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The chronology of Mandukya Upanishad, like that of other Upanishads, is uncertain and contested. [12] The chronology is difficult to resolve because all opinions rest on scanty evidence, an analysis of archaism, style and repetitions across texts, driven by assumptions about likely evolution of ideas, and on presumptions about which philosophy might have influenced which other Indian philosophies.
"OM is the mantra, the expressive sound-symbol of the Brahman Consciousness in its four domains from the Turiya to the external or material plane. The function of a mantra is to create vibrations in the inner consciousness that will prepare it for the realisation of what the mantra symbolises and is supposed indeed to carry within itself.
Nishprapanchaya occurs in some popular mantras, as following Om Namah Shivaya (plus a string of datives giving qualities of Shiva), thus: [1] [2] Om Namah Shivaya Gurave (oṃ namaḥ śivāya gurave) (Om. Salutations to the guru, who is Shiva.) Satchidananda Murtaye, (saccidānanda mūrtaye) (His form is being, consciousness, and bliss.)
In his commentary on the Isha Upanishad, [6] [page needed] Sri Aurobindo explains that the Atman, the Self manifests through a seven-fold movement of Prakrti. These seven folds of consciousness, along with their dominant principles are: [7] annamaya puruṣa - physical; prāṇamaya puruṣa - nervous / vital; manomaya puruṣa - mental / mind
In his 1963 book, The Science of Being and Art of Living, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi says that, over time, through the practice of the TM technique, the conscious mind gains familiarity with deeper levels of the mind, bringing the subconscious mind within the capacity of the conscious mind, resulting in expanded awareness in daily activity. He also ...
He who learns the vidya (knowledge) and the mantras in the scripture is sanctified and earns the merit of reciting the Gayatri Mantra, the maha-rudra hymns and Om mantra numerous times, and is cleansed of all sin. [18] Meditating on the mantra taught, asserts the text, leads the yogi to transmute, fuse with the supreme and realize god within ...
The very consciousness of the god or guru is held to enter into the Self of the disciple, constituting an initiation into the school or the spiritual family of the guru. [3] It is held that shaktipata can be transmitted in person or at a distance, through an object such as a flower or fruit.
the force of the syllable ha in the mantra and the concept of aham, the supreme subjectivity as the source of all, with a as the initial movement of consciousness and m its final withdrawal. Thus we have an elaborate series of associations, all conveying the central conception of the cosmos as a manifestation of consciousness, of pure ...