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Katie Brown
23rd July 2008 16:27

The Meaning of Om

 

Hello!

A lot of people come into our showrooms and fall in love with our beautiful “Om”pendants (I actually have one myself). For sale both online and in our showrooms we have the following two designs and in the past we have also commissioned some 9ct yellow and rose gold Om pendants. I find we get a lot of enquiries about the actual meaning on this symbol so I thought I’d let you all know in more detail, what this piece actually means…

The Om pendant is a representation of the Aum symbol which symbolises the infinite Brahman (absolute reality) and the very essence of the Universe itself. It is a very important symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikh and Jainism as well as many other religions and followings. The symbol is used in many mantras. A description of the meaning Aum can be found here: http://www.omsakthi.org

The symbol itself consists of three curves, a semi circle and a dot. The lower curve represents the waking state, the upper curve symbolises deep sleep, and the right side curve signifies the dream state. The dot symbolises the Absolute- illuminating the other three states.

In modern society, Aum has become important to people from all cultures and religions. In the Western world it has come to mean “Peace” and while this doesn’t hold its entirely true meaning, it allows Buddhism and Hinduism to be represented through Om and therefore portrays that Peace can be found through these religious paths.

Katie x

Katie Brown
 

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