Our Spiritual Tradition in SanskritNarayanam Padmabhavam Vasistham Shaktim cha Tatputra Parasharam cha Vyasam Shukam Gaudapadam Mahantam Govindayogindram Athasya Shishyam Srisankaracharyam Athasya Padmapadam cha Hastamalakam cha Shishyam tam Trotakam Varttikaram anyan Asmad gurn Santatam anato smi
shrutismritipuranam Alayam Karunalayam Namami Bhagavatapadam Shankaram Lokasankaram Shankaram Shankacharyam Keshavam Badarayanam Sutrabhashyakritau vande Bhagavantau punah punah Yadvarre Nikhilanimpaparishat Siddhim Vidhatte 'Nisham Shrimatshrilasitam Jagadgurupadam Natvatmatriptim Gatah Lokagyanpayodapatnadhuram Shrisankaram Sharmadam Bramahanandasaraswatim Guruvarum Dhyayami Jyotirmayam Transliterated from the Sanskrit by Borje Mullquist nârâyanaM padmabhavaM vashiSThaM shaktim ca tatputra parasharam ca vyâsaM shukam gauDapadaM mahântaM govinda yogîndra mathâsya shiSyam | shrî shankarâcâryamathâsya padmapâdan ca hastâmalakan ca shiSyam taM troTakam vârtikakâram anyânasmad gurûn santatamânato 'smi || shruti-smRti-purâNânam âlayam karuNâlayam | namâmi bhagavat-pâdam shankaraM lokashankaram || shankaraM shankarâcâryaM keshvaM bâdarâyaNam | sûtra-bhâSya-kRtau vande bhagavantau punaH punaH || yad-dvâre nikhilâ nilimpa-pariSad siddhiM vidhatte 'nisham shrîmat-shrî-lasitaM jagadgurupadaM natvâtmatRptiM gatâH | lokâjñâna payoDa-pâTân-dhuraM shrî shankaram sharmadaM brahmânanda sarasvatîm guruvaraM dhyâyâmi jyotirmayam || On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > Our Mantra Yoga tradition begins with the Lord Narayana, the first > meditator, who thought the first thought and set in motion this science of > sound vibration. The thought sounds or mantras were cognized in ancient > India by the rishis, that is, the seers of the science of sound, the first > psychic pioneers of consciousness. > In the Mantra Yoga tradition the first yogi was Yajnavalkhya, who cognized > the first bija mantra, and passed this teaching to his daughter Shakti. > > According to the Tantras, bija mantras are shorthand for a complete > description of the universe in the mind of Sri Saraswati, the Goddess of > Wisdom, Learning and Knowledge. So, sounds, ergo language, was the primal > vibration of Vac, that is, the Lord of human speech, who formed the first > bija mantras. > > In a long line of illustrious masters comes this Mantra Yoga tradition > from Vasistha and Parashara. > > So, lets review the TMer sampradaya: > > The TM teachers puja to SBS clearly states the desciplic succession from > Shakti via the Jyotirlinga hence to Badarayana, to Gauda, to Govinda, hence > to Shankara, founder of the Jyotirmatha, hence to Trotaka and on down to > Brahmanand Saraswati and hence to Shantanand, hence down to Vasudevananda > Saraswati, the current Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath. > > Narayana > Padma Bhava > Vasishtha > Shakti > Parashara > Badarayana > Shudadeva > Gaudapapda > Govinda > Shankara > Trotaka > Brahmanand > Shantanand > Vishnudevananda > Vasudevananda >
