The om is actually ah m am. But the rules of sanscrit grammar say you can't pronounce it am, a and o together, they make o. Therefore, the correct pronunciation is om. So this is the mantre om, yes. The question is, does it correspond to the three states? Yes. And when we well abandon it, we will go into the self inquiry. This will take some time. We'll finish that and then come back and complete the ome inquiry. You will just see now, the upanisha will say, ome is all of this is. Everything in the universe is ome. Let's read the first monthr, let's
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 1.