--- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "biosoundbill" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Does anybody know what is the purpose of the TM > puja? > > > > Is it to enliven the mantra,or is it to help the > teacher to connect > > with Guru Dev,or to go to the transcendent in > order to fuse the > mantra > > with shakti,before passing it on to the initiate? > any thoughts,or > > opinions? > > > > Namaste, > > > > Billy > > > > > I think it is all of the above. > > Speaking from experience, something profound > happens. And I say that > not so much as a result of my experiences initiating > (I taught about > 50 people) but from being a "flower boy" for > hundreds of initiations > BEFORE I became a teacher. I waited outside the > three rooms we had > for initiations on Saturdays to guide people to the > room we used for > their first meditation. Well, after about 5 minutes > of them entering > the initiation room (about the time the mantra was > imparted to them), > I sensed the entire atmophere change; I sensed > something very > profound going on that was incredibly palpable. > > So I think that the puja replaces an enlightened > master giving you > the mantra, which he can enliven just by the fact > that it is he in > his enlightened state imparting it to you; by doing > the puja and > invoking that tradition, the mantra is being > imparted at that level. > > A mantra given without a puja may work and have some > effect but it > would, in my opinion, be missing someting very, very > special.
Agree with Shemp here. Working as a flower boy and then initiating myself you experience a profound change in the environment. Forget the theory, something really amazing happens when you do a puja or pujas. A very profound, holy sweetness. > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
