Book I / III – (vii)

Hari Naam and Ram Naam

Naam is above everything. He is the Creator. There is nothing else besides Him and He is immanent in all things. In the scriptures, Lord God is often described as Hari. Hari and Naam are practically the same; Hari in action is Naam, and hence Hari Naam, i.e., Naam emanating from Hari. To bring this aspect of Naam into broad relief and for the proper understanding of It, the term Hari Naam is used in several places in the scriptures.

Again, Naam or the Power of God, call It what you will, is the creative Life Principle. It is all-pervading and is engaged in the work of creating and sustaining all that is visible and invisible. To bring home the idea of His Omnipresence or ubiquity, he is often described as Ram Naam.