--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand" <premanandp...@...> wrote: > > Have just put up a few pointers about this at:- > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/parampara.html
Actually what he is saying is that TM has NO parampara, or direct lineage, since MMY has never claimed to be a Guru or claimed to be passing along Guru Dev's direct Sadhana, to my understanding. Guru Dev is merely the guiding light of the technique that MMY himself, either rediscovered or contrived from Vedic/Hindu sources; it works, along with other techniques as well that have their origins in India. Many Religions don't even have a successor since no one was qualified to fill their boots, ie. enlightened! (Sikhs, SRF, others) In order to have a genuine parampara in the spiritual sense the Guru must be the embodiment of the knowledge and not just pay lip service to it, and come from a lineage that also are enlightened..... TM has no parampara, as Charlie used to say, "with TM you're given the technique and you're on your own" (paraphrased). Eventually you will need a Sat-Guru or an enlightened Master who will, as Charlie has said, "will introduce you to God". You see, the astral and causal realms of consciousness require expert guidance to cross, that is where the role of the Master is most potent. If MMY isn't enlightened he will be unable to perform this task for you, however, what's the rush, most meditators, of any discipline are far from the impending need of a Sat Guru anyway, IMO. The meaning of Parampara is this: Parampara (Sanskrit: परम्परा, paramparā) denotes a succession of teachers and disciples in traditional Indian culture. It is also known as guru-shishya paramparā, succession from guru to disciple. In the paramparā system, knowledge (in any field) is passed down (undiluted) through successive generations. The Sanskrit word literally means an uninterrupted series or succession.[1] In the traditional residential form of education, the shishya remains with his guru as a family member and gets the education as a true learner. (Wiki)
