Say the Naam, and even your words turn clean and kind.
The Arc
Speak the Naam, and your words come out clean. Remember the One, and your good name stays spotless. Worship the One, and death has nothing to say to you. Keep saying the One's Naam. Set down the wants that tug at your mind all day. The One holds up the earth and the sky. The same light shines in your heart and in everyone around you. Remembering the One makes even someone who went badly wrong pure again. The highest way to live is to serve the One's people. Whoever receives this gift finds a treasure too big for words. At the centre, the Rahao: keep saying the One's Naam, and let the mind's wants go.
Key Vocabulary
jis bolatt mukh pavitt — speaking the Naam makes the mouth pure.
raam raam bol — say the Naam, gladly, and set down the wants.
patitt puneet — the one who stumbled, made new.
sagal dharam meh ootam dharam — the highest way, above all rituals.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Naam as what purifies speech and reputation, above ritual observance.
For Raag Basant
Spring as renewal: even the one who has fallen made fresh and clean again.
Hukumnama
Subject: Say the One's Naam and let your wants go Preview: a mouth made pure, earth and sky held up, a light in every heart, a treasure no words can measure
Today: Speak the Naam, and your words come out clean. Remember the One, and your good name stays spotless. Worship the One, and death has nothing to say to you. Keep saying the One's Naam. Set down the wants that tug at your mind all day. The One holds up the earth and the sky. The same light shines in your heart and in everyone around you. Remembering the One makes even someone who went badly wrong pure again. The highest way to live is to serve the One's people. Whoever receives this gift finds a treasure too big for words.
Keep saying the One's Naam, and let the mind's wants go.
For today: When a want keeps tugging at you today, breathe in, say the Naam once, and let it go.
Say the Naam, and even your words turn clean and kind.
The Arc
Speak the Naam, and your words come out clean. Remember the One, and your good name stays spotless. Worship the One, and death has nothing to say to you. Keep saying the One's Naam. Set down the wants that tug at your mind all day. The One holds up the earth and the sky. The same light shines in your heart and in everyone around you. Remembering the One makes even someone who went badly wrong pure again. The highest way to live is to serve the One's people. Whoever receives this gift finds a treasure too big for words. At the centre, the Rahao: keep saying the One's Naam, and let the mind's wants go.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Naam as what purifies speech and reputation, above ritual observance.
For Raag Basant
Spring as renewal: even the one who has fallen made fresh and clean again.
Hukumnama
Subject: Say the One's Naam and let your wants go Preview: a mouth made pure, earth and sky held up, a light in every heart, a treasure no words can measure
Today: Speak the Naam, and your words come out clean. Remember the One, and your good name stays spotless. Worship the One, and death has nothing to say to you. Keep saying the One's Naam. Set down the wants that tug at your mind all day. The One holds up the earth and the sky. The same light shines in your heart and in everyone around you. Remembering the One makes even someone who went badly wrong pure again. The highest way to live is to serve the One's people. Whoever receives this gift finds a treasure too big for words.
Keep saying the One's Naam, and let the mind's wants go.
For today: When a want keeps tugging at you today, breathe in, say the Naam once, and let it go.