Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Why chant Om?
We exist in super systems. Our universe is a super system composed of many distinct parts: galaxies, stars, planets, moons, asteroids and comets, dark matter and dark energy and many more. That Universe System is aligned and works in harmony. We ourselves are an element in the Universe System, the Human System. The human level…
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A list of Buddhist Texts
I’m trying to read more of the original texts from Buddhism and Hinduism. It’s hard to find a resource that makes this easy to view. Here’s my list. The word “sutra” is derived from the Sanskrit language, which is an ancient Indo-European language used in India. The term “sutra” (sūtra) is composed of two Sanskrit…
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The meaning of Om
The meaning of Om / Aum according to the original Sanskrit in the Upanishads Dan’s summary:From this text of the Mundaka upanishads, Aum is broken up into 4 distinct stages. Each of the syllables represents a different state of consciousness. When you chant ‘om’ you are going through all of those states, which is life…
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