--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > sparaig wrote: > > [...] > > > > The bija mantras ... have no > > > > meaning in Sanskrit or English and > > > > their origin is unknown. > > > > > > ---Peter Sutphen wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > sparaig wrote: > > > > Bijas predate the Hindu pantheon. > > Peter, would you elaborate on what a god is and > what a mantra is? For that matter, what's a bija? > > And sparaig, what is your source for saying bijas predate > the Hindu pantheon? >
Everything I've read about the historyof the bijas say that they predate the hindu religion by centuries, if not thousands of years. 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/
