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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="Atheist" data-source="post: 123501" data-attributes="member: 10421"><p><strong>Re: How Many Sikhs Have Married Out Of Caste/Race?</strong></p><p></p><p>Dear Randip Singh Ji,</p><p> </p><p>Thank you for your reply. Please forgive my delay in responding as my life is getting quite hectic as of late and will become far more hectic next week.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Who says I am arguing in favour of belief?</span></p><p></p><p>I am glad you are not arguing in favor of belief. In my opinion blind belief is pointless and potentially dangerous (like the christian guy who has lots of influence on what is written in children's textbooks).</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">What I am saying is Religion and Atheism should not try and mix.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p>I think we have a moral obligation for them to try and mix. We have a moral obligation to have our voices heard against Islamic (or any other type of religious) terrorism. We have a moral obligation to speak out against genital mutilation in the name of religion. We have a moral obligation to say that children's textbooks should not have christian fairy tales in them. These ignorant religious bigots are causing pain & suffering and it is our duty to at least show them what rational thought is.</p><p> </p><p>Of course, non-fundamental and non-bigoted religious people like yourself should also join in and "preach" (for lack of better word) rationality. I am not claiming that all religious people are 100% non-rational. In terms of social structure, for example, my dad is quite rational.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Why should religious people who believe the Earth is flat try and convince atheism of their belief?</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p>They shouldn't, but give them a chance to and they will.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Vice a versa why should Atheists, try and tell people who believe something their belief is irrational?</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p>Simply because it is irrational. As I alluded to in my last response, irrational is ok if you keep it to yourself (which you do) but when it becomes dangerous then atheists and non-atheists (or anyone who has a brain) should use words and not fists and swords to show why it is dangerous. There is no room in my book for forced genital mutilation, circumcision (unless it's voluntary and you have capacity to make the decision - something uncommon but I have heard of it happening), religious (or any type of) suicide bombers, crusaders, the christian in midwest america that killed an abortionist doctor in church, discrimination against gays, discrimination against disabled people (Sikh RM on the baptism - see my other post) or any other utterly ignorant and bigoted thing that SOME (not all) religious people think of.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">What I am saying is two are distinct and separate. We have a mess now, where both sides seem to esposing their views to denigrate the other sides through an almost "dogmatic" view that one side is completely correct.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p>I actually agree with that. Atheists can be quite passionate about their views, but anyone (religious or atheist and everything in between) should try as much as possible to not be dogmatic. Atheists try to use actual facts, research, and data to make their points as much as possible (but also being human, they can make mistakes just like the rest of us). Religious people tend to but not always (unless you're christian) use scripture to prove your point. If your scripture tells you to fly planes into buildings, I'm sorry but I have no tolerance for that and we are morally obligated to at least speak out against it without using weapons (I agree with Guru Gobind Singh Ji - no weapons unless your own life is in danger).</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Its like saying an apple is better than an iguana.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p>If you could demonstrate that iguana's are a danger to society, then you could totally make an argument that an apple is better than an iguana. In this hypothetical case, of course, both are benign. But in the case of rational thought and christian bigotry or Islamic terrorism, I would argue that on average (not 100% toward either side) christian bigotry and Islamic terrorism are far LESS benign than rational thought.</p><p> </p><p>I am not trying to be offensive to Muslims who have brains and do not fly planes into buildings, just that if you are the type who wants to do that, you are quite delusional if you think you're getting 72 virgins for it (see the Family Guy episode that is a satire of this). Why not just forget about the whole plane into building idea and go to a strip club, at least that way no one dies because of your fundamentalist bigoted astonishingly ignorant religious fairy tale. What kind of a sick and twisted god would want a human being to fly a plane into a building? It turns my stomach to know that these people, and many other "religious" people in the past, have used their religion as a justification for this. Again, I am not saying that all religious people are like this. The question then turns to religious moderates - but that is a TOTALLY different topic that I am still investigating and trying to research (Christopher Hitchens has some interesting thoughts on this topic).</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">here is a question, has Atheism in itself become a belief? </span></p><p> </p><p>I sure hope not. No two atheists are exactly alike. For me, atheism is as much of a belief as a-leprechaunism. However much you have a BELIEF in a-leprechaunism (which I hope is zero) is how much I have a BELIEF in atheism. The onus is on the person who claims that something exists, not the other way around. Otherwise we would have to have an infinite number of justifications for not believing in a potentially infinite number of things that COULD exist. So let's start by not believing in something until there is reason to do so. If something has real evidence of the pink unicorn, believe me I would be one of the first to want to see it.