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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ken Wehmann <thecatholicimperium@...> wrote: > > This is not spam. It is a plea to consider the ramifications of Sharia Law. > The time to act is now! Please pass this message among our global community, > individuals who believe in religious and civil liberties!! > You MUST visit http://www.thefinalcrusade.org/ Please donate what you can in > our fight to legally ensure that new Muslim communities will adhere to the US > Constitution and never pursue Sharia Law. > We are also pursuing the same requirement in other global jurisdictions - > demanding that Muslims adhere to the law of the land, and not try to install > Sharia Law. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Share Long <sharelong60@...> > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 8:14 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Life is so much fun - Part 2 > > > >  > > 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 <richard@...> > 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 > > > > > >
