The Word That is God
The Word That is God
The Word That is God
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Supreme Power of Divine Knowledge with the mystic Omkara.” (Srikanta was a leading<br />
commentary on the Brahma Sutras.)<br />
“In its essence the Veda <strong>is</strong> equivalent to the Pranava.” (Aspects of Indian Thought, p. 31)<br />
“All things are created by Om. “(II. 75)<br />
Kabir 56<br />
“From the word Om the Creation sprang.” (III.76)<br />
“Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> the Ultimate <strong>Word</strong>: but can any express its marvellous savor? He who has savored<br />
it once, he knows what joy it can give. Kabir says: Knowing it, the ignorant man becomes w<strong>is</strong>e,<br />
and the w<strong>is</strong>e man becomes speechless and silent.” (II.61)<br />
“Kabir says: L<strong>is</strong>ten to the <strong>Word</strong>, the Truth, which <strong>is</strong> your essence. He speaks the <strong>Word</strong> to<br />
Himself; and He Himself <strong>is</strong> the Creator.” (I.98)<br />
“Receive that <strong>Word</strong> from which the Universe springeth!<br />
“<strong>That</strong> word <strong>is</strong> the Guru; 57 I have heard it, and become the d<strong>is</strong>ciple.<br />
“How many are there who know the meaning of that word?”<br />
“O Sadhu! practice that <strong>Word</strong>!<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Vedas and the Puranas proclaim it,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> world <strong>is</strong> establ<strong>is</strong>hed in it,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> R<strong>is</strong>h<strong>is</strong> and devotees speak of it:<br />
“But none knows the mystery of the <strong>Word</strong>.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> householder leaves h<strong>is</strong> house when he hears it,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> ascetic comes back to love when he hears it,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Six Philosophies expound it,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Spirit of Renunciation points to that <strong>Word</strong>,<br />
“From that <strong>Word</strong> the world-form has sprung,<br />
“<strong>That</strong> <strong>Word</strong> reveals all.<br />
“Kabir says: But who knows whence the <strong>Word</strong> cometh? (1.66)<br />
(Only he who unites himself with It in meditation.)<br />
Yogiraj Shyama Charan Lahiri (Lahiri Mahasaya)<br />
“Om <strong>is</strong> radiant Light. When th<strong>is</strong> Light <strong>is</strong> spread throughout the body, all <strong>is</strong> seen; then,<br />
there <strong>is</strong> no desire to speak and to look.”<br />
56 Kabir was a great poet-saint of Northern India in the fifteenth century. <strong>The</strong>se quotations are taken from Songs of Kabir,<br />
translated by Rabindranath Tagore.<br />
57 “<strong>The</strong> <strong>Word</strong> <strong>is</strong> the Guru, <strong>The</strong> Guru <strong>is</strong> the <strong>Word</strong>; within the <strong>Word</strong> immortality <strong>is</strong> found.” So said Guru Nanak, the founder of<br />
the Sikh religion.<br />
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