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Re: SRH: Improvement of Hindu Newsgroups is the Goal
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: SRH: Improvement of Hindu Newsgroups is the Goal
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From: gopal@ecf.toronto.edu (GOPAL Ganapathiraju Sree Ramana)
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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 09:27:38 -0500
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
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References: <4d4hpn$6jb@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4df2u5$69s@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4dks6h$kh8@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
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Sender: news@ecf.toronto.edu (News Administrator)
In article <4dks6h$kh8@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Vivek Sadananda Pai <vivek@cs.rice.edu> wrote:
>In article <4df2u5$69s@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
>Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai@mantra.com> wrote:
>[...]
>>The above sentiment is quite understandable in light of instances
>>such as the following statement posted by one of the moderation
>>maintainers for the "soc.religion.vaishnava (moderated)" group.
>>In this post, public discussion of Mantr(as) is being suppressed:
>- Mani pointed out that mantras are to be received in person
> from a guru, who is responsible for instructing the disciple
> in the proper recitation, etc.
>- someone else posted the mantra, lacking all diacritical marks,
> instruction in its use, etc.
..
>only that the transmission of the mantra
>should be done in a proscribed fashion.
you mean 'prescribed'.
There are many who believe in
manthro` haani swaratho` varNatho`vaa,
savaagvajro` yajamaanam hanthi.
[i dont know the source]
mantra can do harm if swara ( musical note`a) , varna are not
propoerly followed.
so the above advice of mani v. may not be out to place.
