--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 5/29/05 9:44 AM, sparaig at [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. > > > > Each bija mantra is associated with a different Devata. And the > advanced > > techniques add words that denote a reverential relationship with that > > Devata. >
> Only if you speak Sanskrit and care to make taht association. **************** When people meet in India, they bow and say "namaste," which is about the same as what is done in advanced techniques: http://www.namastecafe.com/library/trans.htm So, it's traditional in Hindu culture to bow down to the divine in everybody, so it's not really an unusual sort of worship to employ namah in TM advanced techniques, since one in TM is on the path to the universal soul, the transcendental reality which is the divine nature. The purpose of the additional syllables (namah and so on) is to slow down transcendence, so that one gains more familiarity with the subtle and powerful levels of creation, in order to have a fuller experience of Cosmic Consciousness. Hindus properly practicing advanced TM techniques, as well as those practicing basic TM, are instructed to regard the mantras, advanced or not, as meaningless sounds during the period of meditation. Outside of meditation, Hindus assign values that non-Hindus who practise TM do not. But, whether Hindu or not, people who are properly practicing TM and its advanced techniques are not thinking about gods (or impulses of creative intelligence, or angels, or whatever one regards as more powerful, subtle, or celestial levels of existence) or bowing down to gods. 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/
