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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="findingmyway" data-source="post: 138811" data-attributes="member: 12855"><p><span style="color: Navy">I don't appreciate people assuming they know how I think so don't do it in future. It reduces an intelligent discussion to one upmanship and ego building which is not conducive to a learning environment.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">I actually was not surprised at the human genome being completed early. As the sequencing technology became much cheaper making the project possible, more labs were going to join in. Also people got better at the technique so it was logical that it would finish earlier than originally scheduled. It is one of the truly global projects where researchers worked together rather than competing for patents.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">You cannot possibly use that as an example of biological immortality. Agreed that the field of genetics has come in leaps and bounds but there are still so many fundamental gaps in our knowledge, For example, we know the gene sequence but haven't got a clue what a lot of those genes do or how they cause disease! The more research is done the more questions are raised as we realise things are actually a lot more complicated than thought. Narrow questions are answered and for each study completed, 3 more are planned to answer the question from that one! For example, the lab I am learning from is involved in research in gene therapy as well as looking at dealing with ageing. With gene therapy, many different types stem cells have been looked at. Each time the researchers get super excited as they think they've cracked it then they discover that they missed factoring in some other effect into the equation that reduces the usefulness of the procedure. Therefore, a lot more work needs to be done as its more complicated than 1st thought. I have no doubt they will crack it so that gene therapy will be useful in a broader way than it is now but there is no quick fix.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Gene therapy can only deal in correcting disease. Even if it works, those cells age and die as normal or earlier than normal. Ageing is a whole different ball game as it is also due to environmental factors which cannot be completely eradicated so the triggers will always be there. Even using stem cells, the cell has a certain lifespan. It there is a major breakthrough I will be the 1st to celebrate as it will reduce the number of blind people I see in my clinics by almost 80%. However, its a lot more complicated than that. In addition to the environment you have to take into account other factors in the body such as other proteins, blood circulation, efficacy of adjacent cell types, increase in damage from other disease processes (the longer you live the more diseases are likely to affect you), mutations in the cells increase with time too and that is something that should not be stopped as it is a necessary part of evolution although it can also have undesirable side effects depending on what the mutation is. I won't get anymore technical but in essence we haven't even got close to stopping ageing changes in cells, let alone reversing it. We're not even sure if it would be desirable to stop ageing as some ageing effects actually have protective functions in the body! Theory and practice are often very different, hence the need for controlled clinical trials. There are too many factors involved and we can't even begin to influence them all as we don't even know what all of them are! When we do influence a factor, there are other effects which then need to be corrected and so on and so on!! You cannot possibly compare it to sequencing the order of bases in the DNA chain! Biological immortality on a cellular level in humans is not coming anytime soon....</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy">As I said above, learning more raises more questions rather than filling concrete gaps in knowledge as we realise things are more complicated than anticipated with genetics so the increase in genetic knowledge is not actually taking us any closer to biological immortality by any stretch of the imagination.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Indigo">Are you implying that people who believe in God are not interested in humanity?! I actually take offence at that notion as that is completely incorrect. What did your parents do to you to make you so anti-God? You've been asked before too but shied away from the question. I'm genuinely interested to try and understand where you are coming from?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Indigo">Glad to see you admit that! LOGICALLY therefore atheists are an illogical lot claiming knowledge that you've admitted is impossible</span> :blinkingkudi:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="findingmyway, post: 138811, member: 12855"] [COLOR=Navy]I don't appreciate people assuming they know how I think so don't do it in future. It reduces an intelligent discussion to one upmanship and ego building which is not conducive to a learning environment. I actually was not surprised at the human genome being completed early. As the sequencing technology became much cheaper making the project possible, more labs were going to join in. Also people got better at the technique so it was logical that it would finish earlier than originally scheduled. It is one of the truly global projects where researchers worked together rather than competing for patents. You cannot possibly use that as an example of biological immortality. Agreed that the field of genetics has come in leaps and bounds but there are still so many fundamental gaps in our knowledge, For example, we know the gene sequence but haven't got a clue what a lot of those genes do or how they cause disease! The more research is done the more questions are raised as we realise things are actually a lot more complicated than thought. Narrow questions are answered and for each study completed, 3 more are planned to answer the question from that one! For example, the lab I am learning from is involved in research in gene therapy as well as looking at dealing with ageing. With gene therapy, many different types stem cells have been looked at. Each time the researchers get super excited as they think they've cracked it then they discover that they missed factoring in some other effect into the equation that reduces the usefulness of the procedure. Therefore, a lot more work needs to be done as its more complicated than 1st thought. I have no doubt they will crack it so that gene therapy will be useful in a broader way than it is now but there is no quick fix. Gene therapy can only deal in correcting disease. Even if it works, those cells age and die as normal or earlier than normal. Ageing is a whole different ball game as it is also due to environmental factors which cannot be completely eradicated so the triggers will always be there. Even using stem cells, the cell has a certain lifespan. It there is a major breakthrough I will be the 1st to celebrate as it will reduce the number of blind people I see in my clinics by almost 80%. However, its a lot more complicated than that. In addition to the environment you have to take into account other factors in the body such as other proteins, blood circulation, efficacy of adjacent cell types, increase in damage from other disease processes (the longer you live the more diseases are likely to affect you), mutations in the cells increase with time too and that is something that should not be stopped as it is a necessary part of evolution although it can also have undesirable side effects depending on what the mutation is. I won't get anymore technical but in essence we haven't even got close to stopping ageing changes in cells, let alone reversing it. We're not even sure if it would be desirable to stop ageing as some ageing effects actually have protective functions in the body! Theory and practice are often very different, hence the need for controlled clinical trials. There are too many factors involved and we can't even begin to influence them all as we don't even know what all of them are! When we do influence a factor, there are other effects which then need to be corrected and so on and so on!! You cannot possibly compare it to sequencing the order of bases in the DNA chain! Biological immortality on a cellular level in humans is not coming anytime soon....[/COLOR] [COLOR=Navy]As I said above, learning more raises more questions rather than filling concrete gaps in knowledge as we realise things are more complicated than anticipated with genetics so the increase in genetic knowledge is not actually taking us any closer to biological immortality by any stretch of the imagination.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Indigo]Are you implying that people who believe in God are not interested in humanity?! I actually take offence at that notion as that is completely incorrect. What did your parents do to you to make you so anti-God? You've been asked before too but shied away from the question. I'm genuinely interested to try and understand where you are coming from?[/COLOR] [COLOR=Indigo]Glad to see you admit that! LOGICALLY therefore atheists are an illogical lot claiming knowledge that you've admitted is impossible[/COLOR] :blinkingkudi: [/QUOTE]
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