Re: [FairfieldLife] Chopra's PR pitch for meditation

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

On 03/22/2015 04:55 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:


Indians call them bij only because they drop the last syllable when 
they speak Hindi or other Sanskrit language derivatives. Thus they 
call Buddha "Buddh" which sounds strange to Western ears.




That's correct, the "a" at the end is silent.



Frawley is useful for understanding the background of Tantric yoga and 
the basis of the Vedic hymns. Most of his Vedic stuff is a reiteration of
Sri Aurobindo. However, reading his books leaves the reader rather 
empty because the tradition is a "hearing" lineage of sound expression.




David had a tantra teacher in India and there is a picture of him with 
his teacher in some of his books. Tantra, though, isn't exactly rocket 
science and I I think the best way to learn is from a village tantric 
because they keep the teaching simple which works better for busy 
westerners.



Much more effective is Vyas Houston's CD - Bija Mantra and Chakra 
Tuning which accurately produces the Sanskrit sounds. It introduces a 
particular method of chanting the mantras thatenergizes the chakras.




Learning Sanskrit will give you accurate pronunciation.  However there 
*is* northern and southern Indian pronunciation of Sanskrit.  I learned 
from Houston's series but noted that a friend used a different 
pronunciation and she explained the two distinctions.




Without learning this sound-stream patterning all this stuff is rather 
hollow.




Not necessarily.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Chopra's PR pitch for meditation

[emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

Indians call them bij only because they drop the last syllable when they speak 
Hindi or other Sanskrit language derivatives. Thus they call Buddha "Buddh" 
which sounds strange to Western ears. 

Frawley is useful for understanding the background of Tantric yoga and the 
basis of the Vedic hymns. Most of his Vedic stuff is a reiteration of 
Sri Aurobindo. However, reading his books leaves the reader rather empty 
because the tradition is a "hearing" lineage of sound expression. 

Much more effective is Vyas Houston's CD - Bija Mantra and Chakra Tuning which 
accurately produces the Sanskrit sounds. It introduces a particular method of 
chanting the mantras that energizes the chakras.

Without learning this sound-stream patterning all this stuff is rather hollow.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Chopra's PR pitch for meditation

[rich...@rwilliams.us [FairfieldLife]]

At Sringeri, the principal deity, Saradambal, the Goddess of Learning, is a 
focus of a mighty spiritual force - pure consciousness. According to my 
informant, Saradamba, by all legendary accounts, is a deity of Kashmir who was 
literally brought down to the south of India by the Adi Shankara. Tradition 
says that Shankara installed the image, made of sandalwood, on a Sri Yantra 
drawn by himself.

Mystic and Seer 

 Apparently the 33rd Shankaracharya of the Sringeri Matha died before he could 
give all the initiations to the 34th, his successor. However, the 33rd is 
reputed to have said: "Worship of Sri Yantra is a must for the Swamis of the 
peetha." Go figure. 

Notes:

"Normally the Sri Vidya mantra initiation would be done by the guru, but 
Narasimha Bharati had passed away before his disciple arrived at Sringeri. 
Hence the mantropadesa was done by Srikanta Sastri. He had been initiated into 
it by Narasimha Bharati Mahaswami the34th." The Pontiff's rein was from 1912 to 
1953, so he was a contemporary of SBS. The 33rd. was Sri Narasimha Bharati 
Mahaswami, making him a contemporary of SBS's guru, Swami Krishanand Saraswati. 



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote :

 Nice explanation by David Frawely and re-iterates things I've said on FFL 
about bija mantras (or "beej" as Indians pronounce it).   Bija mantras predate 
Shankara as tantra was very popular in India around 300-600 CE.
 
 I've also mentioned that TM uses the bijas for the first technique because 
anyone can teach them and the puja is even needed.  Also if you read the 
explanation you may reason why they won't work for everyone. 
 
 
 On 03/22/2015 07:13 AM, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... mailto:mjackson74@... 
[FairfieldLife] wrote:

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Chopra's PR pitch for meditation

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

Nice explanation by David Frawely and re-iterates things I've said on 
FFL about bija mantras (or "beej" as Indians pronounce it).   Bija 
mantras predate Shankara as tantra was very popular in India around 
300-600 CE.


I've also mentioned that TM uses the bijas for the first technique 
because anyone can teach them and the puja is even needed.  Also if you 
read the explanation you may reason why they won't work for everyone.



On 03/22/2015 07:13 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com 
[FairfieldLife] wrote:

Chopra's meditation

Vedic Wisdom | The Chopra Center 



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Vedic Wisdom | The Chopra Center 

Using Shakti Mantras to Enhance Your Primordial Sound Mantra Practice 
Your Personal Pranava or Primordial Sound


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