Om

Om, or Aum (written with the generic Devanagari symbol ॐ) is a sacred, spiritual symbol, mantra and mystical Sanskrit sound, used in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and esoteric religions. The word signifies the essence of the ultimate reality, consciousness or Atman (soul, self within).

Quotes

• Om Mani Padme Hum, the sunrise comes!
  The Dewdrop Slips Into The Shining Sea!
  • Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of Asia (1879)

• That word which all the Vedas record, which all penances proclaim, which men desire when they live as religious disciples, that word I tell thee briefly, it is OM.
  • H.P. Blavatsky, Gems from the East, a Birthday Book of Precepts and Axioms, (1890) (May 20)

See also

• The Ageless Wisdom teachings
• Gayatri Mantra
• Initiation
• Mantras
• Meditation
• Om mani padme hum
• Prayer
• Transmission Meditation
• Triangles Meditation
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali