--- In [email protected], "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It appears that the meditation method taught by Guru Dev (& other > other 'sadgurus') later morphed to become the TM technique as taught > by the various organisations of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. > > Guru Dev explains:- > 'You must get to know the mantra of your Ishta, and the method of > meditation (dhyan) thereof, through an experienced Sadguru and > somehow or other, devote some time every day in japa of the Ishta > mantra and dhyan. Through japa, realisation (siddhi) will result. > There is no doubt about this. "japaat siddhirjapaat > siddhirnasaMshayaaH." > source - ('Strange Facts About a Great Saint' by Raj Varma, quoting > from 'Amrit Kana', a book compiled by Brahmachari Mahesh {aka > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi}). > > After Guru Dev's demise, when Maharishi Mahesh Yogi started teaching > meditation in South India in October 1955 he explained:- > 'For our practice we select only the suitable mantras of personal > Gods. Such mantras fetch to us the grace of personal Gods and make us > happier in every walk of life. > source - (p65 'Beacon Light of the Himalayas', 1955) > & > 'When he devotes himself and meditates on the name and form (NAMA AND > RUPA) of the LORD, he begins to experience some ANANDAM and also the > Grace of the Lord in every walk of life'. ibid p76 > > Three and a half years later on April 29th 1959 in Los Angeles MMY > announced to the press:- > 'My life truly began 19 years ago at the feet of my master when I > learned the secret of swift and deep meditation, a secret I now > impart to the world.' > source - (p244 Thirty Years Around the World' MVU 1986) > > But MMY was now addressing a difference audience from those back home > in India, and consequently certain elements of the meditation > teaching had begun to be revised:- > 'It is I who gave it the present expression, but I learnt it from him > (Guru Dev) in the traditional way ... through very old expressions of > religious order. Every religion has its own vocabulary; Hinduism has > its own vocabulary; yoga has its own way of expression of the > reality; Vedanta has its own approach. He taught me in the > traditional way of yoga and Vedanta and Indian religious language. I > gave it an expression in the universal way... > source - (International Times {IT} 15th December 1967) > > So, it appears true to say that Guru Dev taught a form meditation > to MMY, and that MMY changed the teaching of meditation so it would > be more acceptable to non-Hindus.
Seems to me it's impossible to extract from all this the notion that we would recognize what Guru Dev taught as the same as what MMY teaches. "Gave it an expression in the universal way" could mean almost anything. The amusing part of this discussion is that MMY's critics can't seem to decide whether MMY is a Bad Person for implying the technique came from Guru Dev when he actually dreamed it up himself, or whether he's a Bad Person for implying he dreamed it up himself when it actually came from Guru Dev... He's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
