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snake
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Jan 18 2018 : 01:41:17 AM
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Dean Sluyter in his book natural meditation says that the correct pronounciation of OM is ON as in the french bon.
Ive nit seen this anywhere else.
Any body throw any light on thus
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Will Power
Spain
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Posted - Jan 18 2018 : 05:29:07 AM
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Hi Snake,
I stayed in an Ashram from the Gitananda Yoga tradition near Puducherry and we practised chanting several times per day. Ocasionally there were Sanskrit classes (this is to say that they know about pronunciation). There was never any mention of ON. I only heard OM while they chanted.
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Charliedog
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Posted - Jan 18 2018 : 05:50:20 AM
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Open your mouth AAAAAUUUUU, or OOOOOOOO (depending which language you speak) MMMMMMM.....
Imagine the sound AAAAAAUUUUUUU or OOOOO coming from the depth of your heart is the Universe, coming upwards ......embracing in the mouth planet Earth when you close the lips MMMMMM........
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Will Power
Spain
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Posted - Jan 18 2018 : 2:52:15 PM
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By the way, in Sanskrit the union of "A" and "U", that is, "AU" is pronounced O (as in the word Tom). Therefore it is writen AUM, but actually it is pronounced OM (as in the word Tom), which is what is to be used in mantras and ajapa japa (silent japa). However some traditions also have Pranava Pranayama, which basically consist of saying aloud AAAAAAUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMM in an upward wave (Spanish pronunciation, that is A as in rat. For U, I don´t know which English word uses the same pronunciation).
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