Vaj wrote: > > On Nov 4, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote: > >>> If you accept that bija mantras of goddesses bring the >>> "boon" of the deity, you should receive the benefit corresponding to >>> that deity, tempered on your own karmic limitations. And since it is >>> a bija mantra, it should also awaken kundalini. In some people that >>> will be easy and expansive, in some it will have some side effects >>> due to purification. Mantras of a peaceful goddess should also assist >>> in favoring peaceful, calm, transcendent experience, shouldn't it? >> >> I don't think my doctor disputes these boons. >> He seems to be saying, there's a price to pay for them. >> >> Here's a question for those of you versed in such >> things: do vedic traditions say a bija deity demands a >> vig on each transaction? > > I'm not sure what you mean by "vig" or if misspelt, what you mean. The > TM mantras are NOT Vedic, this is just TMO misinformation. The TM > mantras are tantric. They should give you energy, not take it away. > But then again, there is the bija mantra, the seed mantra, and the > dharani, or full chain of mantra which includes the bija. Some have > argued since the full dharani is not given, this creates imbalance. A > tantric might also argue that before you use such a mantra, you have > to "prepare the field" by a process called bhuta-shuddhi or > purification of the elements. Doing mantra japa without it can > exacerbate imbalances. The mantras are just the bij akasharas used to empower other mantras. They are usually not used for meditation by themselves and that is why TM is considered by Indians as being rather unorthodox along with the fact that there is no omkara. Also at least in my tradition of tantra (Kali) we don't give shakti mantras to lay people. They are considered too strong and too enlivening hence the complete opposite of what the chiropractor said. They must be handled with care. Most likely due to difficulties with pronunciation tantrics are more likely to have a person use a yantra rather than learn a mantra to overcome certain obstacles.
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