The Infinity Mantra

The Infinity Mantra

Have you ever had an opportunity to reflect on the following Shanti mantra from the Upanishads?

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते |
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ||
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ||

Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Purnnam-Udacyate
Puurnnasya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

This mantra, which I call the Infinity Mantra encodes an amazing paradoxical property of infinities. Not only that, the underlying philosophy of this mantra reverberates throughout the Hindu Jeevan Darshan. Find it interesting? Read my essays on this topic:

Essay 1: Poorna from Poorna: Is that possible?


Essay 2: Poorna from Poorna: A repeating motif


About the author: Dr. Aloke Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Twitter handle: @aalokelab

 Update: Both these essays were published by Indiafacts portal (indiafacts.org). The links to those two essays are: 

 http://indiafacts.org/the-infinity-mantra-i/ 
http://indiafacts.org/infinity-mantra-2/

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