> > > 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.
> >
wgm4u:
> What do you mean by, "meditate on the Sri Yantra"?
>
The Sri Yantra is the symbol of Tripurasundari, with
the fifteen bija-mantras enumerated. TM is based on the
meditation that is transcendental using bija mantras.
"The srividya, because it consists of "indestructible
seed" syllables (bijaksara) rather than words, transcends
such "mundane" considerations as semantic meaning.
Accordingly, a bija-only mantra is not merely esoteric
but inherently superior. Because it is purely seed-syllables
[bijasaras] is the purest form of mantra. It does not make
a request or praise god, it is God's purest expression" (95).
Work cited:
"Auspicious Wisdon"
The texts and traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism
in South India.
by Douglas Renfrew Brooks
SUNY 1992
> > 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
