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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
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Kaafee (365-409)
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Chhant (435-462)
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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)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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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)
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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
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Gurbani (1319-23)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
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Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 132739" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #002060">Young Sikh activists seek to lead popular Vancouver temple </span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060"><img src="http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00857/bc_temple02nw1_j_857821gm-a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Robert Matas – THE GOLBE AND MAIL </span><span style="color: #002060">Vancouver — From Friday's Globe and Mail </span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">A new generation of activists in the Sikh community who have taken over leadership positions at temples in the Vancouver suburbs of Surrey and New Westminster have now set their sights on one of the most popular and oldest temples in the city, Vancouver’s Ross Street Gurdwara.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">However, members of Sikh Youth Vancouver dismiss allegations that they intend to bring the so-called fundamentalist approach to the temple, which has modified its practices over the years as its congregants have assimilated with North American society. Spokesman Jatinder Singh says the group aims to maintain the current religious orientation of the temple if they succeed in winning seats on its new executive later this year. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Sikh Youth Vancouver is not promoting changes in religious practices at the temple, Mr. Singh said in an interview. “We are not religiously distinct from the group that is there. There is no fundamental argument counter to their position on religious interpretations,” he said. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">“That is just not our thing,” he said. “Trying to label an opposing slate as fundamentalist purely because they are opposing you is old school politics, the politics of the last millennium. We’re in 2010 now.” </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">A B.C. Supreme Court judge earlier this week decided that the temple’s membership process in preparation for a fall election at the temple was flawed. He invalidated thousands of memberships and ordered an independent third-party administrator to oversee new membership registration and a subsequent election. The administrator is to be appointed by agreement of the two sides in the dispute. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Mr. Singh, who is 42, said Sikh Youth Vancouver aims to modernize the temple and encourage members to become more involved in local community events. He criticized the current temple management, saying it provides weak e-mail access, no social networking and no community outreach programs. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Kesar Bhatti, senior vice-president of the Khalsa Diwan Society, which runs the temple, told Canadian Press that Sikh Youth Vancouver was recently formed as part of the battle to control the temple. “We don’t recognize any such group,” he said. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">He maintained that the complainants in the court case were part of an effort by fundamentalists to take over the moderate temple, which the society has operated since 1906. “They have become members a few months ago because they wanted to fight the elections,” said Mr. Bhatti. “They go to other gurdwaras [temples], so-called fundamentalists.” </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Mr. Bhatti, who is 79 years old, said the issue goes back to divisions in B.C.’s Sikh community more than a decade ago over whether people eating meals in temple halls should sit on tables and chairs or on mats on the floor. “They want to do the same thing here,” he said. “I would say this is basically a fundamentalists versus moderates fight, carrying over from the last 10, 12 years.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The tables and chairs edict was issued in Amritsar, India, home to the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, leading to friction at some B.C. temples, which got rid of furniture in the dining halls where three meals a day are typically served to anyone who walks in. “We have not accepted that and we maintain that meals will be served on tables, and chairs,” Mr. Bhatti said. “It’s got nothing to do with religion, and I refuse to sit on the floor.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>source:</strong> </span><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/young-sikh-activists-seek-to-lead-popular-vancouver-temple/article1694319/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002060">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/young-sikh-activists-seek-to-lead-popular-vancouver-temple/article1694319/</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 132739, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#002060]Young Sikh activists seek to lead popular Vancouver temple [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#002060][IMG]http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/00857/bc_temple02nw1_j_857821gm-a.jpg[/IMG] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Robert Matas – THE GOLBE AND MAIL [/COLOR][COLOR=#002060]Vancouver — From Friday's Globe and Mail [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]A new generation of activists in the Sikh community who have taken over leadership positions at temples in the Vancouver suburbs of Surrey and New Westminster have now set their sights on one of the most popular and oldest temples in the city, Vancouver’s Ross Street Gurdwara.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]However, members of Sikh Youth Vancouver dismiss allegations that they intend to bring the so-called fundamentalist approach to the temple, which has modified its practices over the years as its congregants have assimilated with North American society. Spokesman Jatinder Singh says the group aims to maintain the current religious orientation of the temple if they succeed in winning seats on its new executive later this year. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Sikh Youth Vancouver is not promoting changes in religious practices at the temple, Mr. Singh said in an interview. “We are not religiously distinct from the group that is there. There is no fundamental argument counter to their position on religious interpretations,” he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]“That is just not our thing,” he said. “Trying to label an opposing slate as fundamentalist purely because they are opposing you is old school politics, the politics of the last millennium. We’re in 2010 now.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]A B.C. Supreme Court judge earlier this week decided that the temple’s membership process in preparation for a fall election at the temple was flawed. He invalidated thousands of memberships and ordered an independent third-party administrator to oversee new membership registration and a subsequent election. The administrator is to be appointed by agreement of the two sides in the dispute. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Mr. Singh, who is 42, said Sikh Youth Vancouver aims to modernize the temple and encourage members to become more involved in local community events. He criticized the current temple management, saying it provides weak e-mail access, no social networking and no community outreach programs. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Kesar Bhatti, senior vice-president of the Khalsa Diwan Society, which runs the temple, told Canadian Press that Sikh Youth Vancouver was recently formed as part of the battle to control the temple. “We don’t recognize any such group,” he said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]He maintained that the complainants in the court case were part of an effort by fundamentalists to take over the moderate temple, which the society has operated since 1906. “They have become members a few months ago because they wanted to fight the elections,” said Mr. Bhatti. “They go to other gurdwaras [temples], so-called fundamentalists.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Mr. Bhatti, who is 79 years old, said the issue goes back to divisions in B.C.’s Sikh community more than a decade ago over whether people eating meals in temple halls should sit on tables and chairs or on mats on the floor. “They want to do the same thing here,” he said. “I would say this is basically a fundamentalists versus moderates fight, carrying over from the last 10, 12 years.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The tables and chairs edict was issued in Amritsar, India, home to the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, leading to friction at some B.C. temples, which got rid of furniture in the dining halls where three meals a day are typically served to anyone who walks in. “We have not accepted that and we maintain that meals will be served on tables, and chairs,” Mr. Bhatti said. “It’s got nothing to do with religion, and I refuse to sit on the floor.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/young-sikh-activists-seek-to-lead-popular-vancouver-temple/article1694319/"][COLOR=#002060]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/young-sikh-activists-seek-to-lead-popular-vancouver-temple/article1694319/[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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