--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Billy wrote: > > *Adhikara* is a term used to describe the 'transference' > > of the power of the 'guru' to the chela via the mantra. > > > > Anybody know the TM position on this....or? > > > Billy - According to Sri Vidya, the very instant you recieve > the bija mantra from the guru you are in the enlightened state. > That's because the bija mantra IS the Adhikara, the total sum > of Vac, the Goddess of Speech. All you need to do after that > is burn off your accumulated karma through tapas, inner heat. > > That's the Secret of the Three Cities, Tripurasundari. > > > "If there is no illuminative state in the consciousness > > of the giver, no transference can take place....there is > > NO adhi-kara." > > - Swami G. Kriyananda > > > "Word-sound, not own-sound, non-person to do it; body-heaps > a-turning, common sound seen-to-wit, a fellow, That, not mine." > - Tejas Wallah >
That would be my guess as well, but certainly you've heard of this phenomenon.....a friend of mine, a disciple of Rajinder Singh's group believe that the mantra must be ensouled by a **guru**. MMY is not a guru, but a Maharishi; whatever, thanks for your input.
