the non-use of Om by householders is very well documented to have been emphasized by Swami Brahmananda Saraswati. There is so many famous mantras that do not use Om at all ... " Shree Rama Jaya Rama...etc the examples are very many.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, navashok <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I think there is only one truly Vedic mantra and that is OM. > > Dear Nava, > Real TM tru-believers strongly hold that Maharishi's revival of Knowledge has > saved India from `Om". I have been lectured several times on this very point > by extremely faithful TM people who seem quite convinced. You'll notice that > none of the TM versions of mantras on the TM-X website notice `Om' as any > part of a TM mantra. Though Shri Vidya and everyone else going back use "Om" > to initiate or energized mantras. Is TM missing something? Maharishi > uniquely seems a Vedic out-layer on this in the distribution of sages on > mantras. > I like `Om' myself to spin the root and tune the heart and then go from > there. But that is different from TM and should not be confused even though > chakras well light up upon proper awareness and practice of the TM-sidhis. > But at that point it is independent of employing 'Om' or much of anything > else. > Best Regards from Fairfield, > -Buck > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > navashok: > > > > Where does the TM technique come from? > > > > > > > From India and the Vedas? LoL! > > > > > > According to Mircea Eliade, only the rudiments of classic > > > Yoga are to be found in the Vedas, and while shamanism and > > > other techniques of ecstasy are documented among other > > > Indo-European people, "Yoga is to be found only in India > > > and in cultures influenced by Indian spirituality" (102). > > > > I think there is only one truly Vedic mantra and that is OM. What Maharishi > > teaches as the Vedic tradition is actually the Tantric tradition > > appropriated by Brahmanism, through the teaching of Shri Vidhya. With Vedic > > literature, he means the Agamas. > > > > > > > Work cited: > > > > > > 'Yoga : Immortality and Freedom' > > > by Mircea Eliade > > > Princeton University Press, 1970 > > > > > > Read more: > > > > > > Subject: A decomposition of practice ertswhile abusers lore > > > Author: Willytex > > > Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental > > > Date: February 6, 2005 > > > http://tinyurl.com/ykqy7zh > > > > > > Other titles of interst: > > > > > > 'Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy' > > > by Mircea Eliade > > > Princeton University Press; 2004 > > > > > > 'The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, > > > Philosophy and Practice' > > > by Georg Feuerstein and Ken Wilbur > > > Hohm Press, 2001 > > > > > >
