patanjai wrote the sutras read them, they explain the whole universe where it all comes from and goes, easy concise- to the point practical and of course beyond the average human being. why -cause it feels to good to give up being ignorant. the perks, being more right than others, knowing they will burn in th eternal lake of guru devs fire for not following maharishi. its just to darn fun...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nadarrombus" <royboyun...@...> wrote: > > patanjali is the creator of the real siddhi program, patanjali golden dome, > not maharishi golden dome... krishna is the creator of transcendental > meditation, the song of god-gita not the song of maharishi. maharishi is the > middle man and as it is known among the wise to get the real deal you need to > eliminate the middle man...you don't seem to have decent critical thinking > skills, reading skills or the desire to understand truth which is standard > tmo, -the middle man sold you down the river.... > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > >
