> 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'.
Interesting. No wonder there were so few women in the ashrams. The only path given to them was devotion, even (and if I am mistaken about this, please correct me, Eki) on the level of the mantra. In my experience, some women walk other paths... Unc 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/
