on 8/14/05 10:20 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Aug 14, 2005, at 10:55 AM, authfriend wrote: > >> No, think about it for a second, Vaj. How *else* >> could he have ensured that Guru Dev got the credit >> for the good stuff without also making him the >> target of the inevitable criticisms? > > You're still using a desperate rationalization to excuse a money-hungry > used mantra salesman. Sure manasika-japa works, but so does other > peoples manasika-japa. > > In the Shankaracharya tradition it is not unusual for sanyasis to give > householders an Ishta mantra, a mantra of a personal deity. This has > several benefits--it helps them calm their minds and get the worldly > benefit of worldly deities which help in learning and prosperity; in > other words benefits which would be helpful to someone in the > householder ashrama.
Vaj, what do you know about the use of "OM" in a mantra in terms of it's having a recluse effect or being exclusively for recluses? Or have we already covered this? ------------------------ 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/
