Wiki Willy You'd be better off just posting this once a day as your answer to everything - your declaration that you like repeating yourself so much that you are the Texas incarnation of Mr. Japa.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@...> wrote: > > > > wgm4u: > > Basically TM IS mantra japa, (with the proper > > instructions), japa just means repetition, MMY > > revealed its effortless significance. > > > According to Swami Rama of the Himalayas, Guru Dev was > a proponent of the Sri Vidya, and that Guru Dev used > to worship a ruby-encrusted Sri Chakra. > > So, let's sum up what we know: > > Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (SBS) was from the > tradition of the Saraswati Order of the Shankaracharya > Sampradaya. > > His teacher was Swami Krishnanand Saraswati (SKS) of > Uttar Kashi, a siddha yogi and meditation master. > > The headquarters of the Saraswati sannyasins is the > Sringeri Matha founded by the Adi Shankaracharya, whose > teacher was Swami Govindapada, whose teacher was > Gaudapadacharya. > > SBS recieved the bija mantra of Saraswati from his > teacher, SKS, just like all the Saraswati initiates in > that tradition. > > SBS taught many diciples how to meditate on the > Saraswati bija mantra. The TM bija mantra of Saraswati > is the same bija used by all the Saraswati sanyasins. > > The Saraswati bija mantra is enumerated in the > 'Saundaryalahari' composed by the Adi. > > The Mahesh Yogi, (MMY), a close desciple of SBS, taught > yoga meditation using the Saraswati bija mantra. > > It has now been established that SBS was a worshiper > of Tripurasundari, "The Divine Mother of the Three > Cities", from 'Tripura' which means three, and 'pura' > which means a city. > > Tripura is thus the Sri Vidya, that is the 'Auspicious > Knowledge' of transcendental pure consciousness that > operates in the 'three cities' of "waking (A of OM > Mantra), Dreaming (U of OM Mantra), and Deep Sleep (M > of OM Mantra)", as enumerated in Gaudapada's Mandukhya > Karika. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudapada > > "Many valid techniques exist, so there is really no > difference between one type of authentic meditation > and another, as long as they have the goal of helping > you attain inner stillness and focus." (Page 6) > > " In meditation, you do not make any attempt to give > the mind a direct suggestion or to control the mind. > You simply observe the mind and let it become quiet > and calm, allowing your mantra to lead you deeper > within, exploring and experiencing the deeper levels > of your being." (Page 10) > > Works cited: > > 'Living With the Himalayan Masters' > By Swami Rama > Himalayan Institute Press, 2007 > > 'OM Mantra and 7 Levels of Consciousness' > by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati > http://www.swamij.com/om.htm > > Read more: > > 'Om the Eternal Witness' > Secrets of the Mandukya Upanishad > by Swami Rama > Lotus Press, 2007 > > 'Meditation and Its Practice' > by Swami Rama > Himalayan Institute Press, 1992 >
