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Summary of Question:	What Is Naam Simran?
Category:	Gurbani
Date Posted:	Saturday, 9/08/2001 6:13 PM MDT

respected,satsariakal,

i am 47 year old man,married with three children,who iam i cant describe but when i was young,10 year old i recite japji sahib while my mom try to teach my old brother,i like to talk about my college life every morning i recite japji sahib sabad hazzare,in the evening rehras sahib,without missing a day it is in my memory,and whenever i had time i also read anand sahib,i go to sikh temple,my dad and mom recite every day five banis ,asa di war ,sukhmani sahib,i got all this from my parents .one thing i like to mention here to as i was young in college our group does not follow girls but we protect them,but we do all other things like play basket ball then drink, smoke every thing,but either i do all these i never miss my nitnem,now icame in canada iquit all bad habits in1981, i go to sikh temple here i start reciting sukhamani sahib it is in my memory now i used to recite 50 phath of sukhmani sahib in one month,even at job


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Sat siri akaal. I do not know if you are asking a question here. Practice of banee is a form of naam simran, indeed. But your heading asks "what is naam simran"?

Naam Simran means meditation on the Naam or Name of God. It means concious, focused verbal and /or mental chanting/vibration of the name of God. As Sikhs, we may chant "Sat Nam Waheguru" or "Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru Wahejio" or the Mul Mantra, or the slok/mantra that begins Sukhmani Sahib (Aad Guray Nameh, Jugaad Guray Nameh, Sat Guray Namey, Siri Guru Dayv Ay Namay"). In any event, Guruji tells us over and over in Siri Guru that meditation on the naam is the cure for all that ails us. The first pauris of Sukhmani Sahib describe this at length.

Guru ang sang,
-DKK