Inward attention
A word of the Sant tradition, often traced to Sanskrit 'smriti' (remembering); the derivation is debated.
Attention turned inward and joined to the Word (shabda). In 'Chal Hansa Wa Des' Kabir pictures it as a fortunate wife drawing water, and in 'Sadho, So Satguru' attention merges in the Word.
Gurbani Kirtan is the divine musical recitation of sacred Sikh scriptures set to classical Indian Ragas. It calms the mind, erases ego, and brings the soul into direct communion with Waheguru.
Naam Simran is the Sikh practice of continuous remembrance of Waheguru, progressing from spoken repetition to an effortless, automatic meditation of the heart.
In Sikhism, the True Guru is the Divine Word (Shabad), and spiritual liberation occurs when consciousness (Surat) merges into the Shabad.
Kabir taught Surat Shabd Yoga, joining soul-consciousness to the unstruck inner sound, Anahat Naad, heard only once the senses turn fully inward.
Hemkund Sahib, at 4,632 meters in Uttarakhand, marks the site described in Guru Gobind Singh's Bachitar Natak where he performed his prior-life penance.