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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="roopk" data-source="post: 54714" data-attributes="member: 4845"><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">Khushwant Singh On Guru Granth Sahib and Japu Ji sahib,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Guru Granth Sahib is From Hindu Philosphy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Japu Ji sahib From Upnishda.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">I am giving below the extracts of interview that appears on the following pages:</span></p><p> </p><p>Quote</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>J.S.T.</strong>: <strong>W</strong>hat about the statements that suggest that Sikhs are <em>kes-dhari</em> [sporting unshorn hair] Hindus? You yourself wrote in <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> (Oct. 12, 2001) that Sikhism is a branch of Hinduism. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>K.S.</strong>: <span style="color: darkorange"><strong>T</strong>hat is correct. Sikhs are <em>kes-dhari</em> Hindus. Their religious source is Hinduism. Sikhism is a tradition developed within Hinduism. Guru Granth Sahib reflects Vedantic philosophy and Japji Sahib is based on the Upanishads. "</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Unquote</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">I am pain as much as you will be.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Please visit this page.</span></p><p><a href="http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_021503a.html" target="_blank">The Sikh Times - Biographies - Khushwant Singh: "Japji Sahib is Based on the Upanishads"</a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>A</strong>lso see the extracts as posted in Wikipedia.</span></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sukh/Archive_4" target="_blank">User talk:Sukh/Archive 4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sukh/Archive_4" target="_blank">User talk:Sukh/Archive 4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>K</strong>hushwant Singh considers himself an agnostic from a Sikh background. He keeps his Sikh atire as part of his identity: </span><a href="http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_021503a.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #800080">[1]</span></span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em>"<strong>K</strong>hushwant Singh: When I was in England as a student, socialism was much talked about among us. We read and discussed Bertrand Russell and attended lectures by Harold J. Laski. I have not retained many socialistic ideas, but I am still an agnostic.</em> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em>"<strong>J</strong>.S.T.: You are a non-believer, yet you spent a night at Bangla Sahib gurdwara to seek the Guru's support during a difficult time in your personal life when your wife had threatened to leave you.</em> </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em>"<strong>K</strong>.S.: This is one of those things - a contradiction. It was an emotional issue for me. I was born and raised in a Sikh family. I still keep my beard and turban and identify myself with the Sikh community. "</em> </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: darkorange">That being said, Khushwant Singh believes that Sikhs are merely kesh-dari Hindus: </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><em><span style="color: darkorange">"<strong>S</strong>ikhs are kes-dhari Hindus. Their religious source is Hinduism. Sikhism is a tradition developed within Hinduism. Guru Granth Sahib reflects Vedantic philosophy and Japji Sahib is based on the Upanishads. "</span></em> </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>H</strong>e is the one whom world knows as a sikh. <strong>W</strong>e have no say. <strong>O</strong>ur say is only in in-hoiuse fighting. <strong>W</strong>hy don't you keep yourself armed with the basic knowledge of Sikhi. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>K</strong>eep <strong>O</strong>n<strong> W</strong>atching these things as eye soothener.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roopk, post: 54714, member: 4845"] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]Khushwant Singh On Guru Granth Sahib and Japu Ji sahib,[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Guru Granth Sahib is From Hindu Philosphy.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Japu Ji sahib From Upnishda.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]I am giving below the extracts of interview that appears on the following pages:[/FONT] Quote [FONT=Georgia][B]J.S.T.[/B]: [B]W[/B]hat about the statements that suggest that Sikhs are [I]kes-dhari[/I] [sporting unshorn hair] Hindus? You yourself wrote in [I]The Wall Street Journal[/I] (Oct. 12, 2001) that Sikhism is a branch of Hinduism. [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][B]K.S.[/B]: [COLOR=darkorange][B]T[/B]hat is correct. Sikhs are [I]kes-dhari[/I] Hindus. Their religious source is Hinduism. Sikhism is a tradition developed within Hinduism. Guru Granth Sahib reflects Vedantic philosophy and Japji Sahib is based on the Upanishads. "[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Unquote[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]I am pain as much as you will be.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Please visit this page.[/FONT] [URL="http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_021503a.html"]The Sikh Times - Biographies - Khushwant Singh: "Japji Sahib is Based on the Upanishads"[/URL] [FONT=Georgia][B]A[/B]lso see the extracts as posted in Wikipedia.[/FONT] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sukh/Archive_4"]User talk:Sukh/Archive 4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sukh/Archive_4"]User talk:Sukh/Archive 4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [FONT=Georgia][B]K[/B]hushwant Singh considers himself an agnostic from a Sikh background. He keeps his Sikh atire as part of his identity: [/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_021503a.html"][U][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#800080][1][/COLOR][/FONT][/U][/URL] [FONT=Georgia][I]"[B]K[/B]hushwant Singh: When I was in England as a student, socialism was much talked about among us. We read and discussed Bertrand Russell and attended lectures by Harold J. Laski. I have not retained many socialistic ideas, but I am still an agnostic.[/I] [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][I]"[B]J[/B].S.T.: You are a non-believer, yet you spent a night at Bangla Sahib gurdwara to seek the Guru's support during a difficult time in your personal life when your wife had threatened to leave you.[/I] [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][I]"[B]K[/B].S.: This is one of those things - a contradiction. It was an emotional issue for me. I was born and raised in a Sikh family. I still keep my beard and turban and identify myself with the Sikh community. "[/I] [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=darkorange]That being said, Khushwant Singh believes that Sikhs are merely kesh-dari Hindus: [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][I][COLOR=darkorange]"[B]S[/B]ikhs are kes-dhari Hindus. Their religious source is Hinduism. Sikhism is a tradition developed within Hinduism. Guru Granth Sahib reflects Vedantic philosophy and Japji Sahib is based on the Upanishads. "[/COLOR][/I] [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][B]H[/B]e is the one whom world knows as a sikh. [B]W[/B]e have no say. [B]O[/B]ur say is only in in-hoiuse fighting. [B]W[/B]hy don't you keep yourself armed with the basic knowledge of Sikhi. [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][B]K[/B]eep [B]O[/B]n[B] W[/B]atching these things as eye soothener.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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