Probably won't BELIEVE anybody. Might be fooled by everybody (-: Will see what resonates from all sources. Will enjoy learning. Will continue living the simple FF life...
________________________________ From: Richard J. Williams <rich...@rwilliams.us> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 5:11 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life is so much fun - Part 2 emptybill: > Share, don't be fooled by Wiki-Willy... > So, let's review: The Buddhist Tantras preceeded the Hindu Tantras, so it's not a stretch to assume that since the Tantras are the manuals on bija mantras, the Buddhist Tantras woould have the Hindu bijas as well. That is, unless you're thinking the Hindu tantrics 'made up' their own bijas. Buddhist tantrism was prevalent for hundreds of years in Kashmere and the Himalayas before the invention of the Kashmere Trika. That's why Trika is just a re-statement of the Buddhism of the time. So, if the Adi Shankara went to Kashmere and visited the Sharadha temple, and worshipped and studied there, then went to Karnataka to found the Shradha temple at Sringeri, wouldn't you assume that there must be a connection? Not for nothing is that temple called the 'Shrigeri'! So, if the most famous desciple of SBS was a Sri Vidya adherent, wouldn't you assume that his guru, SBS, was also a Sri Vidya adherent? Sri Vidya is very similar to Kashmere Trika and Tantric Buddhism. Almost all South Asian history scholars agree on this. So, Share, who are you going to believe? The historians or some anonymous guy on the internet? Apparently the practice of 'Mantrayana' was introduced into Tibet by Shenrab, who came over from the Swat Valley almost 100 years before the arrival of Guru Padmasambhava. In a strange 'reverse Tibet' effect, the Mantrayana Buddhism that Shenrab estabished in Shang Shung came to be called 'Bon' while the same practice established by Guru Rinpoche came to called 'Chos'. The Siddha Naropa journeyed to Kashmir in order to obtain the tantras from Tilopa. It should be noted that the historical Buddha was born in the Gharwal Himalaya. > ...he didn't bother to tell you that the real > identity of Swami Agehananda Bharati was actually > the Viennese academic - Leopold Fischer... > Non sequitur. > > 'Bija' mantras have no semantic meaning; 'mantras' > > are words used in the Vedic rituals. You can do > > japa with bijas, but you'd need to know Sanskrit > > in order to chant the mantras in the Vedas. > > > > According to Brooks, the bijas are superior, just > > like yoga is superior to ritual acts. > > > > Why do you think the cow is now sacred in India? > > > > According to Swami Ageananda Bharati, it is clear > > that the Buddhist tantras preceeded the Hindu > > tantras, and hence, yogic practices are tantric > > in nature, e.g. the non-Vedic practices such as > > yoga, mudra, dhyana, mantra, yantra, dharani, puja, > > pradakshina; and monasticism, ahimsa, instruction > > by sutra, relic worship, edifice architecture, > > etc., etc. > > > > Yogic practices and thus yogins, and yogic practice, > > is firmly rooted in the teachings of Shakya and > > the Sramanas such as Natatputra. > > > > Read more: > > > > 'Mantra Yoga' > > http://tinyurl.com/c87rs5z > > > > "The srividya, because it consists of "indestructible > > seed" syllables (bijaksara) rather than words, > > transcends such "mundane" considerations as semantic > > meaning. Accordingly, a bija-only mantra is not > > merely esoteric but inherently superior. > > > > Because it is purely seed-syllables [bijasaras] is > > the purest form of mantra. It does not make a request > > or praise god, it is God's purest expression. Gayatri > > is great but it cannot match srividya because it is > > still in language; it is Veda and mantra but when > > transformed into the srividya its greatness > > increases" (95). > > > > Work cited: > > > > "Auspicious Wisdon" > > The texts and traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism > > in South India. > > by Douglas Renfrew Brooks > > SUNY, 1992 > > >
