Bija Mantras of the Elements and Planets

Bija Mantras of the Elements and Planets in Sahajyog

Bija means ‘seed’ and bija mantras are single-syllabled sounds which have resonance and power in our Subtle System. Shri Mataji has encouraged us to develop our knowledge and expertise of bija mantras

This power of speaking is made into mantras by the people who have the power of realization. supposing they want to improve their centre, or they want to improve left or right, they have to say the bija mantras

The Devanagari script used for Sanskrit has fifty letters which are the bija mantras of the lower six chakras being the sounds that the Kuṇḍalinī produces on the petals1 of the chakras

Bija Mantras of the Elements

The Bija Mantras of the five elements are the semi-vowels (liquids). These are the consonant equivalents of the main vowels A→H, I→Y, U→V, Ṛi→R, Lṛi→L

The three letters A-U-M of Om are the three Shaktis, Mahakali,Mahasaraswatī and Mahālakshmī followed by a ‘silent half-syllable known only to Yogis which is the Kuṇḍalinī (Adi Sḥakti)

These Three Primordial Syllables AA, OO and MA represent the three powers of the Primordial Mother: AA represents the Existence and Destructive Power of Maakali

OO represents the Creative Power of Mahasaraswati. MA represents the Sustenance or Evolutionary Power of Mahalakshmi

Bijas of the Planets

Bhra – Rāhu Stra – Ketu (Rāhu and Ketu are the Moon’s nodes, the intersections of the Sun’s and Moon’s orbits, where eclipses may occur )