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<blockquote data-quote="luv4u" data-source="post: 54419" data-attributes="member: 4819"><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A Point Of View:</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">CONCEPT OF NAM (DIVINE NAME)</span></span></strong><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn1" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><u>[1]</u></span></span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> and Mool Mantra </span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[ Note : I have added sub-headings and the notes only , I shall suggest that the full article may kindly be referred to @ the URl given at the note. </span></span><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The reader may kindly opine as to Nam is more important or Mool Mantra<a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn2" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[2]</span></u></a></span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">. Gurbani has a reference to Mool Mantra in SGGS ji.]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">According to Gurmat</span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">, before the creation, God lived Absolutely by Himself, Formless. When He made Himself manifest, He first formed Himself into NAM (Divine Name) and then created Nature. After creating Nature, He did not go away from it, rather He sustained His creation with His Own presence into it, and felt delighted.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Aapinai aap sajio aapinai rachio Nao</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Dui kudrat sajiai kar asan ditho chao."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Asa Mohalla 1- pauri 1, p-463) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"God created Himself and assumed Name</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Second besides Himself He created Nature </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Seated in Nature He watches with delight what He creates." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Translation of the above)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Nam: Basic Concepts</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">1)</span></span><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> NAM (Divine Name)</span></span></strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> and God are not two different entities. Nam is just another aspect of the Almighty, still Formless. Nam is the total expression of all that God is. Nam sustains everything:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Nam sustains and controls all beings </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Nam supports the universe and its regions."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Gauri Sukhmani Mohalla 5, 16-5, p-284)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Nam : Is their a special name Of God</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">2)</span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Nam is not expressed as mere noun and it does not mean<a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn3" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[3]</span></u></a></span></span><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> that there is a special name of God <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn4" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[4]</span></u></a> and by enchanting of which, one will meet Him. He is Infinite and can be called with infinite names, but who can count His infinite names</span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">? The enlightened and the blessed ones remember Him through His Attributes:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Tav sarb nam kathai kavan </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Karm nam barnat sumat." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Guru Gobind Singh- Jap Sahib) </span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">God’s Name SAT</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">3) God may be called by countless names by the devotees, who create these names according to the attributes of their Godhead, but the first and the foremost name of God is clearly depicted as 'SAT' (Eternal Truth) which shows the ever-existence of God:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Kirtam nam kathai terei jihba </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Satnam tera pra purbla." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Maru Mohalla 5, p-1083)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Nam: A mystic word</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">4) </span></span><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The word NAM is a mystic Word used in practical religious life and in discipline of meditation</span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">. God is remembered by His attributive names. There is another aspect of it called true Name which emanates from a prophet's personal experience. It emerges from a vision that the Prophet has of the Divine Being. Such a mystic Word in Sikh religion is called '<strong>Waheguru</strong><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn5" target="_blank"><strong><u><span style="color: #800080">[5]</span></u></strong></a>' or Wonderful God or 'Thou art Wonderful'. True Name is not the word by which we describe an object, but the total power, quality and character of <strong>Reality</strong>. Through the word 'Waheguru' the prophet has tried to sum up mystic power and experience of His presence all around. Prophets have given us Divine Names of the nameless God, which reflect His presence in our consciousness. Contemplation or meditation on true Name (Waheguru) is called practicing the presence of God in one's conscious.</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Gurbani Is a Nam</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">5) Gurbani (Divine Word) itself is NAM. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">a) Gurbani itself is Nam:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Gurmukh bani nam hai, nam ridai vasaie."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Sarang ki Var-pauri, p-1239)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">b) The term '</span></span><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Nam Japo</span></span></strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">' means to remember God and to invoke His presence in one's conscious. All modes of meditation take the devotee into the presence of God, but according to Gurbani, Hari Kirtan, the musical recitation of Gurbani, is the super form of meditation. It invokes one's consciousness to the maximum level, into the presence of God:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Har kirat utam Nam hai vich kaljug karni sar." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Kanre ki Var Mohalla 4, p-1314)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">c) The Gurmat explains that the recitation of the word 'Har Har..' is Nam Japna:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Har har har har nam hai gurmukh pavai koei."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Kanre ki Var Mohalla 4, p-1313)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">d)</span></span><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> Salvation cannot be attained without Nam</span></span></strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">. In other words anything that delivers salvation is Nam. Since Gurbani delivers salvation, therefore, Gurbani is Nam:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Sachi bani mithi amritdhar </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Jinh piti tis mokhdwar."