Wiki Willy Warning! Gupta! Gupta! Ain't no bija-s nowhere! Willy Sez.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardwillytexwilliams" <willytex@...> wrote: > > > > William: > > ...according to him bija mantras are first found > > in the brahmanas, where they are associated with > > specific deities > > > Well, I guess if there were any 'bija' mantras in > the Brahmanas, they would have been mentioned by > the historical Buddha (563-483 BCE). The Buddha > does not mention any bijas, so I figure that the > bijas were invented after the Buddha's passing. > > It has already been established that there are no > bija mantras mentioned in the Rik Veda. > > If there were, the whole of the Rik Veda could have > been recited with one single, nonsense syllable! > > So, if there are no bijas in the Rik, and none are > mentioned by the Buddha, the bijas must have come > later, after 400 BCE. Maybe the bijas came during > the Gupta Age with the Tantras! Go figure. LoL! >
