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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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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)
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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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Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
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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)
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)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
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<blockquote data-quote="Atheist" data-source="post: 122707" data-attributes="member: 10421"><p>Dear Sinister Ji,</p><p></p><p>Well done! I am impressed at your knowledge of science. Yes I was definitely over-simplifying the start of life, it is likely far more complicated than we can imagine. Anyway, going on the premise that the first form of life was a self-replicating RNA molecule, we can agree that this is already fairly complicated (compared to say, a water molecule). And the RNA molecule is composed of various "ingredients" if you will (like the ones you listed). So all the ingredients is more disorder, and the final RNA molecule is less disorder (and like you mentioned the formation of bonds). The system was open, getting energy from the sun. An exothermic reaction releases heat (or light, sound, etc.). If the formation of life required lots of energy then I can agree that it is unlikely that in the end, it actually released heat (since it had to use so much in the first place). Yes this does make sense. My initial thought was that the final RNA molecule had to be more stable than it's constituent parts, otherwise it would have been unstable and just broken down to its parts again. Indeed, this probably happened millions of times before it was finally done right (by chance, right?). So I was thinking that there had to be some component of spontaneity for the molecule to get "lucky" enough. But I believe you are right - the creation of, say, a brick wall requires energy to be put in and then you have an organized brick wall. Similarly, one could say that the creation of this RNA molecule requires energy to be put together, indicating that it is endothermic. I was originally thinking, didn't there have to be some component of spontaneity? After all there was no one there to put the RNA molecule together, it just happened in the right conditions after a LOT of failed trials - literally billions of years from the universe's point of view. That was what I was referring to when I said spontaneous (that it happened without someone doing it - I was using that word in too much of a vernacular form). But even now we witness endothermic reactions that occur without someone doing it - like photosynthesis...non-spontaneous meaning it needs energy to happen, it doesn't just happen and release energy in the process. So yes, we can say abiogenesis is endothermic, and endothermic reactions cannot happen spontaneously. </p><p></p><p>So let us establish that some very improbable event occurred that required an endothermic reaction and lots of energy from the sun, and evolution took its course (yes very over-simplified). Some christians say that evolution is impossible because it violates thermodynamics. However, thermodynamics applies to closed systems, and evolution is a very open system. And once the start of life occurred, natural selection (the "selfish gene" as Dawkins puts it) is a very NON-random response to the environment, as everyone here already knows. So in evolution, we go from less complicated (bacteria) to more complicated (humans), again indicating an endothermic reaction (or rather, lots and lots of endothermic reactions requiring energy).</p><p></p><p>The question is, is god a necessary component in all this? Does Sikhi mention evolution or something similar to it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atheist, post: 122707, member: 10421"] Dear Sinister Ji, Well done! I am impressed at your knowledge of science. Yes I was definitely over-simplifying the start of life, it is likely far more complicated than we can imagine. Anyway, going on the premise that the first form of life was a self-replicating RNA molecule, we can agree that this is already fairly complicated (compared to say, a water molecule). And the RNA molecule is composed of various "ingredients" if you will (like the ones you listed). So all the ingredients is more disorder, and the final RNA molecule is less disorder (and like you mentioned the formation of bonds). The system was open, getting energy from the sun. An exothermic reaction releases heat (or light, sound, etc.). If the formation of life required lots of energy then I can agree that it is unlikely that in the end, it actually released heat (since it had to use so much in the first place). Yes this does make sense. My initial thought was that the final RNA molecule had to be more stable than it's constituent parts, otherwise it would have been unstable and just broken down to its parts again. Indeed, this probably happened millions of times before it was finally done right (by chance, right?). So I was thinking that there had to be some component of spontaneity for the molecule to get "lucky" enough. But I believe you are right - the creation of, say, a brick wall requires energy to be put in and then you have an organized brick wall. Similarly, one could say that the creation of this RNA molecule requires energy to be put together, indicating that it is endothermic. I was originally thinking, didn't there have to be some component of spontaneity? After all there was no one there to put the RNA molecule together, it just happened in the right conditions after a LOT of failed trials - literally billions of years from the universe's point of view. That was what I was referring to when I said spontaneous (that it happened without someone doing it - I was using that word in too much of a vernacular form). But even now we witness endothermic reactions that occur without someone doing it - like photosynthesis...non-spontaneous meaning it needs energy to happen, it doesn't just happen and release energy in the process. So yes, we can say abiogenesis is endothermic, and endothermic reactions cannot happen spontaneously. So let us establish that some very improbable event occurred that required an endothermic reaction and lots of energy from the sun, and evolution took its course (yes very over-simplified). Some christians say that evolution is impossible because it violates thermodynamics. However, thermodynamics applies to closed systems, and evolution is a very open system. And once the start of life occurred, natural selection (the "selfish gene" as Dawkins puts it) is a very NON-random response to the environment, as everyone here already knows. So in evolution, we go from less complicated (bacteria) to more complicated (humans), again indicating an endothermic reaction (or rather, lots and lots of endothermic reactions requiring energy). The question is, is god a necessary component in all this? Does Sikhi mention evolution or something similar to it? [/QUOTE]
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