right, not by itself; but in India: a. prelude to the Vedic Gayatri which somebody tacked on as "Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah....(then the 24 syllable part starting with TAT...." ... The question is however, why rely solely on what the ancient Vedic Sages had to say. Karunamai is expert enough for me. I have her chanting tape on the Gayatri mantra.
And I have Sogyal Rinpoches' chanting tape on the Vajra Guru mantra which starts Om Ah Hung.... ... Looks like this phoney controversey has been ironed out. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> 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? >
