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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_Member16" data-source="post: 137665" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><img src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/ca/nws/various/thecanadianpress_story.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060"><span style="font-size: 18px">Tony Blair, Hitchens debate good of religion</span> </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">2 hours, 43 minutes ago </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong>TORONTO </strong>- There is no doubt that "horrific acts of evil" have been committed in the name of religion, but even in a world without religion fanatics would remain, former British prime minister Tony Blair told a sold-out debate.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">The Catholic convert relied heavily on that oft-repeated mantra during a two-hour debate with prominent atheist author Christopher Hitchens as they set out to answer the question: is religion a force for good in the world?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Preliminary results posted on the Munk Debates website from an audience poll suggest Hitchens won the debate, with 68 per cent of those who handed in a ballot at the end of the night saying they favoured the con side and 32 per cent agreeing with Blair.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Both, however, seemed to sway many people to their way of thinking, as ballots submitted before the debate put the audience of 2,700 at 57 per cent con, 22 per cent pro and 21 per cent undecided.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Hitchens, a fervent atheist who has written about his belief that religion is "poison," argued religion exacerbates, if not ignites, many world conflicts and that it is divisive, rather than inclusive, as Blair argued.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"Is it good for the world to worship a deity that takes sides in wars and human affairs, to appeal to our fear and to our guilt - is it good for the world?" Hitchens said in his opening remarks.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"To terrify children with the image of hell...to consider women an inferior creation. Is that good for the world?"</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">But Blair, who started a foundation two years ago to promote understanding between religions, replied that removing religion would not eliminate war and inhumanity.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"I agree in a world without religion, that the religious fanatics may be gone, but I ask you: Would fanaticism be gone?" Blair said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"The 20th century is a century scarred by visions that had precisely that imagining in their vision and at their heart and gave us Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot," he added.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Bigotry and prejudice are not "wholly owned subsidiaries" of religion, Blair said. But he added the most difficult argument for him to counter was that evil done in the name of religion is intrinsically grounded in scripture.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Looking at ancient religious texts one can point to many ideas that now seem "very strange and outdated," but religions must be taken as a whole — at their essence, Blair said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Hitchens, a columnist for Vanity Fair and author of "God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," said for religion to be a force for good it would have to first give up all supernatural claims. He proposed a "pact with the faithful."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"As long as you don't want your religion taught to my children in school, given a government subsidy, imposed on me by violence, any of these things — you are fine by me," he said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">But he added that pact has never been honoured by "the other side."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Blair drew a good-natured sarcastic response from Hitchens when he held up the Northern Ireland peace process as an example of how people of different faiths can bridge their differences.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"It's very touching for Tony to say that he recently went to a meeting to bridge the religious divide in Northern Ireland, but where does the religious divide come from?" Hitchens asked. "Four-hundred years and more in my own country of birth of people killing each other's children depending on what kind of Christian they were," he added.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Although a lot of conflicts have religious roots, it's futile to try to drive religion out, Blair said.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"In the end, it's for politics and religion to try and work out a way in which religion in a world of globalization that is pushing people together can play a positive rather than negative role," he added.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">A question about the role faith played in Blair's decision to invade Iraq drew a chorus of nervous, sitcom studio audience-like "oohs" from the crowd, but Blair replied unequivocally.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"It was not about religious faith," he said. Decisions he made as prime minister were "based on policy and so they should be, and you may disagree with those decisions but they were made because I genuinely believed them to be right."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Hitchens, who is fighting cancer, said earlier Friday that he scheduled his chemotherapy treatments around the debate so he "wouldn't have to let anyone down."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"I arranged my chemotherapy around this so that I wouldn't be demoralized. I'm tired, but I'm not fogged as one can be, so that was the main consideration," he told The Canadian Press in an interview.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">"This is what I do whether I'm sick or not. (Religion) is still the main argument."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">An Ipsos Reid online poll released Friday said 52 per cent of 18,192 global respondents believe deeply held religious beliefs promote intolerance and division in the world.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">On the other hand, 48 per cent of the respondents from 23 countries said religion provides the common values and ethical foundations that diverse societies need to thrive.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Of the 1,000 Canadians who took part, 36 per cent said religion was a positive influence while 64 per cent — almost two-thirds — said religious beliefs promote intolerance.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #002060">Ipsos Reid said the online panel included respondents aged 18-64 in Canada and the United States and 16-64 in all other countries. The respondents were polled between Sept. 7 and 23.