The Word That is God

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