--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> 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.
I also don't think Patanjali taught TM type meditation, He apparently taught *Concentration* (Dharana) as a means of controlling the prana, a much more difficult but volitional process, one used by the great Paramahansa Yogananda. TM is a much more passive process, but simpler for most people. Concentration, once mastered, is more controllable using the WILL...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dh%C4%81ra%E1%B9%87%C4%81 > <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. > > > > > >
