--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 11/3/05 3:23 PM, bbrigante at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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. > > Mantras are effective by virtue of the energy and > intelligence imbued in > them or associated with them. You tickle a Devata, > the Devata tickles you > back. Indians understand this, and I've heard > Maharishi talk about it. He > just emphasized the meaningless sound bit to make TM > palatable in the West. But the mantras in TM are, in the usual sense of the term, meaningless. They don't literally mean anything in sanscrit (at least the 1st technique). Now, they are associated with particular devatas or more accurately thay are the seed-sound form of the devata. So, they don't mean anything, but they are the devata! > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
