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Subject: mantra
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Date: Tue, 10-Jan-84 15:06:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 10 15:06:27 1984
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About mantra

There may be on;y 16 mantra issued by TM, I don't know ...

however, none of those mentioned correspond to the one I heard from a
freind who had done TM some time ago.  Several are close.

In any case, it isn't important.  The mantra I use when doing chanting
are:
	namu Amida butsu
	namu myoho renge kyo
	gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi swaha!
		(... the ! is important. It just don't ring true without
		the extra zap at the end)
	Aum (repeated very very fast!)
	Aum mani padme hum

I have also had good success with "Coca Cola" and "one".

Don't get hung up in the WORDS!  They are NOT the meditation.

(( --- special note to Jon White

	If your gonna get into "TM is useless" like you got into
	"Mormonism is foolish", please move it to .flame early, OK?
	Seemed like I spent days n-ing mormonism articles...

	Thanks, Charlie Martin ))