Om The Hindu Trinity and Brahman Mind Mantras buddhism

A mantra is a tool for the mind. The suffix "-tra" designates a tool in Sanskrit. Take the word khanitra. Khan means dig. So a khanitra is a shovel. Man is etymologically related to the word "mental." So, a mantra is a tool or instrument used for mental tasks - it is a spell, an incantation, a verbal formula used to create or destroy mental objects or states. The mantra epitomizes language as an instrument that creates the illusion of reality or destroys that illusion, language as iconographic and iconoclastic. The best known mantra from Hindu tradition is Om.

The traditional pronunciation of Om is a single syllable made up of four parts - three phonemes and a period of silence - produced in succession and then repeated. Each part has a symbolic, spiritual, and psychological significance. Taken in order the four parts symbolically represent the Hindu Trinity - Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva - and Brahman. They also reflect the stages in the spiritual journey: awakening, awareness, renunciation, and union. Reciting the syllable reenacts the quest for union with Brahman, the quest for Samadhi. The mantra is also effective psychologically because the specific phonemes and the silence evoke the deep structures of language that we respond to no matter what our language or our cultural background.

The first sound produced in this mantra is Ah. The Ah represents the power of Brahma, the creator god. Brahma as the lowest in status of the Hindu Trinity because the act of creation is viewed as a negative act - the physical universe is a distraction from Brahman, it is maya or illusion.

The status of Brahma is similar to the status of the Demiurge in the Gnostic sect of Medieval Christianity. The Gnostics believed that the good forces of the universe were just about evenly matched by evil forces. Existence was a war between good and evil. Since the pleasures of the physical world led one into sin, the Gnostics couldn't accept that a good God would have created the physical world, so they postulated the Demiurge, an evil god responsible for the creation. Gnosis means knowledge, so the goal of the Gnostics was direct knowledge of God, similar to the path of contemplation as described in the Gita. Of course, the orthodox Christian Church branded the Gnostics heretics.

Om Mani Padme Hum youtube video

"The mantra Om Mani Padme Hum (literally: "Aum, to the Jewel in the Lotus, hum) is recited by Tibetan Buddhists to invoke Chenrezi, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Repeating this mantra accumulates merit and eases negative karma; meditating upon it is believed to purify the mind and body.

Spinning prayer wheels, physical or digital, are believed to confer the same benefit as speaking the mantra. It is often recited with the aid of a mala (string of prayer beads.)

namo amitabha!

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Brahma, however, is not seen as evil in Hinduism, but as the power of Brahman that is responsible for the creation of maya.

The first stage of the spiritual journey is awakening and this is represented by the Ah sound also. The initial sound of the mantra is parallel to waking consciousness, recognition of the world of experience. If we look at this phoneme in the widest possible context, the sound may be heard as an almost involuntary exclamation in all cultures and languages - Ah, is the exclamation that denotes discovery. Wherever one is in the world one will hear people who see something for the first time, people making discoveries exclaiming, "Ah!" Thus it is a most appropriate phoneme to begin the mantra.

The second sound in the mantra is Oh. The Oh represents the power of Vishnu, the sustainer god. Vishnu is the Lord of Maya. It is his role to keep the illusion from falling into a chaos of injustice and suffering. Since all that can be experienced and all that can be thought is considered to be illusion in Hinduism, then everything can easily change. The illusion of reality is incredibly plastic. Actions, words, and thoughts can change the nature of this illusion of reality, so the uninitiated can believe that actions, words, and thoughts can change reality. Because of this mutibility, a sustaining force, Vishnu, is needed so that selfish and cruel people will have an opponent when they try to manipulate reality for their own benefit causing suffering and injustice. Using this power is magic.

