ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਲੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹੈ ਨਾਮੇ ਹੀ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ
Naam Samhaalae Naam Sangrehai Naamae Hee Path Hoe
नामु सम्हाले नामु संग्रहै नामे ही पति होइ
He remembers the Naam, he gathers in the Naam, and he obtains honor through the Naam.
Raag Bihaagrhaa Guru Amar Das
In this above line, from Raag Bihaaagrhaa of Satguru Amar Das Maharaj, He very very clearly tells us that, what is needed in order to reach Wahiguru´s abode of Sach Khand, with all the honors.
He says :
a): Naam samhaaalae, means rememeber Naam, by its Simran;
b)then He says: Naam sangrehai, means to gather the Nam, or do it´s kamaee. Now to gather this wealth of Nam, can not be accomplished, if we do all other things and not this bhakti, or do it ocasionally by taking it as something secondary and rather prefer to do the traditional ways as we are taught Gurmat is to be.
No.
That is not the correct attitude.
We should give supreme importance to Nam, because behind that word ,or words ,is the very Power of Wahiguru Akal Purukh.
The Bani very clearly says: Awar kaaj, tere kitte na kaam, mil Sadh sangat, aur bhaj kewal Nam, and kewal Nam, means only Nam.
Then too we do our own "maanmat", and we call ourselves sikhs, how come?
Not just by being born as khalsas, we become sikhs.
To be a sikh, is something much more, is putting into practice Gurmat into our very lives, and living up to it fully, with the essence, not the outer aspects. Gurmat is valuable, for this very essence, because with the outer respectables factors, we are as good as any other religion. It is the essence which makes Gurmat unique.
And so, what is the purpose of Gurmat?
Gurmat´s main purpose, is to make us realize ourselves, that we are not mere human beings, but we are spiritual beings going through human experience. And we are caught up as prisoners here in this creation, where even gods, devis , devtas are also not free from the cycle of births and deaths ...so where are we standing then? What is our position?
No amount of good karmas or merits, can take us out of this dark pitch. Sometimes we may have iron chains( all living creatures on this gross plane), sometimes silver(devis, devtas) chains on us, and at other times golden(gods) chains on us, but neverthless we remain prisoners.
Our Guru sahibans, have said: Wahiguru is the only reality and eternal Truth, all else is fanah, is koor. And in order to become free and as eternal as Wahiguru is, we must take shelter at His Lotus Feet, there is no other way.
And to take shelter at His Charan Kamal, is by doing that worship, that sewa, which can certainly take us to Him, without any failure, and that is only Nam Simran, that is why all Guru Sahibans, Bhagats, Sant/Sadh Janas, Gurmukhs, we may take any of their banis, they stress only on Nam Simran, for the cause of our union with Wahiguru Akal Purukh.
So from the line of Guru Amar Das Jee above, He says, remember Him by His Simran, gather as much as possible the "Dhan, the wealth of Nam by its Simran, the result is :Naamae Hee Path Hoe, means, you shall merge in Wahiguru, that is the honor, the merits that one gets, by His simran.
Sat Sree Akal.
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