Bhairitu wrote: > My guru has had to undo the damage that people got > from just picking up some mantra from a book. > Apparently your guru is a mere retired pilot from the Indian Air Force - hardly someone who would be knowing anything about Tantricism in downtown Oakland.
In fact ALL bija mantras originate from books - that's what the Tantras are - books of bija mantras and techniques. ALL the mantras are included in the Vedic literature. > Indiscriminately given mantras can make someone > insane. Playing around with mantras without the > proper training can be like playing with fire. > This is funny. Some people actually believe that repeating non-sense syllables will bring them closer to enlightenment. This must be the Age of Kali! > Even then most gurus stick with what they've > It's just like selling water down by the river. > learned through tradition. > Otherwise, the bija mantras would just be made up by con men, snake charmers, babas and fakirs in order to delude the public. Bija mantras have no semantic meaning - you won't find a single bija mantra in any standard Sanskrit lexicon. Probably not one person, in the whole history of mankind, has ever been enlightened by repeating gibberish.
