Naam:
The most efficacious Sadhna in the present age Whenever
vice predominates and virtue goes under-ground and good acts are altogether
ignored, the Saints preach the spiritual sadhna or practice of Naam, for it is
the easiest and the quickest remedy. In
this age all individual and social acts and the performance of rites and
rituals as enjoined by the scriptures are hardly or any substantial use for
they are outmoded and out of time. In this age, Kirtan (the
Sound Principle) occupies the highest place (among spiritual practices). *89 GURU
ARJAN Sant Ravi Das testifies to
this: In Sat Yuga (the golden age)
"Sat" or Truth reigned supreme; in Treta (the silver age) sacrificial
oblations had their day; in Dwaper (the copper age) idol worship was the law of
the land; but in Kal Yuga (the iron age), Naam is the most potent and sovereign
remedy. *90 Swami Tulsi Das Ji concurs: Meditation
(on the Sat) prevailed in the first unit of time, Yajnas or sacrifices in the
second, Bhakti or loving devotion in the third and now in the forth when evil
is in the ascendant and the mind is wholly engrossed in evil like a fish in the
sea, Naam or the discipline of the spirit works as the saving life line from
the ocean of delusive matter. TULSI
DAS In
Kal Yuga Naam is the only precious thing, for with the help of Naam, the
devotees are saved. *91 GURU
RAM DAS In this Kal Yuga, all
Sadhans or practices are of no avail except that of Naam, for it alone is a
potent remedy. *92 SWAMI SHIVDAYAL SINGH In Kal Yuga, Naam is the
only means of salvation. *93 Now that Kal Yuga has set
in, it is the most appropriate season for sowing the seed of Naam, Nothing else can bear fruit
now, do not be in any delusion on this account. *94 Nanak would gladly make an
offering of himself to one who has been linked with Naam. *95 GURU
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