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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="Inderjeet Kaur" data-source="post: 206235" data-attributes="member: 16531"><p>Why I am A Sikh</p><p></p><p>I am a Sikh because...</p><p>I am a Sikh because...</p><p>I am a Sikh because...</p><p>Why? Too many answers. Which I give - all are true, depends on who's asking.</p><p>To scientists, I say that I'm a Sikh because Sikhi has no quarrel with science.</p><p>To philosophers, I say that I'm a Sikh because Sikhi doesn't require me to believe anything I "know" isn't true.</p><p>To intellectuals, I say, I'm a Sikh because Sikhi doesn't require me to check in my brains at the door.</p><p>To the depressed, I say I'm a Sikh because Sikhi gives me the strength to hold on for another day.</p><p>To the suffering, I say I'm a Sikh because it gives me a reason to keep on going.</p><p>To the joyful, I say I'm a Sikh because it helps me share in your joy.</p><p>OK, writing this is getting dull and it must be equally dull to read.</p><p></p><p>Sikhi gives me everything that is any good in me. Remove Sikhi from me and all that would be left is an empty shell of nastiness, ugliness, a deep blur of not-quite-real, but still hanging around being gloom and despair. You'd be in the presence of someone violent, nasty, bitingly sarcastic, deadly to body and spirit. You wouldn't want to be around that person.</p><p></p><p>"C'mon, Inderjeet, you say, "you're not like that, at all."</p><p></p><p>And you're right because Guru ji is transforming that filth into something good and free and lofty. The process is neither easy nor comfortable. but it is worthwhile. I get up in the morning or afternoon or whenever I get up and wonder what challenges are in store for me. Challenges will be there.</p><p></p><p>A born-again Christian caregiver I had a while back really couldn't figure out all this "Sikh stuff" I do. She saw me struggling with kachera, getting tangled in my gatra, spending hours combing tangles out of my hair, and listening to kirtan for hours. "Your life would be a whole lot easier without all this Sikh stuff!" she exclaimed in exasperation. </p><p>"That's true." I couldn't help smiling, "But if not for all this 'Sikh Stuff,' I wouldn't have any reason to do anything at all."</p><p></p><p>I died and was resuscitated almost 10 years ago. I was sent back to this existence with the instruction, "Do sewa." Seems whoever's in charge after death has decided I'm a Sikh. Who am I to argue.</p><p></p><p>OK. I like being a Sikh, really like it a lot. It's not easy and it's not always fun, but having experienced it, I can't imagining wanting to be anything else.</p><p></p><p>And also...I often introduce myself as "a Sikh warrior Princess with the blood of Druids and unrepentant Fenian (avoiding the censors, I'll say, those born out of wedlock) coursing through my veins. You seriously want me on your side." How could I give up that line?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Inderjeet Kaur, post: 206235, member: 16531"] Why I am A Sikh I am a Sikh because... I am a Sikh because... I am a Sikh because... Why? Too many answers. Which I give - all are true, depends on who's asking. To scientists, I say that I'm a Sikh because Sikhi has no quarrel with science. To philosophers, I say that I'm a Sikh because Sikhi doesn't require me to believe anything I "know" isn't true. To intellectuals, I say, I'm a Sikh because Sikhi doesn't require me to check in my brains at the door. To the depressed, I say I'm a Sikh because Sikhi gives me the strength to hold on for another day. To the suffering, I say I'm a Sikh because it gives me a reason to keep on going. To the joyful, I say I'm a Sikh because it helps me share in your joy. OK, writing this is getting dull and it must be equally dull to read. Sikhi gives me everything that is any good in me. Remove Sikhi from me and all that would be left is an empty shell of nastiness, ugliness, a deep blur of not-quite-real, but still hanging around being gloom and despair. You'd be in the presence of someone violent, nasty, bitingly sarcastic, deadly to body and spirit. You wouldn't want to be around that person. "C'mon, Inderjeet, you say, "you're not like that, at all." And you're right because Guru ji is transforming that filth into something good and free and lofty. The process is neither easy nor comfortable. but it is worthwhile. I get up in the morning or afternoon or whenever I get up and wonder what challenges are in store for me. Challenges will be there. A born-again Christian caregiver I had a while back really couldn't figure out all this "Sikh stuff" I do. She saw me struggling with kachera, getting tangled in my gatra, spending hours combing tangles out of my hair, and listening to kirtan for hours. "Your life would be a whole lot easier without all this Sikh stuff!" she exclaimed in exasperation. "That's true." I couldn't help smiling, "But if not for all this 'Sikh Stuff,' I wouldn't have any reason to do anything at all." I died and was resuscitated almost 10 years ago. I was sent back to this existence with the instruction, "Do sewa." Seems whoever's in charge after death has decided I'm a Sikh. Who am I to argue. OK. I like being a Sikh, really like it a lot. It's not easy and it's not always fun, but having experienced it, I can't imagining wanting to be anything else. And also...I often introduce myself as "a Sikh warrior Princess with the blood of Druids and unrepentant Fenian (avoiding the censors, I'll say, those born out of wedlock) coursing through my veins. You seriously want me on your side." How could I give up that line? [/QUOTE]
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