Hamsa & Soham

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The swan is particularly symbolic in Advaita. Its ability to move

through water without wetting its feathers alludes to the life of the

realized man living his life totally unaffected by the world. In its

flight it represents the supreme spirit escaping the bondage of saMsAra.

The Sanskrit for swan is haMsa and the title parama haMsa is given to

the highest ascetics, as in Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. If the word `haMso'

is repeated as a mantra, it mutates into `soham', meaning `I am he'.

Since `aham brahmAsmi' means I am Brahman, haMsa also stands for the

non-dual reality, Brahman.

 

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