Most all of the Saraswati dandi sannyayins meditate on the bija mantra
of Saraswati. This bija is enumerated in their scripture, the Sound Arya
Lahari. You get the bija from your guru when you get initiated into the
Saraswati dasanami. All the members of the Saraswati sect meditate on
this bija at least twice a day.
So, since the TM bija mantras came from the Adi Shankara, passed down
through Shantanand Saraswati, and are included in the supreme scripture,
we can thus conclude that the Mahesh Yogi got the TM bija mantras from
his Master, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati. James Duffy and Billy Smith
both seem to agree with this.
Saraswati is said to have been one of those "...rare siddhas
(accomplished ones) who had the knowledge of Sri Vidya".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmananda_Saraswati
On 10/9/2013 11:32 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
Also, not all Dasanami monks meditate on the bijas of Saraswathi, not
twice a day, some do not meditate at all, and not all of TM mantras
are bijas of Saraswathi, only those of the student age. The first
mantras Maharishi taught in the west were in fact Ram mantras. Shree
is typical Lakshmi, other mantras are of Durga and Kali or Krishna.
The advanced technique, however, is a Saraswati mantra (unless they
changed the procedure later on which I've read allusions too). That
is known to be a mantra for reducing pitta which means if you are
kapha you might have a tendency to fall asleep during meditation and
put on weight! :-D
I've often thought that the bijas "were discovered" as early man
mimiced bird calls and then just noticed effects just thinking them.
