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[jkvlondon]

What is Naam?

 

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[jkvlondon]

2 hours ago, NonExistant said:

Naam is when we kill our ego and feel the presence of one divine source all the time. Constantly the mind is at an unwavering state.

agreed, naam simran is the loving remembrance of that fact....just wanted to share the full  video

p.s. any good places to pick up on metaphysical terms in Gurbani apart from:

https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/philosophy/metaphysics

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What is the experience of Naam?

 

We can say, the experience of Naam, is the experience of Wahiguru, Himself.

In the beginning of Mool Mantar, Sachay Patshah says:

Ik Oankar  Sat-Nam.

Which means, there is only one Lord, which is Naam, and that Naam is Sat, means Truth.

Now when Guru Jee says that, that Naam is Truth or Sat, means it is everlasting, it is eternal, it does not change.

Further on in the Bani, reffering to that Naam,we come to know, that it is : Aad Sach, Jugad Sach, hae bhee Sach, Nanak hosee bhee Sach.

Means, it has been so, changeless right from the very beginning, it has been unchanged throughout all the jugaas, and it shall remain changeless also, in the future eras.

The bani also says: Ekas bin sabh dandh hae. Means, apart from that Naam, everything else is false, means, it has a start and also an end. All devis, devtays, celestial beings, neither world beings, absolutely everything ends in grand  dissolution/maha parlay.

Only Naam, only Wahiguru Akal Purukh, only that Shabad, is Sach/Sat. and it is to that primal power, so to say, our Guru Sahiban direct our attention, to which, we should devote ourselves and none other.

For when we devote ourselves to Naam with its Simran, it is only then, when we shall become mindless, karmaless, and merge our surtee in that Naam/Satnam.

That is why the Bani clearly says: Jin Har japeeya, se Har hoeeya.This is Gurmat.

Anything else apart from it, as per means to become one with Him, is manmat

Sat Sree Akal.

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also most people forget naam japp is not same as naam simran.

japp is something you do , simran you don't do , simran is rememberance that happens by itself. 

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27 minutes ago, AjeetSinghPunjabi said:

also most people forget naam japp is not same as naam simran.

japp is something you do , simran you don't do , simran is rememberance that happens by itself. 

Thanks for opening a can of worms here!

Simran ...you DO do!.. it is something that is practiced.

In short; Naam jap is to recite the name of the primal one, so that one becomes adept in single-minded focus and falls in love with what they are japping..

Naam simran, is remembrance; correct!  But it is done via practice or practical acts of worship. This is naam jap, mantar jap, kirtan, bhajan and can be extended into ANY activity through methods of practice. 

 

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26 minutes ago, luckysingh99 said:

Thanks for opening a can of worms here!

Simran ...you DO do!.. it is something that is practiced.

In short; Naam jap is to recite the name of the primal one, so that one becomes adept in single-minded focus and falls in love with what they are japping..

Naam simran, is remembrance; correct!  But it is done via practice or practical acts of worship. This is naam jap, mantar jap, kirtan, bhajan and can be extended into ANY activity through methods of practice. 

 

As someone once told, when your child or parent is far away from you, you remember them , and that rememberance comes automatically, regardless of what you're doing. People remember their far away loves ones all the day while also doing their tasks. 

I think this is what simran means, when done towards god . You can't do naam japp while doing something else, because naam japp in itself is an activity