The power that can be derived from the manipulation of the illusion of reality can be illustrated by looking at the power of a historical figure whose motto was a statement that recognized the plastic nature of maya. Hassin I Sabbah was a leader of a ferocious warrior sect of Muslims during the Crusades and his motto was, "Nothing is true, everything is permissible." Sabbah had an unusual boot camp that he used to train his soldiers. He built a beautiful walled garden. Inside was exquisite food and drink, beautiful women. His recruits lived in this pleasure garden for a while and then Sabbah kicked them out telling them that they had been in heaven and to return they must fight bravely and well. When the English Christians met these soldiers in battle, they were amazed at the overpowering determination of these followers of Sabbah, who was also known as the Old Man of the Mountain because his mountain-top fortress couldn't be broached. The Christians were told that these young men were called the Hashashin.

This Arabic word is difficult to pronounce for English speakers, so by the time the Crusaders returned to England, they were telling stories of the fierce assassins. That's the origin of the word.

It is the role of Vishnu to sustain the illusion in order to counter the force of magic, the selfish manipulation of reality. Vishnu is the enemy of the magician. It is Vishnu who comes to earth as a avatar to set things right. He is Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita.

The second stage of the spiritual journey is awareness and this is represented by the Oh sound also. The second sound of the mantra is parallel to sleeping consciousness, recognition of the world of dreams and of the power of the imagination. Recognition of the power of magic and illusion. If we look at the sound of this phoneme in the widest possible context, this sound may be heard, as well, as an almost involuntary exclamation in all cultures - Oh, is the exclamation that denotes wonder. Wherever one is in the world one will hear people who are feeling awe or are filled will reverence after witnessing a great work of art or a illusion by a master illusionist. They will be exclaiming, "Oh!" Thus it is a most appropriate phoneme to follow Ah in the mantra.

The third sound in the mantra is MMM. The MMM represents the power of Shiva, the destroyer god. Shiva is Lord of the Void. Just as the plasticity of the illusion of reality can contribute to injustice and suffering because it can be changed by actions, thoughts, and words; actions, thoughts, and words can also cause injustice and suffering by too rigidly defending the illusion of reality. Shiva is the liberator who helps to defeat the oppression put on us by the physical universe. The suffering caused by disease, old age, hunger, and poverty are the enemies of Shiva. Shiva destroys the illusion of reality when reality become too oppressive and allows political action and magic to creep in.

The third stage of the spiritual journey is renunciation and this is represented by the MMM sound also. The third sound of the mantra is parallel to dreamless sleep, the peaceful embracing of nothingness, release from the restrictions of both the physical world and the mind. If we look at the sound of this phoneme in the widest possible context, this sound may be heard, like the first two, as an almost involuntary exclamation in all cultures and languages - MMM is the sound of doubt. Whenever someone begins to be disillusioned, begins to see through the magician's trick, begins to see that what he or she thought was the truth was in fact someone's political agenda, he or she says, "MMM." Thus it is a most appropriate phoneme to follow Ah and Oh in the mantra.

The fourth part of the mantra is not a sound but the absence of sound. The silence that follows the three sounds represents Brahman. We can receive no information about Brahman, yet Brahman is behind all information, like silence is always behind all sound. Think of how silence is often the most eloquent of communications and the most informative. The richest and most profound of nonverbal gestures is often simply silence. Thus it is a most appropriate for silence to follow Ah, Oh, and MMM in the mantra.

Think about ordinary, everyday experience. Notice how often you see new things - Ah -become interested for a moment -Oh- lose interest- MMM- forget - - then begin again. Life is the is mantra OM, repeated continuously.

OM - Mantra chant youtube video

"Om is the symbol for the whole universe. It carries three basic sounds: A-U-M. These three basic sounds through which all the sounds have evolved.
So Om is the basic trinity of sound, the synthesis of all the basic roots.
That's why Om is considered the secret mantra, the greatest mantra, because it implies the whole existence,
it represents the sound of soundlessness, the beauty of silence.

OM represents the music of existence, the soundless sound, the sound of silence. OM represents the inner most music of our being, the inner harmony,
the inner humming sound which happens when our body, mind, soul are in deep totality, when the visible and the invisible, the un-manifest and the manifest, the relative and absolute, the-outer and inner are in deep togetherness.

To become one with OM-the music of existence is to attain fulfillment."

