What, exactly, is a bija mantra anyway? > > Do bija mantras always have to be recieved in one-on-one > initiation from a genuine tantric guru? Are bija mantras > effective if you find them in a book? > > Why all the secrecy about bija mantras? >
I think by getting an initiation from from a TM Teacher,or from genuine tantric guru - if you can find one, you are removing all the uncertainty. I transcended for the first time 3 days after learning,so for me TM is a sure thing. I don't agree with the price for learning nowadays,and I think the TMO is weird,but for me the technique is still brilliant. I regularly chant longer mantras for different purposes in life,but always do my twice daily 20mins of TM. Tantrics tend to chant mantras internally.All mantras can be used without initiation,but they are more effective when given by a realised guru or with his blessing. Billy --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > biosoundbill wrote: > > After all is said and done, I can't complain about > > the way I was taught to meditate in TM, or even about > > the mantra I got, meaningless or otherwise. > > > But I didn't say that your mantra was "meaningless". > According to several informants here, you got the nick > name of a Hindu demi-God to repeat in your meditation. > The two Barry's seem to agree with this and so does Vaj > the Nath. Mr. Manning even taught this when he was a TM > teacher. But apparently Judy doesn't agree with this. > > > It works for me, and even though the organization that > > propagates TM has become ultra commercial, the technique > > still holds good. > > > > So I won't distrust the method or the mantra I got. > > It came at the right time in my life, saved my life, > > and continues to work in my life. What more can I say, > > except I don't want an advanced technique, the basic one > > is working fine! > > > You don't get any more mantras in the advanced technique, > according to Judy. You get only one mantra in TM - the > other add-on phrases are just plain Sanskrit words like, > Sri, Namah, etc. > > The question is, where do the TM bija mantras come from? > From Swami Brahmanand Saraswati? From a book? Did the > Marshy just make up some non-sense gibberish and then > call them bijas? If he got them from his teacher, the > question becomes, where did the Marshy's teacher get > the bija mantras? Was Brahmmanand a tantric? > > What, exactly, is a bija mantra anyway? > > Do bija mantras always have to be recieved in one-on-one > initiation from a genuine tantric guru? Are bija mantras > effective if you find them in a book? > > Why all the secrecy about bija mantras? >
