Vaj wrote:
> Sometimes, yes. For example, a typical TM mantra is the
> bija of Lakshmi, is an epiphet of Lakshmi: "Shree" + the
> "terminator" letters, the chandra and the bindu, -- the
> sound "ing" -- which is the part that pulls the mind into
> no-thought, the calm state, the transcendent. Basic
> mantra-shastra teaches these meanings, but also layers of
> meanings and eventually, ineffability.
>
> All the TM mantras have many meanings in similar ways.
>
Actually, the word 'Shree' isn't a mantra nor a beej mantra.
Shree is a Sanskrit word with meaning - 'auspicious'. In TM
you get only one single bija mantra. The appended phrases
are just words - more like fertilizer on the root - but,
there is only one root bija mantra in TM.
