Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Ram is a common shanti mantra given to the general public. The journalist probably heard it wrong as Rum which is hilarious and might might make someone drunk. According to some including Bhavagan Das in his autobiography Maharishi used Ram in the first days of TM. The reason TM uses beej mantras is because anyone can use them without any special ceremony. I think MMY was looking for a system anyone could teach. MMY also used shaktipat when teaching in the early days. Keeping mantras secret might have also been just to keep Indians from blowing whistle on the project as nothing special. Except for a select few, westerners of course in the 1960s and 70s knew about nothing mantras nor mantra shastra so would not have understood this. On 02/26/2014 11:30 AM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: Among the many different forms, Simmons said he teaches mantra-based meditation in which someone sits quietly and repeats a single word – in his case, “Rum” – for a period of 20 minutes. He has one meditation session in the morning at his Los Angeles home, then drives over to his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons’ home for another session from 6:45 a.m. to 7:05 a.m. with his two daughters, Aoki Lee, 11, and Ming Lee, 14. They’ve been meditating together for three years.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
In Sanskrit, vowels save the short a-sound are pure. I guess another way to express that is they are non-reduced. I'm quite certain that for native speakers of English the impurity of the short a-sound in Sanskrit is easier to hear than for those whose native languages have only pure vowel sounds, like e.g. Italian and Finnish. Be it as it may, I think the short a-sound in Sanskrit *might* be closer to vowel sounds like 'aw' in English 'raw', but short. Listening to the pronunciation of 'rum' in Google translator rendered me quite shure it's fairly close to the Sanskrit pronunciation of 'ram', whereas pronouncing that (ram) according to the phonetic rules of English might make it too frontal(?), like the a-sound e.g. in 'bat'.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Ram rhymes with Tom while Rum rhymes with bum. Also it is highly improvable the writer knows ANY Sanskrit. :-D On 02/26/2014 01:01 PM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: In Sanskrit, vowels save the short a-sound are pure. I guess another way to express that is they are non-reduced. I'm quite certain that for native speakers of English the impurity of the short a-sound in Sanskrit is easier to hear than for those whose native languages have only pure vowel sounds, like e.g. Italian and Finnish. Be it as it may, I think the short a-sound in Sanskrit *might* be closer to vowel sounds like 'aw' in English 'raw', but short. Listening to the pronunciation of 'rum' in Google translator rendered me quite shure it'sfairly close to the Sanskrit pronunciation of 'ram', whereas pronouncing that (ram) according to the phonetic rules of English might make it too frontal(?), like the a-sound e.g. in 'bat'.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Well, hell, old Marshy always said the mantra didn't matter, so I think I'll meditate to bourbon tonight. Ora maybe tequila and if that works I'll make up some sutras like tequila with an amrit chaser and see can I walk through a wall. On Wed, 2/26/14, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:34 PM Ram rhymes with Tom while Rum rhymes with bum. Also it is highly improvable the writer knows ANY Sanskrit. :-D On 02/26/2014 01:01 PM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: In Sanskrit, vowels save the short a-sound are pure. I guess another way to express that is they are non-reduced. I'm quite certain that for native speakers of English the impurity of the short a-sound in Sanskrit is easier to hear than for those whose native languages have only pure vowel sounds, like e.g. Italian and Finnish. Be it as it may, I think the short a-sound in Sanskrit *might* be closer to vowel sounds like 'aw' in English 'raw', but short. Listening to the pronunciation of 'rum' in Google translator rendered me quite shure it's fairly close to the Sanskrit pronunciation of 'ram', whereas pronouncing that (ram) according to the phonetic rules of English might make it too frontal(?), like the a-sound e.g. in 'bat'.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
Given the amount of PR Rush has given the TMO over the years, reckon they'll reciprocate by having the rajas encourage all the TM'ers in the world to buy Simmon's book on non-TM meditation? Reckon the MUM bookstore will carry it and the Peace Palaces? Might could get a discount if you paid in raams. On Wed, 2/26/14, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:38 PM Well, hell, old Marshy always said the mantra didn't matter, so I think I'll meditate to bourbon tonight. Ora maybe tequila and if that works I'll make up some sutras like tequila with an amrit chaser and see can I walk through a wall. On Wed, 2/26/14, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 9:34 PM Ram rhymes with Tom while Rum rhymes with bum. Also it is highly improvable the writer knows ANY Sanskrit. :-D On 02/26/2014 01:01 PM, cardemais...@yahoo.com wrote: In Sanskrit, vowels save the short a-sound are pure. I guess another way to express that is they are non-reduced. I'm quite certain that for native speakers of English the impurity of the short a-sound in Sanskrit is easier to hear than for those whose native languages have only pure vowel sounds, like e.g. Italian and Finnish. Be it as it may, I think the short a-sound in Sanskrit *might* be closer to vowel sounds like 'aw' in English 'raw', but short. Listening to the pronunciation of 'rum' in Google translator rendered me quite shure it's fairly close to the Sanskrit pronunciation of 'ram', whereas pronouncing that (ram) according to the phonetic rules of English might make it too frontal(?), like the a-sound e.g. in 'bat'.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Russell Simmons on TM - Front page of Yahoo.com
On 2/26/2014 3:38 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I think I'll meditate to bourbon tonight. Ora maybe tequila and if that works I'll make up some sutras like tequila with an amrit chaser and see can I walk through a wall. We all do what we can for world peace. Go figure.
