AUM Cannot Be Chanted

While the sacred mantra AUM (or OM) is very common in spiritual scriptures and many chant this mantra as part of their practice, in this video vignette Paramahamsa Prajnanananda shares with us that the sacred mantra cannot really be chanted. AUM represents the formless Brahman and hence is inexpressible in words. Watch this video to understand the deeper metaphorical significance of this special mantra. The vignette is taken from Paramahamsaji's discourses on the Yoga Sutra of Sage Patanjali delivered to his students at Hariharananda Gurukulam at Balighai near Puri in India.

Paramahamsa Prajnananandaji is a revered Kriya Yoga master who travels world over teaching Kriya Yoga and how to practice spirituality in daily lives. His teachings cover a broad expanse of spiritual topics which include yoga, meditation, practical spirituality and also deep metaphorical interpretation of Vedanta and many scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutra of Sage Patanjali, Durga Saptashati, different Upanishads. He is the current Guru in a long and unbroken lineage of Masters starting with Babaji Maharaj and including such spiritual giants as Yogiraj Shri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahashaya, Swami Shriyukteshwar Giri, Shri Bhupendranath Sanyal Mahashaya, Paramahamsa Yogananda the author of Autobiography of a Yogi, Swami Satyananda Giri, and Paramahamsa Hariharananda. Please visit http://www.kriya.org to learn more about the Guru and his lineage, and also about his mission.