--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder about this "meaningless sounds" business. At the preparatory > lecture, I always used to say the mantras were "sounds the effects of which > are known," or "words selected for their sound quality," or something like that. > I never said, "meaningless sounds" and I wonder whether using that phrase > was ever an official instruction. It's a very unfortunate phrase, in my opinion. >
***************** During the proper practice of TM, the mantras are indeed meaningless sounds (TM properly practiced has nothing to with any meaning one might assign to the mantras, but to their use as a vehicle of attention, a sound resonating with the mind in a way that leads to transcendence). Outside of the practice of TM, if Hindus want to assign meanings to the sounds, that has nothing to do with the practice of TM. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
