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Volume 1, Issue 12

Naam Simran : Meditation on 's Name, What is Naam : Wor- May 05, 2006 seeing everywhere. Repetition of ship of God during all Gur mantar with breath, as explained during activity. Not forgetting Definition : In Sikhi, Amrit Sanchar, the Sikh form of baptism. Him, and thanking Him Simran refers to the repetition or recital of Breaths taken without the Simran are to- for his gifts, life, body, the God Names: Nām or tally wasted. and other things of the of the Holy Text from

jo dmu iciq n AwveI so dmu ibrQw jwie ] (AMg 730) world, while, not losing Sri Granth Sahib your among those Jee. The word is de- And that breath which is drawn without things. Realization that rived from Sanskrit thinking of the Lord, that breath goes in word Smaran meaning life without Him, like a vain. Remembrance. Also leaf broken away from Even our body is of no value without Naam translates to a tree, cannot thrive. Simran ‘Meditation’ – The verb Holding on to God as Simar, which is derived ibrQw nwm ibnw qnu AMD ] (AMg 269) the ultimate aim of life from Simran means meditating. Useless is the body of the spiritually blind, at every moment, just It says in the Sri Guru without the Name of the Lord. like a mother cannot Granth Sahib that by Just like something most precious is allowed forget her newborn carrying out Simran the to run out from a leaking container, without child during all her ac- person is purified and making a good use of it. This is why, upon re- tivities. This needs to attains Salvation or alization of this loss, a Sikh prays to have "a Mukti. be developed as an in- million mouths" (tongues), so that he can ner, mental habit, not In Sri Guru Granth Sa- make up with what is left so far. to become a show. In hib, Guruji says: Meditating, meditating, time, it turns into per- iek dU jIBO lK hoih lK hovih lK vIs ] lKu lKu gyVw meditating in remem-

AwKIAih eyku nwmu jgdIs ] petual inner exchanges brance, I have found If I had 100,000 tongues, and these were with God. peace. then multiplied twenty times more, with (simar simar simar sukh Do you say Dhan paa-i-aa.) each tongue, I would repeat, hundreds of at least once a day? thousands of times, the Name of the One, Si - mar can also mean the Lord of the Universe. Log your time of Naam Sim- "to die over" such that you kill your ego in or- This realization is not possible without Sadh ran every day and add at der to have union with . the end of the month to see how many hours you medi- the infinite reality. tate each month.

Page 1 How should we do Simran? Keep repeating of Gurmantar “Waheguru” which we get from Panj Piaras when we take Amrit. Start with 5 min- utes a day in the morning, then increase your time as you start enjoying it. This is a continuous process as long as we take breath. Our body needs food/water to stay healthy and our Soul needs Simran to stay healthy. Remembering Him in meditation, all pains are gone. The jewel of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to dwell in the mind.

Why we need to do Simran? jo pswrw AsIN AwpxIAW A`KW nwl dyK rhy hW, ieh pswrw isr& ie`QoN ies dw Bwv ik nrk vI koeI ie`k nhIN hY ikMny hI hn [ pr au`Qy kOx q`k hI sImq nhIN hY [ jd AsIN rwq nMU au~pr Asmwn v`l vyKdy hW, jWdw hY? swnMU swrw Asmwn qwirAW nwl jgmg krdw id`sdw hY [ ieh cmkdy pwp krydV srpr muTy ] AjrweIil PVy PiV kuTy ] dojik isqwry swfI DrqI vWg hI kroVW sUrj, cMdrmw, Aqy kroVW DrqIAW hn pwey isrjxhwrY lyKw mMgY bwxIAw ]2] (AMg 1019) jo ik Akwl purK ny hI bxweIAW hn [ AsIN ku`J - QoVw AwpxIAW A`KW Those who committed sins are sure to be ruined. qy QoVw bhuqw dUrbInW nwl dyK ilAw hY [ pr ies idsdy pswry qoN A`gy Azraa-eel, the Angel of Death, seizes and tortures hor vI bhuq pswrw hY [ ie`k nwsw dI vYb qy iliKAw sI ik jy AsIN ies them. They are consigned to hell by the Creator Lord, DrqI qoN sB qoN dUr idsdy isqwry au~pr vI cly jweIey qW au~QoN A`gy and the Accountant calls them to give their account. iesy qrW dw hor pswrw dUr q`k iKlirAw id`sygw [ ieh qW g`l hoeI jo swnMU idsdw hY iesy qrW svrg vI hn [ iehnW nMU gurbwxI iv`c purIAW vI AwiKAw hY kyqIAw krm BUmI myr kyqy kyqy DU aupdys ] nwm ky Dwry purIAw sB Bvn ] (AMg 284) kyqy ieMd cMd sUr kyqy kyqy mMfl dys ] The Naam is the Support of all worlds and realms. Aqy ieh purIAW qy svrg vI ikMNny hI hn [ pr is`K vwsqy iehnW So many worlds and lands for working out . So nrkW svrgW dI koeI vI mihmw nhIN hY ikauN ik very many lessons to be learned! So many Indras, so kvnu nrku ikAw surgu ibcwrw sMqn doaU rwdy ] (AMg 969) many moons and suns, so many worlds and lands ie`k Aijhw pswrw ( Creation ) vI hY jo ik swnUM iehnW A`KW nwl nhIN What is hell, and what is heaven? The reject ids skdw [ pr auh pswrw hY, ijs nMU Axif`TI dunIAW Bwv “ Unseen them both. World ” vI ikhw jWdw hY [ nrk qoN qW swnMU swirAW nUM bcxw hI cwhIdw hY lyikn svrg vI swfI kyqy isD buD nwQ kyqy kyqy dyvI vys ] mMizl nhIN hn, ikauN? ieMdR purI mih srpr mrxw ] bRhm purI inhclu nhI So many Siddhas and Buddhas, so many Yogic masters. So many goddesses of various kinds. rhxw ] isv purI kw hoiegw kwlw ] qRY gux mwieAw ibnis auh dunIAW jo swnMU nhIN idsdI, aus iv`c ku`J cMgw vI hY qy ku`J mwVw ibqwlw ]2] [ jW kih lE ik svrg qy nrk vI hn [ gurbwxI pukwr pukwr ky kih In the Realm of Indra, death is sure and certain. The rhI hY Realm of shall not remain permanent. The myrI myrI Dwir bMDin bMiDAw ] nrik surig Avqwr mwieAw Realm of shall also perish. The three dispositions,

DMiDAw ]3] (AMg 761) and the demons shall vanish. ||2|| Crying out, Mine! Mine!, he is bound in bondage. So what is the goal of a Sikh or a human? Entangled in Maya, he is reincarnated in heaven and BeI prwpiq mwnuK dyhurIAw ] goibMd imlx kI ieh qyrI hell. ||3|| brIAw ] Avir kwj qyrY ikqY n kwm ] imlu swDsMgiq Bju

ijqny nrk sy mnmuiK BogY gurmuiK lypu n mwsw hy ]12] kyvl nwm ]1] (AMg 1073) This human body has been given to you. This is your The endures as many hells as there are; the chance to meet the Lord of the Universe. Nothing else will work. Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company Gurmukh is not even touched by them. ||12|| of the Holy; vibrate and meditate on the Jewel of the Naam. ||1|| Next Month:

Next month in June 2006, we will discuss Ardaas

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