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Malar Mohalla 1, p-1275) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">'The True Bani is sweet-nectar </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Whosoever is devoted to it, attaineth salvation." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Translation of the above) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Sachi bani sion dhare piyar </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Tako pavai mokhdwar." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Dhanasari Mohalla 1, p-661)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">'Whosoever devoted to Eternal Bani </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Will get deliverance."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Translation of the above)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">It is therefore, very clear and evident that any form of recitation of Gurbani, may be simple reading with attention and devotion or meditation on any Sabad of Gurbani or Kirtan of Gurbani, <strong>is fully deemed as Nam Japna (meditation on Nam),</strong>that is to invoke the presence of God in one's conscious.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Gurmat And Naam</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">It may be mentioned here that there are small sects who mislead the innocent Sikhs on the subject of Gurbani and Nam. These sect leaders very emphatically say to the innocent Sikhs," Gurbani says that one must meditate on Nam, but Gurbani is not Nam. Come on, we will give you Nam." Then they whisper in their ears some broken sentence of Gurbani which they call Nam, and warn them not to tell any one; if ever they disclose this Nam to any one, some curse will fall on them. In this way they run their cults (shops). Thus, innocent Sikhs and others are lured and misled into their fold. The Sikhs should, therefore, be very careful from such sects. Those who try to say that Gurbani is not Nam, they are either misguided or are deceitful.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">According to Gurmat (Guru's teaching), Gurbani is everything:</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Gurbani is Nam: </span></span></strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Gurmukh bani Nam hai.."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Sarang ki Var-pauri, p-1239) </span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Gurbani is Guru:</span></span></strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> "Bani Guru, Guru hai Bani..."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Nat Mohalla 4, p-982)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Gurbani is Nirankar:</span></span></strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Wauh wauh bani nirankar hai Tis jiwad avar na koi." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Slok Mohalla 3, p-515)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">'Wauh wauh Bani is the Formless One </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">There is none as great as He." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Translation of the above)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Gurbani is every Nad and Ved:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Sabh nad beid gurbani Man rata sarang pani." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Ramkli Mohalla 1, p-879)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Naam Leads To Eternal Bliss</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Nam that ultimately leads a person to Eternal Bliss. For God consciousness, one must come in contact with Nam, but without Guru<a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn6" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">[6]</span></u></a> one cannot attain Nam and would wander away in the darkness.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Were a hundred moons to appear </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Were a thousand suns to arise</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">There would still be utter darkness </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">If there were no Guru." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Asa di Var, Mohalla 2, p-463) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Let no one in the world remain in doubt</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">That it could ever be possible to be saved without the Guru." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Gaund Mohalla 5, p-864) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"In this age of falsehood, Nam lieth hidden</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">Though the Lord filleth all hearts, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">The Jewel of Nam becomes manifest in the hearts of only those Who resort to the Guru's refuge." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Parbhati Mohalla 3, p-1334) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"All repeat God's Name, yet He is not attained</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">But when through the Grace of the Guru</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">God comes to reside in the mind </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">It is only then one's life becomes fruitful." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue">(Gujri Mohalla 3, p-491)</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">CONCEPT OF GURU</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A yogi asked Guru Nanak who his Guru was? He replied,"The Word is Guru." God anointed Guru Nanak with His Word, His Wisdom (Logos), and the Guru's whole personality was Word-personified. </span></span><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The Guru made it very clear that his human body was not the Guru, and the mere outward glimpse of the Guru, or the outward profession of faith in him, could not bring the disciple close to the Guru.</span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> The light of the Word within his heart was the real Guru and the disciple should approach him with a receptive mind to receive His Light. </span></span></p><p>=====================================================</p><p><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref1" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: blue">[1]</span></u></a><span style="color: blue">[adopted from]</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span><a href="http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/introduction/fundamentals-of-sikhism.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: blue">http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/introduction/fundamentals-of-sikhism.html</span></u></a><span style="color: blue"> [just click and or cut-- paste]</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref2" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: blue">[2]</span></u></a><span style="color: blue"> Author’s Note only.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref3" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: blue">[3]</span></u></a><span style="color: blue"> Author is not sure Of this.aspect </span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref4" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: blue">[4]</span></u></a><span style="color: blue"> There is a reference to Waheguru In the article as well.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">[5] I do not have the reference for this. Readers may Like to post their opinions. It might have an entry in secondary scriptures/books Like Bhai Gurdas ji’s Vaaran. </span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref6" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: blue">[6]</span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: blue"> It is the author’s presumption that Guru would mean SGGS ji as we do not have any concept Of Living Guru. Readers and other members may kindly post their comments as well. I want to make it clear that it is an article that I liked and hence sharing with you. I enjoyed this and hope that you will also.</span></span> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luv4u, post: 54419, member: 4819"] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]A Point Of View:[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]CONCEPT OF NAM (DIVINE NAME)[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn1"][B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana][U][1][/U][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/URL][B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana] and Mool Mantra [/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana][ Note : I have added sub-headings and the notes only , I shall suggest that the full article may kindly be referred to @ the URl given at the note. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]The reader may kindly opine as to Nam is more important or Mool Mantra[URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn2"][U][COLOR=#800080][2][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]. Gurbani has a reference to Mool Mantra in SGGS ji.][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]According to Gurmat[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana], before the creation, God lived Absolutely by Himself, Formless. When He made Himself manifest, He first formed Himself into NAM (Divine Name) and then created Nature. After creating Nature, He did not go away from it, rather He sustained His creation with His Own presence into it, and felt delighted.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Aapinai aap sajio aapinai rachio Nao[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Dui kudrat sajiai kar asan ditho chao."[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Asa Mohalla 1- pauri 1, p-463) [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"God created Himself and assumed Name[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Second besides Himself He created Nature [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Seated in Nature He watches with delight what He creates." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Translation of the above)[/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]Nam: Basic Concepts[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]1)[/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana] NAM (Divine Name)[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana] and God are not two different entities. Nam is just another aspect of the Almighty, still Formless. Nam is the total expression of all that God is. Nam sustains everything:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Nam sustains and controls all beings [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Nam supports the universe and its regions."[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Gauri Sukhmani Mohalla 5, 16-5, p-284)[/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]Nam : Is their a special name Of God[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]2)[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]Nam is not expressed as mere noun and it does not mean[URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn3"][U][COLOR=#800080][3][/COLOR][/U][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana] that there is a special name of God [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn4"][U][COLOR=#800080][4][/COLOR][/U][/URL] and by enchanting of which, one will meet Him. He is Infinite and can be called with infinite names, but who can count His infinite names[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]? The enlightened and the blessed ones remember Him through His Attributes:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Tav sarb nam kathai kavan [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Karm nam barnat sumat." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Guru Gobind Singh- Jap Sahib) [/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]God’s Name SAT[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]3) God may be called by countless names by the devotees, who create these names according to the attributes of their Godhead, but the first and the foremost name of God is clearly depicted as 'SAT' (Eternal Truth) which shows the ever-existence of God:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Kirtam nam kathai terei jihba [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Satnam tera pra purbla." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Maru Mohalla 5, p-1083)[/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]Nam: A mystic word[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]4) [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]The word NAM is a mystic Word used in practical religious life and in discipline of meditation[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]. God is remembered by His attributive names. There is another aspect of it called true Name which emanates from a prophet's personal experience. It emerges from a vision that the Prophet has of the Divine Being. Such a mystic Word in Sikh religion is called '[B]Waheguru[/B][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn5"][B][U][COLOR=#800080][5][/COLOR][/U][/B][/URL]' or Wonderful God or 'Thou art Wonderful'. True Name is not the word by which we describe an object, but the total power, quality and character of [B]Reality[/B]. Through the word 'Waheguru' the prophet has tried to sum up mystic power and experience of His presence all around. Prophets have given us Divine Names of the nameless God, which reflect His presence in our consciousness. Contemplation or meditation on true Name (Waheguru) is called practicing the presence of God in one's conscious.[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]Gurbani Is a Nam[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]5) Gurbani (Divine Word) itself is NAM. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]a) Gurbani itself is Nam:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Gurmukh bani nam hai, nam ridai vasaie."[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Sarang ki Var-pauri, p-1239)[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]b) The term '[/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]Nam Japo[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]' means to remember God and to invoke His presence in one's conscious. All modes of meditation take the devotee into the presence of God, but according to Gurbani, Hari Kirtan, the musical recitation of Gurbani, is the super form of meditation. It invokes one's consciousness to the maximum level, into the presence of God:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Har kirat utam Nam hai vich kaljug karni sar." [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Kanre ki Var Mohalla 4, p-1314)[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]c) The Gurmat explains that the recitation of the word 'Har Har..' is Nam Japna:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Har har har har nam hai gurmukh pavai koei."[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Kanre ki Var Mohalla 4, p-1313)[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]d)[/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana] Salvation cannot be attained without Nam[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]. In other words anything that delivers salvation is Nam. Since Gurbani delivers salvation, therefore, Gurbani is Nam:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Sachi bani mithi amritdhar [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Jinh piti tis mokhdwar."