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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="Inderjeet Kaur" data-source="post: 207754" data-attributes="member: 16531"><p>"Life is hard, " he said in a tone that implied he was voicing a new idea, an original thought.</p><p></p><p>She glanced at him out of the corner of a narrow, yet twinkling eye.</p><p></p><p>"Compared to what?" she retorted.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13315489_882630765179979_4816463078795396156_n.jpg?oh=2f9dd85c711a23b811aaa844d8748327&oe=57CC3F12" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>[The picture is of the Los Angeles River running through that city. It is today little more than a concrete ditch occasionally holding a bit of fetid water housing a generation of mosquitoes.]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This past year and a half has been very difficult for me and also for several of my very good friends. I won't name you or tag you. You know who you are.</p><p></p><p>I am now watching helplessly as my health, already bad, deteriorates more. Now I'm having trouble breathing. That is often a bit frightening. No. Not a bit. A whole lot terrifying. Getting in and out of bed leaves me breathless. I still have all the usual pains in the knees and hip. For some reason - or maybe for no reason - my GERD has decided this is a good time to act up.</p><p><img src="https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13312783_882132031896519_8796177312057574437_n.jpg?oh=fc87fda89a736f95716dc5d5ecf5e4c3&oe=57C8F627" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Yet, we are a tough bunch, all of us, you and me. We don't know how to give up, even when we feel like that's what we want to do. Feeling ourselves weakening, we are all really growing stronger so we'll be able to handle the challenges yet to come.</p><p></p><p>As I have said many times, it's all attitude...and the most useful attitude is charhdi kala, to live with your spirit rising upward, even when, especially when, that seems impossible.</p><p></p><p>Avoid self-pity, no matter how attractive and justified it seems. It is a killer. "Why me?" I don't know. It doesn't matter. What matters is to keep going, one foot in front of the other, resting as often as necessary. Don't beat yourself up for occasional feelings of hopelessness. Look at what you have already done. You have come this far, farther than you ever could have imagined.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13342936_883018535141202_4612298449122250054_n.jpg?oh=dc1ee64eaa5e846d3b40714d375f487b&oe=57C1B815" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>My beloved warrior friends, we are in this together. We are the living veterans of our individual and collective battles. As long as we hold tight to NO SURRENDER! we will eventually win our wars. I promise.</p><p></p><p>I love you.</p><p></p><p>The fighter still remains.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Inderjeet Kaur, post: 207754, member: 16531"] "Life is hard, " he said in a tone that implied he was voicing a new idea, an original thought. She glanced at him out of the corner of a narrow, yet twinkling eye. "Compared to what?" she retorted. [IMG]https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13315489_882630765179979_4816463078795396156_n.jpg?oh=2f9dd85c711a23b811aaa844d8748327&oe=57CC3F12[/IMG] [The picture is of the Los Angeles River running through that city. It is today little more than a concrete ditch occasionally holding a bit of fetid water housing a generation of mosquitoes.] This past year and a half has been very difficult for me and also for several of my very good friends. I won't name you or tag you. You know who you are. I am now watching helplessly as my health, already bad, deteriorates more. Now I'm having trouble breathing. That is often a bit frightening. No. Not a bit. A whole lot terrifying. Getting in and out of bed leaves me breathless. I still have all the usual pains in the knees and hip. For some reason - or maybe for no reason - my GERD has decided this is a good time to act up. [IMG]https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13312783_882132031896519_8796177312057574437_n.jpg?oh=fc87fda89a736f95716dc5d5ecf5e4c3&oe=57C8F627[/IMG] Yet, we are a tough bunch, all of us, you and me. We don't know how to give up, even when we feel like that's what we want to do. Feeling ourselves weakening, we are all really growing stronger so we'll be able to handle the challenges yet to come. As I have said many times, it's all attitude...and the most useful attitude is charhdi kala, to live with your spirit rising upward, even when, especially when, that seems impossible. Avoid self-pity, no matter how attractive and justified it seems. It is a killer. "Why me?" I don't know. It doesn't matter. What matters is to keep going, one foot in front of the other, resting as often as necessary. Don't beat yourself up for occasional feelings of hopelessness. Look at what you have already done. You have come this far, farther than you ever could have imagined. [IMG]https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13342936_883018535141202_4612298449122250054_n.jpg?oh=dc1ee64eaa5e846d3b40714d375f487b&oe=57C1B815[/IMG] My beloved warrior friends, we are in this together. We are the living veterans of our individual and collective battles. As long as we hold tight to NO SURRENDER! we will eventually win our wars. I promise. I love you. The fighter still remains. [/QUOTE]
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