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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (660-685)
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Gurbani (696-703)
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Gurbani (795-831)
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Chhant (843-848)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
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Gurbani (975-980)
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Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
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Kaafee (1014-1016)
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Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
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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)
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Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 5
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 23343" data-attributes="member: 1301"><p>Hey John,</p><p> </p><p>You do have a very good point when you say:</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">'The issue is not would a Sikh use this to inflict harm on anyone, but this then becomes a precedent that will prevent needed legislation in the total banning of knives.'</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Again though I think the major point is the misunderstanding of Kirpan, you keep calling it a knife. I agree we should not just let people carry knifes around willy nilly, I understand also how the rest of society may see it.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">However every time we call a kirpan a knife, then we reinforce this idea that Sikhs are allowed to carry knifes.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is not a knife, it is a kirpan, an article of faith that our Guru has told us to carry if we are Khalsa(pure)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What is needed is not the abolishment of Sikhs carrying kirpan, but the education of what it is and what it means.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We in the west find it hard to understand why any Muslim woman would choose to cover up, and many of us see it degrading to the women. However Muslim women do cover up, and they do it for religious reasons. So we may not totaly understand the reasons but we must respect their choice and garentee their freedom of choice.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">A Sikhs kipan is no differant from this. Some may see it as a knife and be worried that it may be used as such. Some may not understand why the Khalsa need to carry it, but we must respect their choice, and garentee thier freedom of choice.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I have to ask though, John, you say that we need to totaly ban the carrying of knifes, I ask why you feel we should have laws for this?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I ask this because you say:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">'As social cohesion depends on all of us living under both moral and legal obligations and may mean that for the greater good our personal rights have to be modified or in some instances surrendered'</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">And I wish for you think about how one persons concept of what is moral will differ from anothers. So then the real question becomes two fold, whos moral compass do we use, and have we the right to force a moral concept on those that may not share it?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Banning knifes, would not bring down the incidents of crime, or killings, or injuries, the people that would do this sort of thing will carry on, but use something other than a knife.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Would laws against knifes not then force the criminal to take up guns instead?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Nothing in this life is black and white, and I can see no good of trying to stamp on anybodies religious freedom, this only cause a them and us mentality.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Cheers,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Lee.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee, post: 23343, member: 1301"] Hey John, You do have a very good point when you say: [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]'The issue is not would a Sikh use this to inflict harm on anyone, but this then becomes a precedent that will prevent needed legislation in the total banning of knives.'[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Again though I think the major point is the misunderstanding of Kirpan, you keep calling it a knife. I agree we should not just let people carry knifes around willy nilly, I understand also how the rest of society may see it.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]However every time we call a kirpan a knife, then we reinforce this idea that Sikhs are allowed to carry knifes.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]It is not a knife, it is a kirpan, an article of faith that our Guru has told us to carry if we are Khalsa(pure)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]What is needed is not the abolishment of Sikhs carrying kirpan, but the education of what it is and what it means.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]We in the west find it hard to understand why any Muslim woman would choose to cover up, and many of us see it degrading to the women. However Muslim women do cover up, and they do it for religious reasons. So we may not totaly understand the reasons but we must respect their choice and garentee their freedom of choice.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]A Sikhs kipan is no differant from this. Some may see it as a knife and be worried that it may be used as such. Some may not understand why the Khalsa need to carry it, but we must respect their choice, and garentee thier freedom of choice.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I have to ask though, John, you say that we need to totaly ban the carrying of knifes, I ask why you feel we should have laws for this?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I ask this because you say:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]'As social cohesion depends on all of us living under both moral and legal obligations and may mean that for the greater good our personal rights have to be modified or in some instances surrendered'[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]And I wish for you think about how one persons concept of what is moral will differ from anothers. So then the real question becomes two fold, whos moral compass do we use, and have we the right to force a moral concept on those that may not share it?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Banning knifes, would not bring down the incidents of crime, or killings, or injuries, the people that would do this sort of thing will carry on, but use something other than a knife.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Would laws against knifes not then force the criminal to take up guns instead?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Nothing in this life is black and white, and I can see no good of trying to stamp on anybodies religious freedom, this only cause a them and us mentality.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Cheers,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Lee.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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