On Jul 22, 2006, at 4:13 AM, Ingegerd wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jul 21, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Paul Mason wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@>
wrote: I've never heard anything other than that. I never
heard that Guru Dev himself gave MMY the technique.
On 8th July 1971 in Amherst, U.S.A., Maharishi Mahesh Yogi made
the following statement which contradicts the assumption that he
never claimed the TM technique came from Guru Dev Shankaracharya Swami Brahmanand Saraswati.
'But the great impact of Guru Dev, in his lifetime, in bringing
out so clearly and in such simple words, this technique of TM. And his,
his blessing for, for this movement which came out much after he
left his body. Because there was no, no occasion during his lifetime for,
for any of his intimate blessed disciples to go out of his presence
and that's why this any such movement to bless the world couldn't
have started during his time'.
As has been repeated here before many times, and also verified by Dana Sawyer in his research with SBS's sect the Dandis, this is
an old technique, it's nothing new. They are best given through ones natural love of deity (a particular form or personal deity) or by
the persons individual capacity and constitution. The only thing
unique about TM is the name and a "canned" checking procedure (which is quite clever, but limited).
People need to get over this sad clinging that it is so unique.
It's not. It's ubiquitous. One could even add that in it's broader setting, there are more techniques that expand on this basic instruction (i.e. TM).
And as Pete points out, the highest yoga is guru-yoga. Guru-yoga
can be given as a technique and but is not limited by time or
distance (i.e. proximity to the guru). For example one can receive
blessing from even ancient masters if one knows the guru-yoga they used.
There are even guru-yogas for awakening specific states.
Is it possible to buy some books about ancient masters and their blessings in guru-yoga? Ingegerd
I'm not sure what you mean by that. There are stories of the 84 mahasiddhas which describes their indivudal enlightenment(s) and their sadhanas. But as to specific guru-yogas, these are usually imparted mouth-to-ear and then the student receives a text of the transmission. This type of thing is not generally circulated publicly. Let me give it some thought thoough and I'll drop you a note later off list.
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