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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)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
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)
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)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 190719" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">God will forgive non-believers, even atheists, Pope says</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"><strong>By Nick Squires, The Daily Telegraph - September 11, 2013 </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong> <img src="http://www.theprovince.com/news/cms/binary/8898924.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="color: Red">Pope Francis waves to pilgrims upon his arrival in St Peter's square at the Vatican on September 11, 2013, for his weekly general audience.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="color: Red"></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="color: Red">Photograph by: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE , AFP/Getty Images</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>By Nick Squires in Rome</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Pope Francis has struck a surprisingly conciliatory tone towards atheists and agnostics, saying that God will “forgive” them as long as they behave morally and live according to their consciences.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The unprecedented gesture came as his incoming number two, the Vatican’s newly nominated secretary of state, said the rule that priests should be celibate was not “a dogma of the Church” and could be open for discussion.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Francis, who has won praise for spontaneous and unusual moves during his six-month papacy, wrote a lengthy letter to a newspaper, La Repubblica, which the Italian daily printed over four pages.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“God forgives those who obey their conscience,” he wrote in the letter, the latest example of the markedly different tone and style from his predecessors that he has set since being elected in March.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The 76-year-old pontiff was responding to editorials written in July and August by Eugenio Scalfari, an agnostic and the paper’s founder, in which he was asked whether “the Christian God forgives those who do not believe and do not seek faith”.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Mr Scalfari said he had not expected the Pope to answer “so extensively and so affectionately, with such fraternal spirit”.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The Pope wrote: “The question for those who do not believe in God is to follow their own conscience. Sin, even for a non-believer, is when one goes against one’s conscience.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">“To listen and to follow your conscience means that you understand the difference between good and evil.”</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">He said that the “mercy of God has no limits” and encompassed even non-believers, but his remarks failed to impress the Italian Union of Atheists and Agnostics. “Why should a non-believer seek legitimisation from the Pope?” the association asked.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">It dismissed what it called the pontiff’s “nice words” and said: “What interests non-believers is certainly not ‘forgiveness’ from an entity whose existence we do not trust.”</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The Pope’s comments echo a homily he delivered in May, when he said that even atheists could be welcomed into heaven. That declaration caused consternation among Vatican officials, with a spokesman later appearing to backtrack on the remarks, saying that people who do not believe in God “cannot be saved”.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Meanwhile, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, a Vatican diplomat who will next month become the Pope’s deputy as secretary of state, said that the principle of celibacy among clergy was “ecclesiastical tradition” rather than “Church dogma” and therefore open to discussion.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">© Copyright (c) The Province</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source: </strong><a href="http://www.theprovince.com/news/will+forgive+believers+even+atheists+Pope+says/8901181/story.html" target="_blank">http://www.theprovince.com/news/will+forgive+believers+even+atheists+Pope+says/8901181/story.html</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 190719, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B] [SIZE="5"]God will forgive non-believers, even atheists, Pope says[/SIZE] By Nick Squires, The Daily Telegraph - September 11, 2013 [IMG]http://www.theprovince.com/news/cms/binary/8898924.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR="Red"]Pope Francis waves to pilgrims upon his arrival in St Peter's square at the Vatican on September 11, 2013, for his weekly general audience. Photograph by: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE , AFP/Getty Images[/COLOR] By Nick Squires in Rome[/B] Pope Francis has struck a surprisingly conciliatory tone towards atheists and agnostics, saying that God will “forgive” them as long as they behave morally and live according to their consciences. The unprecedented gesture came as his incoming number two, the Vatican’s newly nominated secretary of state, said the rule that priests should be celibate was not “a dogma of the Church” and could be open for discussion. Francis, who has won praise for spontaneous and unusual moves during his six-month papacy, wrote a lengthy letter to a newspaper, La Repubblica, which the Italian daily printed over four pages. “God forgives those who obey their conscience,” he wrote in the letter, the latest example of the markedly different tone and style from his predecessors that he has set since being elected in March. The 76-year-old pontiff was responding to editorials written in July and August by Eugenio Scalfari, an agnostic and the paper’s founder, in which he was asked whether “the Christian God forgives those who do not believe and do not seek faith”. Mr Scalfari said he had not expected the Pope to answer “so extensively and so affectionately, with such fraternal spirit”. The Pope wrote: “The question for those who do not believe in God is to follow their own conscience. Sin, even for a non-believer, is when one goes against one’s conscience. “To listen and to follow your conscience means that you understand the difference between good and evil.” He said that the “mercy of God has no limits” and encompassed even non-believers, but his remarks failed to impress the Italian Union of Atheists and Agnostics. “Why should a non-believer seek legitimisation from the Pope?” the association asked. It dismissed what it called the pontiff’s “nice words” and said: “What interests non-believers is certainly not ‘forgiveness’ from an entity whose existence we do not trust.” The Pope’s comments echo a homily he delivered in May, when he said that even atheists could be welcomed into heaven. That declaration caused consternation among Vatican officials, with a spokesman later appearing to backtrack on the remarks, saying that people who do not believe in God “cannot be saved”. Meanwhile, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, a Vatican diplomat who will next month become the Pope’s deputy as secretary of state, said that the principle of celibacy among clergy was “ecclesiastical tradition” rather than “Church dogma” and therefore open to discussion. © Copyright (c) The Province [B]source: [/B][url]http://www.theprovince.com/news/will+forgive+believers+even+atheists+Pope+says/8901181/story.html[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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