Empowered Mantra:

A mantra becomes empowered through the process of initiation. It is during initiation that a disciple receives his or her mantra from the guru. The mantra is empowered in the sense that the guru acts as a vehicle of God's grace, and it is God's grace that is embodied in the mantra.

(See also: Empowered Mantra, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

Mantra: spiritual or empowered speech

(See also: Mantra, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

yajna: (Sanskrit) "Worship; sacrifice."

One of the most central Hindu concepts - sacrifice and surrender through acts of worship, inner and outer.

1) A form of ritual worship especially prevalent in Vedic times, in which oblations - ghee, grains, spices and exotic woods - are offered into a fire according to scriptural injunctions while special mantras are chanted.

-       The element fire, Agni, is revered as the divine messenger who carries offerings and prayers to the Gods.

-       The ancient Veda Brahmanas and the Shrauta Shastras describe various types of yajna rites, some so elaborate as to require hundreds of priests, whose powerful chanting resounds for miles. These major yajnas are performed in large, open-air structures called yagashala.

-       Domestic yajnas, prescribed in the Grihya Shastras, are performed in the family compound or courtyard. Yajna requires four components, none of which may be omitted: dravya, sacrificial substances; tyaga, the spirit of sacrificing all to God; devata, the celestial beings who receive the sacrifice; and mantra, the empowering word or chant.

-       While puja (worship in temples with water, lights and flowers) has largely replaced the yajna, this ancient rite still continues, and its specialized priestly training is carried on in schools in India.

-       Yajnas of a grand scale are performed for special occasions, beseeching the Gods for rain during drought, or for peace during bloody civil war. Even in temples, yajna has its Agamic equivalent in the agnikaraka, the homa or havana ceremony, held in a fire pit (homakunda) in an outer mandapa of a temple as part of elaborate puja rites.

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2) Personal acts of worship or sacrifice. Life itself is a jivayajna.

-       The Upanishads suggest that one can make "inner yajnas" by offering up bits of the little self into the fires of sadhana and tapas until the greater Self shines forth.

The five daily yajnas, pancha mahayajna, of the householder (outlined in the Dharma Shastras) ensure offerings to rishis, ancestors, Gods, creatures and men. They are as follows.

-       brahma yajna: (also called Veda yajna or rishi yajna) "Homage to the seers." Accomplished through studying and teaching the Vedas.

-       deva yajna: "Homage to Gods and elementals." Recognizing the debt due to those who guide nature, and the feeding of them by offering ghee and uncooked grains into the fire. This is the homa sacrifice.

-       pitri yajna: "Homage to ancestors." Offering of cakes (pinda) and water to the family line and the progenitors of mankind.

-       bhuta yajna: "Homage to beings." Placing food-offerings, bali, on the ground, intended for animals, birds, insects, wandering outcastes and beings of the invisible worlds. ("Let him gently place on the ground [food] for dogs, outcastes, svapachas, those diseased from sins, crows and insects" Manu Dharma Shastras 3.92).

-       manushya yajna: "Homage to men." Feeding guests and the poor, the homeless and the student. Manushya yajna includes all acts of philanthropy, such as tithing and charity. The Vedic study is performed in the morning.

The other four yajnas are performed just before taking one's noon meal. Manu Dharma Shastras (3.80) states, "Let him worship, according to the rule, the rishis with Veda study, the devas with homa, the pitris with shraddha, men with food, and the bhutas with bali."

Mystics warn that all offerings must be tempered in the fires of kundalini through the power of inner yajna to be true and valuable, just as the fire of awareness is needed to indelibly imprint ideas and concepts on one's own akashic window.

See: dharma, havana, homa, puja, sacrifice.

(See also: Yajna, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

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Rabindranath Tagore, Race, Rage, Rahu, Raja Yoga, Rajanya, Rajas, Rama, Ramakantha I, Ramakantha II, Ramakrishna, Ramanuja, Ramaraja, Ramayana, Ramprasad, Rasatala, Rationalize, Raurava Agama, Ravana, Reabsorption, Reaction, Reaffirmation, Reality, Realization, Realm, Reap, Rebellious, Rebound, Recluse, Reconcile, Redeem, Reembody, Reincarnation, Relative, Religion, Relinquish, Remorse, Remote, Renaissance, Render, Renowned, Renukacharya, Renunciation, Replenish, Repose, Repudiation, Rescind, Resemble, Resent, Residue, Resplendence, Restive, Restraints, Retaliation, Revealing grace, Ri paduka, Rig Veda, Rigorous, Rishi, Rita, Rita, Rite, Rites of passage, Ritukala, Rudra, Rudraksha, Rudrashambhu, Rudrayamala Tantra

