--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "biosoundbill" > > <smithybill@> > > 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.
I also like what Shemp had to say but I might add that in addition to creating the appropriate atmosphere it is an acknowledgment that the teaching comes from a 'tradition', like Shemp said, of Masters (whether you believe that or not) and MMY is not just some Johnny come lately giving out mantras (although you may believe that), I personally don't know other than I've benefited from it :-).
