Om Tat Sat (Sanskrit: ओम् तत् सत्, Aum Tat Sat) is a mantra in Sanskrit it means these are 'the three words of three god’,
- Om refers to the Supreme Infinite Spirit or Person. Om represents the Shabda Brahman.
- Tat means the second Guptt. Name of God."Aakashar Bhaham" Om+Tat= Sat-Naam
- Sat means the third Guptt, Name of God. "Puran Aakashar Bhaham",Om+Tat+Sat=Saarnaam
Om Tat Sat also reflects that these are the name of three god and every human being should learn this.
These sacred syllables were integral to religious and material goodness and spiritual pursuit in Vedic age.
As in Bhagavad Gita, about five thousand years ago in Dvapara Yuga, Lord Krishna while teaching Arjuna described ‘Om Tat Sat’ as the most effective tool of purification and the supreme awakening.
‘Hari Om Tat Sat’ is Kalyuga version of 'Om Tat Sat'.
'Om Tat Sat' has no physical component. It is purely spiritual and beyond. It starts from the most primordial spiritual form Om and leads to the ultimate Impersonal God, the Formless One (Nirakar Braham), Non dualistic Existence, Sat.
Spiritual means fine and to catch hold of a fine thing needs high level of concentration where concentration of mind remains a matter of practice.
In comparison to Dvapara and other yugas the scope of attaining higher levels of concentration is less in Kali Yuga. This is due to higher pace of life and higher frequency of the changes that take place. Therefore the mantra ‘Hari Om Tat Sat’ offers better grasp in Kali Yuga because it begins with Hari -the physical form of the God (Sakar Braham), so it is a pragmatic version for a physical entity to pick and explore the Sat.
Successful grasping and revealing this mantra needs an initiation by a Sadguru (Spiritual Master) who has attained it.
Read more about Om Tat Sat: Variations in Usage
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—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)
“As I sat before the fire on my fir-twig seat, without walls above or around me, I remembered how far on every hand that wilderness stretched, before you came to cleared or cultivated fields, and wondered if any bear or moose was watching the light of my fire; for Nature looked sternly upon me on account of the murder of the moose.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)