The Pranava
Swami Vedantabodhananda Saraswati
The Pranava Om is the bija of all mantras.
Pranava Mudra for Pranayama(Body Gestures & Mental Attitudes)
The first two fingers of the right hand palm are to be curved and last two fingers are to be kept straight and to be held together.
Pranava omkâra: see o m.
Pranava: primal sound of God, identity of K r i s h n a as a transcendental sound vibration: A U M (see also o m k â r a) (see also 11.14: 34, 11.21: 36-40).
Pranava (!) should be chanted with three Matras (prolonged intonations). This is for the destruction of the former sins. The Mantra, Pranava, destroys all obstacles and all sins.
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^ Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé (author, compiler); Elio Guarisco (translator); Ingrid McLeon (translator, editor) (2005). The treasury of knowledge: book six, part four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra.
pranava the basic syllable om, which is the foundation of all the creative sounds of the revealed word.
pranava japa [repetition of the syllable om].
Literally the word pranava means, "humming". Pranava can be a reference to a boat that carries us across the ocean of birth and reincarnation. It can also mean to "roar", sound, or reverberate.
The suggestion of a particular kind of Yoga that is made by the Mandukya Upanishad is the recitation of Pranava or Omkara. It has a simple way, a very easy means of meditation to tell us, not complicated - the recitation of Pranava.
The sound proceeding from Pranava Nada, which is Brahman, is of the nature of effulgence. The mind gets absorbed in it. The mind exists so long as there is sound, but with its cessation, there is that state termed Turiya. It is the supreme state.
The sound of Om is also called Pranava, meaning that it sustains life and runs through Prana or breath.
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Repeat the Pranava or your Ishta Mantra. Concentrate on the Sahasrara Chakra. Feel that by the Grace of Mother Kundalini, the darkness of ignorance enveloping your soul has been dispelled.
This asana is often incorrectly called Viranchyasana II, but once it is lifted, it becomes Omkarasana.
It is also called Pranavasana, where Pranava is the phonic sound for sacred syllable 'OM' (Om-Kaaram).
Pranava: The sacred syllable OM.
Pranayama: Control of Prana.
Pranidhana: Self-surrender.
Prapti: The Siddhi by which the Yogi can obtain all the desired things.
Prasvasa: Expiratory breath.
Pratibandha: Obstacles.
Pratibha: Intuition.
At that time Singapore and Malay were politically one. Swami Pranavanandaji was in Kuala Lampur to arrange his gurubhai's program. He is now the director of the Divine Life Society branch there.
in Light On The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, says, "Sound is vibration, which, as modern science tells us, is the source of all creation." (This is in his commentary on the 27th sutra of the first chapter, which refers to the meaning of pranava or Aum.) ...
They enable us to communicate intrapersonally with our inner self, interpersonally with others and transpersonally with the Divine. The Oli Mudra teachings as well as the usage of Hastha Mudras with the breath in Vibhagha and Pranava Pranayamas are ...
This reduction results in greater proportion of blood reaching stomach, heart and head. Thereby the nervous and information system of the head gets stronger. This is equally possible by deep recitation of "Omkar-Pranava".
 See also: Prana, Yoga, Mind, Body, Breath
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