--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > On 03/24/2013 11:40 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > [...] > >> I don't know about all that. The book's title was derived from that fact > >> that when its author became an initiator on the Beatles' TTC, MMY was > >> giving > >> out only one mantra. But that's not the most interesting part of the book. > >> There was some interesting stuff about Charlie Lutes vs. The Beatles, and > >> other stuff I hadn't known. > >> > > That sounds a bit odd as 10+ years before that, MMY was saying that we "use > > the mantras [plural] to fetch the grace of the gods [plural]." > > > > Odd that he would only use one mantra 10 years later. > > > > > > L > > He was speaking about mantras in general. There are a many, many > mantras and they are used for different things. Giving one mantra for > meditation would not be unusual. For the masses you generally give a > shanti or shiva mantra for meditation. Even with those two groups there > are many to choose from. >
Well, yes, but presumably he was talking about TM way back then (Beeaon Light of the HImalayas) and the text seemed to imply he was giving out more than one mantra in the late 50's in India. L
