--- In [email protected], "richardwillytexwilliams" <willytex@...> wrote: > > > > > > 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
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