Nigam aur Aagam

Nigam - Jo neeche utra ho, ya prapt kiya ho
Guru shishya parampara ke zariye aage saumpa gya. Ise Shruti bhi kehte hain.
Jise bahri strot se grehn kiya jaye, jaise guru se ya shastron se. Like a syllabus or textbook for the religious path.
Nigam has 4 parts..
1. Ved
2. Brahman Granth - Tells vidhi of yog yagya from vedas
3. Araniyak - Darsanik arth or meaning behind these karam kands
4. Upnishads - also called vedantas.
Upnishads self declares that they are limited and the peak of Nigam parampara. They tells that the param satya can't be realized by just mere reading it listening.
It says Aatma can't be realized by listening good, by sharp brain or just knowledge.
So Upnishads can take you to the closed door, but you have to do effort to open the door. Agam is where required further.


So, Nigam provides us the map, while Agam teaches us how to walk on that path. Means,  Nigam is what and Aagam is how.


Aagam
Aagam means jo bheetar se prakat ho. Agam tells how its realized or how to reach there.
It's the gyan of guru shishya parampara. It is highly secret knowledge and is only give to the deserving ones. As its secret knowlege people who somehow found this knowledge by foul means just follow the words, but doesn't understands the meaning behind them.

Patanjali Gyan says Chit vriti nirodh or daman is called Yog.

But Aagam says, don't  daman the chit vriti or ichha, but transform them into other form, because suppressing the desires will outcome or release in some other form.
So Aagam says, don't supress but transform.

So, both Nigam and Agam are required to first understand and then implement to reach the ultimate.

So person having Nigam can be like a live Google Search Engine having lots of knowledge but might have issues in life.

The one who runs only on path of Aagam without having Nigam can be DishaHeen. He is like having a fast sports car but without a map to follow. He might have some anubhav or adventures but he doesn't know where is he going.

Yogi's chitt is sthir by following on the path of Aagam while taking the help of Nigam.
So, Nigam is diya or paatra
Aagam is oil or baati burning inside it.
Light is not possible without both.

Jab siddhant aur anubhav milte hain, tabhi dharam kitaabon se nikal kar jeevan banta hai.
Gyan aur Kriya dono ek sath.

So
Nigam is Gyan
Aagam is Kriya