--- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Judy wrote: > > Jeepers, Curtis, it's been around for *millennia*. > > The idea that specific sounds have specific effects > > is just about ubiquitous in ancient cultures. > > > According to Mircea Eliade, the first mention of yogic > meditation in India was made by the historical Buddha (circa > 400 BC). No TM mantras are mentioned in Indian literature > until after the Gupta Age. For example, there are no bija > mantras mentioned in the Rig Veda. History in India begins > with the historical Buddha, so where, exactly, is there > any mention of bija mantras before that? Eliade says that > yogic introspection is native to South Asia. >
I had hoped you would weigh in with some details Richard. Thanks.
