> > Patanjali doesn't say anything about the > > 'bija mantras' used in TM, and where the > > bija mantras come from... > > nadarrombus: > patanjali states the bija om is the mantra > which is used... > Patanjali mentions the 'pranava', but does not state that it is 'om'. AUM is not, stictly speaking, a 'bija' mantra. AUM isn't mentioned in the Yoga Sutras nor in the Rig Veda.
So, Patanjali doesn't say anything about the 'TM' bija mantras and where they came from. <snip> > maharishi translated and made commentaries > changing the sanskrit to english according > to his preference > Vernon Katz made the translation and they seem to be pretty standard. I've compared Katz's translation with Swami Prabhupada's word for word translations and they are near the same. > > There are some question that are not answered in > > Patanjalis' Yoga Sutra. For example, Patanjali > > doesn't say anything about the 'bija mantras' used > > in TM, and where the bija mantras come from. > > > > > maharishi didn't want tm people to read the vedic > > > literature in english... > > > > > The Maharishi, with help from Vernon Katz, translated > > the Bhagavad Gita into English. In the Maharishi's > > TM-Sidhi Program, Patanjali's 'flying sutra' is > > repeated in English. > > >