[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Malar Mohalla 1, p-1275) [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]'The True Bani is sweet-nectar [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Whosoever is devoted to it, attaineth salvation." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Translation of the above) [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Sachi bani sion dhare piyar [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Tako pavai mokhdwar." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Dhanasari Mohalla 1, p-661)[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]'Whosoever devoted to Eternal Bani [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Will get deliverance."[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Translation of the above)[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]It is therefore, very clear and evident that any form of recitation of Gurbani, may be simple reading with attention and devotion or meditation on any Sabad of Gurbani or Kirtan of Gurbani, [B]is fully deemed as Nam Japna (meditation on Nam),[/B]that is to invoke the presence of God in one's conscious.[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]Gurmat And Naam[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]It may be mentioned here that there are small sects who mislead the innocent Sikhs on the subject of Gurbani and Nam. These sect leaders very emphatically say to the innocent Sikhs," Gurbani says that one must meditate on Nam, but Gurbani is not Nam. Come on, we will give you Nam." Then they whisper in their ears some broken sentence of Gurbani which they call Nam, and warn them not to tell any one; if ever they disclose this Nam to any one, some curse will fall on them. In this way they run their cults (shops). Thus, innocent Sikhs and others are lured and misled into their fold. The Sikhs should, therefore, be very careful from such sects. Those who try to say that Gurbani is not Nam, they are either misguided or are deceitful.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]According to Gurmat (Guru's teaching), Gurbani is everything:[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]Gurbani is Nam: [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Gurmukh bani Nam hai.."[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Sarang ki Var-pauri, p-1239) [/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]Gurbani is Guru:[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana] "Bani Guru, Guru hai Bani..."[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Nat Mohalla 4, p-982)[/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]Gurbani is Nirankar:[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Wauh wauh bani nirankar hai Tis jiwad avar na koi." [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Slok Mohalla 3, p-515)[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]'Wauh wauh Bani is the Formless One [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]There is none as great as He." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Translation of the above)[/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]Gurbani is every Nad and Ved:[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Sabh nad beid gurbani Man rata sarang pani." [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Ramkli Mohalla 1, p-879)[/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]Naam Leads To Eternal Bliss[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]Nam that ultimately leads a person to Eternal Bliss. For God consciousness, one must come in contact with Nam, but without Guru[URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftn6"][U][COLOR=#800080][6][/COLOR][/U][/URL] one cannot attain Nam and would wander away in the darkness.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Were a hundred moons to appear [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Were a thousand suns to arise[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]There would still be utter darkness [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]If there were no Guru." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Asa di Var, Mohalla 2, p-463) [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"Let no one in the world remain in doubt[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]That it could ever be possible to be saved without the Guru." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Gaund Mohalla 5, p-864) [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"In this age of falsehood, Nam lieth hidden[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Though the Lord filleth all hearts, [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]The Jewel of Nam becomes manifest in the hearts of only those Who resort to the Guru's refuge." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Parbhati Mohalla 3, p-1334) [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]"All repeat God's Name, yet He is not attained[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]But when through the Grace of the Guru[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]God comes to reside in the mind [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]It is only then one's life becomes fruitful." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue](Gujri Mohalla 3, p-491)[/COLOR][/FONT] [B][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]CONCEPT OF GURU[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana]A yogi asked Guru Nanak who his Guru was? He replied,"The Word is Guru." God anointed Guru Nanak with His Word, His Wisdom (Logos), and the Guru's whole personality was Word-personified. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Verdana]The Guru made it very clear that his human body was not the Guru, and the mere outward glimpse of the Guru, or the outward profession of faith in him, could not bring the disciple close to the Guru.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Verdana] The light of the Word within his heart was the real Guru and the disciple should approach him with a receptive mind to receive His Light. [/FONT][/COLOR] ===================================================== [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref1"][U][COLOR=blue][1][/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=blue][adopted from] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/introduction/fundamentals-of-sikhism.html"][U][COLOR=blue]http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/introduction/fundamentals-of-sikhism.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=blue] [just click and or cut-- paste] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref2"][U][COLOR=blue][2][/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=blue] Author’s Note only. [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref3"][U][COLOR=blue][3][/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=blue] Author is not sure Of this.aspect [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref4"][U][COLOR=blue][4][/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=blue] There is a reference to Waheguru In the article as well. [5] I do not have the reference for this. Readers may Like to post their opinions. It might have an entry in secondary scriptures/books Like Bhai Gurdas ji’s Vaaran. [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/hard-talk/15342-understanding-mool-mantar-2.html#_ftnref6"][U][COLOR=blue][6][/COLOR][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue] It is the author’s presumption that Guru would mean SGGS ji as we do not have any concept Of Living Guru. Readers and other members may kindly post their comments as well. I want to make it clear that it is an article that I liked and hence sharing with you. I enjoyed this and hope that you will also.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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