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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="Harvir007" data-source="post: 185073" data-attributes="member: 12897"><p>Reincarnation is a failed science because it isn't testable. Science can't have a word on it due to that fact. But for a religion to assert that there is an after-life, that's a claim about the real world which has to either be right or wrong.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I read about NOMA in the God Delusion. I don't think I agree that you can have science in one compartment and religion in the other. As long as religions make the claim that there is some sort of creative intelligence in the world, that's a scientific claim. Richard Dawkins sums it up well: "A universe with a supernatural presence would be a fundamentally and qualitatively different kind of universe from one without. The difference is, inescapably, a scientific difference. Religions make existence claims, and this means scientific claims."</p><p></p><p>Can I just ask whether you think it's possible to find out whether or not reincarnation is true? And to your point on near-death experiences, do you think they provide a basis for perhaps what the after-life could be like? Because I don't. They're NEAR-death experiences, so they don't count. </p><p></p><p>The Roman Catholic church's previous pope said that condoms actually increase the incidence of aids if people use them. Thousands of Africans will have underwent misery due to this preachment. The assertion that condoms increase the incidence of aids is a scientific claim, that is false, that has had terrible repercussions.</p><p></p><p>The problem with religious experiences is that one religious person will hallucinate seeing a 1st century Jew in Jesus, one will hallucinate seeing a 7th century illiterate businessman in Muhammad and the other will hallucinate a 15th century Hindu in Nanak Dev. They can't be all true. The revelation that one receives may be deeply important, perhaps even life changing for them, it just doesn't make religious claims true. </p><p></p><p>To assert that scientism is a religion would be false by definition. This is one of the definitions of scientism as written on wiki: "Scientism is the idea that natural science is the most authoritative worldview or aspect of human education, and that it is superior to all other interpretations of life." Definition of religion is (according to wiki): "Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to the supernatural, to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values." The key is that religion takes into account the supernatural, in that there's something immaterial. That isn't what science nor scientism is. I agree that perhaps scientism is an ideology, but it would be false to call it a religion.</p><p></p><p>You can practice religion and believe in science. That is totally fine to do. Take people like Francis Collins. Deeply religious people that are also scientists who manage to separate faith from the lab. It's doable. It's just not scientific to hold those sorts of beliefs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harvir007, post: 185073, member: 12897"] Reincarnation is a failed science because it isn't testable. Science can't have a word on it due to that fact. But for a religion to assert that there is an after-life, that's a claim about the real world which has to either be right or wrong. Yeah, I read about NOMA in the God Delusion. I don't think I agree that you can have science in one compartment and religion in the other. As long as religions make the claim that there is some sort of creative intelligence in the world, that's a scientific claim. Richard Dawkins sums it up well: "A universe with a supernatural presence would be a fundamentally and qualitatively different kind of universe from one without. The difference is, inescapably, a scientific difference. Religions make existence claims, and this means scientific claims." Can I just ask whether you think it's possible to find out whether or not reincarnation is true? And to your point on near-death experiences, do you think they provide a basis for perhaps what the after-life could be like? Because I don't. They're NEAR-death experiences, so they don't count. The Roman Catholic church's previous pope said that condoms actually increase the incidence of aids if people use them. Thousands of Africans will have underwent misery due to this preachment. The assertion that condoms increase the incidence of aids is a scientific claim, that is false, that has had terrible repercussions. The problem with religious experiences is that one religious person will hallucinate seeing a 1st century Jew in Jesus, one will hallucinate seeing a 7th century illiterate businessman in Muhammad and the other will hallucinate a 15th century Hindu in Nanak Dev. They can't be all true. The revelation that one receives may be deeply important, perhaps even life changing for them, it just doesn't make religious claims true. To assert that scientism is a religion would be false by definition. This is one of the definitions of scientism as written on wiki: "Scientism is the idea that natural science is the most authoritative worldview or aspect of human education, and that it is superior to all other interpretations of life." Definition of religion is (according to wiki): "Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to the supernatural, to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values." The key is that religion takes into account the supernatural, in that there's something immaterial. That isn't what science nor scientism is. I agree that perhaps scientism is an ideology, but it would be false to call it a religion. You can practice religion and believe in science. That is totally fine to do. Take people like Francis Collins. Deeply religious people that are also scientists who manage to separate faith from the lab. It's doable. It's just not scientific to hold those sorts of beliefs. [/QUOTE]
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