Moksha and the Tara Bija

Om Namo Narayanaya

According to the Vedas, the physically manifested universe is just ½ of a ¼ part of Narayana. This 1/8th part is known as Vasudeva. The other ½ of the ¼ part of Narayana is just unchanging and is composed of the spiritual worlds. The entire manifested universe(vasudeva) (the active 1/8th portion) is further divided into Bhu (Earth), Bhuva (Solar System), and Swarga (rest of the Universe) for human comprehension. Both the active changing material Lokas/Worlds (3 of them) and the four unchanging spiritual realms - Maha, Jana, Tapa and Satya lokha (World) comprises of ¼ of Narayana. The other ¾ths of Narayana is imperceptible to humans. The active elements/Purushas (people, animal, other living beings) in these seven realms of existence are bound with the quality/guna of Sattva (Peaceful, good, right), Rajas (excessive energy, creation, motivated) and/or Tamas (ignorance). Therefore, gaining Moksha means transcending these gunas and thereby departing from the seven planes of existence to infuse into the imperceptible part of Narayana.

So how would one do it (just for the times when you can find nothing else on netflix)? There are many paths – Bakthi (Love), Karma (Duty), Jnana (Knowledge), Yoga, etc, but if by meditation on a mantra, it would be Aum/Om. AUM is a bija mantra (seed) that gives one the power to transcend Rajas (A), Sattva (U), and Tamas (M). AUM is known as the Tara bija as Tarika helps us cross the ocean of life, essentially transcending the Gunas. It is said that off the saptha-rishis (7 sages), Gauthama received the (A) from Brahma to transcend Rajas, Atri-muni received the (U) from Vishnu to transcend Sattva and Baradwaj received the (M) from Shiva to transcend Tamas.