--- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the Guru Dev webpage there is a 'new' satsang - on the > topic of the > japa [silent repetition] of the sound AUM. > The link is http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm > and the satsang is just past the middle of the page.
>From that link: **** begin quote **** Mantras [sometimes] contain a mixture [of sounds including] Aum that are given for auspicious purposes. Another thing is this that women are prohibited from practising japa with a aumkara-yukta mantra (a mantra conjoined with Aum). Wherever at the beginning there is the purushha [male] mantra 'aum' then instead women should apply the sound 'shree'. Bhagavan Shankara [Lord Shiva] giving instruction to Parvati on japa explained that for women aumkara-sahita mantra ka japa [aum connected mantra] can be like poison and for happiness they should only do japa without aumkara. Due consideration should be given that Shankarji gave this information to his own wife. If aumkara is beneficial to do, why would he instruct his own wife against the practise? **** end quote **** That's the first I've ever heard of this, and my Karunamayi recordings (both meditation and sankirtana versions) do not adhere to this rule. Is this "no AUM for chicks" rule commonly known? Alex 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/
