On Apr 5, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: > Vaj wrote: > > Which matha are you particularly referring to? > > > The matha at Sringeri, the headquarters of the Saraswati sampradaya, > the Dasanami sect founded by the Shakaracharya. Sringeri was the > headquarters matha of Swami Brahmanand Saraswati, whose teacher was > Swami Krishnanand Saraswati of Sringeri. > > > The mantrayana is not simply located at a particular monastery > > or math, in fact it is much more widespread. > > > So, you're saying that many other temples in India, not just > Brahmanand's headqurter matha at Sringeri, practice a meditation > similar to TM and that the use of some TM bija mantras is widespread.
It's very ubiquitous. Sri Vidya is not the only source of bija mantras. > > > If they are real practitioners of the mantrayana why would > > they be worried about any temple other than that of their > > own bodies and those they loved? > > > Because the Sri Vidya is a secret tantric sect - it's not available to > non-initiates. Only insiders like Marshy know much about the bija > mantras they use at Sringeri - Marshy was taught them by his master, > Swami Brahmanand Saraswati over the course of thirteen years in the > Himalayas. This has all been confirmed by Swami Rama - don't you read > books? It was actually from a conversation with Sw. Rama that I found out that Mahesh was one of the leading suspects in the murder of Swami Brahmananda. Sw. Rama's teaching on meditation probably most closely resembles Swami Brahmananda's own practice, not TM. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
