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What Others Are Saying
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Sage wrote
It'd be kinda cool if you told us what it meant?
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Dennis wrote
Aum
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tiffany wrote
it means namasdai
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mangesh wrote
tiffany -> it doesn't mean "namasdai"/"namasthe"
namasthe means hello/welcome.
om AKA aum.
om/aum is a sound. it is said to be the sound of the divine / sound of infinite. many vedic scriptures begin with om/aum. just google it.
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vin wrote
aum in the hindu religion is the first word of god.
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Rick wrote
It means, Ohm..
Ohm is a hindu symbol for peace.
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Stacey wrote
Namaste' is the correct spelling, which means "the divine in me recognizes the divine in you." It is used as a greeting, or departure phrase. sheesh. get it right people.
and the OHM symbol is what you see above, and vin has it correct. cookie for Vin!
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Ralph wrote
yay for westerners taking wild stabs at decoding a culture we've appropriated, but barely understand!!!!!
cookie to mangesh for tolerating our sorry asses!
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Grafik Dezin wrote
Doesn't matter what is says, it'll still get you pulled over by airport security...
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Faderjocky wrote
Oh, and ohm is voltage divided by aperage.
Aum, is the inexpressible infinite.
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Truthpaste wrote
I'd love this to bits (and probably buy it) if the design didn't have the ridiculous "pre-worn" hipster kid look. :\
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om wrote
gets ur facts straight.
om= peace in hindu
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Sundari the Handy Hindu Religious Scholar wrote
Nice shirt. :)
It's technically written UM, but is pronounced OM or AUM (it's a long story), and it's the syllable of creation, preservation and dissolution of the universe. It's the first sound of the Vedas, the holy scriptures. It encapsulates the essence of the universe in a single syllable. On an esoteric level, the first letter, A is creation, the second, U, is preservation, and M is dissolution.
Namaste means literally "I bow to you." Namas means "to bow" and "te" means "you" in Sanskrit, a language that's well over 5000 years old and still in use, but only in ritual (thus is dead, like Latin). And it also means this in the modern Sanskritic languages (like Hindi).
Hope that clears it up. ;)
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Let me clear you doubt wrote
Sanskrit is not a dead language. It is the first language of over 1400 people in India. But I do appreciate your correct versions of the words namaste and Om.
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J. wrote
Omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient... it is the infinite. It was here before, it is here now, it will be here forever.
Peace.
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most recent guy. wrote
love the commentary. both the airport and the religious dictionary response. I am getting it just for the sake of having something that is just cool.
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harsh wrote
aum is the hindu relagious word
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neroz wrote
BORN TO BE WILD
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Alyssa4love wrote
Aum (also Om, written in Devanagari as ॐ, in Chinese as 唵, in Tibetan as ༀ, in Sanskrit known as praṇava प्रणव lit. "to sound out loudly" or oṃkāra ओंकार lit. "oṃ syllable") is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Indian religions, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
It is pronounced as a long or over-long nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel, IPA: [ơːː]). It is placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred exclamation to be uttered at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas or previously to any prayer or mantra. The Mandukya Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of the syllable. The syllable is taken to consist of three phonemes, a, u and m, variously symbolizing the Three Vedas or the Hindu Trimurti.
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Mandar wrote
One of the origins of AUM is as follows:
Motion creates sound. AUM is the audible component of the sound of the expanding universe, which is percieved by people in the highest state of meditation. Sage Vishwamitra was supposed to be the first person to detect. I do not have any references for this information. Must have read in someplace long time ago. Take it for what you think it is worth. AUM has been adapted in other religions like AMAN in Hebrew, AMEN in Christianity and AMIN in Islam (see Wikipedia for details)
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Bubba wrote
I dont care what it means! I see some asshat wearin it, Imma put a shotgun blast to yer ass! Thats UnAmerican!
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Shankar wrote
Two things:
1) Om does not mean peace. "Shantih" is the Sanskrit word for peace. Additionally, there is no language called "Hindu" - Hinduism is the religion, most of its sacred texts are in Sanskrit, but Hindus can practice their faith in whatever language they choose. Many services are conducted in Hindi, Gujarati, or other languages.
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asshat wrote
I like turtles
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hatass wrote
i like shirts
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DHARMA wrote
This is totally from Lost. Anyone who doesn't get that isn't part of our Initiative.
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tripper wrote
WHERE IS THE PURPLE?!!!
