Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The essence of all meditation is to chant the Naam.
The true purpose of all forms of spiritual practice is this: keep the Name of the Lord within your heart.
In the Court of the Lord, all demerits are removed. You are acclaimed and praised there.
The parallel structure of Shabad 87 is remarkable: Pauri 0 said "the essence of scriptures is the Naam," and Pauri 2 says "the essence of all meditation is the Naam." The convergence of all spiritual technology — both study and practice — to the same single point.
Sab dhian kaa dhiaanaa (the essence of all meditations) — not just simple chanting but every sophisticated form of dhyana, every contemplative method, every form of inner work. All of it points here: keep the Name in the heart.
The Court of the Lord removes avgan (demerits, faults). The divine Court operates not by tallying faults but by transforming the one who appears there with the Naam.
Have you ever tried different practices — different ways of quieting the mind or turning inward — and found they all started leading to the same place? What was that place?
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