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spnadmin & Gyani Jarnail Singh, The mind can always find and make argument. It is the tendency of ego to make argument when confronted rather than admit we are in error. It is also the tendency of ego to assume that we are more important than others that we consider our inferiors. In which...

To ishna and spnadmin, Having a bias against Kundalini/Raj Yoga does not diminish the fact that Sikh practices are all yogic practices. I point this out because it is part of the reason that meditation on the Naam is so little understood. Let us use bowing before the Sri Guru Granth Sahib...

BhagatSingh, This is a wonderful example of how the Guru gives us a poetic description of how to meditate. How the furnace and the anvil and the hammer actually works for us average Sikhs is not clear. Meditation is how we recognize what is true. It is a divine ability bestowed by the...

Ambarsaria, The question we are dealing with is: What is meditation on the Naam. I refer to Kundalini/Raj Yoga because it is so obvious that many Sikh practices come from it. Reciting bani, performing and listening to kirtan, doing seva, even bowing before the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji are all...

findingmyway, It is not true that the ‘instructions’ for meditation ‘are right there.’ The instructions of how to meditate are not to be found in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji or any other sacred Sikh text. This is because meditation has only been taught non-verbally by Enlightened Masters...

findingmyway, While it is true that pilgrimages and experience at sacred shrines is not the same as meditation on the Naam, it is useful to understand that these spiritual practices have some effects and that they do exist in Sikh Dharma. Harimandar Sahib, and the takhats are revered by Sikhs...

Ishna, Naam is the word that refers to the deepest, purest essence of our being. It is the experience of our own soul in perfection and harmony with the Oneness of all creation/God. Once this experience has been attained the Naam can be applied to every experience that presents itself. This is...

findingmyway, While it is true that the Naam is the essence of the SGGS, the Naam is infinite and cannot be limited to any scripture, it cannot be confined even within all the scriptures that have ever existed or ever will be. Ambarsaria, All making pilgrimages to and worship done at sacred...

Naam is the experience of Oneness as our identity. This experience can only be acheived through meditation. Meditation is also very much misunderstood. What is today considered to be meditation is mostly meditative practice, kriyas. Practices that are meant to develop the inner awareness...