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Rajasooya Yajna 2003
This dimension is related to each and every individual, like you and me. You go there not because your religion or government tells you to, not even because friends and family tell you to, perhaps not even because your personal beliefs tell you to. You visit such places simply because there is a force that pulls you there, a force that belies logic, a force that communes not with your outer form but with something deep within.
This letter from a devotee who attended the yajna in 2002 expresses the sentiments of all those who were fortunate to witness this spectacular event at Rikhia Dham last year: “It gives me profound pleasure to send this letter to you expressing my deepest sense of gratitude for planning, organizing and managing such a huge gathering so meticulously that everything went off very systematically, efficiently and peacefully, maintaining pin drop silence and strict discipline in a very ideal, pious and exemplary way. Indeed it was a unique and historical event, which could be scarcely and rarely observed in any function in the country or even in any part of the world. We have every appreciation for such functions, which leave a permanent impression on our mind and body.” Swami Satyananda’s sankalpa of patra daan for the Rajasooya Yajna
last year was fulfilled by offering beautiful vessels and containers to
families of over fifty villages in and around Rikhia panchayat. Along
with vessels, these families also received blankets, clothing and ornaments,
as well as household gadgets and amenities that were brought in abundance
by devotees from all parts of the world. In addition to the villagers,
each and every family that participated in the yajna received patra for
their home containing akshat blessed by Sri Swamiji. On the last day when Sri Swamiji gave darshan to the participants of the yajna who had sat through all the rituals and chanting of mantras with the utmost discipline, sanyama and shraddha, he spoke of his sankalpa to offer panch dhanya or the five traditional grains as bhet during the Rajasooya Yajna in 2003. Dhanya means consisting of or made from grain, and originally the term was coined because it alludes to grains of seed being laid into and conceived by the earth. It is this same concept that will apply to the grain offered to you by Sri Swamiji. For it is not just grain that he will be giving you. Through the medium of grain he will be impregnating each and everyone one of you with spiritual blessings to shine forth in every sphere of life. This is a tantric and vedic concept which he will be presenting to you through the medium of yajna.
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The
point is simple. Beyond the physical dimension where beauty is just skin
deep, superficial and wears away with time, there is a dimension of such
immense beauty generated through the sacred act of yajna that it withstands
the ravages of time and accidents of history, governments and civilizations.
This
factor is evident at Rikhia too, as one can see that over the years Paramahamsa
Alakh Bara has become one such focal point of attraction. Sat Chandi Mahayajna
is now in its seventh year and with each consecutive year its effect becomes
more profound. The build-up of spiritual energy and the divine vibrations
that emanate as a consequence of the yajna being held here year after
year have created a magnetic aura which is simply so attractive that it
pulls greater numbers to Rikhia Dham each year, even though the place
is so remote, difficult to access and provides little or no comfort of
the type that modern people are used to.