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
Bija means the Vaikhari –‘utterance’. Vaikhari is the power of speaking. This power of speaking is made into mantras by the people who have the power of realization. So, for them to improve, supposing they want to improve the centre, or they want to improve left or right, they have to say the The power of ‘Beej’ Mantra
So the first step is to say the bija mantra and then to say the different mantras of the different chakras. So first is the bija and then is the tree. So you can implant a bija into yourself by saying that, and then you start saying all other
The Devanagari script used for Sanskrit has fifty letters which are the bīja mantras of the lower six chakras; being the sounds that the Kuṇḍalini produces on the petal of the chakras as She rises
“Sanskrit has come out of Kundalini’s movement, when She makes a sound, all was recorded by the great saints and like that every chakra has got vowels and consonants according to the number of sub-plexuses they have – you can say petals they have – and all of them make the alphabets of Sanskrit language.”
Bija mantras have power but, generally, not specific meaning as words. As well as the fifty letters of the alphabet, there are bija mantras for the elements and deities of the chakras
The science of bīja mantras developed mostly in later Indian philosophy, particularly in the Tantras1 (c.500 CE onwards), although their roots go back to the Vedas and Upaniṣhads
ABOUT SAHAJYOG BIJA MANTRAS
Sanskrit is made holy; this language was made holy; first it was one language, out of which two languages were born, one was Latin and the one which was made holy was Sanskrit
This Sanskrit language comes from the saints, who heard all those things and they made this and this is the energy of the Vaikhari. Now the script is there, the Vaikhari is there. The energy is there and this is the way you should say the instrument, but to make it work in a Divine way you have to make it into a mantra.
To make it a mantra, any mantra you want to do, you must know first the Bija mantra. Supposing you want to raise your Kundalinî, then the bîja mantra is hrîm’ and from ‘hrîm’ you should go on to ‘Om Twameva sâkshât Shrî Hrîm’. Then you should go on saying the mantras of all the deities that are there
‘Ra’ is the energy, Radha. The one who sustains the energy is Radha. She is Mahalakshmi that is why she sustains the Kundalini.
Ī’ is the primordial Mother and ‘Ra’ is the energy that is Kundalinî. So the ‘Hrîm’ means that you have the energy passing through the Mahâlakshmî tattwa which is Ra. You see the energy is passing through the thing towards the Primordial Being. So Hrîm
Mahâkâlî, Mahâlakṣhmî and Mahâsaraswatî, which are there within us. These three likewise have three powers within us, which we call as Aim, Hrîm and Klîm. Because, their corresponding sound notes (Ninâd) are Aim, Hrîm and Klîm
How Bijas work
Most bijas are said with a nasal at the end, eg. Gaṁ. The nasal sound ṁ, called anuswara -‘after-sound’, is a combination of bindu – ‘dot’ and ardhendu -‘crescent’, and so represents the Union of Śhiva and Śhakti (Ātmā –‘Spirit’ and the Kundalini) in the Sahasrāra, conferring Bliss and Self-realization
Bījas are sometimes said with an aspirated ending instead of the nasal (eg. Bhrāḥ, Bhrīḥ, Bhrūḥ, etc.). Visarga -‘aspirated ending’, written -ḥ, is associated with Lord Shiva (Hara) and the
Destructive/Dissolution Power connected with the Heart
How to use Bīja Mantras
Saying bījas on one’s own is usually done as japa –‘mumbling’, a kind of low tone which is just audible and almost under one’s breath
The bījas are usually preceded by Om and are intoned with a nasal ending, eg. bhrāṁ. Repeating the bīja four times after Om seems to work well and can be done in one breath
For example:-
‘Om Bhrāṁ Bhrāṁ Bhrāṁ Bhrāṁ’
Om may also be added at the end;
‘Om Bhrāṁ Bhrāṁ Bhrāṁ Bhrāṁ Om’
The bīja may also be continuously chanted on its own. The main point is to experiment and see what works.
Shri Mataji is our authorising power to use bīja mantras and it is always wise to add Her name; one way is by finishing with:-
‘sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namaḥ’