bill wrote:
When someone tells us such meditation is hindu worship
then they are simply misinformed, ignorant or ideologues.
For clarity, here is a definition of mantra, according to
Swami Ageananda Bharati:
A mantra is a quasi-morpheme or a series of quasi-morphemes,
or a series of mixed
Herr Leo Fischer, the Austrian Sanskritist, was one of a handful of European
academics to throw aside his scholastic robes and assume the robes of a
Dashanami Swami. It was rather remarkable for his day but now, unfortunately,
any California Hausfrau can do the same
The text you quoted