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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="Archived_member15" data-source="post: 176579" data-attributes="member: 17438"><p>I think that it is unfair to judge an entire belief system in this way. Jewish people have contributed much to science and human endeabour throughout history, inspired by this religion that you so easily seem to dismiss and mock. I would be greatly offended if I were a Jew. </p><p> </p><p>Equally irrational things could be affixed to Christian and Islamic teachings. I mean Islam believes in Jinn and Christianity in angels. There is one Hadith which Muhammad taught that the devil sleeps in a person's nose and another in which Satan urinates in our ear: </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>What do you consider more rational: </p><p> </p><p>Ancient Jews living 1,000 years BC who thought that an emission of blood from a woman's vagina was a sign of uncleanliness and had to be washed away in a ritual bath, or the devil residing in a person's naval cavity and urinating in his ear? </p><p> </p><p>It should also be noted that "sin" in the Torah does not carry the connotations of later Christian theology. It simply meant to "transgress the law", the law being in this case to wash oneself in a ritual bath after (If one is a man) one has an nightime ejaculation, or if a woman a menstrual period. There is no concept of hell or heaven in the Jewish Tanakh, or of original sin, or even "sin" as it is commonly understood in Christianity. </p><p> </p><p>You declined to mention the male ejaculatory equivalent purity law right above the section you quoted above: </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>At least these ancient Jews were "clean" and had good sexual hygiene. I wouldm't want personally to leave my semen on my bed, underpants or lying around my house lol! Not exactly safe for other people either ie infections being transmitted. </p><p> </p><p>Both are to do with matters of purity. But at least the Jewish teaching has nothing supernatural in it, merely a matter of staying clean as perceived through ancient eyes and practice (nearly every part of life was ritualized and made into a rite by ancient cultures, just consider all the various sexual rites). </p><p> </p><p>All ancient belief systems contain irrational (by our standards) teachings influenced by time and culture. But they also have profound teachings that never change and can teach us even now because humanity inner life rarely changes. Humans have had the same basic needs and urges throughout history. </p><p> </p><p>I do not think that either Judaism or Islam deserve to be rejected on the basis of certain time-bound understandings of reality. What of the profound teachings of the Tanakh that you haven't quoted? You seem to focus only on the bad.</p><p> </p><p>Do you reject Greek philosophy and Roman Law because of the irrationality of Roman and Greek polytheism? No, even modern Secular Humanists trace their movement back to the genius of Plato and Aristotle and the the later Renaissance Humanists! Indeed ancient Greek philosophy and Roman Law are two of the foundations of our modern Western society, which demonstrates my point about ancient belief systems and their enduring validity for us today despite being time-bound in some areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member15, post: 176579, member: 17438"] I think that it is unfair to judge an entire belief system in this way. Jewish people have contributed much to science and human endeabour throughout history, inspired by this religion that you so easily seem to dismiss and mock. I would be greatly offended if I were a Jew. Equally irrational things could be affixed to Christian and Islamic teachings. I mean Islam believes in Jinn and Christianity in angels. There is one Hadith which Muhammad taught that the devil sleeps in a person's nose and another in which Satan urinates in our ear: What do you consider more rational: Ancient Jews living 1,000 years BC who thought that an emission of blood from a woman's vagina was a sign of uncleanliness and had to be washed away in a ritual bath, or the devil residing in a person's naval cavity and urinating in his ear? It should also be noted that "sin" in the Torah does not carry the connotations of later Christian theology. It simply meant to "transgress the law", the law being in this case to wash oneself in a ritual bath after (If one is a man) one has an nightime ejaculation, or if a woman a menstrual period. There is no concept of hell or heaven in the Jewish Tanakh, or of original sin, or even "sin" as it is commonly understood in Christianity. You declined to mention the male ejaculatory equivalent purity law right above the section you quoted above: At least these ancient Jews were "clean" and had good sexual hygiene. I wouldm't want personally to leave my semen on my bed, underpants or lying around my house lol! Not exactly safe for other people either ie infections being transmitted. Both are to do with matters of purity. But at least the Jewish teaching has nothing supernatural in it, merely a matter of staying clean as perceived through ancient eyes and practice (nearly every part of life was ritualized and made into a rite by ancient cultures, just consider all the various sexual rites). All ancient belief systems contain irrational (by our standards) teachings influenced by time and culture. But they also have profound teachings that never change and can teach us even now because humanity inner life rarely changes. Humans have had the same basic needs and urges throughout history. I do not think that either Judaism or Islam deserve to be rejected on the basis of certain time-bound understandings of reality. What of the profound teachings of the Tanakh that you haven't quoted? You seem to focus only on the bad. Do you reject Greek philosophy and Roman Law because of the irrationality of Roman and Greek polytheism? No, even modern Secular Humanists trace their movement back to the genius of Plato and Aristotle and the the later Renaissance Humanists! Indeed ancient Greek philosophy and Roman Law are two of the foundations of our modern Western society, which demonstrates my point about ancient belief systems and their enduring validity for us today despite being time-bound in some areas. [/QUOTE]
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