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greg wrote
dope shirt ,
wish the symbol was a little bigger
Bubba your an ignorant fuck ,
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Speaker for indians on this site wrote
Bubba, what the fuck is your problem...unamerican? u kidding, u know what american is? its sending ur accountant numbers to people in india to do it. America is a multiracial country. grow up u spoiled ass little punk bitch
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yeter wrote
at Speaker for indians on this site wrote you know bubba is just some redneck who doesn't really get what american means. no worries Speaker for indians on this site wrote :-)
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Laymen wrote
Its when the monks go "OHM" while meditating and stuff
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Jon wrote
my girlfriend thinks it looks like 30
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cat aphanisis wrote
apparently it's just me, but purple ohms were highly renowned for being fantastic acid trips not thaaat long ago. which makes sense when you consider the connections between psychedelics and Indian spiritual thought.
i would by no means pretend expertise, but yeah, it is amusing someone thought it is namaste, which is a greeting. Jon's gf is right, it does look like "30". i used to have a very cool top with this on back in the day, purple with gold print.
as far as i am aware, "om"/"ohm"/"aum" is associated with meditative practice within a wider spirituality. i had the idea that it could be uttered by itself or as part of a phrase. and that it was used by buddhists as well as hindus.
Mandar wrote: AUM is the audible component of the sound of the expanding universe, which is percieved by people in the highest state of meditation.
Sundari wrote: It encapsulates the essence of the universe in a single syllable. On an esoteric level, the first letter, A is creation, the second, U, is preservation, and M is dissolution.
Mangesh wrote: the sound of the divine / sound of infinite.
Alyssa wrote: mystical or sacred syllable in the Indian religions, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
and J wrote: Omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient... it is the infinite. It was here before, it is here now, it will be here forever.
That's my understanding of it.
But it still makes me think of acid in the early 90s.
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Amir wrote
cool shirt means peace and happieness
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Fabian wrote
That´s an album of the Brasilian Death Metal Band Soulfly.
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Tyler wrote
Unintelligent or unaware people should just not be posting. They don't tell you what it means because you shouldn't really buy it if you don't know or care to find out on your own. The ohm stands for several things, not just peace and happiness...it is the holy syllable that symbolizes and vibrates within all things, the first sound before the creation of all things, the essence of brahman, the spark that resides within us all. It is ineffible and it is more than just "peace and happiness". So annoying when people hack religious interpretation down to some generic religious assumption. You are ON THE INTERNET and you have to ask what it means?
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RJ wrote
Bubba its completely american. the reason the early settlers came here to escape religious persecution
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nesochen wrote
god's first word was "um"? Why would you worship someone who stammers?
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shakktiessence wrote
neoschen, that is THE best!! you made my day with that one!
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Voice of reason? wrote
Please, everyone chill. If you understand what this shirt means, why are we fighting. If you don't like it click away & don't buy it. Insult one another on facebook if you like. Sorry $6 shirt staff.
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achilles wrote
india sucks nepal rocks....OM is a nepali sanskrit name....
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m.a. wrote
When Gandhi was asked what he thought of western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea. Reading some of these comments I tend to agree with him. Hopefully there's a chance...
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Len Howard wrote
I haven\'t had as much fun reading anything on face book in years., (Bubba not withstanding). I had to laugh a bit when the discussion centerd around the spelling of \":Namaste\" Since Sanscrit uses an entirely different alphabet and symbol structure, you may spell it any damn way you like and it will be just fine. \"Don\'t mistake the pointing finger for the moon\" And yes, it is used ,along with a bow, in recognition of the divinity of the other person. It is the first act of selflessness, the first step toward enlightenment. As for the Aum, it is, as several of you stated, the sound to which the Universe vibrates , heard at the hight of conciousness. I have worn one around my neck for over 40 years. The best things about reading all the posts, was the obviously positive feelings of most of you. By reading what you have written, I feel the comfort of knowing I am not alone and , in fact, the Aum means as much to you as it does to me.
Namaste
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Om_Gurl wrote
I have this tattoo, so I have to get the shirt to match! XD
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Ninja wrote
all of you are wrong it means that pregnant fish are called twits...end of discussion
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Aaron Shazam wrote
all this AUM discussion is making me shirt hungry ;D
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L wrote
Shirt hungry? I'm just hungry. Also, I think Bubba was making fun of ignorant rednecks. Look at the name he used, and he typed the generic ignorant redneck dialect perfectly. Not how a redneck would type it, but how they would say it. By the way, I loved the 'Why worship someone who stammers' line.
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