--- In [email protected], "richardwillytexwilliams" <willytex@...> wrote: > > > > wgm4u: > > For Instance, did MMY practice TM? Or, did he > > practice any meditation at all? Did the Guru Dev > > initiate him? and into what? > > > Brahmananda Saraswati and Mahesh Yogi both practiced > samaya marga of Sri Vidya. > > Sri Vidya is a path of internal puja to the deity of > the Sri Yantra. There are fifteen bija mantras > enumerated in the Saundalahari composed by the Adi > Shankara. > > SBS's guru was Swami Krishnanada Saraswati of Sringeri, > founded by the Adi Shaknkaryarya. It is incumbent on > every Saraswati sannyasin to meditate at least twice a > day and to perform internal puja to the Sri Yantra. > > According to Swami Rama, SBS used to meditate on the > Sri Yantra and the bija mantra of Saraswati, just like > TMers do today - a meditation that is transcendental. > > "This, too, is my understanding of Guru Dev's practice > as well. ...via mantras and nyasas. I would add that > the bija mantras used are the same as the mantras used > in TM..." > > Subject: Re: Guru Dev and "Sri Vidya" > From: James Duffy > Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental > Date: 2003-04-21 12:17:54 PST > > Read more: > http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/srividya.htm
What do you mean by, "meditate on the Sri Yantra"? Perhaps it was a little different in that a 'Deity? was used during the meditation process suggesting some 'contemplation' (on the form of the deity) was involved. Nice post.....
