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Recitation of the Name of God
GENERAL
Jaap
Jaap means ‘recitation.’ It is repeating the name of God. It may be verbal or mental. We start with verbal Jaap and develop it into the mental one. Verbal Jaap is the starting or gross stage of Jaap. In it, there is so called a perceptible Naam (perceptible name of God - you know you are reciting it).
Ajappaa-Jaap
Ajapaa-Jaap is a Jaap (recitation) without doing Jaap. In this, recitation of the name of God (Jaap) becomes a habit. It is a Jaap without effort - an effortless Jaap. The Jaap of the Name (Naam - name of God) keeps going on verbally, or silently in the mind. Whatever might one be doing, the act of Jaap is there. The constant Jaap leads to Ajapaa-Jaap. This is the middle i.e. subtle stage of Jaap - imperceptible Naam: the recitation becomes automatic like a habit.
Simran
Simran is remembrance. The mind gets filled with the constant remembrance of God, and there is no more recitation of His name (Waheguru). Only the remembrance of God is left - an unbroken thought of Him. God is always in the mind regardless of what one might be busy with. It is an advanced stage of the seeker - practitioner (one reciting the Naam). It is the third i.e. transcendental stage of the Jaap. This is the Naam beyond perception (recitation without knowing it - Just the thought).
Dheaan
Dheaan is meditation - contemplation on God. It is thinking about God and is different from Jaap - recitation of His name. Dhean is the process of thinking about Him may be with changing thoughts.
In the Naam-Jaap, there is recitation of the name of God, and it stays the same without any change. The mind keeps set on God. The mind is set on the Name as it is, without its modification - no changing thoughts about Him, no thinking about various aspects of the Name.
From time to time and depending on the level of advancement, all these stages (starting, middle, advanced) keep overlapping each other, to lesser or greater extent, when doing the practice of Naam - Naam-Jaap. In whatever form - gross, subtle, or transcendental, all is the play and flow of Naam (vibrating or active Naam), may be it is in its perceptible, imperceptible, or so-called ‘beyond even imperception’ form. We may or may not be able to comprehend it, but there always is manifestation of Naam.
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Recitation of the Name of God
GENERAL
Jaap
Jaap means ‘recitation.’ It is repeating the name of God. It may be verbal or mental. We start with verbal Jaap and develop it into the mental one. Verbal Jaap is the starting or gross stage of Jaap. In it, there is so called a perceptible Naam (perceptible name of God - you know you are reciting it).
Ajappaa-Jaap
Ajapaa-Jaap is a Jaap (recitation) without doing Jaap. In this, recitation of the name of God (Jaap) becomes a habit. It is a Jaap without effort - an effortless Jaap. The Jaap of the Name (Naam - name of God) keeps going on verbally, or silently in the mind. Whatever might one be doing, the act of Jaap is there. The constant Jaap leads to Ajapaa-Jaap. This is the middle i.e. subtle stage of Jaap - imperceptible Naam: the recitation becomes automatic like a habit.
Simran
Simran is remembrance. The mind gets filled with the constant remembrance of God, and there is no more recitation of His name (Waheguru). Only the remembrance of God is left - an unbroken thought of Him. God is always in the mind regardless of what one might be busy with. It is an advanced stage of the seeker - practitioner (one reciting the Naam). It is the third i.e. transcendental stage of the Jaap. This is the Naam beyond perception (recitation without knowing it - Just the thought).
Dheaan
Dheaan is meditation - contemplation on God. It is thinking about God and is different from Jaap - recitation of His name. Dhean is the process of thinking about Him may be with changing thoughts.
In the Naam-Jaap, there is recitation of the name of God, and it stays the same without any change. The mind keeps set on God. The mind is set on the Name as it is, without its modification - no changing thoughts about Him, no thinking about various aspects of the Name.
From time to time and depending on the level of advancement, all these stages (starting, middle, advanced) keep overlapping each other, to lesser or greater extent, when doing the practice of Naam - Naam-Jaap. In whatever form - gross, subtle, or transcendental, all is the play and flow of Naam (vibrating or active Naam), may be it is in its perceptible, imperceptible, or so-called ‘beyond even imperception’ form. We may or may not be able to comprehend it, but there always is manifestation of Naam.
to be contd.
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