MANTRAS TO MAITREYA

MAIM (MAH EEM) Maim is the bija, or “seed” syllable, of Maitreya. OM MAITREYA MAIM (OM MY-TRAY-UH MAH EEM) NA-MO* MAITREYA (NUH-MO MY-TRAY-UH) Hail! (Homage to the sacred name of) Maitreya MAITRI MAITRO MAHA MAITRI SVAHA† (MY-TREE MY-TREE MUH-HAH MY-TREE SWAH-HAH) Loving-kindness and great loving-kindness, please grant me that, Maitreya! or Maitreya, Maitreya, I will worship him! OM AH MAITREYA NATHAYA (OM AH MY-TRAY-UH NOT-EYE-UH) HUM PHAT‡ SVAHA (HOOM PUH HUT SWAH-HAH) This mantra invokes Maitreya as a protector. MAIM --------- *Na-mo is an expression of devotion and reverence and can be translated as “Hail,” “Homage to,” “I bow to,” “I surrender to.” †Svaha is a Sanskrit exclamation used at the end of mantras to convey the meaning “I offer it to you!” “So be it!” “Hail!” or “Amen!” ‡Phat is for the release of fohat, which is the concentrated energy of the sacred fire held in the chakras by the adepts. Pronounce the p