All that can safely said is that the bija mantras pre-date our age. People stuck for something to say tend to go 'uuuummmmmm', which is just about how the pranava bij mantra is correctly spelt i.e. Long uu & long nasal M. That appears to be natural, and is likely to predate experiments with mantra meditation.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > Whether 'associated' or 'name', at least one TM bij mantra is a > > familiar name for a Hindu god, in fact it is a fairly common name in > > India. In fact Google has no fewer than 11,500 images associated with > > just one spelling of the 'name' (& 2,940,000 hits webwide). > > Indeed corruptions of other TM mantras are also popular names. > > > > No doubt, but this is a relatively modern tradition, is it not? The bija mantras may predate > the Vedic age in India... > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > Grad students studying ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder) > > should > > > > > now tune in to observe Judy Stein's next 40 posts in which she > > > > > will demonstrate that Maharishi did NOT mean in that quote that > > > > > TM mantras are the names of gods. > > > > > > > > > > And then she will call you a liar. > > > > > > > > Er, the usual definition of mantra isn't "name." > > > > > > Of course it isn't. The gods have perfectly good > > > names of their own, and they aren't the same as the > > > bija mantras TM uses. > > > > > > The bija mantras are semantically meaningless sounds > > > that have been *associated with* gods in Hinduism. > > > > > > 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/
