> > That's why he says "meditate on xyz" as > > if it was a topic of reflection. > > wgm4u: > ...still waiting for Willytex's explanation. > So, we get TM and the TM bijas from MMY, who got the bijas from SBS, who got the bijas from the Swami Krishananda Saraswati of Sringeri. So, the TM bijas come from the Shankaracharya tradition of Kaula Tantra which was founded at Sringeri by the Adi Shankara.
There is no difference between an object meditated upon and the object itself. Since the Absolute is not a subject to be cognized, TMers use bija mantras in order to provide the ideal opportunity for the transcending. So, when TMers use the bija mantra of Saraswati, there is no difference between the bija and the Absolute itself - there is only the illusion of duration. According to Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, "The difference is the same as the difference between rice and paddy. Remove the skin of the paddy and it is rice. Similarly, remove the covering of Maya, and the Jiva will become Brahman." According to the Shankaracharya of Sringeri, the Adi Shankara placed the Sri Chakra, symbol of Tripurasundari, with the TM mantras inscribed thereon, at each of the seats of learning - Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri, and at Jyotirmath. So, the mantras of TM are DIRECTLY related to Sri Vidya. "Bija mantras issued by TM are ''Sri Vidya'' bija mantras. To be fair, I won't go into what they are, but if one listens to all TM mantras, except for 2, they are 2 or 3 syllable, and this is a very important component of the technique..." From: Billy Smith Subject: Re: Guru Dev and "Sri Vidya" Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: April 22, 2003 http://tinyurl.com/ye8my2 The Sri Vidya tradition is derived from Kashmere Saivism which teaches that conciousness alternates between two phases, rest and action. The phase of transcendental rest is called 'Pralaya' in Sanskrit, which has no first beginning, therefore no primal cause. Read more: http://www.rwilliams.us/archives/centering.htm The central philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is that everything is vibration, or 'Spanda', both the objective exterior reality and the subjective inner world. So, nothing exists without some movement or vibration, but not in ordinary space and time, but in the Supreme Consciousness, the Absolute. So, Ultimate Reality is a cycle of internalization and externalization of consciousness itself - TM. The name Sri Vidya is also used to refer to a specific mantra used in this tradition having fifteen syllables. Among these fifteen are the TM bijas used in the practice of TM. References: 'History of the Tantric Religion' An Historical, Ritualistic, and Philosophical Study By N. N. Bhattacharyya, New Delhi: Manohar, 1999 'The Secret of the Three Cities' An Introduction to Hindu Sakta Tantrism By Douglas Renfrew Brooks University Of Chicago Press; 1998
