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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="Admin" data-source="post: 138864" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Together in a World of Differences and Delights</span></strong></p><p>by AL MARTINEZ</p><p></p><p>I saw America in a mall the other night, and it was a good feeling.</p><p></p><p>I saw a man in a turban pushing a baby carriage. I joked with a group of Japanese teenagers standing in line for pizza. I saw a woman chasing her infant son, calling to him in Spanish.</p><p></p><p>I heard languages I didn't even recognize in Macy's at one end of the mall and in the women's department of Nordstrom at the other.</p><p></p><p>I communicated my weariness to a young Chinese man sitting next to me on a bench whose response was interpreted by a Brit sitting next to him who had been raised in Hong Kong, and for a moment we were the world.</p><p></p><p>The Valley is a global gathering of races and nationalities and they came together at Westfield Topanga mall one chilly evening between storms that felt more like Christmas than any L.A. December I can recall.</p><p></p><p>The mutuality of America was an observation that kept me interested in shopping, which is a chore I would rather do without. I am not good at buying for others since my basic attitude is that we all have too much already. But tradition swallows good intentions and ultimately requires that we join the crowds trekking to the kingdom of stores, like cows coming in from the fields.</p><p></p><p>No matter what one celebrates, this is the season of giving, and I suppose there's a certain joy in that, an ascendance of the spirit to a level of unselfishness that is becoming rarer in these difficult days of recession and unemployment.</p><p></p><p>Hard times were evident in the mall. The crowds were thinner than in previous years except for sporadic gatherings around selective shops. At times I could look down the long halls and almost see to the other end, so sp{censored} were the shoppers who at other times clogged the passageways.</p><p></p><p>Christmas songs played over the PA system were like carolers singing on half-empty streets, damping the tone of the season with the realization that all were not merry at a time when being able to afford a Christmas tree was something of a triumph, an awareness made more melancholy by contrast with the abundance displayed in stores and ads.</p><p></p><p>And yet we soldier on with what we have, giving to one another in a celebration of altruism limited only by conditions and not by intentions. I saw America shopping in exclusive boutiques and in toy shops, the blessed and the unblessed, and while I wearied at the task of trying to figure out what to buy for those I love, I gloried in the benefits of being among citizens in a nation of differences in a world of possibilities.</p><p></p><p>It made the night a little brighter.</p><p></p><p>[Courtesy: Los Angeles Daily News]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 138864, member: 1"] [B][SIZE=4]Together in a World of Differences and Delights[/SIZE][/B] by AL MARTINEZ I saw America in a mall the other night, and it was a good feeling. I saw a man in a turban pushing a baby carriage. I joked with a group of Japanese teenagers standing in line for pizza. I saw a woman chasing her infant son, calling to him in Spanish. I heard languages I didn't even recognize in Macy's at one end of the mall and in the women's department of Nordstrom at the other. I communicated my weariness to a young Chinese man sitting next to me on a bench whose response was interpreted by a Brit sitting next to him who had been raised in Hong Kong, and for a moment we were the world. The Valley is a global gathering of races and nationalities and they came together at Westfield Topanga mall one chilly evening between storms that felt more like Christmas than any L.A. December I can recall. The mutuality of America was an observation that kept me interested in shopping, which is a chore I would rather do without. I am not good at buying for others since my basic attitude is that we all have too much already. But tradition swallows good intentions and ultimately requires that we join the crowds trekking to the kingdom of stores, like cows coming in from the fields. No matter what one celebrates, this is the season of giving, and I suppose there's a certain joy in that, an ascendance of the spirit to a level of unselfishness that is becoming rarer in these difficult days of recession and unemployment. Hard times were evident in the mall. The crowds were thinner than in previous years except for sporadic gatherings around selective shops. At times I could look down the long halls and almost see to the other end, so sp{censored} were the shoppers who at other times clogged the passageways. Christmas songs played over the PA system were like carolers singing on half-empty streets, damping the tone of the season with the realization that all were not merry at a time when being able to afford a Christmas tree was something of a triumph, an awareness made more melancholy by contrast with the abundance displayed in stores and ads. And yet we soldier on with what we have, giving to one another in a celebration of altruism limited only by conditions and not by intentions. I saw America shopping in exclusive boutiques and in toy shops, the blessed and the unblessed, and while I wearied at the task of trying to figure out what to buy for those I love, I gloried in the benefits of being among citizens in a nation of differences in a world of possibilities. It made the night a little brighter. [Courtesy: Los Angeles Daily News] [/QUOTE]
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