--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "wgm4u" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "suziezuzie" <msilver1951@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "wgm4u" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Just wondering if the 'tradition' starts with MMY. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't believe that MMY ever claimed that Gurudev taught him > TM. > > > In fact, I recall him saying > > > > that he distilled all that he had learned from Gurudev into a > > > single, simple technique that he > > > > called Transcendental Meditation. > > > > > > > If you read the papers by Charles Lutes (the book that was > supposed > > > to have been written but was never published. Someone posted it > on > > > this group), he claims Guru Dev did not teach TM to his followers > > > but a form of Sri Vidya, Mother Divine worship. Lutes claims that > > > before Guru Dev died he entrusted MMY with a teaching of TM as > MMY > > > teaches it today, mantras, etc. Lutes also claimes that the TM > > > techniques was a amethod that had been known by Guru Dev but was > > > held back until GD gave it to MMY. Mark > > > > Fascinating..do you have a link to that particular talk? > > FWIW, the first volume of the Collected Papers has > an introduction by Larry Domash that pretty clearly > says MMY developed TM on his own. It's unlikely the > intro wasn't approved by MMY, given the importance of > that series of books to the movement at the time. > > The first half of that introduction was posted on > alt.meditation.transcendental back in the early > '90s; you can find it here: > > http://tinyurl.com/34zns4 > > It's a terrific essay, but if you want to get quickly > to the part I mentioned, search for the phrase > "unusually talented student" and start reading there.
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