TurquoiseB wrote: > We've now seen a couple of generations of TM > teachers who have *no problem* with standing > up in front of people swearing to them that TM > is in no way a religious practice, and then > immediately afterwards going back to the local > TM center and waving candles to Shiva or Mother > Divine or whichever Hindu god or goddess is > being celebrated on that particular holiday. > Which TM Center has TM teachers waving candles to Shiva or Mother Divine or any Hindu goddess? Turq probably hasn't been inside a TM center for over forty years and probably never been inside a Marshy Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge in his entire life.
I've visited at least a dozen TM centers over the years and done program in two golden domes. But the fact is that nobody waves 'candles' in a puja to Shiva or any Hindu goddess: all the centers I've visited always use pure camphor. According to Prakashanand Saraswati, who is the Swami at Barsana Dham, one of the largest Hindu temples outside India, the burning of products made from petroleum are offensive to the Mother Divine. It's probaly alright to burn candles, with your shoes on, at Sitges altars in Espanola, or light a votive to Our Lady of the Lake Guadalupe someplace down in Jalisco, but what would they know about puja? >From what I've read, Freddy Lenz used to burn cheap candles all the time for mood making. One informer on this forum once tried to get me to purchase cheap incense from an Indian mini-mart. Can you believe that? Everyone knows that the mundane joss sticks found in most Indian grocery stores is pure punk. Read more: Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental From: Willytex Date: Thurs, May 17 2007 4:43 pm Subject: Re: Agar and Sandalwood http://tinyurl.com/38g92n
