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Of all religions, the best religion is to chant the Name of the Lord and maintain pure conduct.
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This sounds a bit tedious. Why is it the best religion? Why not one in which you don't have to chant anything, and you are free to go about your business?
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Of all religious rituals, the most sublime ritual is to erase the filth of the dirty mind in the Company of the Holy.
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What defines a "dirty mind"? You need to define it before you can erase it. Please elaborate.
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Of all efforts, the best effort is to chant the Name of the Lord in the heart, forever.
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Again, this sounds a bit tedious. It seems to me that, of all efforts, the best effort is the effort to survive. That is what life is about. Incessant chanting sounds a bit obsessive to me, and obsessive behavior is certainly not desirable. You could be reading a book and improving your mind instead of chanting. Just my opinion, of course.
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Of all speech, the most ambrosial speech is to hear the Lord.s Praise and chant it with the tongue.
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I'm inferring here that ambrosial speech is desirable, although I'm not quite sure what you mean by it. Myself, I think that poetry and song are enjoyable. Not all chants (poetry or songs) are. Sometimes they can be annoying and even cause headaches. However, I'm not going to begrudge you what works for you.
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Of all places, the most sublime place, O Nanak, is that heart in which the Name of the Lord abides.
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Here you are using "place" as a metaphor for mental state. I think that any state of euphoria can be sublime. Gurbani may not actually have experienced the most sublime mental state, but you seem to place a lot of faith in him. I see no reason to.