Religious Studies GCSE

Nam japna

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Meditating on the Lord's Name, which the Guru Granth Sahib (GGS 305:4) states a true Sikh should do after rising early in the morning and bathing.

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The Sikh practice of meditating on the name of God, forming one of the three pillars of Sikhism established by Guru Nanak.

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