AUM----DIVINE MANTRA

‘AUM’ is the Divine Sound and an Auspicious Symbol of Hinduism.

It’s chanting creates and generates Divine  Energy.

‘AUM’ is the Infinite Reality that pervades the Universe.

It is all ---inclusive. It is the singular entity, or Purna;

in Sanskrit -----That is Infinity.

‘AUM’ is described in VEDAS-----the sacred knowledge;

as the  pure second word.

‘Japa’ of ‘AUM’ leads to Supreme Goal---‘SALVATION’.

The three syllables of ‘AUM’ represent variously; the

three universes ---‘Akash’, ‘Prithvi’ and ’Patal;

the three periods---Past, Present, Future;

 the essence of life cycle---Creation, Sustenance and Dissolution;

the three‘VEDAS’---Rig, Yajur and Sama;

 and also personify  Trimurti  --- ‘BRAHMA’, ’VISHNU’ and ‘MAHESH’.

‘AUM’ is the Symbol of total universe and according to Upanishad,   

It is‘ Aksara Brahma’

In the Yajur Veda ’AUM’ has been used as the name of God, thrice as follows;

(1) Remain immersed in ‘AUM’            (II.13)

(2) Man of action, remember ‘AUM’    (40.15)

(3) AUM, like the sky, is all pervasive.  (40.17)

‘AUM’-----let us meditate on this syllable, which is the foundation of prayer, says ‘Chandogya Upanishad’. It further mentions the earth emerges from the water; plants emerge from the earth; human beings emerge from plants; speech   comes from human beings and ‘AUM’ comes from speech. ‘AUM’ is the essence of all essences. It is highest of the high. It is the Ultimate.

‘AUM’ is the supreme of God. ’AUM’ is the whole .’AUM ’affirms.

‘AUM’ is the sound which expresses all truth, Taittiria Upanishad.

In the Katha Upanishad, it is said,” The syllable is indeed Brahma, this syllable is the  highest, he who knows this syllable, will have all his wishes, whatever they are fulfilled.”

MANDUKY Upanishad belongs to Atharva Veda and expounds Godhead as the principle of OM (AUM). Of the countless names of God, AUM’ is the most powerful… It further elucidates   the   inner meaning of ‘AUM’ which embodies the highest wisdom.

It has three syllables. ‘A’ represents the waking state,

                                   ‘U’ represents dreaming state,

                                   ’M’ represents the state of deep sleep

‘AUM’ in its entirety, plus the moment of the silence which follows.

 It represents ‘ Shanti ‘, the peace beyond  understanding.

‘AUM ’  is ‘Saguna’, in the form of letter and sound,

 but ‘Nirguna’, reflecting infinite   divinity.

‘AUM’ is Atma. Atma is Brahma. ‘AUM’ is Brahma.   (Mandukya Upanisad 1, 4,2).

Adi Sankaracharya’s Guru’s Guru, Gaudapada Rishi, wrote a karika (commentary) on Mandukya Upanisad, which is the first systematic exposition of Advaita Vedanta. The Rishi says; “Mandukyam ekam evalam mumukshunam vimuktaye.”

AUM’ is the prefect expression of cosmic energy.

‘AUM’ is indeed the symbol of both the lower and higher ‘Bramha’  the  conditioned and the unconditioned, the finite and the infinite .                     ( Prasna Upanished Ch. 5)

‘AUM’ is the vedic ‘Bija Mantra’. All ‘Tantric Mantras’ start with ‘AUM’

According to Yoga Guru Patanjali, God is manifest in the Syllable AUM .Repeating the syllable AUM comprehending its significance is an aid towards the attainment of superior consciousness.

The primal ‘Shabda’, pronounced ‘AUM’ is the cosmic vibration. The joy of chanting and singing unfurls the inner world! It stills the mind, dissolves worries, frees the voice and opens the heart!

In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna has described Himself ‘AUM’ among the letters. “Uttering the one-syllable AUM--- the Brahman and meditating on Me, he, who so departs, leaving the body, attains the Supreme Goal.”  (Bhg.Gita 8 -13 ).

It is believed, Lord Krishna, used to produce ‘AUM’ naad while playing his flute and while standing used to take posture of ‘AUM’.

Lord Shiva expresses His prowess in the posture of AUM in His eternal cosmic dance---the ‘Tandava’. Further Lord Shiva explains to Parvati ;”The ’AUM’ in a Mantra is the seed of the Mantra. Like a seed, it is supremely small and subtle, like the tree It is huge and gross. It is the beginning of the Vedas, the essence of all Vedas, It is My very Swaroopa.”

According to Swami Vivekananda, “The manifesting word of God is AUM.                                          To know the ‘AUM’ is to know the secret of the universe”.

Lord Ganesha,--- the Lord of Wisdom and Knowledge, is invoked through AUM Mantra.

‘AUM’is the first sound emerged from Lord Shiva’s drum called ‘Damroo’.

AUM emanates from Shiva’s Damroo and conch,                                                         

Saraswati’s Veena,   Krishna’s Flute, Narad’s Ektara,                                                                 

AUM immortalizes the mortal.

                                                                       (‘The Track’  by Prof. K.L.Tiku.)

“ Omkaru   rupa   chuk   sarva   adhikaro,

Muladhara      dhyan        dharayo,

Saididata     chuk     vigan       hartar,

Mahaganpata   dhyan    dharayo.

                                                                  (Pandit Krishnajoo Razdan)

“In the   form of Omkara----all Powerful,

O Muladhara  I meditate  upon thee,

Giver of boons and remover of obstacle, Maha Ganesha ,                                                                

I meditate upon thee.”