--- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following information is contained in 'Amrit Kana', a selection of > quotations of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati published in > 1950, compiled by Brahmachari Mahesh Ji, later to be known as Maharishi > Mahesh Yogi. > > Guru Dev states that both mantra-japa (silent mental repetition of a > mantra), & dhyana (meditation/contemplation) of the swarup (personal > form) of the god should be practised together in order to worship > Paramatma (God). > > He argues that doing japa (repetition) alone, the mind will flit here > and there. And by contemplating the beloved form of God, the mind will > shut down. Therefore he advocates that both japa and dhyana be > practised together. > > http://www.paulmason.info/x/AKroughttrans.htm
Seems to me that TM is MMY's interpretation of what Guru Dev said to do... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
