[FairfieldLife] Re:The origins of mantra meditation?

2008-04-05 Thread Robert
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Surya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But are there really any meaningless sounds? > > Surya > They say it's real easy for the little babies to pronounce the sounds: O-BAA-MAA... And I am sure that these babes know the meaning of it all? Jesus said: som

[FairfieldLife] Re:The origins of mantra meditation?

2008-04-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander > > wrote: > > > >> What do you mean by "meaning?" Merely designation? > >> Then, yes, there are sounds that do not have any > >> designatio

[FairfieldLife] Re:The origins of mantra meditation?

2008-04-04 Thread Richard J. Williams
Surya wrote: > But are there really any meaningless sounds? > Bija mantras are sounds, but they are supposed to be meaningless to TMers. Bija mantras are not found in any standard Sanskrit lexicon. Most bijas are derived from sounds found in nature. For example, the bija 'phat' - the 'crack', 'po

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re:The origins of mantra meditation?

2008-04-04 Thread Bhairitu
sparaig wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> What do you mean by "meaning?" Merely designation? >> Then, yes, there are sounds that do not have any >> designation. But meaning is broader than that. In >> its broadest sense, any hu

[FairfieldLife] Re:The origins of mantra meditation?

2008-04-04 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you mean by "meaning?" Merely designation? > Then, yes, there are sounds that do not have any > designation. But meaning is broader than that. In > its broadest sense, any human sound, i.e. any sound

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re:The origins of mantra meditation?

2008-04-04 Thread Angela Mailander
What do you mean by "meaning?" Merely designation? Then, yes, there are sounds that do not have any designation. But meaning is broader than that. In its broadest sense, any human sound, i.e. any sound a human being can make, can never be quite meaningless. a --- Surya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

[FairfieldLife] Re:The origins of mantra meditation?

2008-04-04 Thread Surya
But are there really any meaningless sounds? Surya