boo wrote: > To sum up Willy's wisdom today: > > There are no mantras used in TM. > There are certain mantras used in TM. > There are no multi-word mantras used in TM. > There are certain multi-word mantras used > in advanced TM. > Now I'm so confused, I'm going to make up some > BS about Buddhism. > Only 'bija' mantras are used in TM, plus a few Sanskrit words for fertilizer, such as 'namah', which in Sanskrit means 'I bow down'. 'Om' is a nonsense syllable. You get only one single 'bija' mantra in TM.
Read more: http://www.minet.org/mantras.html "You can twist the words around from now till Doomsday, and it won't change the fact that in TM you get only ONE mantra--the one you're given when you first learn to meditate. What you're calling "additional mantras" are not mantras. That's why they're called "advanced techniques" and not "additional mantras." Bottom line: The TM mantras do not have semantic meanings. They're semantically meaningless sounds." Read more: Forum: Yahoo! TM Controversy Author: Judy Stein Date: Wed Jul 31, 2002 10:06 pm Subject: Re: Maharishi's TM mantras http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TMControversy/message/1046 "SHRI (added mantra, meaning, "Oh most beautiful") AING (original mantra, meaning, "Hindu goddess Saraswati") NAMAH (added mantra, meaning, "I bow down")" SHRI AING NAMAH = "Oh most beautiful goddess Saraswati, I bow down." Read more: Forum: Yahoo! TM Controversy Author: John Manning Date: Fri Aug 2, 2002 5:42 pm Subject: Re: Quote from Maharishi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TMControversy/message/1053
