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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 121195" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>The Only Free Lunch</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.theindiatube.com/eatandstay/the-only-free-lunch" target="_blank">http://www.theindiatube.com/eatandstay/the-only-free-lunch</a></p><p></p><p>Langar - or the tradition of serving a wholesome meal to anyone that wants one – is not uncommon across North India. The word and the practice are wedged within the intersections of food and bounty, of occasion and ritual, Hinduism and altruism. In this forum, there could be an unappetising aspect to accepting a meal without rendering any return– the needy tourist remains an anomaly. </p><p> </p><p>But Guru ka Langar, the customary meal adopted by and adapted to Sikhism is served at every gurdwara, and has attained the cult culinary status usually bestowed by Michelin stars. You must go. A broken funny bone compels me to add, “No reservations required.”</p><p></p><p>To the food, the food, the glorious food. Vegetarian, so none are excluded from partaking. Usually cooked in really really pure ghee, the milk skimmed for cream, and clarified into clear, golden butter in the very kitchen that the langar is prepared. A la carte options range from different dals (lentils temporized with herbs and spices), rotis (thin leavened bread), sabzis ( a multitude of vegetables) to the quintessentially Punjabi choley bhature (spicy chickpeas with puffy fried bread). </p><p></p><p>If you distilled the essence of your favourite Sardarji uncle into a meal, it would taste like this–comfortable, hearty, robust. It is the emanating warmth, not solely from the piping hot food, which transforms the meal into an experience. All the homespun epithets apply. Like mamma’s, like grandma’s, langar has that elusive whiff of familial and familiar, even if your conception of a home-cooked meal might be turkey and pumpkin pie. </p><p></p><p>Watchful eyes and ready hands anticipate the next roti and cajoling voices coerce you to consume more calories while you rub your belly in the universal gesture for ‘I’m stuffed!’ And you are not being singled out for special attention – affection is ladled out in hearty portions to everyone that sat down alongside or across you. </p><p></p><p>To sit down for a meal (cross-legged, standard lotus is the preferred stance), with someone wholly unlike you is not an occurrence easily replicated. The rituals and etiquette that enclose a meal herd us into heterogeneous eating groups. Guru ka Langar effectively breaks barriers between the breaking of common bread. Like a liberal matrimonial classified, langar is caste, creed, community, and class no bar. The collective smacking of lips and licking of fingers (cutlery is eschewed) creates a camaraderie that nourishes after you’re done digesting. </p><p></p><p>The ingredients for each meal served at the gurdwara are purchased by volunteers, prepared by volunteers, served by volunteers. And the used dishes are then washed by volunteers – rinse and repeat, typically twice daily though in some larger gurdwaras such as Bangla Sahib, all the livelong day. For Sikhs this is seva or service, as integral and inalienable to their faith as the quintessential visual signifier, the turban. </p><p></p><p>And therein lies the catch. Wait, didn’t you know there are no free lunches? Seva is the ‘suggested donation’ an expression of gratitude, a mode of recompense, a medium of prayer. The final tally still leaves you in lucre, if you consider the exponential spiritual dividends. And if you’re not divinely inclined, there’s still an abundance of food for thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 121195, member: 35"] [B]The Only Free Lunch[/B] [url]http://www.theindiatube.com/eatandstay/the-only-free-lunch[/url] Langar - or the tradition of serving a wholesome meal to anyone that wants one – is not uncommon across North India. The word and the practice are wedged within the intersections of food and bounty, of occasion and ritual, Hinduism and altruism. In this forum, there could be an unappetising aspect to accepting a meal without rendering any return– the needy tourist remains an anomaly. But Guru ka Langar, the customary meal adopted by and adapted to Sikhism is served at every gurdwara, and has attained the cult culinary status usually bestowed by Michelin stars. You must go. A broken funny bone compels me to add, “No reservations required.” To the food, the food, the glorious food. Vegetarian, so none are excluded from partaking. Usually cooked in really really pure ghee, the milk skimmed for cream, and clarified into clear, golden butter in the very kitchen that the langar is prepared. A la carte options range from different dals (lentils temporized with herbs and spices), rotis (thin leavened bread), sabzis ( a multitude of vegetables) to the quintessentially Punjabi choley bhature (spicy chickpeas with puffy fried bread). If you distilled the essence of your favourite Sardarji uncle into a meal, it would taste like this–comfortable, hearty, robust. It is the emanating warmth, not solely from the piping hot food, which transforms the meal into an experience. All the homespun epithets apply. Like mamma’s, like grandma’s, langar has that elusive whiff of familial and familiar, even if your conception of a home-cooked meal might be turkey and pumpkin pie. Watchful eyes and ready hands anticipate the next roti and cajoling voices coerce you to consume more calories while you rub your belly in the universal gesture for ‘I’m stuffed!’ And you are not being singled out for special attention – affection is ladled out in hearty portions to everyone that sat down alongside or across you. To sit down for a meal (cross-legged, standard lotus is the preferred stance), with someone wholly unlike you is not an occurrence easily replicated. The rituals and etiquette that enclose a meal herd us into heterogeneous eating groups. Guru ka Langar effectively breaks barriers between the breaking of common bread. Like a liberal matrimonial classified, langar is caste, creed, community, and class no bar. The collective smacking of lips and licking of fingers (cutlery is eschewed) creates a camaraderie that nourishes after you’re done digesting. The ingredients for each meal served at the gurdwara are purchased by volunteers, prepared by volunteers, served by volunteers. And the used dishes are then washed by volunteers – rinse and repeat, typically twice daily though in some larger gurdwaras such as Bangla Sahib, all the livelong day. For Sikhs this is seva or service, as integral and inalienable to their faith as the quintessential visual signifier, the turban. And therein lies the catch. Wait, didn’t you know there are no free lunches? Seva is the ‘suggested donation’ an expression of gratitude, a mode of recompense, a medium of prayer. The final tally still leaves you in lucre, if you consider the exponential spiritual dividends. And if you’re not divinely inclined, there’s still an abundance of food for thought. [/QUOTE]
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