mjackson74: > Beautiful way of saying all we need is meditation and > all the rest including vastu is expensive fluff, good > for the Movement's pocketbook and dubious prestige but > totally unnecessary for enlightenment or to live a good > fulfilling life. > In TM you get one single bija mantra and all the rest is just fertilizer. All you have to do is water the seed syllable and enjoy the fruit. You probably got your bija mantra for $35, so what? LoL!
According to the Indian mythology 'mantra' is the 'primary seed sound of the universe', called 'Shabd' in Sanskrit. In the Rig Veda Shabd is personified as 'Vac', the first primal sound percieved as human speech. According to the Indian tantric theory the devas and bodhisatvas do not take kindly to being addressed by their real names, which are seldom known by ordinary people. So, some yogi fakirs of old thought they knew the Gods well enough that they could even call the gods by nicknames! Calling upon the Gods with their real names is very sometimes offensive to the Gods, according to some fakirs, and confusing to the people who cannot understand nonsense gibberish. Apparently, some uninformed dillatante types once overheard some of these so-called 'secret' names being chanted in Buddhist hybrid-Sanskrit at a drum-bangin' yoga camp-meet, amd mistook these for the real first names of the Gods. This, in itself is a strange tale, as it implies a hierarchy of those who pretend to know the secret names, those who 'wanna know the names', and those who do not know any nick-names, except ones they read in a paperback book. If bija mantras were to be used to address the Gods in secret or public ritual praise, Sage Patanjali would have said so in the 195 aphorisms, would he not? Or, if any bija mantras were known to be used back then, the historical Buddha would have mentioned them, right? Now for the historical facts: The bija mantras were first invented by the so-called 'Eighty-four Mahasiddhas' specificaly as meaningless sounds to be focusing on for yoga meditation practice, according to Naropa and sGampopa. Read more: 'The Jewel Ornament of Liberation' sGam.po.pa, Herbert V. Guenther (Translator) Shambhala, 2001 'Masters of Mahamudra' Songs and Histories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas By Keith Dowman State University of New York, 1986 > > > The devic energy or energy of the personifications of the > > > laws of nature formed the energy that people would pick up > > > on and using that energy create all the aspects of their > > > culture... > > > > > For practical purposes all we as TMers need to know about > > the Devas are that they are pleased when we think their > > names as bija mantra. For example, Saraswati, The Goddess > > of knowledge, music, arts and science, is very pleased to > > hear Her name and She will grant you a boon if you are > > worthy. However, as Sri Ramana Maharshi says "Your own > > Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the > > world." > > > > All you have to do is sit comfortably and be aware of the > > bija mantra. This 'just sitting and thinking' is Yoga, the > > best path on the planet for to get enlightened. This is > > just being aware of being aware; that's it, that's all you > > have to do! Pure awareness. > > > > It has already been established that the Indo-Europeans > > brought Mantra Yoga to South Asia. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/924qda5 > > > > And, the Vedas reveal the mantras, with the Upanishads > > their explanation. > > > > Note: > > > > So, we have MMY giving us the bija of Saraswati, a bija > > that he recieved from Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, who in > > turn got the bija from Swami Krishanand Saraswati of the > > Sringeri Matha. > > > > So, we have the Saraswati bija mantra going back to Adi > > Shankaracharya who founded the Sringeri, and put there > > the Sri Yantra with the bijas inscribed on it. Then, the > > Shankarachara wrote out the Soundarylahari and the Ananda > > Lahari, which explained and enumerated all thirteen Sri > > Vidya bija mantras. > > > > So much for the facts. > > >
