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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="harbansj24" data-source="post: 114245" data-attributes="member: 4544"><p>Seeker3k ji,</p><p></p><p>You have raised some very important issues. I too have raised these issues with many and in some posts also but have not received any satisfactory answers. I have raised other issues with my good Hindu friends also, of which I have many and they too mumble some unsatisfactory things in embarrassment.</p><p></p><p>Seeker3k ji, if seen in isolation what you say is no doubt correct but truth is never so simple and straight forward.</p><p></p><p>First of all we must examine what led to the protest of Sikhs in mid 70's.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Chandigarh which was awarded to Punjab, did not materialise.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The riparian rights of Punjab of the rivers flowing through its territories were not honoured.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Absolutely simple demand like naming Frontier Mail as Golden Temple express was not heeded. Whereas there were precedents such as naming trains such as Kasi Vishwanath express etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Relaying Gurbani from Harmandir Sahib through Govt controlled radio was not allowed. However this was started immediately after Operation Blue Star.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Then last but not least Nirankaris were allowed to get away with direct sacrilege of basic Sikh faith in SGGS.</li> </ol><p>So a protest movement was started to address these grievances and as it always happens with such movements the leaders start losing control and it starts to go haywire. But wise leadership always disassociates itself from such negative fallout. Mahatma Gandhi did it, Nelson Mandela did it, Martin Luther King did it. But unfortunately Sikhs did not have such mature leadership and that gave chance to Indra Gandhi to play Machiavellian politics. And the results are there for all to see. Now lets ask the following questions.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Indira Gandhi very well knew that arms were being taken inside Golden temple. All the entry points to the temple were well known. Who or what prevented the Govt of India for puting up checks at these points at a respectable distance from the temple to prevent such arm movements. No responsible Govt could have allowed that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">When DIG Atwal was shot dead on the steps to the Temple, what prevented the Police from notifying the temple authorities of their intention of conducting a search of the temple premises with utmost respect to the Sikh sensibilities. Who can stop the Govt from fulfilling its responsibilities of investigating a murder committed in broad daylight?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Is it not apparent that that Indira Gandhi did all this because she deliberately wanted the movement to build up and get out of hand and then take action which would once for all put the Sikhs in their place and get rid of their "nuisance value". Was it not a deliberate abdication of the constitutional responsibility of the Govt.?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Now having allowed this to happen, were all the options properly explored? Was it not possible to starve out the occupants by sealing all entry points and thoroughly searching all the devotees going in and coming out of the premises.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Was it at all necessary to go full blast by the full might of the state against a few fugitives holed up in a area of barely a few acres?</li> </ol><p>Yes it was foolish of the Sikh leadership to have allowed the movement to have gone wrong totally and not to have raised their voice when innocent Hindu bus passengers were segregated and shot in cold blood against this very unSikh like deeds. Later many innocent Sikhs also became the targets because terrorists do not have any religion.</p><p></p><p>Yes it was also very wrong of the security gaurds who specifically hired to guard the life of Indira Gandhi and who had specifically vested complete faith in her to have killed her. This act was also very un Sikh like deed.</p><p></p><p>Now let us ask some more questions.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Was it right to hold all the Sikhs responsible for the act of just two.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">was it right to spread misinformation that Sikhs all over India were celebrating the assassination by distributing sweets?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Was not the attack on Sikhs meticulously planned by the administration and the police and army just instructed to keep quiet just for 3 days? And after 3 days was not everything back to normal suddenly?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Which democratic country of the world has indulged in such a systamatic massacre of its citizens whatever might have been the provocation? and then refuse to be accountable?</li> </ol><p>These are disturbing qusetions which no responsible "democratically elected" govt can refuse to answer.</p><p></p><p>Seeker3k ji, Iam very dissappointed and pained by question that where is the power of i sikh being equal to 1,25,000. You know very well that dasam pita used this term only figuretively. He meant that 1 Sikh can take on a legion. that the Sikhs have proved again and again. Our own Maiji took on a mob of murderers who entered her house and continued to battle them even after they had killed her youn son and husband.