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Guru Granth Sahib
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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 49907" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><a href="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0166f996-cfec-473a-97dc-bce0283cf591&k=28089" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #810081">http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0166f996-cfec-473a-97dc-bce0283cf591&k=28089</span></span></a></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">Scientists study how religion affects behaviour</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Emerging scientific field studies how belief in God can promote intolerance or altruism</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Wency Leung</span><span style="color: #000080">Vancouver Sun</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Friday, December 29, 2006</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">VANCOUVER - The science of religious belief is a relatively new field of study that is gaining in popularity as researchers seek to explain behaviour such as violent martyrdom, or altruism, University of B.C. professor Ara Norenzayan said in recent interview.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Norenzayan, a social psychologist who has been studying behaviour related to religious belief for five years, said scientists are interested in finding explanations for peoples' belief in religion, and in determining the consequences of faith.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Norenzayan's work is spotlighted in The Next Big Thing in 2007, and Beyond, UBC's annual survey of experts.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">"My research doesn't really speak to [the question], 'Is religion true?'" he said. "I don't think science can really answer that question."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">However, he said, science can try to explain what motivates faith. He and fellow researchers have been conducting experiments to test how and if belief in God can promote religious hatred or apparently irrational behaviour.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Psychologists and philosophers have long linked religious belief with people's anxieties about mortality, Norenzayan said, but recent scientific studies have been able to demonstrate that link, he said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Research participants, who were reminded of their mortality either by writing about what happens when they die, or by reading stories in which the character died, were more inclined to believe in religious or supernatural explanation, he said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">And reminders of mortality, such as seeing death on television, or passing a funeral parlour, "can temporarily elicit religious sensibility in people," Norenzayan said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">The science of faith and spirituality is growing at a time when fundamentalism is on the rise across the spectrum of religions, including Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism, he said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">He also noted that the U.S., the most powerful, and among the most highly educated countries in the world, is also one of the most religious, with over 80 per cent of the population believing in God.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">There's a growing need for an understanding of fundamentalist movements based on observation, rather than on intuition or faith, because of fundamentalism's apparent link with violence, Norenzayan said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">"Here, it becomes really critical to break down religion to its components -- what aspect of it, if any, leads to violent behaviours," he said.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">From Norenzayan's research, he found faith in God does not make people less tolerant of those who don't share their beliefs.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Rather, so-called "boundary-setting" tendencies, or dogmatism, seem to be the culprits, he said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Research participants who agreed with the statement: "My God or belief is the only true one," were more likely to support violence.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">In another study, Norenzayan and fellow researchers found that Muslim Palestinians who prayed frequently were no more or less likely to support suicide attacks than those who did not.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">However, he wrote in the UBC report: "Those who frequently attended mosque were more likely to endorse violent martyrdom."</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Norenzayan said attendance at a synagogue or mosque likely contributes to boundary-setting.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">"It's 'my group versus the other group,' whereas prayer [itself] doesn't have that affect on people," he said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Secularization, however, doesn't make people more tolerant, he said, especially if they are emphatic in their belief that God does not exist.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">"Are we better off in a world where people believe in God less? I don't think so," Norenzayan said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">He added that in other experiments on altruistic behaviour, reminders of the presence of God increased people's generosity toward strangers.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">wleung@png.canwest.com</span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">© The Vancouver Sun 2006</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p></p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------</p><p>----------------------------------------</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 49907, member: 884"] [B][URL="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0166f996-cfec-473a-97dc-bce0283cf591&k=28089"][SIZE=2][COLOR=#810081]http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0166f996-cfec-473a-97dc-bce0283cf591&k=28089[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/B] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080]Scientists study how religion affects behaviour[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=#000080]Emerging scientific field studies how belief in God can promote intolerance or altruism[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000080]Wency Leung[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]Vancouver Sun[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Friday, December 29, 2006[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]VANCOUVER - The science of religious belief is a relatively new field of study that is gaining in popularity as researchers seek to explain behaviour such as violent martyrdom, or altruism, University of B.C. professor Ara Norenzayan said in recent interview.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Norenzayan, a social psychologist who has been studying behaviour related to religious belief for five years, said scientists are interested in finding explanations for peoples' belief in religion, and in determining the consequences of faith.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Norenzayan's work is spotlighted in The Next Big Thing in 2007, and Beyond, UBC's annual survey of experts.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"My research doesn't really speak to [the question], 'Is religion true?'" he said. "I don't think science can really answer that question."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]However, he said, science can try to explain what motivates faith. He and fellow researchers have been conducting experiments to test how and if belief in God can promote religious hatred or apparently irrational behaviour.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Psychologists and philosophers have long linked religious belief with people's anxieties about mortality, Norenzayan said, but recent scientific studies have been able to demonstrate that link, he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Research participants, who were reminded of their mortality either by writing about what happens when they die, or by reading stories in which the character died, were more inclined to believe in religious or supernatural explanation, he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]And reminders of mortality, such as seeing death on television, or passing a funeral parlour, "can temporarily elicit religious sensibility in people," Norenzayan said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The science of faith and spirituality is growing at a time when fundamentalism is on the rise across the spectrum of religions, including Islam, Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism, he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]He also noted that the U.S., the most powerful, and among the most highly educated countries in the world, is also one of the most religious, with over 80 per cent of the population believing in God.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]There's a growing need for an understanding of fundamentalist movements based on observation, rather than on intuition or faith, because of fundamentalism's apparent link with violence, Norenzayan said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"Here, it becomes really critical to break down religion to its components -- what aspect of it, if any, leads to violent behaviours," he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]From Norenzayan's research, he found faith in God does not make people less tolerant of those who don't share their beliefs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Rather, so-called "boundary-setting" tendencies, or dogmatism, seem to be the culprits, he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Research participants who agreed with the statement: "My God or belief is the only true one," were more likely to support violence.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]In another study, Norenzayan and fellow researchers found that Muslim Palestinians who prayed frequently were no more or less likely to support suicide attacks than those who did not.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]However, he wrote in the UBC report: "Those who frequently attended mosque were more likely to endorse violent martyrdom."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Norenzayan said attendance at a synagogue or mosque likely contributes to boundary-setting.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"It's 'my group versus the other group,' whereas prayer [itself] doesn't have that affect on people," he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Secularization, however, doesn't make people more tolerant, he said, especially if they are emphatic in their belief that God does not exist.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"Are we better off in a world where people believe in God less? I don't think so," Norenzayan said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]He added that in other experiments on altruistic behaviour, reminders of the presence of God increased people's generosity toward strangers.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]wleung@png.canwest.com[/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#000080]© The Vancouver Sun 2006[/COLOR][/CENTER] ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- [/QUOTE]
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