mjackson74: > Facing facts, mantras, both the type to be chanted and > those that are used internally are a dime a dozen in > India. I like all mine and the TM ones while useful are > no better or worse than any others... > In TM, you get only one single bija mantra, Mr. Jackson.
But, where do the bija mantras come from? Bija 'mantras', by definition, have no semantic meaning - that's why they're called 'mantras' instead of being called 'words'. If the bijas were Sanskrit words, there would be no need for a definition of them, since their meaning would be obvious to anyone who could read a Sanskrit lexicon. So, let's review: In basic TM you get the single seed sound (bija) and later you get the fertilizer, and you get the simple instructions for the correct angle to dive. So, it has now been established that at least two of the most sacred bija-mantras, out of the fifteen, contained in the Sound Arya La Hari, are in fact, TM bija-mantras. It has already been established that MMY got his vastu ideas from ancient Hindu and Buddhist vastu principles of edifice architecture. > > > I noticed that you have not responded to the notion that > > > if sthapatya veda is so important to health, well-being > > > and world peace, seems like the Big M might have > > > mentioned it a few years ago so it could be working its > > > magic all these many years. > > > > > MMY mentioned vastu before the erection of the Golden Dome > > at Fairfield, IA, in 1972. Why do you think it's a dome? > > > > http://www.mmyvv.com/machieve1.jsp > > > > > Perhaps you were not directing this to me, but I am not > > > a TM teacher, merely one of the peons who meditate. > > > > > So, where did your TM bija mantra come from? > > > > The point I'm trying to make is that the bijas mantras > > used in TM practice came from the Sri Vidya sect. > > > > So, I don't think they were 'made up' by MMY or Satyanand > > or Nandakishore. This is probably the most important > > aspect of TM practice that was mentioned on Usenet posts > > which could discredit MMY, that TM was 'invented' by > > MMY, when in fact, it's a centuries old yoga technique > > used by Buddhists and Hindus since at least the time of > > the historical Buddha and the use of mandalas, if not > > long before in the Upper Paleolithic in South Asia, > > according to historians. > > > > To sum up what has been established: > > > > If SBS had in his possession a Sri Yantra, and placed it > > in the Brahmastan of his cave, worshipped it and > > meditated on it while muttering the Saraswati bija mantra, > > and since SBS posed in Padma Asana displaying the chit > > mudra, and since SBS's teacher was SKS of Sringeri, > > the headquarters of the Saraswati sannyasins, and since > > the Sri Yantra is placed on the mandir for worship at > > the Sringeri, in a vastu tantric temple which has a > > south facing entrance, and since all the Saraswati > > sannyasins of the Shankara order at Sringeri all adhere > > to the Soundarylahari in which is mentioned the TM bija > > mantra for Saraswati, and every Saraswati sannyasin > > meditates on the Saraswati bija mantra at least twice > > every day, most people would conclude that the TM bija > > derived from the Sri Vidya sect of Karnataka, since the > > TM bija mantra for Saraswati is mentioned in the most > > revered scripture of the Sri Vidya, and is enumerated > > in the Soundaryalahari, right? > > > > Work cited: > > > > 'History of the Tantric Religion' > > by Bhattacharyya, N. N. > > New Delhi: Manohar, 1999