Hinduism Dictionary - S,

Sacrament, Sacred thread, Sacrifice, Sadachara, Sadasiva, Sadhaka, Sadhana, Sadhana marga, Sadharana dharma, Sadhu, Sadhvi, Saguna Brahman, Sahasra lekhana sadhana, Sahasrara chakra, Saiva, Saiva Agamas, Saiva Siddhanta, Saiva Vishishtadvaita, Saivism, Saivism six schools, Saivite, Sakha marga, Sakshin, Sama Veda, Samadhi, Samarasa, Samavartana, Sambandar, Samhara, Samhara, Samhita, Sampradaya, Samsara, Samsari, Samskara, Samskaras of adulthood, Samskaras of birth, Samskaras of childhood, Samskaras of later life, San Marga, San Marga Sanctuary, Sanatana Dharma, Sanatkumara, Sanchita karma, Sanctify, Sanctum sanctorum, Sandalwood, Sandhya upasana, Sangama, Sankalpa, Sankhya, Sannidhana, Sannyasa, Sannyasa ashrama, Sannyasa dharma, Sannyasa diksha, Sannyasa Upanishad, Sannyasin, Sanskrit, SANT, Santosha, Sarasvati, Saravana, Sari, Sarvabhadra, Sarvajnanottara Agama, Sat, Satan, Satchidananda, Satguru, Satgurunatha, Satsanga, Sattva guna, Satya, Satyaloka, Saucha, Saumanasya, Savikalpa samadhi, Sayujya, Scarlet, Scepter, Scripture, Secluded, Seed karma, Seer, Self God, Self Realization, Self-assertive, Self-conceit, Self-luminous, Self-reflection, Servitude, Seva, Seval, Sexuality, Shabda kosha, Shad darshana, Shakahara, Shakta, Shakta Tantrism, Shakta Tantrism, Shakti, Shakti Vishishtadvaita, Shaktipat, Shaktipata, Shaktism, Shaktopaya, Shakya, Shamanism, Shambhavopaya, Shandilya Upanishad, Shankara, Shankara, Shankaracharya pitha, Shanmata sthapanacharya, Shanmukha, Shanmukha Gayatri, Sharana, Sharira, Shashtyabda purti, Shastra, Shastri, Shatapatha Brahmana, Shatkona, Shatsthala, Shatter, Sheath, Shikhara, Shiksha Vedanga, Shishya, Shloka, Shraddha, Shraddhadharana, Shrauta, Shrauta Shastra, Shruti, Shubha muhurta, Shuddha Saiva Siddhanta, Shuddha tattvas, Shuddhashuddha tattvas, Shuddhavidya, Shudra, Shukla Yajur Veda, Shulba Shastra, Shum, Shunya Sampadane, Shuttle, Siddha Marga, Siddha Siddhanta, Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati, Siddha yoga, Siddha yogi, Siddha Yogi Sampradaya, Siddhanta, Siddhanta shravana, Siddhi, Sikhism, Simantonnayana, Sin, Siva, Siva Advaita, Siva consciousness, Siva Drishti, Siva Purana, Siva Rakshamani Dipika, Siva Samhita, Siva Sutra, Sivachaitanya, Sivachara, Sivacharya, Sivajnanabodham, Sivakarnamrita, Sivalaya, Sivalinga, Sivaloka, Sivaloka, Sivamaya, Sivamayakosha, Sivanadiyar, Sivananda, Sivaness, Sivanubhava Mandapa, Sivaratri, Siva's five faces, Sivasayujya, Siva-Shakti, Sivasharana, Sivathondu, Sivaya Namah, Sivena saha Nartanam, Skanda, Skanda Shashthi, Slaughter, Smarta, Smarta Sampradaya, Smartism, Smriti, Snare, Social dharma, Solace, Solemn, Soliloquy, Solitaire, Somananda, Somanath Temple, Soul, Sound , Soundless Sound, Sovereign, Sow, Span, Spanda Karika, Spark, Spectrum, Speculate, Sphatika, Sphere, Spiritual evolution, Spiritual unfoldment, Splendor, Spouse, Sri, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Chakra, Sri Lanka, Sri Rudram, Srikantha, Srikumara, Srinagara, Srinatha, Srishti, Srishti, Stave off, Steadfast, Sthapati, Sthapatyaveda, Sthiti, Sthiti, Sthula sharira, Stingy, Stoics, Straits, Stranglehold, Stratification, Stri dharma, Stri dharma, Subala Upanishad, Subatomic, Subconscious mind, Subconscious mind, Subjective, Sublime, Subliminal, Subramanya, Subramuniyaswami, Subside, Substance, Substratum, Subsubconscious mind, Sub-subconscious mind, Subsuperconscious mind, Subsuperconscious mind, Subtle body, Subtle plane, Successor, Suchi, Suicide, Sukshma sharira, Sully, Sundaranathar, Sundarar, Superconscious mind, Superconscious mind, Superconscious mind, Supernatural, Supplicate, Suprabheda Agama, Supreme, Supreme God, Surdas, Surpass, Surrender, Surya, Sushumna nadi, Sushumna nadi, Sustainable, Sustenance, Suta Samhita, Sutala, Sutra, Svadharma, Svadharma, Svadhishthana, Svadhyaya, Svarga, Svarloka, Svatmarama, Svayambhu Linga, Svayambhuva Agama, Svayambhuva Sutra, Svetashvatara Upanishad, Swami, Swami Sivananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Vivekananda, Swamini, Swastika, Swirl, Symbolism, Syncretism, Synonymous, Synthesis,

Hinduism Dictionary - T

Tai Pongal, Tai Pusam, Tainted, Taittiriya Aranyaka, Taittiriya Samhita, Taittiriya Upanishad, Tala, Talatala chakra, Tamas, Tamil, Tamil Nadu, Tandava, Tantra, Tantraloka, Tantrika, Tantrism, Tao, Tapas, Tapasvin, Tapoloka, Tarnished, Tat, Tat Sat, Tatparyadipika, Tattva, Tattva Prakasha, Tattvatrayi, Tayumanavar, Temper, Temple, Temporal, Tend, Teradi, Terminable, Terminal, Terminal illness, That, Theism, Theology, Thither, Thou, Three worlds, Thwart, Thy, Tilaka, Timeless, Tirobhava, Tirobhava, Tirodhana shakti, Tirthayatra, Tiru, Tirukural, Tirumantiram, Tirumular, Tirumurai, Tiruvalluvar, Tiruvasagam, Tithe, Tithi, Tithing, Touchstone, Trait, Trance, Tranquil, Transcend, Transcendent, Transfix, Transgress, Transient, Transition, Traverse, Treacherous, Tread, Tribal, Trickery, Trident, Trikashasana, Trikona, Triloka, Trimurti, Triple bondage, Tripundra, Trishula, Truth, Tryambaka, Tukaram, Tulasidasa, Tumult, Turbulent, Turmeric, Tyaf, Tyaga,

Hinduism Dictionary - U

Uccharana vyakhya, Uchishta, Ujjain, Ultimate, Uma, Unconnectedness, Uncreated, Undecaying, Undifferentiated, Unerring, Unevolutionary perfection, Unfold, Unharness, Unhindered, Universal dharma, Universal dissolution, Universal mind, Universalist, Unleash, Unmanifest, Unoriginated, Unpretentiousness, Unrepressed, Unshrouded, Unwind, Upa, Upadesha, Upagama, Upagrantha, Upanayana, Upanishad, Upasana, Upasarga, Upaveda, Upaveda, Upaya, Upaya, Upbringing, Upbringing, Utmost, Utmost, Utpaladeva, Utpaladeva, Utsava, Utsava, Utsavaka, Utsavaka,

Hinduism Dictionary - V

Vachana, Vachana, Vachana, Vagdana, Vagdana, Vagdana, Vahana, Vahana, Vahana, Vaidya, Vaidya, Vaidya, Vaikasi Vishakham, Vaikasi Vishakham, Vaikasi Vishakham, Vaikuntha, Vaikuntha, Vaikuntha, Vairagi, Vairagi, Vairagi, Vairagya, Vairagya, Vairagya, Vaisheshika, Vaisheshika, Vaisheshika, Vaishnavism, Vaishnavism, Vaishnavism, Vaishnavite, Vaishnavite, Vaishnavite, Vaishya, Vaishya, Vaishya, Valipadu, Valipadu, Valipadu, Vallabhacharya, Vallabhacharya, Vallabhacharya, Vama, Vama, Vama, Vanaprastha ashrama, Vanaprastha ashrama, Vanaprastha ashrama, Vanquish, Vanquish, Vanquish, Varanasi, Varanasi, Varanasi, Varna, Varna, Varna, Varna, Varna, Varna, Varna dharma, Varna dharma, Varna dharma, Varna dharma, Varnashrama dharma, Varnashrama dharma, Varnashrama dharma, Vasana, Vasana, Vasana, Vasana daha tantra, Vasana daha tantra, Vasana daha tantra, Vasishtha, Vasishtha, Vasishtha, Vasugupta, Vasugupta, Vasugupta, Vata, Vata, Vata, Vata, Vata, Vata, Vault, Vault, Vault, Veda, Veda, Veda, Vedanga, Vedanga, Vedanga, Vedanta, Vedanta, Vedanta, Vedic-Agamic, Vedic-Agamic, Vedic-Agamic, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, Veil, Veil, Veil, Veiling grace, Veiling grace, Veiling grace, Vel, Vel, Vel, Vellore, Vellore, Vellore, Venerate, Venerate, Venerate, Vengeful, Vengeful, Vengeful, Venture, Venture, Venture, Veracity, Veracity, Veracity, Vermillion, Vermillion, Vermillion, Veshti, Veshti, Veshti, Vestments, Vestments, Vestments, Vibhuti, Vibhuti, Vibhuti, Vice, Vice, Vice, Victors and vanquished, Victors and vanquished, Victors and vanquished, Vid, Vid, Vid, Videhamukti, Videhamukti, Videhamukti, Vidya, Vidya, Vidya, Vidyarambha, Vidyarambha, Vidyarambha, Vighneshvara, Vighneshvara, Vighneshvara, Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara, Vijnanamaya kosha, Vijnanamaya kosha, Vijnanamaya kosha, Vijnanamaya kosha, Vinayaka, Vinayaka, Vinayaka, Vinayaka Ahaval, Vinayaka Ahaval, Vinayaka Ahaval, Vinayaka Vratam, Vinayaka Vratam, Vinayaka Vratam, Vira Saivism, Vira Saivism, Vira Saivism, Virginal God, Virginal God, Virginal God, Visarjana, Visarjana, Visarjana, Vishishtadvaita, Vishishtadvaita, Vishishtadvaita, Vishnu, Vishnu, Vishnu, Vishuddha chakra, Vishuddha chakra, Vishuddha chakra, Vishvagrasa, Vishvagrasa, Vishvagrasa, Visionary, Visionary, Visionary, Visualization, Visualization, Visualization, Vitala, Vitala, Vitala, Vivaha, Vivaha, Vivaha, Viveka Chudamani, Viveka Chudamani, Viveka Chudamani, Viveka Martanda, Viveka Martanda, Viveka Martanda, Vivify, Vivify, Vivify, Void, Void, Void, Votary, Votary, Votary, Vrata, Vrata, Vrata, Vritti, Vritti, Vritti, Vyaghrapada, Vyaghrapada, Vyaghrapada, Vyakarana Vedanga, Vyakarana Vedanga, Vyakarana Vedanga

Hinduism Dictionary - W

wane, Warp and woof, Waver, Wealth, Wedding pendant, Whence, Whirling, Wield, Wisdom, Withholding, Woeful birth, Wondrous, Woodwind, Woof, World, Worldliness, Worldly, Worldly wise, Wrath, Written prayers, Wrought,

Hinduism Dictionary - Y

Yajna, Yajnavalkya Smriti, Yajnavalkya Upanishad, Yajnopavita, Yajur Veda, Yama, Yama-niyama, Yantra, Yea, Yield, Yoga, Yoga pada, Yoga pada, Yoga Sampradaya, Yoga tapas, Yoga Vasishtha, Yogaswami, Yogatattva Upanishad, Yogi, Yogini, Yon, Yoni, Yore, Young soul, Yuga,

Hinduism Dictionary - Z

Zenith, Zoroastrian,

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