</p><p></p><p>All Sikhs should not apologise for "their mistake" because very few Sikhs actually supported the terrorists. At best Sikhs can say that the acts of terrorists could not be condoned. But atleast all have them have been liquidated but what about the Mass Murderers of Sikhs?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="harbansj24, post: 114245, member: 4544"] Seeker3k ji, You have raised some very important issues. I too have raised these issues with many and in some posts also but have not received any satisfactory answers. I have raised other issues with my good Hindu friends also, of which I have many and they too mumble some unsatisfactory things in embarrassment. Seeker3k ji, if seen in isolation what you say is no doubt correct but truth is never so simple and straight forward. First of all we must examine what led to the protest of Sikhs in mid 70's. [LIST=1] [*]Chandigarh which was awarded to Punjab, did not materialise. [*]The riparian rights of Punjab of the rivers flowing through its territories were not honoured. [*]Absolutely simple demand like naming Frontier Mail as Golden Temple express was not heeded. Whereas there were precedents such as naming trains such as Kasi Vishwanath express etc. [*]Relaying Gurbani from Harmandir Sahib through Govt controlled radio was not allowed. However this was started immediately after Operation Blue Star. [*]Then last but not least Nirankaris were allowed to get away with direct sacrilege of basic Sikh faith in SGGS. [/LIST] So a protest movement was started to address these grievances and as it always happens with such movements the leaders start losing control and it starts to go haywire. But wise leadership always disassociates itself from such negative fallout. Mahatma Gandhi did it, Nelson Mandela did it, Martin Luther King did it. But unfortunately Sikhs did not have such mature leadership and that gave chance to Indra Gandhi to play Machiavellian politics. And the results are there for all to see. Now lets ask the following questions. [LIST=1] [*]Indira Gandhi very well knew that arms were being taken inside Golden temple. All the entry points to the temple were well known. Who or what prevented the Govt of India for puting up checks at these points at a respectable distance from the temple to prevent such arm movements. No responsible Govt could have allowed that. [*]When DIG Atwal was shot dead on the steps to the Temple, what prevented the Police from notifying the temple authorities of their intention of conducting a search of the temple premises with utmost respect to the Sikh sensibilities. Who can stop the Govt from fulfilling its responsibilities of investigating a murder committed in broad daylight? [*]Is it not apparent that that Indira Gandhi did all this because she deliberately wanted the movement to build up and get out of hand and then take action which would once for all put the Sikhs in their place and get rid of their "nuisance value". Was it not a deliberate abdication of the constitutional responsibility of the Govt.? [*]Now having allowed this to happen, were all the options properly explored? Was it not possible to starve out the occupants by sealing all entry points and thoroughly searching all the devotees going in and coming out of the premises. [*]Was it at all necessary to go full blast by the full might of the state against a few fugitives holed up in a area of barely a few acres? [/LIST] Yes it was foolish of the Sikh leadership to have allowed the movement to have gone wrong totally and not to have raised their voice when innocent Hindu bus passengers were segregated and shot in cold blood against this very unSikh like deeds. Later many innocent Sikhs also became the targets because terrorists do not have any religion. Yes it was also very wrong of the security gaurds who specifically hired to guard the life of Indira Gandhi and who had specifically vested complete faith in her to have killed her. This act was also very un Sikh like deed. Now let us ask some more questions. [LIST=1] [*]Was it right to hold all the Sikhs responsible for the act of just two. [*]was it right to spread misinformation that Sikhs all over India were celebrating the assassination by distributing sweets? [*]Was not the attack on Sikhs meticulously planned by the administration and the police and army just instructed to keep quiet just for 3 days? And after 3 days was not everything back to normal suddenly? [*]Which democratic country of the world has indulged in such a systamatic massacre of its citizens whatever might have been the provocation? and then refuse to be accountable? [/LIST] These are disturbing qusetions which no responsible "democratically elected" govt can refuse to answer. Seeker3k ji, Iam very dissappointed and pained by question that where is the power of i sikh being equal to 1,25,000. You know very well that dasam pita used this term only figuretively. He meant that 1 Sikh can take on a legion. that the Sikhs have proved again and again. Our own Maiji took on a mob of murderers who entered her house and continued to battle them even after they had killed her youn son and husband. All Sikhs should not apologise for "their mistake" because very few Sikhs actually supported the terrorists. At best Sikhs can say that the acts of terrorists could not be condoned. But atleast all have them have been liquidated but what about the Mass Murderers of Sikhs? [/QUOTE]
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