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Guru
Naam or Gurmukh Naam We
have just a couple more terms to consider in this connection which are allied
and convey just the same thing. As the
current of Naam or the Sound Principle is made manifest by the Guru or Master,
it is often called "Guru Naam" or the Word of the Master;
"Gurumukh Naam" or the Word, the exposition whereof is given by the
Master, or "Gurmat Naam"---the Word that is made audible by following
the instructions of the Master. A real
devotee of the Master can get to it through the grace of the Guru and there is
no other way to It. All these terms
denote the hidden or inaudible Sound Current that is made both manifest and
audible by the Master who, at the time of initiation, gives full and detailed
description of the process of inversion through self-analysis by practicing
which, from day to day, one can develop his spiritual experience to any length
he may like. 5.
Conclusion Disadvantages
of not contacting the holy Naam (1) Without Naam we are dead to true values of life: He
alone wakes up to the Reality whom God may so desire and meditates on the Word
of the Master. O
Nanak! they indeed are dead who do not commune with Naam, only a devotee doth
live. *224 GURU
AMAR DAS The
peerless human body is cast by virtuous deeds, and they that contact not the
Naam destroy their very self, Why
do they not die who forget the Naam, fo without the Naam human life is of no
value. *225 GURU
ARJAN (2) Without Naam one is blind and is being cheated: Without
the Naam-contact all your attchments are valueless, for nothing shall abide
with you, Whatever
you see around you is nothing but delvsive matter that keeps you in
bondage. *226 All
pleasures and all delights are mere delusions, O
Nanak! precious is the Naam; they that get not the Naam lose their life in
vain. *227 GURU
ARJAN (3) Without Naam nothing is of any avail: All
flesh is useful in one way or another, but useless is the man who contacts not
the Naam. *228 With
all the enjoyments of the world one never feels satiated, Ever
consumed in invisible fires, all endeavors without Naam prove infructuous. *229 GURU
ARJAN (4) Without Naam one loses his respect for the self: Without
Naam, one becomes a black sheep, And
leads an accursed life of no consequence.
*230 GURU
RAM DAS All
through the ages, one without the Naam wallows in the dirt, Devoid
of devotion, he has neither glory nor respect, Forgetful
of the Naam, he passes his days in sorrowful tears. *231 GURU
NANAK (5) Without Naam one becomes an abode of all afflictions: Always
sing the praises of God, and thy sorrows shall vanish, By forgetting the Naam, O
Nanak! one is best with difficulties.
*232 GURU
ARJAN (6)
Without
Naam one gets drenched in materialism and is ever in affliction: It is better by far so
sterilize the mother's womb than to produce children with no love for the Naam, Their bodies are all hollow
without contact with the Naam and they live and die a
Malingering death. *233 Ever burdened with desires
and wishes, One lives a deserted life
without Naam. *234 GURU
RAM DAS Enslaved to the mind and the
senses, one contacts not the Naam and is ever in pain and affliction, Without contact between the
spirit and the Naam, how can one have peace.
*235 GURU
AMAR DAS Everyone in the world is a
unique gambler, He wishes for all the joy at
the cost of the Naam. *236 GURU
NANAK (7)
Without
Naam one is leprous and in the clutches of death: Whomsoever Thou bestoweth
the gift of the Naam, is the King of Kings, O Satguru, one without this
precious gift is ever in the gyres.
*237 Ever engaged in the gelights
of the world, ye remember not the Lord, O Nanak! by forgetting the
Naam, one forever comes and goes. *238 GURU
ARJAN (8)
Without
Naam all are of low birth and remain in distress: By devotion one rises in the
sacles of life, and acquires merit through the Word, Without contacting the Naam,
all are at the lowest rung of the creation and are filthy worms. *239 All real glory in the world
comes through the Naam, and without It there is none, The worldly glory is but a
passing phase, and cannot last long.
*240 GURU
AMAR DAS (9)
Life
without the Naam is a sheer waste: Forgetting the Word, one
wanders in delusions, Leaving the roots, one
clutches at the leaves and gets nothing.
*241 GURU
NANAK Drunk deep in love for the
self and the children, O Nanak! without the Naam,
existence is a wasteland. *242 GURU
ARJAN One returns not to see his
children, friends and the household, Kabir saith: without
contacting the Naam, life goes in vain.
*243 KABIR (10)
The
giant wheel of life ever moves on for those who do not take to the Naam: Why hast thou forgotten the
All-pervading Naam, With the decay and the
dissolution of the body one has ever to deal with the God of Death. *244 GURU
TEG BAHADUR Forget not the Lord or else
you will fall into the clutches of Death, In the end of the life's
journey, o ignorant one, the minions of death shall torment thee. *245 GURU
NANAK O
Kabir! All the
enjoyments of the Word; betel leaves, tobacco, and others, Shall combine to land thee
in the domain of Death without the aid of Naam. *246 KABIR (11) Without Naam one is in misery: The
Naam is the only companion after death, and without It, there is the bondage of
Death. *247 All
cunning and cleverness prove futile and one departs with tearful eyes, O
Nanak! by forgetting the Naam, one gets no relief at His door. *248 GURU
NANAK He
alone suffers from penury and want, saith Kabir, Who has in his heart no love
for the Naam. *249 KABIR |