Just a few quick replies, even though we ALL know she'll do nothing with them but nitpick and claim "Why those aren't really lies...they're just an alternative way of saying things." :-) :-) :-)
--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Absolutely. About the contents of the puja, > > What was the lie you were taught to tell > about the puja? Several: -- When asked, "Are the names of any Hindu gods mentioned in the puja?" -- answer "No." This is obviously not true. -- When asked, "Are the words 'I bow down' included in the puja, and does the teacher actually bow to any of the names mentioned?" -- answer "No." This is equally not true. -- When asked, "Is the TM puja a Hindu ritual?" -- answer "No." In reality, it is a hodge-podge of different verses from *many* different Hindu pujas and rituals. > > about > > whether or not people were asked to kneel during > > it, > > What was the lie you were taught to tell about > whether or not people were asked to kneel during > the puja? -- When asked, "Is it mandatory for the student to kneel during initiation?" -- answer "No." HOWEVER, in the explicit instructions given to me and other TM teachers I know when we were made teachers, we were epxlicitly told to never teach the person UNLESS they knelt. > > about the number of mantras and how they were > > selected, > > What was the lie you were taught to tell about > the number of mantras and how they were selected? -- When asked, "How many mantras are used in TM," we were told never to answer this question, but to hint that there were "very many...dozens or more." -- When asked, "How are they selected?" we were told never to say exactly how, but to imply that they were selected based on "a large number of different criteria" known to us as TM teachers. In fact, there is only one criterion. I'll let other teachers add their own if they care to. I will not respond in any way to any of Judy's expected (and inevitable attempts) to turn this into another of her infinite argument sessions. Even if she has no life, I do, and it is calling this week. :-) 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
