--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
You mean the powerful goo-goo gaa-gaa mantra? Agreed!
