Oṃkāra / Praṇava
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Oṃkāra · Praṇava · Garuḍa (as oṃkāra) · Knowledge of Praṇava · The Divine Five-Syllable Mantra · The Great Praṇava · The Sacred Praṇava · The Sacred Pure Oṃkāra · The Three-Syllable Mantra · oṃ
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Gaṇapatitattva
The sacred syllable/mantra doctrine (Oṃkāra/Praṇava) treated as the generative and dissolving principle of the cosmos, body, and liberation.
Such is the sequence of origin, [stasis,] and dissolution of The Five Brahmās and The Five-Syllable Mantra.
The Praṇava, crescent moon, *bindu*, and *nāda* become one, ultimately becoming *Oṃkāra*.
First, let the syllable *nama* be dissolved and absorbed into *akāra* (*a*).
San Hyan Mahajnana
The sacred syllable oṃkāra, treated as fire, boat, Garuḍa, and the supreme subtle tattva leading to liberation (mokṣa/nirvāṇa).
The holy *oṃkāra* is your boat, so that you may cross over the great sin.
*One’s own body is the sky, the mind is the flower, oṃkāra is remembered as the fire.
*The three-syllable state, joined, is declared to be the oṃkāra.