Thanks for the answer. Just telling me "it's my problem" isn't helpful.
--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > The bija mantras are meaningless by any standard. > > > They have no > > > meaning in Sanskrit or English and their origin is > > > unknown. No TM > > > mantra has meaning as it is taught. If you chose to > > > assign it > > > meaning, that's your problem. > > > > That's not quite correct. While bija mantras literally > > have no meaning, they are associated with specific > > impulses of creative intelligence (aka gods). For > > example: "shrim" doesn't mean anything, but it is a > > bija of Laksmi. I have no problem explaining this to > > people. You just have to clarify and undo some > > misconceptions about what a god is and what a mantra > > is. Unfortunately most people are too intellectually > > lazy and incurious to try to figure this out. Like > > talking to people in some parts of Africa who think > > AIDS is caused by voodo. They just aren't going to > > understand it because its too much of a foundational > > shift in their conceptual world. > > > > Bijas predate the Hindu pantheon. 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/
