good distinction. Thanks. --- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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.
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