> card: > > Sanskrit word of the "day": kali... > > > The word 'kali' in Hinduism appears in Indian literature > following the Gupta Age, the so-called 'Golden" age in > Indian history. > > Kali is depicted as the 'Shakti' of Shiva. According to > MMY, meditation is reality at rest or absolute pure > concsciousness - Shiva. > > The dynamic and creative aspect of meditation or the > thoughts in the mind, is the active relative aspect of > creation - Shakti. > > For TMers, the absolute Being and the relative becoming > are completley separate, Purusha and prakriti. - activity > and rest. > More TMer thoughts on Kali Tantra:
It would seem that the Marshy got confused - instead of extolling the Vedas, he should have been promoting the Tantras. Apparently there are no 'bija' mantras memtioned in the Rig Veda. In order to establish the TM practice, the Marshy should have been explaining how TM came to use the bija mantras. >From what I've read, TM practice and the use of bijas comes from the Sri Vidya, and not from the Rig Veda. Sri Vidya is a tantric sect, purportedly founded by the Adi Shankaracharya. Swami Brahmanand Saraswati was a member of the Sri Vidya - all the Saraswati dasnamis are headquarted at Sringeri. SBS's guru, Swami Krishanand Saraswati, was from Sringeri. The primary symbol of the Sri Vidya is the Shri Yantra with the TM bijas inscribed thereon. So, it's obvious that TM adherents should be looking to the tantras, such as the 'Saundaryalahari' for the origins of TM, not the to the Vedas. The Rig Veda has little to say about yoga practices such as 'TM'. The Rig Veda is based on sacrificial rituals, dedicated to appeasing the celestial beings that control the forces of nature, such as earth, wind and fire, etc. The Demi-gods, such as Krishna, Balarama, and Ramchandra are deified heros of Indian mythology. There are no 'istadevatas' and their 'bija mantras' mentioned in the Rig Veda. The use of bijas came a long time after the composition of the Rig Veda, during the Gupta Age in India. Bija mantras are products of the Indian alchemists, not the Vedic rishis. The Rig Veda was probably compiled before the Aryan speakers even arrived in present Pakistan. 'TM' practice is almost pure tantric practice, with a little fertilizer thrown in for good measure. LoL! > So, there are two ways of perceiving the same absolute > reality; there is the transcendental plane, the plane > of pure CC, and there is the active plane, the plane of > relative mass, action, and time. > > According Feuerstein, Shiva symbolizes the pure, absolute > consciousness, and Shakti symbolizes the entire content > of that consciousness. > > While Shiva and Shakti appear as two due to Maya, they > are ultimately one. In fact, Shiva and Shakti are totally > interdependent - one cannot exist without the other, > just like a man and his wife are two, yet one and depend > on each another. > > > Work cited: > > 'Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy' > By Georg Feuerstein > Shambhala, 1998 >
