--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > One might say that the bija mantras are abstract > sounds that embody the devas (as opposed to their > *names*--Shiva, Lakshmi, and so on), in the nama- > and-rupa, "name"-and-form, formulation. "Name" as > a translation of "nama" is misleading in this > context. > > If the bija mantras are devas in this sense, and > devas are processes of knowing, what is it we are > doing with them in meditation? > > The mantra is the object of attention, or chhandas, > that which is known, as we use it in meditation. But > the mantra is also deva, or process of knowing--in > other words, attention itself. So in putting the > attention on the mantra, we are, in effect, > mantra-ing the mantra. > > No wonder it tends to become more and more subtle > and then disappear!
Samadhi is the samhita (collected unity) of rishi, devata and chhandas. What is "name" and what is "form" in that situation? 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/
