The Bhaja Govindam's authorship is attributed to Adi Shankara, the standard
bearer and presumed embodiment of Vedanta. Whatever teachings it contains
would presumably be consistent with Shankara's vedantic philosophy and
worldview.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <wg...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <premanandpaul@> wrote:
> >
> > Link to 'Shri Charpata Panjarika Stotram' ('Bhaja Govindam') sung by Guru
> > Dev
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbEDqdJSxoo&feature=channel_page
> >
>
> Interesting that Guru Dev's teachings (in the song) sound more like classical
> Yoga, he even suggests that samsara is difficult to cross, something MMY has
> said is easy (obviously in order to promote TM).
>
> Also, he uses the term OM-TAT-SAT in the song, which is an important term
> used to describe Prakriti, Brahm and Brahman or; the Father Brahman (Sat),
> the Mother Nature Prakriti (OM), and the Son or the reflection of Brahman
> (Tat) or Krishna (also Christ).
>
> I don't think MMY wanted to confuse the simple Westerners.....
>
