Editing Sikhism (section)

===Remembrance of the Divine Name===
A key practice by Sikhs is remembrance<ref name="NaamSimran">{{cite book |title=Paths to the Divine: Ancient and Indian |publisher=Council for Research in Values & Philosophy |last=McLean |first=George |date=2008 |page=599 |id={{ASIN|1565182480|country=uk}}}}</ref> of the ''Naam'' (divine name), Waheguru.<ref name="Pruthi 2004 204" /> This contemplation is done through ''[[Nām Japō]]'' (repetition of the Divine Name) or ''[[Simran]]'' (remembrance of the Divine Name through recitation).<ref name="NaamSimran" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Noel |first=Sarah |title=Sikh Music: History, Text, and Praxis|date=2008 |isbn=978-0-549-83369-7|page=46}}</ref> The verbal repetition of the name of God—or a sacred syllable—is an established practice in religious traditions in India; however, Sikhism developed ''Naam-simran'' as an important Bhakti practice.<ref name="Dhillon1988">{{cite book |first=Dalbir Singh |last=Dhillon |title=Sikhism, Origin and Development |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=osnkLKPMWykC |date=1988 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers<!--NOT Atlantic Books, of London--> |location=New Delhi |page=229}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cave |first1=David |last2=Norris |first2=Rebecca |title=Religion and the Body: Modern Science and the Construction of Religious Meaning |date=2012 |publisher=Brill Academic |isbn=978-90-04-22111-6 |page=239}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first1=Anna S. |last1=King |first2=J. L. |last2=Brockington |title=The Intimate Other: Love Divine in Indic Religions |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WhgDL6SwGeQC |date=2005 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-250-2801-7|pages=322–323}}</ref> Guru Nanak's ideal is the total exposure of one's being to the Divine Name and a conformation to [[Dharma]], the "Divine Order". Nanak described the result of the disciplined application of ''nām simraṇ'' as a "growing towards and into God" through a gradual process of five stages. The last of these is ''[[Sach Khand]]'' (''The Realm of Truth''): the final union of the spirit with God.<ref name="p254" />