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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Why do we chant Om?

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JAY SHREE POOJYASHREE SHREE AMMA

JAY MAHAN BRAHMASHREE GOPALAVALLIDASAR

JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG

Dear Readers,

Radhekrishna once again,

In the previous post we started with the topic of “Om”. Let us know more about it in this post.

The vibration of "OM" symbolizes the manifestation of God in form ("sāguna brahman"). "OM" is the reflection of the absolute reality, it is said to be "Adi Anadi", without beginning or the end and embracing all that exists. The mantra "OM" is the name of God, the vibration of the Supreme. When taken letter by letter, A-U-M represents the divine energy (Shakti) united in its three elementary aspects: Bhrahma Shakti (creation), Vishnu Shakti (preservation) and Shiva Shakti (liberation, and/or destruction)

The syllable is mentioned in all the Upanishads, specially elaborated upon in the Taittiriya, Chāndogya and Māndukya Upanishad set forth as the object of profound religious meditation, the highest spiritual efficacy being attributed not only to the whole word but a lso to the three sounds a (a-kāra), u (u-kāra), m (ma-kāra), of which it consists. A-kara means form or shape like earth, trees, or any other object. U-kāra means formless or shapeless like water, air or fire. Ma-kāra means neither shape nor shapeless (but still exists) like the dark energy content of the Universe. When we combine all three syllables we get AUM which is a combination of A-kāra, U-kāra, and Ma-kāra.

Let us know about the reference of Om in various upanishads in the next post.

… to be continued

Section II: Information about Indian herbs

In this post, let us know about Katai Chhoti also known as Solanum Xanthocarpum in Latin.

  • It’s a spreading herb with thorns and violet flowers
  • Its fruits are of the same size as large plums
  • It’s a good blood purifier
  • It acts as an antiseptic for the mouth
  • It also acts as killer of intestinal parasites
  • It's used as a purgative

That concludes the topic for the fortnight. Till the next post keep chanting Radhekrishna Krishnaradhe Radhekrishna Krishnaradhe

Radhekrishna Krishnaradhe Radhekrishna Krishnaradhe

Sarvam Guruvaarpanam

Thursday, October 06, 2011

Why do we chant Om?

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JAY SHREE POOJYASHREE SHREE AMMA

JAY MAHAN BRAHMASHREE GOPALAVALLIDASAR

JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG

Radhekrishna Dear Readers,

In this post we start a very important topic which is “Why do we chant Om?”

Om or Aum, written universally as , in Devanāgari as ओ३म् or ओम् and in Tamil as ஓம், in Sanskrit known as praava प्रणव (lit. "to sound out loudly"), Omkara, or Aukāra (also as Aumkāra) ओंकार, is a sacred or mystical syllable in Hinduism,

Om is pronounced as ओ३म् where is Pluti, (indicating a length of three morae) (long or over-long nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel, ːː]), like OOOM, दीर्घ O,

The syllable consists of three phonemes, a Vaishvanara, u Hiranyagarbha and m Iswara, which symbolize the beginning, duration, and dissolution of the universe and the associated gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, respectively. The name Omkara is taken as a name of God in the Hindu revivalist Arya Samaj

The syllable om is first described as all-encompassing mystical entity in the Upanishads. Today, in all Hindu art and all over India 'om' can be seen virtually everywhere, a common sign for Hinduism and its philosophy and theology. Hindus believe that as creation began, the divine, all-encompassing consciousness took the form of the first and original vibration manifesting as sound "OM". Before creation began it was "Shunyākāsha", the emptiness or the void. Shunyākāsha, meaning literally "no sky", is more than nothingness, because everything then existed in a latent state of potentiality.

… to be continued

Section II: Information about Indian herbs

In this post let us know about Bindal also known as Cotton Seed in English and Gossypium Indioum in Latin.

· It’s a fruit of a creeper also known as Bindal Doda

· It grows wild in the rain forests

· It’s a very good purgative and emetic

· It is used in epilepsy, jaundice and piles

· If taken internally it can induce abortion by inducing menstrual flow

That concludes the post for the fortnight. Till the next post, Radhekrishna!

Sarvam Guruvaarpanam

 

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