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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 109811" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>I dislike being a contrary person in regard to this effort. But 2 things strike me as difficult to reconcile.</p><p></p><p>Sikhism is a religion. So if Sikhs in the US wrote Sikh for religion and Sikh for ethnicity by writing in "Sikh" for "Other" then some mathematical problems will arise when accounting for ethnicity separately from religion. This can be worked out. However, Jewish people who also share a history and language (see definition given in above article) typically count themselves as white or in any other racial group that applies, and select Jewish for religion.</p><p></p><p>The second problem is bound to stir up an argument. Sikhs may want to count themselves as an ethnic group, but it makes me wonder if this is actually appropriate.<strong> Ethnicity</strong> implies more than cultural affinity; it implies a shared lineage of family and/or tribal membership. Are some Sikhs confusing Punjabi with Sikh? A common heritage, language, and FAITH constitutes a cultural identity NOT an ethnic identity. But who knows? The definition of ethnicity may in the end be revised and redefined by this advocacy effort.</p><p></p><p>But would in all seriousness someone explain to me how Gurmustuk Singh executive leader of Sikhnet (just an example, and please forgive me Gurmustuk ji) could be "ethnically" Sikh? Gurmustak did attend school in India. However, he was born in LA and raised in Brooklyn NY of US born parents who converted to Sikhism (followers of Yogi Bhajan). How is one a member of the same "ethnic" group as, for example, a forum member who was raised in family of Punjabi origin anywhere in the world, in a Punjabi speaking Sikh family? It doesn't add up for me. We who gravitated toward Sikhism and who do not share the Punjabi language as our native language, nor Punjabi lineage, but do share the religion, IMHO are not <strong>ethnically</strong> Sikh. We are however initially united by faith, not ethnicity.</p><p></p><p>In time we who gravitate toward Sikhism learn Punjabi, read SGGS in the Gurmukhi script, attend sangat events, adopt Sikh values for living, study Sikh and Punjabi history, celebrate gurpurabs, adopt Punjabi clothing, learn to cook Indian food, socialize with Punjabi people, read Punjabi literature, engage in Punjabi cultural practices like bhangra...the list is endless ... Do we become <strong>ethnically</strong> Sikh because we are immersing ourselves in culture and heritage? Or do we become <strong>culturally Sikh?</strong></p><p></p><p>I found it a bit strange to see the news-article photos of Niranjan Singh ji supporting the notion that he is "ethnically" Sikh. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> But you know, Gyani Jarnail Singh may talk me out of my confusion. </p><p></p><p>Yet - If the plan works - YES I shall definitely go against my intuitions about this. I will write in that I am ethnically Sikh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 109811, member: 35"] I dislike being a contrary person in regard to this effort. But 2 things strike me as difficult to reconcile. Sikhism is a religion. So if Sikhs in the US wrote Sikh for religion and Sikh for ethnicity by writing in "Sikh" for "Other" then some mathematical problems will arise when accounting for ethnicity separately from religion. This can be worked out. However, Jewish people who also share a history and language (see definition given in above article) typically count themselves as white or in any other racial group that applies, and select Jewish for religion. The second problem is bound to stir up an argument. Sikhs may want to count themselves as an ethnic group, but it makes me wonder if this is actually appropriate.[B] Ethnicity[/B] implies more than cultural affinity; it implies a shared lineage of family and/or tribal membership. Are some Sikhs confusing Punjabi with Sikh? A common heritage, language, and FAITH constitutes a cultural identity NOT an ethnic identity. But who knows? The definition of ethnicity may in the end be revised and redefined by this advocacy effort. But would in all seriousness someone explain to me how Gurmustuk Singh executive leader of Sikhnet (just an example, and please forgive me Gurmustuk ji) could be "ethnically" Sikh? Gurmustak did attend school in India. However, he was born in LA and raised in Brooklyn NY of US born parents who converted to Sikhism (followers of Yogi Bhajan). How is one a member of the same "ethnic" group as, for example, a forum member who was raised in family of Punjabi origin anywhere in the world, in a Punjabi speaking Sikh family? It doesn't add up for me. We who gravitated toward Sikhism and who do not share the Punjabi language as our native language, nor Punjabi lineage, but do share the religion, IMHO are not [B]ethnically[/B] Sikh. We are however initially united by faith, not ethnicity. In time we who gravitate toward Sikhism learn Punjabi, read SGGS in the Gurmukhi script, attend sangat events, adopt Sikh values for living, study Sikh and Punjabi history, celebrate gurpurabs, adopt Punjabi clothing, learn to cook Indian food, socialize with Punjabi people, read Punjabi literature, engage in Punjabi cultural practices like bhangra...the list is endless ... Do we become [B]ethnically[/B] Sikh because we are immersing ourselves in culture and heritage? Or do we become [B]culturally Sikh?[/B] I found it a bit strange to see the news-article photos of Niranjan Singh ji supporting the notion that he is "ethnically" Sikh. :confused::confused::confused::confused: But you know, Gyani Jarnail Singh may talk me out of my confusion. Yet - If the plan works - YES I shall definitely go against my intuitions about this. I will write in that I am ethnically Sikh. [/QUOTE]
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