> > It is also a fact that the cult of Sri Vidya was derived > > from the Nath Siddhas, Tantric Alchemists of Medieval > > India, 50% of whom were Vajrayana Buddhists. So, why do > > you think MMY called it the "TM-Sidhi Programe"? > > > > Once again offering nothing but erroneous > > conclusions based upon Hindu apocrypha. > > > Yifu: > What? Willy is saying the bija mantras are derived > from Buddhist soruces? Amazing! - haven't heard that > one before. > Were you thinking that the bija mantras used in TM were listed in the Rig Veda?
Did you notice that the Golden Dome at MUM is sperical in shape, painted gold, with an umbrella on top of it and with a fence all around? <http://indiapicks.com/annapurna/B_Buddhist.htm> > > Once again offering nothing but erroneous > > conclusions based upon Hindu apocrypha. > > > > > > ...even though no Buddhists use the Shri Yantra. > > > > > > > The Shri Yantra is based on the Buddhist stupa, which > > > is a mandala. "The mandala can be found in the form > > > of the stupa and in the Atanatiya Sutta in the Digha > > > Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon." > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala> > > > > > > Adherents of the Sri Vidya got the Sri Yantra from > > > the Tantrics in Kashmere, based on the Tibetan mandala. > > > > > > The TM bija mantras originated with the Eighty-four > > > Mahasiddas of the 8th century Buddhist era - the Sri > > > Vidya cult came much later following the Gupta age and > > > the age of the sects - Shaivaism, Vaisnavism, > > > Shaktism in the 12th century and after Chaitanya, 15th > > > century. > > > > > > It is a fact that all the Shankaracharyas agree that > > > the Saraswati Dasanamis worship the Sri Vidya. It is > > > also a fact that the Sri Chakra, is ensconced on the > > > mandir at both Dwarka, Kanchi, and the Sringeri Mathas. > > > > > > It is also a fact that all the Adwaita Sannyasins claim > > > that Adi Shankara established four mathas as seats of > > > learning and for the worship of Sri Vidya. > > > > > > According to the Shankaracharya of Sringeri, the Adi > > > Shankara placed the Sri Chakra, symbol of Tripurasundari, > > > with the TM mantras inscribed thereon, at each of the > > > seats of learning - Jyotirmath, Dwarka, Puri, Srigeri > > > and Kanchi. > > > > > > It is also a fact that the cult of Sri Vidya was derived > > > from the Nath Siddhas, Tantric Alchemists of Medieval > > > India, 50% of whom were Vajrayana Buddhists. So, why do > > > you think MMY called it the "TM-Sidhi Programe"? > > > > > > Sources: > > > > > > 'The Alchemical Body' > > > by David Gordon White > > > U. Chicago Press, 1996 > > > > > > 'Tantra in Practice' > > > ed. Donald S. Lopez, Jr. > > > Princeton U. Press, 2000 > > > > > > 'Auspicious Wisdom' > > > by Douglas Renfrew Brooks > > > SUNY Press 1992
