Daily Sūtra 23—The Glories of ĀŪṀ (Lakṣmī Tantra 24.38–48)
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2022-01-03

“With mind fixed on Me, one should remain completely pervaded by Me. Following the method directed by the preceptor, constantly practice yoga, culminating in the attainment of true knowledge and samādhi. Remaining silent, he should repeat the tāra-mantra ĀŪṀ, which saves souls from worldly existence, a million times.

“Then I—the absolute I-hood belonging to Viṣṇu—being pleased, manifest Myself in the mind of the adept, who has accurate distinctive knowledge of the Truth. And that knowledge reveals the Absolute identification of Myself with God: the state known as Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa.

“Such an adept becomes liberated while still alive (jīvanmukta), sanctifies the world with his glance, and all his mantras—both popular and Vaidik—become efficacious. He becomes a master of the Vedas, in all other sciences, in all yoga systems and in the knowledge of sacred places.

“All methods of application of all mantras are in fact an application of prāṇava, ĀŪṀ. The three vyāhṛtis—bhuḥ, bhuvaḥ and svaḥ—emanate from its three letters. The sāvitṛi-gāyatrī, the all-purifying mantra, emanated from its feet. From Sāvitṛi's feet emanate the three Vedas: Ṛk, Yajus and Sāman. Thus all speech, both secular and Vaidik, consists only of the prāṇava.

“As the tiny seed of the banyan tree contains the germ of the whole big tree, so the entire world of speech is ever contained in prāṇava. ĀŪṀ is the primary great bīja, the primary source sound, śabda-brahman, the supreme presence and the purest and highest tattva (principle), mahat.” — Lakṣmī Tantra 24.38–48