>From Dana in Banaras, Rick,
I agreed with these statements entirely. Anyone familiar with Chandogya and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, and Shankara's commentaries on these and other texts, is very familiar with MMY's "new" spin on things. It is all very old wine in new SCI bottles. Furthermore, as I've mentioned before, the TM technique is widely practiced in India. For example, come here to Banaras and interview Dandi swamis, as I've spent the last seventeen years doing. Their primary practice is "Omkar," repeating Om. They must do it 21,600 times per day with a mala but at other times they simply close their eyes and repeat it without counting or concentrating - they settle into the nirguna state of brahman by doing this and rest in laya. Also, when they initiate householders, this is a commonly perscribed practice - especially for people who lack the concentration for mala practice. I've listened to hundreds of Dandis describe the practice and, as an old TM teacher, I can tell you it's identical. all the best from Banaras, Dana ick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Friday, March 18, 2005 at 10:31 AM wrote: > >------ Forwarded Message >From: Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[email protected]> >Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:40:53 -0500 >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Sunthar Visuvalingam > > > >On Mar 17, 2005, at 10:27 PM, at_man_and_brahman wrote: > >> I believe that you could get MIU PhDs >> in MSV in a room with Indologists and >> have virtually no commonality of language >> or concepts. >> >> Hand one of Sunthar's writings to the average >> MIU/MUM student, and he or she will feel >> pretty lost pretty fast. > >I think you're exactly correct. It's interesting, I can locate almost >every concept MMY utters in a specific text--often tantras of anuttara >class. The exposition on the word "agni"--all from a text. The >"gap"--very common in Trika literature. The "seven states of >consciousness"--yet another text. And on and on. It's really disgusting >the way they divvy out their alleged "knowledge" as if it was all >uttered or "cognized" by MMY. They're not. They all come from standard >texts, although some--like the exposition on agni, are quite obscure. > >In short, they hide the texts--the primary source material. A good >Indologist should know these things. MMY's "Vedic Science" is a closed >loop--"self referral"--meaning in this case it only refers to its own >"pure" system. What a scam. > >Basically a TMO trained "Vedic scholar" would only be acceptable one >place: in or around the TMO. > >> Again, who at MIU/MUM has heard of >> Abhinavagupta? Maharishi doesn't talk >> about him, so he's off the radar. > >Oh he is talked of--but never given the credit. The Trika forms the >basis of the use of mantra, esp. the sandhi, the "gap". A lot of what >MMY says is straight from him (and that tradition), but people believe >it is MMY's words. > >-Vaj > > > > >To subscribe, send a message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Or go to: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ >and click 'Join This Group!' >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >------ End of Forwarded Message > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
