Naam

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Naam Parkash

what is naam?

there are many meanings to naam, not just one. in reality, this is the naam of the ultimate reality. for instance, ice is but one name connected with coldness or with cold things which have solidified. similary, naam makes the existance of the almighty lord visible and in many other ways denotes his presence. naam is waheguru himself, other names of the lord are kirtam(kirtam naam - naam according to what work or action he represents). for example gopal means the person who sustains the earth (go-earth, and pal-one who sustains).

naam is foremost; everything rests on naam. just like human beings, animals, earth, sky,the planets and the hole universe rest on naam.

nwm ky Dwry sgly jMq ]

The Naam is the Support of all creatures.

nwm ky Dwry KMf bRhmMf ]

The Naam is the Support of the earth and solar systems.

nwm ky Dwry isimRiq byd purwn ]

The Naam is the Support of the Simritees, the Vedas and the Puraanas.

nwm ky Dwry sunn igAwn iDAwn ]

The Naam is the Support by which we hear of spiritual wisdom and meditation.

nwm ky Dwry Awgws pwqwl ]

The Naam is the Support of the Akaashic ethers and the nether regions.

nwm ky Dwry sgl Awkwr ]

The Naam is the Support of all bodies.

nwm ky Dwry purIAw sB Bvn ]

The Naam is the Support of all worlds and realms.

nwm kY sMig auDry suin sRvn ]

Associating with the Naam, listening to it with the ears, one is saved.

kir ikrpw ijsu AwpnY nwim lwey ]

Those whom the Lord mercifully attaches to His Naam

nwnk cauQy pd mih so jnu giq pwey ]5]

- O Nanak, in the fourth state, those humble servants attain salvation. ||5||

by naam japna, we mean to take our super-thought (surat) into akal purak himself. the center of human beings is naam. to get attached to our center is to blossom, and to get detached from our center is destruction. for example when it is attached to its center (a branch or twig) a flower looks beautiful. however when it is detached from its center it dries up and fades away. it is the law of nature that anything that is severed from its center gets into difficulty and degradation. so it is very important that we get attached to our center "naam" and realize all happiness.

taken from divine mystic reflections on gurmat, by sachkand vasi sant baba niranjan singh ji.

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Naam and the mind

1. the erring mind lives in delusion and runs in all directions. in the twinkling of an eye it wanders in all the four directions.

2. the mind of all mankind is burning in a conflagration. the king (mind) himself is a theif. how can his subjects hope for happiness? day and night the king is engaged theivery.

his agents are the five passions, assisted by the twenty five prakiritis or tendencies that govern the temperement. in his kindom, perpetrations of oppression happen at all hours of the day and night.

the subjects are in the cluthes of lust, anger, and pride, and they cannot even run away from them. in broad daylight and without any fear, the king puts the halter of greed and attachment around the neck of his subjects, so as to hang them. he coops them up with the help of public opinion and ties them with the knot of the three gunas - indolence, activity, and tranquility.

what can the poor subjects do in a country where the king him self is a thief and the land is being consumed by conflagration?

3. what is mind?

mind is as definite an entity as the material world; in fact it is the brahm or the universel mind that created the three worlds - physical, astral and cause - and hundreds of similar sets of other worlds. the individual mind, through which one can do all of ones work, has its headqaurters in the center of the forehead between the two eyebrows, where it is knotted to the soul. from here the mind operates usually in a outward direction.

4. being part of the universal mind, the individual mind does not enjoy the state of happiness in this world, which it had been accustomed to in its primeval home in trikuti, the headquarters of brahmand. for this reason it always engaged in the search for happiness. however, it makes this search in the wrong direction. it is attracted to material objects and allured by material pleasures which being ephemeral and shortlived, cannot give permenent satisfaction.

the mind then starts on a fresh search for happiness, it fails again and launches out on a new and different venture

5. this pursuit has been going on for unknown ages, but the mind has never succeeded in its object of attaining permanent peace and happiness.

6. in gurbani maharaj emhasizes:

mnu mYglu swkqu dyvwnw ]

The mind of the faithless cynic is like a crazy elephant.

bn KMif mwieAw moih hYrwnw ]

It wanders around the forest, distracted by attachment to Maya.

ieq auq jwih kwl ky cwpy ]

It goes here and there, hounded by death.

gurmuiK Koij lhY Gru Awpy ]1]

The Gurmukh seeks, and finds his own home. ||1||

ibnu gur sbdY mnu nhI Taurw ]

Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the mind finds no place of rest.

ismrhu rwm nwmu Aiq inrmlu Avr iqAwghu haumY kaurw ]1] rhwau ]

Remember in meditation the Lord's Name, the most pure and sublime; renounce your bitter egotism. ||1||Pause||

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