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Hinduism Dictionary on Yajna
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. - 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.
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Spiritual Theosophical
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Yajna
Yajna (Sanskrit). "Sacrifice", whose symbol or representation is now the constellation Mriga-shiras (deer-head), and also a form of Vishnu. " The Yajna ", say the Brahmans, "exists from eternity, for it proceeded from the Supreme, in whom it lay dormant from no beginning ". It is the key to the Trai-Vidya , the thrice sacred science contained in the Rig -Veda verses, which teaches the Yajna or sacrificial mysteries. As Haug states in his Introduction to the Aitareya Brahmana - the Yajna exists as an invisible presence at all times, extending from the Ahavaniya or sacrificial fire to the heavens, forming a bridge or ladder by means of which the sacrificer can communicate with the world of devas, "and even ascend when alive to their abodes". It is one of the forms of Akasa, within which the mystic WORD (or its underlying " Sound ") calls it into existence. Pronounced by the Priest-Initiate or Yogi, this WORD receives creative powers, and is communicated as an impulse on the terrestrial plane through a trained Will-power.
(See also: Yajna , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul,
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Bhakti Yoga Dictionary on Asvamedha-yajna
Asvamedha-yajna - a horse-sacrifice of antiquity in which vast wealth is spent. Formerly the brahmanas were so highly qualified by purity and in the skill of chanting mantras that the life of the animal would be rejuvenated. By performing one hundred such sacrifices one could attain the post of Indra. This sacrifice is forbidden in the age of Kali as there are no qualified brahmanas to perform it properly.
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Asvamedha-yajna , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind
and Soul)
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Siddha Yoga
Dictionary on Yajna
Yajna:
1) A sacrificial fire ritual in which Vedic mantras are recited while wood, fruit, grain, oil, yogurt, and ghee are poured into the fire as an offering to the Lord. 2) Any work or spiritual practice that is offered as worship to God.
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Self-InquiryAgni and
the Fire of Self-Inquiry
Self-inquiry
(Atma-vichara), such as taught by Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, is regarded as the
simplest and most direct path to Self-realization. However, Self-inquiry is
also very subtle and can be hard to accomplish even after years of dedicated
practice. It depends upon a great power of concentration and acuity of mind
along with an intense longing for liberation. One might say metaphorically that
Self-inquiry requires a certain flame. It requires that we ourselves become a
flame and that our lives become an offering to it. Without such an inner fire,
Self-realization may elude us whatever else we may attempt. Therefore, it is
important to look at Self-inquiry not simply as a mental practice but as an energetic
movement of consciousness like the rising up of a great fire.
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Gautama BuddhaBuddha was born approximately 560 B.C. in
Northern India. Through his life, Buddha gave the concept of Nirvana
unprecedented exposure to a large portion of the Eastern world with his
achievement of and subsequent teachings about the state of enlightenment. The
attainment of Buddhahood or Nirvana is a central tenet of Buddhist teachings.
Within the realm of Christianity, the historical Christ echoed the same
teaching, though in a veiled form, by saying that the Kingdom of Heaven is
within us.
Read more here: » Buddha: The Life of
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Ritual Pancha
MahayajnasThere are five
great daily sacrifices that are to be performed by every householder. They are:
Brahma Yajna,
called also Veda Yajna, sacrifice to Brahman or the Vedas or the sages; Deva Yajna, sacrifice to the celestials; (iii) Pitri
Yajna, sacrifice to
the manes; Bhuta Yajna, sacrifice to all the creatures; and Manushya Yajna, sacrifice to men.
Excerpt from
All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda
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The Vedas contain revelations of the eternal Truth. The culture of a community or a nation is derived from the values that people live and uphold in their lives. The word Veda is derived from the Sanskrit vid , to know. They contain knowledge in every field of worldly science , under the following broad headings - the sadangas or six limbs: Siksa or phonetics, kalpa or the code of rituals, vyakarana or grammar, nirukta or etymology, chandas or literature, and jyotish or astronomy. Along with these, four upvedas o r subvedas consist of the four sciences: Ayurveda or medicine, dhanurveda or new archery, gandharvaveda or music and sthapatyaveda or architecture
(See also: Vedas , God and Religion,
Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind
and Soul)
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