> > Maybe so, Billy, but you won't find any 'OM' > > word at the beginning of the most famous mantra > > in India: > > > > "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna > > > > Krishna Krishna Hare Hare > > > > Hare Rama Hare Rama > > > > Rama Rama Hare Hare" > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_Krishna > > Robert wrote: > This is a mantra devoted to Lord Krishna, an > individuation of Vishnu... > There's no 'OM' in the Hare Krishna mantra, and no 'OM' in the Vedas. 'OM' isn't considered a bija mantra at all - it's just a nonsense syllable invented by scribes to confuse the people. There's nothing in it - it is meaningless gibberish.
Read more: 'Prisoners of Shangri-La' Tibetan Buddhism and the West by Donald S. Lopez Jr. University Of Chicago Press, 1999 http://tinyurl.com/5cznos
