--- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The topic of just where MMY got the TM mantras has again become a
> matter of debate here on FFL. It is recorded that MMY himself did
not
> know which mantras Guru Dev taught to whom, he said so himself,
> pointing out that initiation is always done in private.
>
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The TM mantras ("bija" means seed in Sanksrit, indicating the power
of the mantras to develop enlightenment when planted in the
aspirant's consciousness) have long been recorded in the Vedic
literature, and are ultimately derived from the Rig Veda (where they
are encoded, not available except to sages of pure vision). One
source that lists the bija mantras is the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam,
which also states that one should only start the practice of bija
mantra meditation with initiation by a proper teacher, or "results
will not be good" (I don't know what section/page the mantras or this
caveat are listed on). Srimad Devi Bhagavatam (often confused with
the more popular Srimad Bhagavatam) is available at:
http://tinyurl.com/e4q48
What was missing in the use of bija mantras was the proper way to use
them (effortlessly) and the willingness to expose their use to the
ignorant masses, which is obviously risky, as MMY has found out when
he presented this knowledge to all comers (like Jesus said, it's
risky to "throw pearls before swine").
MMY notes in the preface to his commentary on the Gita that TM had
been regarded for many centuries as something only for recluse monks,
which is what had thrown India into darkness and made it so weak that
it was overrun by other cultures. So the need of the times was to
offer enlightenment to householders.
Therefore Guru Dev tasked MMY to teach this simple method of
expanding awareness to householders -- the notion that there was
something mysterious about the origin of the knowledge of the mantras
is ridiculous.
Bob
> In 1955, whilst Balabrahmachari Mahesh was in Kerala, a booklet was
> produced to celebrate the 'Beacon light' lectures. On page fifty-
> nine, there are printed four Sanskrit verses which form 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. 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.
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