shri .. means "auspicious" "reverence" has nothing with mini mantra lakshmi
--- In [email protected], "Robert" <babajii_99@...> wrote: > > 'Shri' is more of a mini-mantra for Lakshmi, which full biji mantra is: > 'Shreem'... > So adding Shri to any mantra is just like addiing the feminine aspect of > 'Shakti' as 'Lakshmi'... shri not .. means "auspicious" "reverence" has nothing to do with mini lakshmi mantra > > --- In [email protected], "emptybill" <emptybill@> wrote: > > > > These Sanskrit words have meaning. > > > > "shri" means auspicious or glorious. > > "namah" means 'to bend down'. > > > > I have never heard any official explanation > > about the logic behind their use in TM > > meditation. > > > > Please note: > > > > TM is NOT a form of sacrificial worship (yagya) > > nor is it a form of adoration (puja). > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Marcio" <tmer1306@> wrote: > > > > > > emptybill > > > > > good, great ... you help me understand .. .... and the > > > advanced techniques MMY ... adding "shri" before the Beej '"namah" > > after > > > Beej? > > > > > example : > > > shri krim namah > > > shri shri krim namah > > > shri shri krim krim namah namah > > > > > > What is the origin of these additions? do you know about this? > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote: > > > > > > > > Krim/kring is called Kali bija. > > > > Shyam is called Krishna bija. > > > > Aim/aing is Saraswati bija, not other. > > > > Shrim/Shring is for Lakshmi and also > > > > for Krishna's lover, Shrimati Radhanani. > > > > > > > > These are Puranic and Tantric titles that > > > > correlate the bija-s to standard Hindu deva-s. > > > > > > > > However, please recognize that these titles of the > > > > mantras are more a way to relate them to a particular > > > > way of using them rather than actual names. > > > > > > > > The names of deities are sometimes also used as > > > > a type of mantra called a "nama-mantra" but that > > > > is strictly a form of worship rather than meditation. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Marcio" tmer1306@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I understand ... great explanation ... dear friend ... but and > > > about > > > > > sixteenth TM mantras? .. Krim is the mantra of Mahakali Shyam is a > > > > > Krishna mantra,,, Krim and Shyam are considered saraswati mantras > > ? > > > > > krim shyam are mantras MMY-TMO > > > > > Krim and Shyam are considered saraswati mantras ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