</p><p> </p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atheist, post: 123501, member: 10421"] [b]Re: How Many Sikhs Have Married Out Of Caste/Race?[/b] Dear Randip Singh Ji, Thank you for your reply. Please forgive my delay in responding as my life is getting quite hectic as of late and will become far more hectic next week. [COLOR=blue]Who says I am arguing in favour of belief?[/COLOR] I am glad you are not arguing in favor of belief. In my opinion blind belief is pointless and potentially dangerous (like the christian guy who has lots of influence on what is written in children's textbooks). [COLOR=blue]What I am saying is Religion and Atheism should not try and mix. [/COLOR] I think we have a moral obligation for them to try and mix. We have a moral obligation to have our voices heard against Islamic (or any other type of religious) terrorism. We have a moral obligation to speak out against genital mutilation in the name of religion. We have a moral obligation to say that children's textbooks should not have christian fairy tales in them. These ignorant religious bigots are causing pain & suffering and it is our duty to at least show them what rational thought is. Of course, non-fundamental and non-bigoted religious people like yourself should also join in and "preach" (for lack of better word) rationality. I am not claiming that all religious people are 100% non-rational. In terms of social structure, for example, my dad is quite rational. [COLOR=blue]Why should religious people who believe the Earth is flat try and convince atheism of their belief? [/COLOR] They shouldn't, but give them a chance to and they will. [COLOR=blue]Vice a versa why should Atheists, try and tell people who believe something their belief is irrational? [/COLOR] Simply because it is irrational. As I alluded to in my last response, irrational is ok if you keep it to yourself (which you do) but when it becomes dangerous then atheists and non-atheists (or anyone who has a brain) should use words and not fists and swords to show why it is dangerous. There is no room in my book for forced genital mutilation, circumcision (unless it's voluntary and you have capacity to make the decision - something uncommon but I have heard of it happening), religious (or any type of) suicide bombers, crusaders, the christian in midwest america that killed an abortionist doctor in church, discrimination against gays, discrimination against disabled people (Sikh RM on the baptism - see my other post) or any other utterly ignorant and bigoted thing that SOME (not all) religious people think of. [COLOR=blue]What I am saying is two are distinct and separate. We have a mess now, where both sides seem to esposing their views to denigrate the other sides through an almost "dogmatic" view that one side is completely correct. [/COLOR] I actually agree with that. Atheists can be quite passionate about their views, but anyone (religious or atheist and everything in between) should try as much as possible to not be dogmatic. Atheists try to use actual facts, research, and data to make their points as much as possible (but also being human, they can make mistakes just like the rest of us). Religious people tend to but not always (unless you're christian) use scripture to prove your point. If your scripture tells you to fly planes into buildings, I'm sorry but I have no tolerance for that and we are morally obligated to at least speak out against it without using weapons (I agree with Guru Gobind Singh Ji - no weapons unless your own life is in danger). [COLOR=blue]Its like saying an apple is better than an iguana. [/COLOR] If you could demonstrate that iguana's are a danger to society, then you could totally make an argument that an apple is better than an iguana. In this hypothetical case, of course, both are benign. But in the case of rational thought and christian bigotry or Islamic terrorism, I would argue that on average (not 100% toward either side) christian bigotry and Islamic terrorism are far LESS benign than rational thought. I am not trying to be offensive to Muslims who have brains and do not fly planes into buildings, just that if you are the type who wants to do that, you are quite delusional if you think you're getting 72 virgins for it (see the Family Guy episode that is a satire of this). Why not just forget about the whole plane into building idea and go to a strip club, at least that way no one dies because of your fundamentalist bigoted astonishingly ignorant religious fairy tale. What kind of a sick and twisted god would want a human being to fly a plane into a building? It turns my stomach to know that these people, and many other "religious" people in the past, have used their religion as a justification for this. Again, I am not saying that all religious people are like this. The question then turns to religious moderates - but that is a TOTALLY different topic that I am still investigating and trying to research (Christopher Hitchens has some interesting thoughts on this topic). [COLOR=blue]here is a question, has Atheism in itself become a belief? [/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] I sure hope not. No two atheists are exactly alike. For me, atheism is as much of a belief as a-leprechaunism. However much you have a BELIEF in a-leprechaunism (which I hope is zero) is how much I have a BELIEF in atheism. The onus is on the person who claims that something exists, not the other way around. Otherwise we would have to have an infinite number of justifications for not believing in a potentially infinite number of things that COULD exist. So let's start by not believing in something until there is reason to do so. If something has real evidence of the pink unicorn, believe me I would be one of the first to want to see it. :) [/QUOTE]
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