--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All that can safely said is that the bija mantras pre-date > our age.
I believe there is some evidence that the bija mantras predate traditional Hinduism, actually. People stuck for something to say tend to go > 'uuuummmmmm', which is just about how the pranava bij mantra is > correctly spelt i.e. Long uu & long nasal M. That appears to be > natural, and is likely to predate experiments with mantra > meditation. But is not likely to have been the source of the bija mantras... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/