The Spiritual Significance of OM
om ity etad brahmano nedistam nama yasmad uccaryamana
eva samsara-bhayat tarayati tasmad-ucyate tara
iti
om asya jananto nama cid-viviktan mahaste visno
sumatim bhajamahe om tat sat
tato 'bhut trird-omkaro yo 'vyakta prabhavah svarat
yat tal-lingam bhagavato brahmanah paramatmanah
"One who chants om, which is the closest form of
Brahman,approaches Brahman.This liberates one from the fear of the material
world, therefore it is known as tarak brahman.
"O Vishnu your self-manifest name, om, is the eternal
form of cognizance. Even if my knowledge about the glories of reciting this
name is incomplete, still, by the practice of reciting this name I will acheive
that perfect knowledge.
"He who has unmanifested potencies and is fully
independent, manifests the vibration of OM ,
which indicates Lord Narayana and Vasudevayah. ParaBrahma, ParamAatma, and
ParamEshwara the three forms He manifests."
The Katha Upanishad has:
"The goal, which all Vedas declare, which all
austerities aim at, and which humans desire when they live a life of
conscience, I will tell you briefly it is aum"
"The one syllable OM
is indeed Brahman. This one syllable is the highest. Whosoever knows this one
syllable obtains all that he desires.
"This is the best support; this is the highest support.
Whosoever knows this support is adored in the world of Brahma."
om ity-etad akaram udgītham upāsīta / aum iti hy udgāyati /
tasyopavyākhyānam
The syllable om is the best of all essences, the highest,
deserving the highest place, the eighth.
Uttering the monosyllable Aum, the eternal world of Brahman,
One who departs leaving the body (at death), he attains the Supereme Goal
(i.e., he reaches God).
Lord Krishna says to Arjuna - "I am the father of this
universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of
knowledge, the purifier and the syllable OM. I
am also the Rig, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas."
The Bhagvad Gita (17.23) has:
om tatsatiti nirdesho brahmanstrividhah samratah
"OM , tat and sat has
been declared as the triple appellation of Brahma, who is Truth, Consciousness
and Bliss."
Meditation on Om begins in this way and one who has got
realized knowledge knows Om to be identical
with Lord Krishna, Vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma su-durlabhah. Such a great
soul is very rare and such a great soul can be understood to be the true knower
of the Vedas.
Aum PratyAhara PranAyama
PurushottamAya ParaBrahmane Namaha
Aum Satsang Self-control Self-inquiry
Contentment Santi
Aum Desireless Egoless No-mind Unconditional-love
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