Among the great-souled seers, the Vedic customs have been taught by me,. Celestial calculation has been taught by me among many desiring supernatural powers,. And knowledge of right action, prosperity, desire and liberation has been made clear,.
But this secret mystical teaching O good lady is not anywhere, without a doubt. Mantras without the secret knowledge and also specific meditation,.
Are not effective, O woman with beautiful hips, even with billions of rituals. Do me this kindness, O lord of gods, tell me the easy means,. Magical, easy to understand and effective, and producing assurance. Tell me the means which may lead to success in kali yuga [2] ,. Without fire ceremonies, mantra recitation, or the practice of preparatory rites. Well done, bravo, O woman of great wisdom, doing a service for the people of the world.
This knowledge I have not been asked by anyone, O lotus-eyed woman. Listen with a one-pointed mind to the secret which bestows success in an instant,. The essence of all the tantras and the best essence of the mantras,. The highest essence among essences of the Atharva Veda. In this auspicious treatise, consisting of a wish-fulfilling gem there are.
Many yantras, O Goddess, creating through ritual the fulfillment of desire. These yantras are then described in great detail, with very specific instructions, which have been passed down through generations by oral tradition.
Some manuscripts of this text have illustrations, as well. The yantras are divided into subjugation, attraction, paralyzing, causing enmity, causing death, driving away, and causing peace, which includes curing disease and creating auspiciousness. All of these yantras are to be used not merely for personal worldly gain, but to remove obstacles on the spiritual path.
The yantras are clearly not to be used lightly but only after serious consideration and consultation with an expert. To give you an example, which may or may not apply to modern times, here is the description of the first yantra, which is for subjugation of the king:. Listen, O Goddess, to the excellent, great yantra for subjugation of the king,.
Having brought a copper vessel, made purified by ashes, etc. As we go deeper into the practice we ultimately experience the divine union of these masculine and feminine attributes. A Mantra is the sound form a particular energy; specific sounds, words or phrases are repeated. By practising the repetition of Mantra either by verblising the sound internally or externally we commune with and invoke the beneficial energies specific to the Mantra.
Mantra is an important tool used in many spiritual practices and can even be combined with the practice of Yoga Asana. The word Mantra is derived from two words — Manas, meaning the cognitive mind, and Trai, meaning to protect or free from.
Hence Mantra is a tool that can be used to become free from the mind. The Yantra is a geometrical, usually symmetrical, design which can be focused upon as a tool for meditation.
The different geometric patterns symbolically represent different aspects of the creative forces of the universe. The modern scientific mind scoffs at rites and rituals as mere superstition because there is no basis for worship in modern scientific thought.
However, Tantra utilises systematic ritual with awareness as a means of contacting the things with which science cannot commune, even with its most delicate and complicated instrument. The rites of Tantra do work if performed correctly, and the proof is not to be found in books or theories but in one's own personal experience. Tantric rites are utilised for involving or tuning in with the different levels of being which are beyond normal perception. They are concerned with worship, set actions, mantras, yantras, mudras end other actions, which make the mind calm, receptive and one-pointed.
This is conducive to the experience of meditation which will transform one's understanding and relationship with life, oneself, and other people. Tantra aims at transforming everything in life into a ritual so that the individual performs every action and thought with a feeling of worship and awareness. The action of bathing dressing, sitting for worship, offering various symbolic sacrifices, the union of man and woman, the stages of development from conception, birth, marriage to death, are transformed into worship.
In Tantra one has to be continually aware of every action and thought whether it is a set ceremonial worship or an everyday duty. Each act has to be performed with absolute attention, not mechanically or unconsciously, and this awareness and concentration eventually prepares one for meditation. Tantric worship is not confined to the temple.
It is done from the moment one gets out of bed in the morning to the moment one returns to bed at night. Together with yantra and mandala, mantra is the most important aspect of Tantra - its essence. Almost invariably, these three are used in conjunction with each other to form powerful combinations. The mantra is the vehicle of consciousness, while yantra, mandala or devata is the form of consciousness.
The mandala, yantra or devata is the manifested form or configuration of Shakti while the mantra, which is also Shanti, is the link between consciousness and form. This applies to everything in the world around us.
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