--- In [email protected], "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Missed this claim. What is a "third technique Ananda margi?" > > > It's where he got his TM techniques from. Or the basis for them. Look up Ananda Marga.
In the 'Beacon light' lectures, on page fifty-nine, there are four Sanskrit verses forming a variant of a well known prayer in veneration of the guru or more particularly the guru's sandals, popularly known as the Guru Paduka-Panchakam and attributed to Adi Shankara, the founder of the Shankaracharya tradition of monks. Interestingly, one of these verses contains no fewer than three TM- style bij mantras. This is seemingly compelling evidence of a connection between an older tradition of bij mantra meditation and the 'Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation. Transliteration of the particular Sanskrit verse is as follows:- aim-kaara hriim-kaara rahasyayukta shriim-kaara guudaartha mahaavibhuutyaa, om-kaara marma pratipaadiniibhyaam namo namah shrii gurupaadukaabhyaam. In the context of the other verses, the four seed syllables mentioned echo the four stages (ashramas) of life. 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/
