The Word That is God

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“Just as a spider climbing up by its threads comes into free space, so also the one who
meditates and ascends through the Syllable Om attains to freedom.” (Maitrayana Upanishad
6:22)
“He who knows that [Om] stands liberated.” (Mandalabrahman Upanishad 2:4)
“Know that this Omkara is the atma that is indestructible during the three periods of
time–past, present, and future–able to confer liberation and eulogized by the Vedas.” (Narada
Parivrajaka Upanishad, Upadesha VIII)
“To the aspirants after liberation, It is the support, like the sun, everywhere; It is the
Atma Jyoti [Light of the Self].” (Narada Parivrajaka Upanishad, Upadesha VIII)
“Liberation is not within the reach of any but the person who has developed the faculty of
meditating on the Pranava.” (Pashupatabrahman Upanishad 26)
“The Pranava bestows liberation.” (Varaha Upanishad 5:68)
“Om is the mantra of liberation and the essence of the Vedas.” (Yajnavalkya Upanishad)
“By the mere knowledge of it [Om], a person will become a jivanmukta.” (Yogashikha
Upanishad 2:7)
“He who meditates upon the imperishable supreme Brahman called Omkara leaves off the
cycle of worldly existence. He becomes liberated from all ties and bondages.” (Vayu Purana)
“Undoubtedly a Brahmin reaches the highest goal by japa of Om alone.” (Manu Smriti
2:83,87)
“The purport of prescribing meditation on the Pranava is this. The Pranava is Omkara…The
fruition of this process is samadhi which yields release [moksha], which is the state of
unsurpassable bliss.” (The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi, sixth edition, p. 25,26)
Om liberates us at the time of death
“At the time of departure from this world, remember Om.” (Yajur Veda 40:15)
“He shall receive instructions on the Pranava. …[At the end of his life] he shall discard his
body remembering [reciting] the emancipating holy mantra, Om.” (Narada Parivrajaka
Upanishad, Upadesha VII)
“Therefore, one who follows the way of life of the gods, he passes away in the Om sound,
the highest Brahman. He sees in his self the Highest Self [Paramatman], the highest Brahman.”
(Narasingha Uttara-Tapiniya Upanishad)
“Then Satyakama, son of Shibi, asked him [the Rishi Pippalada]: ‘Venerable Sir, what
world does he who meditates on Om until the end of his life, win by That?’ To him, he said: ‘If
he meditates on the Supreme Being [Parampurusha] with the Syllable Om, he becomes one
with the Light, the Sun. He is led to the world of Brahman. He sees the Person that dwells in
the body, Who is higher than the highest life. …That the wise one attains, even by the mere
sound Om as support, That Which is tranquil, unaging, immortal, fearless, and supreme.”
(Prashna Upanishad 5:1,5,7)
“[The sage] has for his support the supportless Brahman alone, and this sage in the
turiyatita state finally remains completely absorbed in the non-dual atman alone…when he
gives up his body with the sounding of the Pranava Mantra, Om.” (Turiyatita Avadhuta Upanishad)
“The man who, having subjugated his senses, repeats every day the Pranava Mantra,
shakes off his mortal coil and is converted into the universal expanse of ether [akasha] which
is but another manifestation of Parabrahman.” (Agni Purana)
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