The Bhagavad Gita How to Know God and How to Act

The two main characters in the Bhagavad Gita are Krishna and Arjuna. They are in a chariot on the Battlefield of Duty. Arjuna has been trained since childhood in the martial arts and he is the leader of an army about to go into battle in a righteous war. Krishna is an avatar, an incarnation of Vishnu who is one of the Hindu trinity, the personae or masks of Brahman.

The word "person" derives from the Greek persona which means mask. Interestingly, the first time "person" was published in English, it was used in a theological context to refer to the Christian Trinity as the persons of God. In this context "person" meant mask, and if the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are "masks" of God then what is behind them? This sounds very much like the Hindu concept of Brahman.

Just before the battle is to begin Arjuna begins to have doubts about the morality of fighting especially because the opposing army is led by his cousins and childhood teachers and old friends (and since he also knows that his charioteer is really Brahman). He questions Krishna about his dilemma and the rest of the Gita is their conversation about the relationship between political duty and the religious life. It is an allegorical debate between the human being and God about how to know what is right and how to act.

Basically, Krishna describes two paths to salvation to Arjuna: the path of contemplation and the path of selfless action. Krishna advocates the second path, also known as the path of Karma Yoga, for Arjuna.

The path of contemplation is the mystical route to spiritual knowledge. It is the attempt to turn inward and ignore the distractions of maya in order to obtain a direct intuitive knowledge of Brahman. The goal is Samadhi which literally translates "a bringing together." This goal is the total disappearance of all that is not Brahman - all objects of sense and objects of thought including the self cease to appear to exist - all is Brahman.

But Krishna does not advocate this path for Arjuna; it is not his fate. Arjuna was born into the warrior caste and it is his duty to fight. But he must fight absolutely selflessly, without any attachment to the fruits of his labor. Krishna says again and again that Arjuna must make no distinction between killing and being killed but must act nevertheless.

Think about the difficulty of this. Imagine being involved in hand-to-hand combat with the terrors of the battlefield all around you, yet you are to be careless of your possible death and the deaths of those whom you kill because you know that all is illusion. You must act because that is the fate you were born to but you must not act out of the desire to win or the fear of losing. Do this, says Krishna, and you will reach salvation.

The Bhagavad Gita



krishna and arjuna from the bhagavad gita indian holy book brahman hindu ancient asian religions

is sun tzu zen like or buddhist the art of war?

sun tzu does use zen like simplicity but is brutal with his actions, so is sun tzu zen like or buddhist or just using some buddhist techniques for his military might and arts of war.

i think sun tzu is just looking for techniques that work in his military settings so is taking in some religious or spiritual practices and turning them to brutal ends, via using them to create ruthless killing machines.

in this segment of sun tzu you can see how he uses violence to get totally obedience and fear of failure from his generals, he does this by murder though, so i would not say that sun tzu is really a buddhist but more a opportunist, with his use of clever techniques and tactics in war.



