Thanks Willie, good information for the general public..the millions of rank and file meditators around this world...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" <willytex@...> wrote: > > > > Marcio: > > Does anybody know the reason for not using the > > MMY beeja mantra kleem? which the most powerful > > kleem or Kleeng ? > > > There is no reason that I can think of for not > using any MMY bija mantra. Any sound or object can > be considered a bija mantra - a bija is anything the > guru says it is. > > However, the most powerful 'bija' mantra is the > Saraswati bija matra - the bija that Swami Brahmanand > used. It is incumbent on every Saraswati sannyasin to > meditate at least twice daily on the bija of > Saraswati. > > The bija of Saraswati is inscribed on the Sri Yantra, > which was placed on the altar at Sringeri by the Adi > Shankaracharya himself. > > The tradition of bija mantras passed down by MMY > through SBS is the tradition of the Sri Vidya - > Absolute Knowledge. > > There are at least fifteen bija mantras mentioned in > the scripture of the Sri Vidya tradition, the > sixteenth being secret. The Adi Shankaracharya > composed the Soundaryalahari wherein are enumerated > the TM bija mantras. > > So, in that sense using the bija of Saraswati makes > some TMers very close to the tradition in the line > of Swami Brahmananda, in that the Swami practiced a > meditation that was transcendental utilizing the > Saraswati bija mantra - the very same bija we use in > TM today. > > Saraswati bija is one of the most powerful bijas in > the Indian siddha lineage. >
