There has been some debate as to whether or not the teaching of TM in India is the same as elsewhere. During a documentary made at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in Rishikesh in India in 1968 whilst The Beatles were there, filmmaker Yavar Abbas asks, amongst other things, why there are less Indians than westerners on the ashram. MMY tells him that for these three months 'we do not have any Indian trainees':-
'When I train Indians, then I train ONLY Indians, because to spread Transcendental Meditation in India, it has to have the background of yoga, & vedanta, & bhakti, & karma & Gita, & Koran & Bible. In the west we have to be on the level of systematic, scientific investigation, experimentation, so the whole language, the whole approach for relieving the society in the west is different, even though basically the thing is the same.' --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > > > In 'Meditation: easy system propounded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi' > > (c1959) there is to be found a series of questions which includes > the > > following: > > Q. How does meditation improve the fortune of a man? > > A. Our system of meditation involves the All Mighty Power. We take > > the 'MANTRA' of some God according to our faith and meditate on > that. > > The power of the 'MANTRA' brings to us the Almighty > > Thanks, Paul. > > 'Zat the publication you were referring to, Shemp? > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > It's kinda the same answer I give when people ask me > whether > > > > > > the mantras used in TM are the names of gods: I wouldn't > want > > > > > > to practise a meditation that DIDN'T use mantras that were > > the > > > > > > names of gods > > > > > > > > > > Better quit practicing TM, then, and find one that does. > > > > > > > > I've got an SRM book from about 1966 -- pre Beatles -- that has > > MMY > > > > say exactly that. > > > > > > Quote, please. > > > > > > That's what folks claim he said in his Beacon Light > > > address too, but he didn't. > > > > > > 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/