"Sun Tzu Wu was a native of the Ch`i State. His ART OF
WAR brought him to the notice of Ho Lu, [2] King of Wu. Ho
Lu said to him: "I have carefully perused your 13 chapters.
May I submit your theory of managing soldiers to a slight
test?"
Sun Tzu replied: "You may."
Ho Lu asked: "May the test be applied to women?"
The answer was again in the affirmative, so arrangements
were made to bring 180 ladies out of the Palace. Sun Tzu
divided them into two companies, and placed one of the King's
favorite concubines at the head of each. He then bade them
all take spears in their hands, and addressed them thus: "I
presume you know the difference between front and back, right
hand and left hand?"
The girls replied: Yes.
Sun Tzu went on: "When I say "Eyes front," you must
look straight ahead. When I say "Left turn," you must face
towards your left hand. When I say "Right turn," you must
face towards your right hand. When I say "About turn," you
must face right round towards your back."
Again the girls assented. The words of command having
been thus explained, he set up the halberds and battle-axes
in order to begin the drill. Then, to the sound of drums, he
gave the order "Right turn." But the girls only burst out
laughing. Sun Tzu said: "If words of command are not clear
and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then
the general is to blame."
So he started drilling them again, and this time gave
the order "Left turn," whereupon the girls once more burst
into fits of laughter. Sun Tzu: "If words of command are
not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly
understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders ARE
clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the
fault of their officers."
So saying, he ordered the leaders of the two companies
to be beheaded. Now the king of Wu was watching the scene
from the top of a raised pavilion; and when he saw that his
favorite concubines were about to be executed, he was greatly
alarmed and hurriedly sent down the following message: "We
are now quite satisfied as to our general's ability to handle
troops. If We are bereft of these two concubines, our meat
and drink will lose their savor. It is our wish that they
shall not be beheaded."
Sun Tzu replied: "Having once received His Majesty's
commission to be the general of his forces, there are certain
commands of His Majesty which, acting in that capacity, I am
unable to accept."
Accordingly, he had the two leaders beheaded, and
straightway installed the pair next in order as leaders in
their place. When this had been done, the drum was sounded
for the drill once more; and the girls went through all the
evolutions, turning to the right or to the left, marching
ahead or wheeling back, kneeling or standing, with perfect
accuracy and precision, not venturing to utter a sound. Then
Sun Tzu sent a messenger to the King saying: "Your soldiers,
Sire, are now properly drilled and disciplined, and ready for
your majesty's inspection. They can be put to any use that
their sovereign may desire; bid them go through fire and
water, and they will not disobey."
But the King replied: "Let our general cease drilling
and return to camp. As for us, We have no wish to come down
and inspect the troops."
Thereupon Sun Tzu said: "The King is only fond of
words, and cannot translate them into deeds."
After that, Ho Lu saw that Sun Tzu was one who knew how
to handle an army, and finally appointed him general. In the
west, he defeated the Ch`u State and forced his way into
Ying, the capital; to the north he put fear into the States
of Ch`i and Chin, and spread his fame abroad amongst the
feudal princes. And Sun Tzu shared in the might of the King."

sun tzu has used a simple technique to get a fearless or they have more fear of sun tzu then there enemies, through his use of the art of war, a lot of people see zen simplicity in sun tzu, but i am not so sure on how war and the like fit in really to zen.

only really in the simplicity and effectiveness of sun tzu's thinking and actions in his war arts.

zen buddhist mystical thinking magic of the mind and soul for success in life

there is mystical thinking in the way you live your life and how your life plays out, what is mystical thinking?, it could be looked at a way to make your life more successful and more productive in the way you want things to be and how you want your world to be shaped.

is mystical and magical thinking something that is difficult to achieve or is it easy, it is only as difficult as your current thinking makes it.

if you want change in your life then you need to be the change you want to see in your life, your thoughts are usually the first things that are happening in your world, and then you act out your thoughts which shapes your world.

so what you need to do is change the way you think to be like the changes you want to see in your life.

if you think negatively all the time then most or all of the time your life will follow or you will create negative life situations around yourself, sometimes you just need to let go of your negative ways of thinking first, to let the light shine into your life and create more success.

if you observe people you will people who are in a rut in life continue to be negative and get more negative until they are getting stuck in a negative cycle, whereas people who are positive in life seem to do better and better in life.

so a start to your magical thinking and soul improvement and thus an improvement in life whether that be jobs or money or girlfriends would be to change the way you think in life.

this way your starting points in life your thoughts will help shape a much more positive future for you and help you achieve your goals, and get you out of that rut you seem to be getting stuck in.

buddha family love garden quote

"A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
Buddha".

really straight forward buddha quote here, and sometimes you have to be the one to mend the broken bridges after you have family arguments or arguments with friends, if you want to live in harmony you have to learn how to love your family.

as it says a family is a place where minds come into contact with each other, this is why there can be disagreements so like the buddhist saying bring love into your family setting and it will be like a beautiful flower garden, yes i know sometimes easier said then done, but at least the positive thought and idea is the start like the little seed that grows into a tree.