Exactly and that is why you are using long mantras. ;-) The guru mantra is a mantra that has been passed down in a tradition. It is the key mantra (also referred to as a "beej mantra" though in a different sense than beej aksharas) that is used to enliven other mantras. They are very powerful and given only to disciples. The initiation of becoming a disciple (shishya) is the passage of the guru mantra. And in my tradition we will make anyone a disciple who is sincere and genuine in their desire.
Many published mantras are "tribal mantras" and included in books because they are public and the author, if a disciple, can't reveal the mantras his guru gave him. Llundrub wrote: >I have never had a guru. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Bhairitu >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 8:42 AM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: balancing techniques > > >Llundrub wrote: > > > >>Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: balancing techniques >> >> >>on 6/20/05 10:05 AM, Llundrub at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> Yes, just OM! >> >> >>So I wonder whether meditating on OM by itself might make one a recluse while >>meditating with a longer mantra that contains OM might not, as my friend >>suggested in the comment I posted here yesterday. >> >>I have a basic problem with these generalizations based on heresay. >> >>For the basic reason that when I used to do TM at MIU I wanted to be a >>recluse and escape from all the cares of the world, and that was using my >>non-OM mantra. So I can only imagine if what Maharishi says about OM is true >>that I would have probably wanted to run screaming from samsara. Moreover, my >>desires had no support at MIU and I was miserable. >> >>So I ask, what is the real difference? >> >>My experience, which I consider to be the only important thing in the world, >>confirms for me that the mantras which I have used since TM, most of which >>contain OM as a part are extremely effective in very vaulable ways, and they >>have only bettered my life. >> >>When I used to do Mahalakshmi Sadhana I used two main mantras which together >>are: >>Om shrim klim mahalakshmiyei namaha Om shrim hrim shrim kamala kamalalayei >>praseed praseed shrim hrim shrim om mahalakshmiyei namaha. Many Oms, I had >>much benefit from doing this 250,000 times. >> >> >> >> >> ><snip> >If you have a "guru mantra" then the amount of repetitions required to >attain mantra siddhi are significantly reduced. It's also interesting >to note that the "secret" mantras are often much shorter. :) > > > 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
