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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="arshi" data-source="post: 117209" data-attributes="member: 9479"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Roop singh ji has made some pertinent observations.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The popular saying “too many chiefs and not enough Indians” applies to our scholarly class – these days nearly everyone is a scholar - cut and paste and lo and behold you are a scholar. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I remember when we emigrated to Kenya in February/ March 1951, having done three standards in a village school - where I learnt all my tables (20 x 20 + main fractions x 20) through <em>muharni</em> (oral recital) first thing every morning - I was admitted into the Fourth Standard in Nairobi. <strong>Soul Joyt Ji</strong>, a blessed soul and a regular contributor to this forum, would remember, as we were in the same school and the same year, that students coming from India were demoted and I, luckily, through the sheer determination of my mother and some private tuition was able to pass the entry test to the Fourth Standard. Having come from a village background, where we wrote on wooden boards and slates, the provision of exercise books was a great novelty. Freshly printed text books and writing books would yield an aroma hitherto unknown to a village lad.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The exercise books provided by the school or bought from DL Patel stationers carried on the front page the ID information as follows:</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Scholar’s name:</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Standard:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Subject:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Although the dictionary provides several meanings of the term scholar (reproduced below) to me it means a student. </span></p><p> </p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Dictionary Meaning:</span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">1. </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">One who attends school or studies with a teacher; a student</span></em></strong></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">2. </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A learned person. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">3. </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A specialist in a given branch of knowledge: <em>a classical scholar. </em></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">4 </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A student who holds or has held a particular scholarship.</span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Most, so called, scholars know only a little more than the rest of us and, therefore, we must not take what they say as gospel. The actual expanse of knowledge is vast and limitless – even if we were to be born a million times and undertake as many university courses, our knowledge will still not show on the Map of Knowledge. This is why Humility in the House of Nanak is the ultimate goal of a seeker.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">One well known figure, a Hindu priest, pandit astrologer and an occasional broadcaster in Kenya used to say behind closed doors:</span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Dunya wich bewfkoof ziyadaa ney par bewkoof banaun valaey ghat.</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>There are a lot more fools in the world but on</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>ly a few who can fool others. </strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Much as I like and respect <em>kirtaniyaas</em> and <em>parcharaks</em> for their skills and knowledge, most of them do not have my true respect. Many make boasts similar to that of the egotistic pandit mentioned above. My main concern is that we must not allow one or two persons to dictate to the entire Sikh Panth – to hold the entire nation to ransom Imperfect as our leadership may be, but they do come from amongst our ranks and reflect our collective spiritual state of affairs today. It is true that our Spiritual leadership is corrupt and under the influence of politicians but so is our priestly class, made up of greedy and egotistic <em>raagis, parcharks</em> and <em>katha vaachaks</em>. There are of course, always, exceptions </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">We must resolve to make sure that the individuals at the helm (Akal Takht and other Takhts) are first class honourable individuals with immaculate credentials and integrity. This would take time but taking sides without knowing the Truth is distorting – twisting - the Truth. This is why it is so important that the media, including our esteemed SPN, must try and play a neutral role in sensitive situations.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Humbly</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Rajinder Singh ‘Arshi’</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arshi, post: 117209, member: 9479"] [FONT=Verdana]Roop singh ji has made some pertinent observations.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The popular saying “too many chiefs and not enough Indians” applies to our scholarly class – these days nearly everyone is a scholar - cut and paste and lo and behold you are a scholar. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]I remember when we emigrated to Kenya in February/ March 1951, having done three standards in a village school - where I learnt all my tables (20 x 20 + main fractions x 20) through [I]muharni[/I] (oral recital) first thing every morning - I was admitted into the Fourth Standard in Nairobi. [B]Soul Joyt Ji[/B], a blessed soul and a regular contributor to this forum, would remember, as we were in the same school and the same year, that students coming from India were demoted and I, luckily, through the sheer determination of my mother and some private tuition was able to pass the entry test to the Fourth Standard. Having come from a village background, where we wrote on wooden boards and slates, the provision of exercise books was a great novelty. Freshly printed text books and writing books would yield an aroma hitherto unknown to a village lad.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The exercise books provided by the school or bought from DL Patel stationers carried on the front page the ID information as follows:[/FONT] [B][FONT=Verdana]Scholar’s name:[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Verdana]Standard:[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Subject:[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Although the dictionary provides several meanings of the term scholar (reproduced below) to me it means a student. [/FONT] [B][I][FONT=Verdana]Dictionary Meaning:[/FONT][/I][/B] [B][I][FONT=Verdana]1. [/FONT][/I][/B][B][I][FONT=Verdana]One who attends school or studies with a teacher; a student[/FONT][/I][/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]2. [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Verdana]A learned person. [/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana]3. [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Verdana]A specialist in a given branch of knowledge: [I]a classical scholar. [/I][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Verdana]4 [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Verdana]A student who holds or has held a particular scholarship.[/FONT][/I] [FONT=Verdana]Most, so called, scholars know only a little more than the rest of us and, therefore, we must not take what they say as gospel. The actual expanse of knowledge is vast and limitless – even if we were to be born a million times and undertake as many university courses, our knowledge will still not show on the Map of Knowledge. This is why Humility in the House of Nanak is the ultimate goal of a seeker.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]One well known figure, a Hindu priest, pandit astrologer and an occasional broadcaster in Kenya used to say behind closed doors:[/FONT] [I][FONT=Verdana]Dunya wich bewfkoof ziyadaa ney par bewkoof banaun valaey ghat.[/FONT][/I] [FONT=Verdana][B]There are a lot more fools in the world but on[/B][/FONT][FONT=Verdana][B]ly a few who can fool others. [/B][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Much as I like and respect [I]kirtaniyaas[/I] and [I]parcharaks[/I] for their skills and knowledge, most of them do not have my true respect. Many make boasts similar to that of the egotistic pandit mentioned above. My main concern is that we must not allow one or two persons to dictate to the entire Sikh Panth – to hold the entire nation to ransom Imperfect as our leadership may be, but they do come from amongst our ranks and reflect our collective spiritual state of affairs today. It is true that our Spiritual leadership is corrupt and under the influence of politicians but so is our priestly class, made up of greedy and egotistic [I]raagis, parcharks[/I] and [I]katha vaachaks[/I]. There are of course, always, exceptions [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]We must resolve to make sure that the individuals at the helm (Akal Takht and other Takhts) are first class honourable individuals with immaculate credentials and integrity. This would take time but taking sides without knowing the Truth is distorting – twisting - the Truth. This is why it is so important that the media, including our esteemed SPN, must try and play a neutral role in sensitive situations.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Humbly[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Rajinder Singh ‘Arshi’[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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