CHAKRA

THE 7 CHAKRAS

CHAKRA	MULADHARA	SWADHISHTHANA	MANIPURA	ANAHATA	VISHUDDHA	AJÑA	SAHASRARA
POSITION	Sacral Plexus	Above the genital	Navel	Heart	Throat	Among the eyebrows	Aloft on the skull
CENTER COLOR	Yellow	Aquamarine	Red	Grey smoke	Blue	Bright white	Multicolor or Bright white
PETALS COLOR	Red	Vermilion	Blue	Rosso	Azzurro	Bright white	Multicolor or Bright white
IT GOVERNS ON..	Feet Excretion Birth Sense of smell It stimulates the word	Genital organs Backs Adrenal Glands Legs Taste	Stomach Bowel Digestion and Assimilation Menstrual cycle Sight	Circulatory and Locomotor system Respiraton Swallowing Penis Touch	Thyroid Skin Mouth Respiration Hearing	Hypophysis	Pineal Gland
N° NADI	4	6	10	12	16	2	1000
MANDALA FORM
BIJA MANTRA	Laṃ	Vaṃ	Raṃ	Yaṃ	Haṃ	Oṃ	Om
NADI MANTRA	vaṃ śaṃ ṣaṃ saṃ	baṃ bhaṃ maṃ yaṃ raṃ laṃ	ḍaṃ ḍhaṃ ṇaṃ taṃ thaṃ daṃ dhaṃ naṃ paṃ phaṃ	kaṃ khaṃ gaṃ ghaṃ ṅaṃ caṃ chaṃ jaṃ jhaṃ ñaṃ ṭaṃ ṭhaṃ	aṃ āṃ iṃ īṃ uṃ ūṃ ṛṃ ṝṃ ḷṃ ḹṃ eṃ aiṃ oṃ auṃ aṃ aḥ	haṃ kṣaṃ	All Sanscrit Letters
ELEMENT	Earth	Water	Fire	Air	Ether	Mind	Samadhi

LEGEND:

Chakra = Literally wheel, center, circle. Important centers of energy of our body.

Bija mantra = original Sound, seed, sound of the center of the flower.

Nadi = Channels where flows the energy sprung by the chakras.

Nadi mantra = Sound of every single channel energy's conveyor.

Samadhi = Liberation, superconscience, complete realization of Self.

Other Chakras

Our body is dotted with a myriad of chakras, virtually wherever there is an intersection between energy channels (Nadis) we will find a chakra. The chakras described above are just the most important ones and to the 7 we could add two other chakras particularly important also for the tantric practices. They are located just below Anahata, one on his left, Hridaya or Surya Chakra, and one to the right, Chandra Chakra. The names and functions of these chakras differ among the schools but their importance it is not questioned.

Going up from Muladhara, Kundalini takes a path from a gross plane towards more and more subtle levels, from the material to the spiritual. When Kundalini reaches Sahasrara there is union with Shiva.

There are three chakras that go beyond these plans and that can only be experienced when the Kundalini is fully awakened. They are Golata, Lalata and Lalana located in the back of the throat, above Ajna Chakra and within the soft upper palate.

Under Muladhara there is a series of seven chakras, corresponding to the base animal instincts, and the lower plans. From top to bottom they are: Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Rasatala, Mahatala.

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CHAKRA