Go to Paul Mason's site (www.paulmason.info). Under the Guru Dev section of the site he has many of Guru Dev's talks transcribed. I don't remember which talk it was, so you will have to go through a lot if text, but it is there somewhere.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Olson" <tommyol...@...> wrote: > > .There are references to not using Om in one of Guru Dev's talks for those > who want to read further. How do I access this reference? > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of ra...@... > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 12:48 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: AUM > > > > > > It was Guru Dev who taught not to use OM for householders. > Maharishi simply taught what Guru Dev taught him. There are references to > not using Om in one of Guru Dev's talks for those who want to read further. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "WillyTex" <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It is my understanding that MMY advised against > > > > the use of AUM... > > > > > > > >Bhairitu: > > > There are Indian millionaires who use mantras with > > > AUM... > > > > > Hardly anybody on the planet meditates on 'AUM'. But, > > there must be millions of people that meditate on the > > TM bija mantras - students of Mahesh Yogi, Sri Sri > > Ravi Shankar, and the Deepak Chopra. There's what, > > one or two millionaires in India that meditate on > > AUM? > > > > Most students of gurus in India meditate on the bija > > mantra given to them by their teacher when they get > > initiated. > > > > The nonsense syllable AUM is something you read > > about in yoga books or magazines. AUM is not esoteric > > at all! AUM is NOT given out by a real tantric guru. > > > > Tantric gurus always intitiate with bija mantras - > > AUM is for fakirs, not for adepts. > > > > Everyone knows that the historical Buddha, Shakya > > the Muni, did not teach the use of AUM - if Buddha > > believed that uttering nonsense syllables would do > > anything to relieve mankind from suffering, then I > > guess he would have included them somewhere in the > > 'Noble Eightfold Path', would he not? > > >
