Meaning of OM or Aa Uu M

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Namaste Rahul,

 

Thanks for your message. Just to add to it:

 

In Sanskrit, the meaning of Om is avati, or rakùati. Rakùati means

`One who protects, sustains'. So that which sustains everything is

Om. And that which sustains everything is what we have to see as the

order. That order, which is the reality of everything. The

order itself is a reality. And so, that which is the essence of the

order itself, is Om. That means Om is the name of the Lord, who

pervades your being, who pervades everything in the world in the form

of niyati, the form of the order that sustains.

 

The Mandukya Upanishad is one of the prime Upanishads.

It is a short Upanishad dedicated to Aum. It begins with the words -

" Aum is this imperishable word. Aum is the universe and this is the

exposition of Aum. The past, present and the future; all that was, is

and will be is Aum. Likewise all else that may exist beyond the

bounds of time, that too is Aum. That which is beyond all these is

also Aum. ( verse 1)

 

The Taittiriya Upanishad says: 'Thou art the sheath of Brahma. " That

is Aum is the container for the Supreme and therefore invoking Aum is

invoking the Supreme.

 

The Taittiriya Upanishad also says " With Aum, Brahma begins

creation'' which means that the whole universe was projected out of

the sound of Aum.

 

The Dhyanabindu Upanishad states -

Those who want enlightenment should reflect on the sound and meaning

of Aum. Aum is the bow, the individual being is the arrow and Brahman

is the target. When the arrow is released from the bow it goes

straight towards and into the target.

 

The Sweteswatara Upanishad states-

Fire though potentially present in firewood is not seen until one

stick is rubbed against another. The Self is like that fire; it is

realized by constant awareness of the sacred syllable Aum. Let your

body be the stick that is rubbed and Aum be the stick that is rubbed

against. Thus you will realize your real nature which is hidden

within, just as fire,in a sense, is hidden in wood.

 

In the Maitrayana Upanishad after it has been said that there is one

Brahma or Supreme without words and a second, a Word- Brahma, we are

told that the word is the syllable 'Aum'.

 

In the Bhagvad Gita Sri Krishna states that amongst the mantras he is

Aum and that whoever chants Aum at the time of death gets liberated.

 

There is a verse in the ancient Rig Vedas -

" Prajapati vai idam agra asit " meaning - 'In the beginning was

Prajapati,( the Supreme) Tasya vak dvitiya asit meaning With whom was

the Word

Vag vai Paramam Brahma meaning And the Word was verily the Supreme

Brahma. This Sphota has its symbol in the word Aum

 

Om Namah Shivaya

 

 

, " RAHUL "

<toneyrahulsharma wrote:

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> As per many Text I have came across and its clearly

> indicated in Shiv Maha Puran, Garud Puran as the Lord of the Lord

> (Devadi Dev Mahadev or OMKARESHWAR) the created every thing He

> himself lies in ¡°A¡± ¡°U¡± ¡°M¡± when spell together it becomes OM.

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