MysticMonist Posted December 29, 2017 Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 ਸੰਤਾ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਰਹੈ ਜਪਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Santhaa Sangath Mil Rehai Jap Raam Naam Sukh Paae ||1|| Rehaao || Remain united with the Society of the Saints; chant the Name of the Lord, and find peace. Ang 31 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysticMonist Posted December 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 Literally, what is the Name or Names of the Lord? I'm very interested in the mysticism of the names of God. Islam has 99 names, Zorastorianism has a simmilar list. Kabbalah also deals in depth with Divine Names. I have started a practice of chanting divine names during all of my prayers. Any resources of the Divine Name in Sikhism? Btw... My morning and evening prayers these days is a Hebrew prayer followed by reading an Ang of the SGGS followed by chantinng divine names in Arabic. 😀 Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarabatam Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 You can read jaap sahib-one of compositions we read every day, it has many names of lord. One of our saints wrote this while explaining esoteric mystery behind god's name: source: http://www.akalbungasahib.com/babaji.html under God He went on to say “Why have we invented so many names for God? There must be a certain reason, because God cannot be named, a name can easily be changed, but God remains the same. So why has God been addressed? Because there are moments when you would like to scream out your inner feelings to God in sheer joy. Some name is needed. Muslim Sufis invented ninety-nine names of God that are so beautiful, but why not a hundred? Ninety-nine looks a bit incomplete. There is a certain reason the hundredth name is kept silent and that is the true name of God, which of course can’t be uttered. That is why Guru Nanak said ‘Satnam’. Your name is thee truth. But in reality you can’t utter it because it will lose its’ beauty. It remains un-uttered at the deepest core of the heart. What is God’s true name? Nobody knows that all the names are man’s creation. The true name of God is the existence that surrounds you.” How can one call Him by all His names? The wise give him names according to His manifestations – Jap Sahib, Guru Gobind Singh Ji He goes on saying. “those kind (the irreligious) of people haven’t known anything of spiritual experience. They’ve never felt any presence of God. The only way to receive God is to drop all your searching and seeking. The real question is recognition, not search, and the only way to know God is to live God.” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 The english translations are ... I don't want to say dishonest but certainly not giving the full picture. It literally says the name however the translation has not mentioned it. The name in this quote is - Ram Ram rhymes with calm, not to mention it is very calming when chanted. Btw Ram and Hari are two most popular names of the Lord in Guru Granth Sahib. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Har , brahm , shiv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 12/29/2017 at 6:53 AM, MysticMonist said: Literally, what is the Name or Names of the Lord? I'm very interested in the mysticism of the names of God. Islam has 99 names, Zorastorianism has a simmilar list. Kabbalah also deals in depth with Divine Names. I have started a practice of chanting divine names during all of my prayers. Any resources of the Divine Name in Sikhism? Btw... My morning and evening prayers these days is a Hebrew prayer followed by reading an Ang of the SGGS followed by chantinng divine names in Arabic. 😀 Thanks. In the above verse, Ram is refereed to as the name of the Lord. There are way more than 99 names for God in Sikh texts. Har and Ram are the two most common ones. The Gurmantar (given during the baptism ceremony) for Sikhs is "Waheguru". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 2:46 PM, Crystal said: Har , brahm , shiv On 1/18/2018 at 5:51 AM, paapiman said: Har and Ram are the two most common ones. Correctly pronounced as Hari. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalpu Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 12:46 AM, Crystal said: Har , brahm , shiv Its Parbhirham 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 11 hours ago, Kalpu said: Its Parbhirham Parbrahm* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalpu Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 12 minutes ago, BhagatSingh said: Parbrahm* Same word by saying, just spelling dfrences 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikhni777 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 The names of God all describe his different qualities. I like to think of them in this way as it makes a lot more sense rather than link them to any religion or language or yug. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 On 1/23/2018 at 12:35 PM, Kalpu said: Same word by saying, just spelling dfrences It's not pronounced (or spelled) as as "Par-bhir-ham", it's pronounced as Par-Bra-hm. Pronunciation is very important. We had another member on here who thought Brahm (God) was the same thing as Bharam (illusion). They had been pronouncing the two words in the same way, which lead to their confusion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 1 hour ago, BhagatSingh said: it's pronounced as Par-Bra-hm. It should be Paar-br-hm. There is no "kanna" after "babba". ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ Bhul chuk maaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, paapiman said: It should be Paar-br-hm. There is no "kanna" after "babba". If we use double a - aa - to indicate kanna, then we should use single a - a - to indicate no matra, so it should be - Paar-Bra-Hma 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 16 minutes ago, BhagatSingh said: If we use double a - aa - to indicate kanna, then we should use single a - a - to indicate no matra, so it should be - Paar-Bra-Hma Par-br-hm would be a better choice to avoid confusion. Bhul chuk maaf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhagatSingh Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, paapiman said: Par-br-hm would be a better choice to avoid confusion. Indeed. But how would you clarify that the - br' - sound is pronounced as - ਬ੍ਰ - and not pronounced as - ਬਰ ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paapiman Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, BhagatSingh said: Indeed. But how would you clarify that the - br' - sound is pronounced as - ਬ੍ਰ - and not pronounced as - ਬਰ ? Hows this? PAR-Br-HM Lowercase can now refer to the letter at the feet. Bhul chuk maaf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angy15 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 12/29/2017 at 5:23 PM, MysticMonist said: Literally, what is the Name or Names of the Lord? I'm very interested in the mysticism of the names of God. Islam has 99 names, Zorastorianism has a simmilar list. Kabbalah also deals in depth with Divine Names. I have started a practice of chanting divine names during all of my prayers. Any resources of the Divine Name in Sikhism? Btw... My morning and evening prayers these days is a Hebrew prayer followed by reading an Ang of the SGGS followed by chantinng divine names in Arabic. 😀 Thanks. Read Gurmat Naam(Punjabi) by Bhai Vir Singh. It explains everthing about NAAM which is mentioned in Gurbani The Other book is NAAM by Surinder Singh Kohli http://sikhbookclub.com/Book/Gurmat-Naam4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidSky Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 I wish they would just put the original Names rather then putting Lord or God. Same is thing done in the Bible. The word God actually has Germanic routes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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