</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Copyright © 2010 Canadian Press </span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060">source: </span></strong></p><p><a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101127/national/blair_hitchens_debate" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #002060">http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101127/national/blair_hitchens_debate</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 137665, member: 884"] [B][IMG]http://l.yimg.com/a/i/ca/nws/various/thecanadianpress_story.jpg[/IMG][/B] [B][COLOR=#002060][SIZE=5]Tony Blair, Hitchens debate good of religion[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#002060]2 hours, 43 minutes ago [/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060][B]TORONTO [/B]- There is no doubt that "horrific acts of evil" have been committed in the name of religion, but even in a world without religion fanatics would remain, former British prime minister Tony Blair told a sold-out debate.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The Catholic convert relied heavily on that oft-repeated mantra during a two-hour debate with prominent atheist author Christopher Hitchens as they set out to answer the question: is religion a force for good in the world?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Preliminary results posted on the Munk Debates website from an audience poll suggest Hitchens won the debate, with 68 per cent of those who handed in a ballot at the end of the night saying they favoured the con side and 32 per cent agreeing with Blair.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Both, however, seemed to sway many people to their way of thinking, as ballots submitted before the debate put the audience of 2,700 at 57 per cent con, 22 per cent pro and 21 per cent undecided.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Hitchens, a fervent atheist who has written about his belief that religion is "poison," argued religion exacerbates, if not ignites, many world conflicts and that it is divisive, rather than inclusive, as Blair argued.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"Is it good for the world to worship a deity that takes sides in wars and human affairs, to appeal to our fear and to our guilt - is it good for the world?" Hitchens said in his opening remarks.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"To terrify children with the image of hell...to consider women an inferior creation. Is that good for the world?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]But Blair, who started a foundation two years ago to promote understanding between religions, replied that removing religion would not eliminate war and inhumanity.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"I agree in a world without religion, that the religious fanatics may be gone, but I ask you: Would fanaticism be gone?" Blair said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"The 20th century is a century scarred by visions that had precisely that imagining in their vision and at their heart and gave us Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot," he added.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Bigotry and prejudice are not "wholly owned subsidiaries" of religion, Blair said. But he added the most difficult argument for him to counter was that evil done in the name of religion is intrinsically grounded in scripture.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Looking at ancient religious texts one can point to many ideas that now seem "very strange and outdated," but religions must be taken as a whole — at their essence, Blair said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Hitchens, a columnist for Vanity Fair and author of "God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," said for religion to be a force for good it would have to first give up all supernatural claims. He proposed a "pact with the faithful."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"As long as you don't want your religion taught to my children in school, given a government subsidy, imposed on me by violence, any of these things — you are fine by me," he said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]But he added that pact has never been honoured by "the other side."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Blair drew a good-natured sarcastic response from Hitchens when he held up the Northern Ireland peace process as an example of how people of different faiths can bridge their differences.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"It's very touching for Tony to say that he recently went to a meeting to bridge the religious divide in Northern Ireland, but where does the religious divide come from?" Hitchens asked. "Four-hundred years and more in my own country of birth of people killing each other's children depending on what kind of Christian they were," he added.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Although a lot of conflicts have religious roots, it's futile to try to drive religion out, Blair said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"In the end, it's for politics and religion to try and work out a way in which religion in a world of globalization that is pushing people together can play a positive rather than negative role," he added.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]A question about the role faith played in Blair's decision to invade Iraq drew a chorus of nervous, sitcom studio audience-like "oohs" from the crowd, but Blair replied unequivocally.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"It was not about religious faith," he said. Decisions he made as prime minister were "based on policy and so they should be, and you may disagree with those decisions but they were made because I genuinely believed them to be right."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Hitchens, who is fighting cancer, said earlier Friday that he scheduled his chemotherapy treatments around the debate so he "wouldn't have to let anyone down."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"I arranged my chemotherapy around this so that I wouldn't be demoralized. I'm tired, but I'm not fogged as one can be, so that was the main consideration," he told The Canadian Press in an interview.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"This is what I do whether I'm sick or not. (Religion) is still the main argument."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]An Ipsos Reid online poll released Friday said 52 per cent of 18,192 global respondents believe deeply held religious beliefs promote intolerance and division in the world.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]On the other hand, 48 per cent of the respondents from 23 countries said religion provides the common values and ethical foundations that diverse societies need to thrive.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Of the 1,000 Canadians who took part, 36 per cent said religion was a positive influence while 64 per cent — almost two-thirds — said religious beliefs promote intolerance.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Ipsos Reid said the online panel included respondents aged 18-64 in Canada and the United States and 16-64 in all other countries. The respondents were polled between Sept. 7 and 23.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Copyright © 2010 Canadian Press [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#002060]source: [/COLOR][/B] [URL="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101127/national/blair_hitchens_debate"][U][COLOR=#002060]http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101127/national/blair_hitchens_debate[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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