--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <lengli...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shukra69" <shukra69@> wrote: > > > > There is nothing in doing TM that conflicts with doing any religion as > > currently practiced. There is no insult to any intelligence. > > > > > > There are specific religions which followers of obsess about the fact that TM > mantras are used in religious ceremonies in India. These same people become > very worried when I point out that some religions consider photocopying of > religious art for any reason (including homework assignments for art class) > to be a religious act in that religion or that witnessing the local Indian > dancers > doing a rain dance would be "participation" in someone else's religion. > > Likewise with hearing "sacred music" from the wrong religion (or any music at > all) > on the radio. > According the tm movt if a meditator attends a lecture by some "guru" or saint then that person has jeopardized their meditation practice and cannot be allowed to meditate in the domes because they will contaminate the experience. I'm not even talking about doing some other practice, just attending a meeting.
Yet you seem to agree with the tmo that spending many hrs per day mentally doing mantras and sutras taken from classic hindu texts and ceremonies has nothing to do with hinduism. This seems a contradiction to me. personally i don't think the tm/sidhi program is necessarily hindu, though i do think most people in the domes are part of the maharishiism religion.
