On 09/07/2011 08:33 AM, richardwillytexwilliams wrote: > > Bhairitu: >> There is a PDF article on mantras available there. >> > Great, but you can't learn tantra yoga from a PDF. > > In fact, a 'bija mantra' is a bija mantra only when > given in an initiation by a guru. You failed to give > a definition of bija mantra. > > Definition of mantra: > > "A mantra is a quasi-morpheme or a series of > quasi-morphemes, or a series of mixed genuine > and quasi-morphemes, arranged in conventional > patterns, based on codified esoteric traditions, > and passed on from one preceptor to one disciple > in the course of a prescribed initiation ritual..." > > Works cited: > > "The Tantric Tradition" > by Swami Ageananda Bharati > Rider, 1965
Don't be so dense. I've said all along one can't learn tantra from books and that it should be learned from a master of the path.
