--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 6/25/05 2:19 PM, Premanand Paul Mason at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 6/25/05 1:12 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>> > >>>> Doing japa with a mala or counting with the fingers often helps > >>>> mindfulness and increases the intensity of the meditation. > >>> > >>> But is not TM... > >> > >> No, but I've seen Maharishi practice it many times, and Guru Dev used > > to > >> advise the practice. > > > > Rick, did MMY say this about Guru Dev (about him advising others to do > > mala-japa)? > > For sure Guru Dev recommended 'mantra-japa' i.e. mental repetition of a > > mantra, but scouring through his published satsangs there is very > > little reference to the use of mala. > > However, there is no doubt that Guru Dev himself practised mala- japa. > > I remember a story where Guru Dev sent his chelas to another guru to get a > japa mantra from him. Heard that one?
Nope, but I'd like to, , However, he did recommend mantra-japa and advised people to find a sadguru,(sadguru = n.mas. a good tutor, God.) who would give them the correct mantra. It is interesting that he did not enlist his 'staff' to do this work of initiation. He must have believed that the initiation from elsewhere would be sufficient?! 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/
