes="member: 2"><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Sikh scripture celebrated</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"></span>[font=Times, Times New Roman, Serif, MS Serif]<span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000000">2,000 gather to listen, learn... many eager to hear it in English</span></span>[/font]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">RITA DALY</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000000">STAFF REPORTER</span></span></span></p><p></p><p>[font=Times New Roman, Times, serif]<span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">When Harjit Sunner's 5-year-old daughter came home from her Mississauga school following a celebration of the Chinese New Year, she asked her mom: "Are we Chinese?" </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Taken aback at first, her mother gently replied that no, the family was Sikh. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">"She said `What's that?' That's when I thought we'd better start finding out more for ourselves," Sunner explained </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Sunner, her husband and their two small children were among more than 2,000 people, mostly Sikhs, who yesterday headed to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the compilation of the holy Sikh scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">For first-generation Sikhs in Canada like the Sunners, it was an opportunity to learn more about their religion and to hear English translations by Sikh scholars of the holy teachings, which in the temples are often recited in Punjabi and written in Gurmukhi script. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">"I came here in 1972 (at age 4) and learned English before my native language," said Paul Sunner. "Now as I'm older and have children of my own, I want to learn more about my faith." A group of teenagers who arrived from Cambridge on a bus organized by their temple were eager to hear some of the stories in the scriptures in English because "we don't know exactly what it means," said 14-year-old Amritpal Kaur Cheena. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Amritpal Singh, an 18-year-old economics student at Wilfrid Laurier University, said he came because he doesn't understand Punjabi enough to comprehend the scripture. "This is a lot easier to understand and I came basically to learn more." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Yesterday's event coincided with celebrations in India and followed an earlier event marking the 400th anniversary: the sacred arrival in Toronto this spring of 149 volumes of scripture. The books were flown with great ceremony from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the only place in the world where the scriptures are officially published. The Guru Granth Sahibs were distributed to local temples and individual homes. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">The Sikh scripture, which teaches peace, respect, humility and honest living, is unusual in that it also contains poetry and devotional hymns from Islam and Hinduism, the dominant religions in India when the Sikh faith evolved. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">"It's like a universal religion for the whole world," said Gobinder Singh, chair of the Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council, which organized yesterday's event. </span></span>[/font]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neutral Singh, post: 2475, member: 2"] [size=6]Sikh scripture celebrated [/size][font=Times, Times New Roman, Serif, MS Serif][size=4][color=#000000]2,000 gather to listen, learn... many eager to hear it in English[/color][/size][/font] [font=sans-serif][size=2][color=#000000]RITA DALY [/color][/size][/font][font=sans-serif][size=1][color=#000000]STAFF REPORTER[/color][/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman, Times, serif][size=3][color=#000000]When Harjit Sunner's 5-year-old daughter came home from her Mississauga school following a celebration of the Chinese New Year, she asked her mom: "Are we Chinese?" Taken aback at first, her mother gently replied that no, the family was Sikh. "She said `What's that?' That's when I thought we'd better start finding out more for ourselves," Sunner explained Sunner, her husband and their two small children were among more than 2,000 people, mostly Sikhs, who yesterday headed to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the compilation of the holy Sikh scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. For first-generation Sikhs in Canada like the Sunners, it was an opportunity to learn more about their religion and to hear English translations by Sikh scholars of the holy teachings, which in the temples are often recited in Punjabi and written in Gurmukhi script. "I came here in 1972 (at age 4) and learned English before my native language," said Paul Sunner. "Now as I'm older and have children of my own, I want to learn more about my faith." A group of teenagers who arrived from Cambridge on a bus organized by their temple were eager to hear some of the stories in the scriptures in English because "we don't know exactly what it means," said 14-year-old Amritpal Kaur Cheena. Amritpal Singh, an 18-year-old economics student at Wilfrid Laurier University, said he came because he doesn't understand Punjabi enough to comprehend the scripture. "This is a lot easier to understand and I came basically to learn more." Yesterday's event coincided with celebrations in India and followed an earlier event marking the 400th anniversary: the sacred arrival in Toronto this spring of 149 volumes of scripture. The books were flown with great ceremony from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the only place in the world where the scriptures are officially published. The Guru Granth Sahibs were distributed to local temples and individual homes. The Sikh scripture, which teaches peace, respect, humility and honest living, is unusual in that it also contains poetry and devotional hymns from Islam and Hinduism, the dominant religions in India when the Sikh faith evolved. "It's like a universal religion for the whole world," said Gobinder Singh, chair of the Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council, which organized yesterday's event. [/color][/size][/font] [/QUOTE]
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