I paid 65 bucks - student price at the time - and Buddha never mentioned them because he knew damn well you don't need mantras to get enlightened.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@...> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > >
